Research into these companies demonstrated that the cosmetics brand Rituals created 1,097 new jobs in the period 2012 - 2016. The research also revealed that, collectively, the 250 companies in this list created in excess of 10,000 jobs in the same period.
Turnover and more employees
The Top 250 Growth Companies 2017 shows which companies in the Netherlands realised the greatest growth in the period 2012 - 2016, with the top 10 ranked on the basis of the number of newly created jobs in terms of FTEs (Full-Time Equivalents). Published for the first time this year, the Top 250 Growth Companies 2017 is based on the ScaleUp Dashboard, an initiative of ECE and RSM. It provides an overview of companies that, at the beginning of the period, employed a minimum of 10 employees and/or achieved a turnover of 5 million euros and then grew annually by at least 20 percent in terms of employee numbers and/or turnover.
The top three
Rituals heads this new list, as presented to nlgroeit’s audience which included Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Rituals’ founder and CEO, Raymond Cloosterman, has witnessed his company expand to more than 500 stores throughout the world. Cloosterman: “We are extremely honoured to receive this accolade. Rapid growth has never been an aim in itself, but it’s a wonderful reward for the Rituals brand as well as the loyal and passionate employees who work hard every day, both in the shops and behind the scenes. Currently, we are opening two to three shops a week somewhere in the world and the Rituals family is growing rapidly. Last year, we took on and trained 2,400 brilliant new people.”
Holding second place in the Top 250 Growth Companies 2017 is Royal Reesink NV. Founded as a small forge in 1786, Royal Reesink NV now employs 906 people and is a wholesale trader in, inter alia, agricultural machinery, tools, household goods and garden furniture. In third place is Coolblue which was established as a student company by RSM alumnus Pieter Zwart in 1999, and has grown into a business with more than 323 web shops and eight physical stores in the Netherlands and Belgium. In total, Coolblue has created 456 new jobs.
ScaleUp Dashboard
When undertaking its annual research into fast-growing Dutch companies, ScaleUp Dashboard makes use of various data sources, its own research data and existing public databases; it is led by Prof. Justin Jansen, academic director of ECE. Referring to the Top 250 Growth Companies 2017, Jansen said: “The ScaleUp Dashboard is the first list that has really measured all the companies in the Netherlands with more than 10 employees. Other lists are available, but they only provide limited insight, as either the companies have to register themselves or the focus is on specific sectors. Consequently, there is a lack of insight into which companies actually belong to the Dutch top and that is the gap we’re trying to fill by launching this list of Top 250 Growth Companies, out of the more than 3,000 in the Netherlands.”