List of largest private companies in the United Kingdom

This is a list of largest private companies in the United Kingdom according to sales. Under UK company law, a private company (with the suffix "Ltd" usually) may not offer its shares for sale to the public (as can a "plc"). While lists of public companies usually rank businesses according to their market capitalisation (the traded share price multiplied by the number of shares), lists of private companies must use another measure, such as the value and volume of sales during a year.

Largest private companies

This is a list of private companies in the United Kingdom, some of which based on the Sunday Times "Top Track".[1]

CompanySectorSales (£m)EmployeesMain shareholders
IneosChemicals19,5707,942Jim Ratcliffe (75%), mgt
GreenergyFuel137Tesco 34%, Owen's family 24%, Caradog 24%
John Lewis PartnershipRetail7,75985,700Employees 100%
StemcorCommodities6,2541,860Ralph Oppenheimer 71%, mgt
SwireConglomerate79,194Swire family 67%
Palmer and HarveyWholesale, Distribution and Retail3,255Mgt and employees 74%, ex-employees 26%
McLaren Technology GroupConglomerate:
Technology
Consumer Electronics
Formula One
Food & Restaurants
Television
Automotive		5543500Ron Dennis (25%)
TAG Group (25%)
Laing O'RourkeConstruction15,027
Brakes GroupFood10,000Bain Capital (92%), Mgt (8%)
JCBConstruction and Agriculture Machinery10,500
Arcadia GroupClothing2,68244,030
Virgin AtlanticAirline8,631Virgin Group 51%, Delta Airlines 49%
SCH GroupIT5,380
FirstsourceBusiness Process Management6,000
European Metal RecyclingRecycling2,226
Iceland LtdRetail13,462
Bestway GroupConglomerate:
Wholesale
Cement
Banking		5,500
Arnold Clark Automobiles8,500
Shop Direct Group18,688
TI Automotive17,360
Acromas HoldingsHolding company14,152
SSP29,551
Thames Water4,913
Dixons Carphone40,000+
MRH375
Wilkinson23,063
Pentland Group15,468
Specsavers30,000
New Look22,605
Anglian Water6,898
Clarks14,389
2 Sisters Food Group9,061
Iglo2,941
United Biscuits8,156
Bibby Line5,610
AMC1,066
20:20 Mobile1,251
Enterprise9,9243i 57%, Equiom Trust 23%, mgt 20%
Findus5,651Lion Capital
Matalan15,858
Gala Coral Group18,125Apollo 26%, Cerberus 18%, Goldman Sachs 8%
Balli Holdings175
Mott MacDonald13,162Trust 50%, employees 50%
Linpac6,218
Unipart8,533
Willmott DixonConstruction2,845
River IslandClothing15,155
WatesConstruction2,650
Marshall Group4,191
Vita4,769
Healthcare at Home1,339
ArupConstruction consultancy9,934Employee trust
William Grant1,467
Kelda Group3,138
Westcoast755
KCA Deutag6,696
Merlin Entertainments12,364
MaceConstruction3,173
AF Blakemore & Son5,809
Just Retirement483
Partnership311
Dyson3,100
Moto4,696
Biffa6,250
Watson Petroleum667
Arqiva1,980
Northgate Information Solutions10,643
Bourne Leisure11,724
Martin McColl12,013
Virgin Trains2,912
Sir Robert McAlpineConstruction1,956
Greenhous Group574
Monarch Holdings2,832
UK Fuels138
Doncasters5,014
Samworth Brothers7,323
Formula One266
Odeon & UCI9,591
TJ MorrisRetail6,912
John LaingProperty1,230
B&M RetailRetail8,864
Bowmer & KirklandConstruction1,471
DunbiaFood3,010
Telereal TrilliumProperty591
OCS Group56,065Goodliffe family
Northern & Shell Media Group1,347
Travelex7,022
House of Fraser5,087
Keepmoat2,917
Spire Healthcare6,353
Bloor Holdings2,281
MonsoonClothing4,314
Southern WaterWater1,505
Listers1,616
Poundland8,602
DFS2,792
Welcome Break4,165
Asco1,612
Harrods Group3,675
JCT6001,359
Hannover Acceptances1,848

Former private companies

Former members of the largest 100 private companies in the UK could have ceased to remain on the list for three main reasons.

They may have converted into a public company (like those on the FTSE 100, listed with the London Stock Exchange), or have seen a decline in sales, or at worst gone into an insolvency procedure, been sold, broken up, or liquidated.

See also

Other lists
Stock market lists

References

  1. ↑ "Fast Track 100". Sunday Times. 24 June 2012
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