Top 250 Businesses
Jul 15 2009 The Journal
THE North-East Top 250 Companies ranks firms in order of turnover which is considered, for this purpose, a better indication of growth and success, than profit.
Companies are placed from one to 250 on a basis of last publicly reported turnover. To qualify, companies must have their registered office, or a decision-making management with direct financial power, situated within the region. This rule is necessary since many large firms operating in the region, which would otherwise be considered, do not provide a full regional breakdown of turnover.
The list is compiled from publicly available information, including that of FAME, Companies House and Dunn & Bradstreet. While every effort is made to ensure the list is comprehensive we do apologise for any unintentional omissions.
| Rank 2009 | Rank 2008 | Company name | Location | No. of employees | Previous turnover | Current turnover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Arriva plc | Sunderland | 40487 | 2000700000 | 3042200000 |
| 2 | 1 | Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited | Sunderland | 4970 | 2782554000 | 2782554000 |
| 3 | 2 | AMEC | Sunderland | 19026 | 2356200000 | 2606400000 |
| 4 | 4 | The Go Ahead Group plc | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 27627 | 1826900000 | 2199100000 |
| 5 | 5 | Huntsman Petrochemicals (UK) Limited | Redcar | 882 | 1734813000 | 1734813000 |
| 6 | 7 | The Sage Group plc | Newcastle upon Tyne | 15039 | 1157600000 | 1295000000 |
| 7 | 6 | Bellway plc | Newcastle upon Tyne | 2203 | 1354022000 | 1149541000 |
| 8 | 8 | Southern Cross Healthcare Group plc | Darlington | 35221 | 731900000 | 889400000 |
| 9 | 10 | Npower Gas Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1639 | 752633000 | 752633000 |
| 10 | 9 | Petroplus Refining Teesside Limited | Middlesbrough | 179 | 671417000 | 671417000 |
| 11 | 11 | Northumbrian Water Group plc | Durham | 3070 | 633500000 | 670400000 |
| 12 | 12 | GDF Suez Teeside Limited | Middlesbrough | 5 | 629692000 | 665890000 |
| 13 | 16 | Eaga Partnership Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 4150 | 482560000 | 638960000 |
| 14 | 13 | Greggs plc | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 19414 | 586303000 | 628198000 |
| 15 | 14 | Northgate plc | Darlington | 3508 | 526465000 | 578462000 |
| 16 | 15 | Volker Wessels (UK) Limited | Gateshead | 1895 | 524127000 | 524127000 |
| 17 | 17 | Nobia Holdings UK Limited | Darlington | 2784 | 444671000 | 444671000 |
| 18 | 34 | Hargreaves Services plc | Durham | 1979 | 240105000 | 404901000 |
| 19 | 23 | Komatsu UK Limited | Chester-le-Street | 770 | 325691000 | 379776000 |
| 20 | 22 | SCA Packaging Limited | Darlington | 2998 | 360529000 | 360529000 |
| 21 | 19 | Alcan Aluminium UK Limited | Northumberland | 789 | 339100000 | 339100000 |
| 22 | 46 | Parker Hannifin Limited | Birtley | 3103 | 338543000 | 338543000 |
| 23 | 26 | Addison Motors Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1121 | 316313000 | 316313000 |
| 24 | 18 | Non Fossil Purchasing Agency Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 11 | 389511000 | 311615000 |
| 25 | 21 | Artenius UK Limited | Redcar | 309 | 302117000 | 302117000 |
| 26 | 31 | Newcastle Building Society | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1200 | 264800000 | 287900000 |
| 27 | 29 | Fenwick Limited | Newcastle upon Tyne | 2425 | 280326000 | 283219000 |
| 28 | 30 | Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Limited | Middlesbrough | 687 | 276085000 | 276085000 |
| 29 | 28 | Northern Electric plc | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1354 | 282000000 | 271200000 |
| 30 | 33 | R. H. Patterson & Co Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 378 | 250898000 | 250898000 |
| 31 | 32 | Smurfit Kappa UK Limited | Bishop Auckland | 1607 | 248216000 | 248216000 |
| 32 | 39 | Linden Group Limited | Newton Aycliffe | 36 | 247384000 | 247384000 |
| 33 | 35 | Grainger Trust plc | Newcastle upon Tyne | 300 | 229300000 | 246200000 |
| 34 | 44 | Parsons Brinckerhoff Holdings Limited | Newcastle upon Tyne | 2411 | 183002000 | 244204000 |
| 35 | 40 | Terra Nitrogen (UK) Limited | Thornaby | 368 | 229782000 | 229782000 |
| 36 | 38 | Ineos Newton Aycliffe Ltd | Newton Aycliffe | 378 | 217866000 | 217866000 |
| 37 | 41 | Cleveland Cable Company Limited | Middlesbrough | 412 | 191697000 | 216981000 |
| 38 | 37 | Thyssenkrupp Automotive Tallent Chassis Limited | Newton Aycliffe | 1331 | 215721000 | 215721000 |
| 39 | 42 | Frank Haslam Milan and Co. Limited | Sunderland | 1162 | 186648000 | 193207000 |
| 40 | 53 | Wellstream International Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 618 | 192157000 | 192157000 |
| 41 | 54 | Hertel (UK) Limited | Middlesbrough | 2795 | 180531000 | 180531000 |
| 42 | 24 | Savers Health and Beauty Limited | Darlington | 2858 | 180268000 | 180268000 |
| 43 | 47 | Mitie Property Services (UK) Limited | Northumberland | 2175 | 163305000 | 171286000 |
| 44 | 36 | LSL Property Services Plc | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 3061 | 219518000 | 161773000 |
| 45 | 55 | Adm Milling Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 571 | 161132000 | 161132000 |
| 46 | 48 | S Jennings Limited | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 560 | 152360000 | 152360000 |
| 47 | 51 | Bulkhaul Limited | Middlesbrough | 447 | 151044000 | 151044000 |
| 48 | 45 | Tolent Construction Limited | Gateshead | 622 | 179853000 | 150075000 |
| 49 | 49 | Esh Holdings Limited | Durham | 1158 | 148432000 | 148432000 |
| 50 | 52 | Visage Group Limited | South Shields | 449 | 146536000 | 146536000 |
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