All data reported or published by the companies were processed and checked by Statista. Missing data entries (employee numbers, address data etc) were researched in detail. Companies that did not fulfil the criteria for inclusion in the ranking were deleted, as were companies where there was concern over the reliability of the data.
The minimum average growth rate required to be included in the ranking this year was 10.1 per cent.
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