Tech Track 100: HR & Business Trends

The Tech Track 100 is the most widely recognised league table of Britain’s fastest growing private technology companies, based upon their sales growth over the last three years.

Headlines

Combined sales of £2.8bn for top 100 technology companies

This years’ 100 UK companies achieved:

Combined sales of £2.8bn

Average sales growth of 94% a year over the last three years

Employment of 21,500 staff

Revolut, the digital banking services provider, retained its top spot from last year. Another FinTech Lendable, the consumer lending platform, remained in the top 10. Overall FinTech representation dropped from 24 in 2019 to 11. This is the lowest number since 2015. B2B software remains the dominant industry sector.

Where? London

All 11 FinTech companies are based in London, which continues to be the focal region for tech companies. In 2020 a total of 62 firms were based in the London region. This represents more than double the number of London based companies who appeared in the inaugural 2001 Tech Track 100.

London remains a focal region for technology companies – RecruitBlock

Diversity

In a year when diversity within the technology industry has fallen under the spotlight, only 9 companies are run or founded by women. This represents a lower number than in 2019 (10), 2018 (11) and 2017 (10). Companies founded and run by BAME entrepreneurs number 7. There are no black entrepreneurs featured at all in 2020.

Diversity within the technology industry has fallen under the spotlight – RecruitBlock
Written By:
Penny Sommerfeld
penny@recruitblock.io