World Cup fever is gripping the country as England march into the semi-finals to face a showdown with Croatia. All four teams — France, Belgium, England and Croatia — are still left in the competition and have battled hard to reach this stage of the tournament.
England’s players have demonstrated fantastic grit and determination to succeed while the manager Gareth Southgate has been widely praised for his calm and focused leadership style. But how do the four countries compare when it comes to its fastest growing businesses?
Here, we analyse which countries left in the tournament have the fastest growing businesses its sectors and their rate of growth.
France:
This list is taken from the FT 1000, which takes the companies who have registered the highest annual compound growth rate from 2013- 2016.
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Project X Paris (Fashion) |
6,663% |
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VLC Travel (Support services) |
5,046% |
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Sendinblue (Technology) |
4,596% |
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Actility (Telecoms) |
3,377% |
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My Show Must Go On (Travel |
2,538% |
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everBe (Management consulting) |
2,481% |
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Avenir Renovations (Construction) |
2,445% |
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Conserto (Technology) |
2,362% |
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All Seafood Company (Food & Beverage) |
2,140% |
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Eskimoz (Support services) |
1,900% |
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CliQeo (Support services) |
1,602% |
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Sica SAS (Industrial goods) |
1,504% |
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Nova Groupe (Personal & Household goods) |
1,424% |
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Happy Company (Media) |
1,333% |
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Fourniresto.Com |
1,245% |
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Theano Advisors |
1,194% |
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Warmcook (Personal & Household goods) |
1,104% |
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Etablissements Wanecque (Construction) |
1,102% |
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Groupe Quintesens (Financial services) |
1,004% |
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FraudBuster (Cyber security) |
961% |
Belgium:
The following is taken from the Deloitte Fast 50 2017, so all the Belgium company’s featured here are tech companies.
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2.097% |
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1.331% |
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989% |
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948% |
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908% |
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815% |
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736% |
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420% |
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416% |
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325% |
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313% |
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305% |
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293% |
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271% |
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271% |
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269% |
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264% |
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252% |
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246% |
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243% |
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England:
The following is also taken from the FT 1000.
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Deliveroo (Food & Beverage) |
107,117% |
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Carwow (Automobiles) |
7,692% |
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Local Fuel (Energy) |
6,774% |
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Smarkets (Fintech) |
5,390% |
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Cheevers Howard (Construction) |
4,471% |
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Blue Motor Finance (Financial |
3,675% |
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Stratajet (Travel & Leisure) |
3,634% |
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AerFin (Aerospace & Defence) |
3,625% |
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TransferWise (Financial services) |
3,392% |
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GoCardless (Fintech) |
2,313% |
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Optal (Financial services) |
2,276% |
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SuperAwesome (Technology) |
1,844% |
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Northlander Commodity Advisors (Financial services) |
1,776% |
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VIRTUS HoldCo (Technology) |
1,729% |
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Kantox (Fintech) |
1,688% |
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Coppola Foods (Food & Beverage) |
1,632% |
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Clearabee (Waste management & Recycling) |
1,578% |
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Wealth Dynamics |
1,563% |
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Grabyo (Technology) |
1,435% |
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Anthesis Consulting Group (Management consulting) |
1,431% |
Croatia:
The six companies on this list were featured on the Deloitte Fast 500 2017, which measures growth rate during the last four years.
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Rimac automobili (Automobiles)
|
1059% |
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Code consulting (Technology)
|
545% |
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Hangar 18 (Mobile phone manufacturers)
|
368% |
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Gauss (Technology)
|
347% |
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Infinum d.o.o. (Technology)
|
315% |
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Nanobit (Games industry)
|
288% |
Vanessa Khan contributed to this piece.
