2017 program and top-ranked companies
The Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ EMEA program is an objective industry ranking that recognizes the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) during the past four years. The program is supported by the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 initiatives, which rank high-growth technology companies by location or specifically defined geographic area.
This year’s EMEA program features winners from 18 countries, with an average growth rate of 1,377 percent, up from 967 percent in 2016. Growth for individual companies on the list ranged from 220 percent to 107,117 percent. Winners were selected based on percentage fiscal-year revenue growth from 2013 to 2016.
Now in its seventeenth year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program includes regional rankings for North America and Asia-Pacific as well as EMEA.
2017 Technology Fast 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa ranking
The top-ten-ranked organizations for the Technology Fast 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) list are featured below by company, country, industry sector and four-year growth percentage. The list of all 500 ranked EMEA companies is available for download on this page.
Top 10 ranked companies 2017
| Company Name | Location | Industry Category | Growth Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deliveroo (Roofoods Limited) www.deliveroo.co.uk |
United Kingdom | Software | 107117% |
| 2 | Lesara GmbH www.lesara.de |
Germany | Media | 71981% |
| 3 | Guide to Iceland www.guidetoiceland.is |
Iceland | Software | 30314% |
| 4 | youAPPi Ltd www.youappi.com |
Israel | Communication | 16230% |
| 5 | Bloom & Wild www.bloomandwild.com |
United Kingdom | Software | 13818% |
| 6 | Yotpo Ltd www.yotpo.com |
Israel | Communication | 8703% |
| 7 | Kiwi.com s.r.o. www.kiwi.com |
Czech Republic (Central Europe) |
Software | 7165% |
| 8 | Deeper, UAB www.deeper.eu |
Lithuania (Central Europe) | Hardware | 7048% |
| 9 | Prusa Research s.r.o. www.prusa3d.com |
Czech Republic (Central Europe) | Hardware | 6910% |
| 10 | Fingerprint Cards AB www.fingerprints.com |
Sweden | Software | 6858% |
A deeper look at this year’s rankings
The following infographic provides additional detail about this year’s winners, including geography and industry sector.
About our sponsors
The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA program thanks the following organizations for their support:
Euronext is the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with nearly 1,300 listed issuers worth close to €3.6 trillion in market capitalization as of end September 2017, an unmatched blue chip franchise consisting of 24 issuers in the Morningstar® Eurozone 50 Index℠ and a strong diverse domestic and international client base. Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. In addition to its main regulated market, Euronext also operates Euronext Growth™ (formerly known as Alternext) and Euronext Access™ (formerly known as the Free Market).
Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world. The Group has operations in the Americas, UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa.
Oracle NetSuite pioneered the Cloud Computing revolution in 1998, establishing the world’s first company dedicated to delivering business applications over the internet. Today, it provides a suite of cloud-based financials / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), HR and omnichannel commerce software that runs the business of companies in more than 100 countries.
With additional support from Deloitte Private. Deloitte Private is exclusively focused on serving private clients of all sizes and driven to address the opportunities and challenges unique to private businesses. Deloitte Private delivers audit and assurance, tax, consulting, and risk and financial advisory services tailored for private companies, including family-owned businesses, closely-held (non-family) businesses, and private equity and venture-capital-backed businesses.
Historical rankings
If you’re interested in viewing previous EMEA Technology Fast 500 winners, you can download the rankings from 2015 through 2011 here.