Top 150

The West’s biggest

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The Top 150
2018 2017 COMPANY LOCATION COUNTY EMPLOYEES PROFIT TURNOVER
POSITION POSITION

1 1 Imperial Brands PLC Bristol Bristol 34,600 £907,000,000 £27,634,000,000

2 2 Airbus Operations Limited Filton South Gloucestershire 8,183 £66,000,000 £4,590,000,000
3 4 Intel Corporation (UK) Limited Swindon Wiltshire 1,204 £128,636,000 £4,506,714,000
4 3 Npower Limited Swindon Wiltshire 2,371 £4,000,000 £3,365,000,000
5 5 EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited Gloucester Gloucestershire 5,667 £896,000,000 £3,114,000,000
6 10 Dyson Exchange Limited Malmesbury Wiltshire 82 £181,500,000 £2,269,400,000
7 8 Honda of The U.K. Manufacturing Limited Swindon Wiltshire 3,643 £9,048,000 £2,161,249,000
8 7 Connect Group PLC Swindon Wiltshire 5,968 £41,900,000 £1,906,500,000
9 11 C&J Clark Limited Street Somerset 14,836 £19,900,000 £1,654,700,000
10 9 Allstar Business Solutions Limited Swindon Wiltshire 184 £60,356,000 £1,605,277,000
11 12 PPL UK Distribution Holdings Limited Bristol Bristol 6,523 £533,300,000 £1,480,600,000
12 13 New Look Retail Group Limited Weymouth Dorset 18,493 -£16,600,000 £1,454,700,000
13 17 Screwfix Direct Limited Yeovil Somerset 9,486 £118,448,000 £1,306,018,000
14 15 WH Smith PLC Swindon Wiltshire 13,773 £140,000,000 £1,234,000,000
15 48 Puma Energy (UK) Limited Westerleigh South Gloucestershire 134 -£12,113,000 £1,190,326,000
16 18 Westcon Group European Operations Limited Cirencester Gloucestershire 932 £3,333,000 £1,150,021,000
17 16 Wincanton PLC Chippenham Wiltshire 17,170 £45,400,000 £1,118,100,000
18 24 Arval UK Group Limited Swindon Wiltshire 702 £39,306,000 £1,065,287,000
19 19 The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC Swindon Wiltshire £301,473,000 £1,026,467,000
20 21 First Greater Western Limited Swindon Wiltshire 5,830 £56,786,000 £1,009,705,000
21 22 Mears Group PLC Gloucester Gloucestershire 15,719 £29,372,000 £940,100,000
22 14 Agustawestland Limited Yeovil Somerset 2,876 £106,531,000 £923,697,000
23 20 GE Oil & GAS UK Limited Nailsea North Somerset 3,018 £77,831,000 £889,779,000
24 23 Conviviality Group Limited Bristol Bristol 1,424 £19,363,000 £988,919,000
25 25 Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC Cheltenham Gloucestershire 4,998 £171,400,000 £757,400,000
26 - St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC Cirencester Gloucestershire -£31,088,000 £753,478,000
27 30 Supergroup PLC Cheltenham Gloucestershire 3,143 £84,800,000 £752,000,000
28 37 OVO Group Ltd Bristol Bristol 1,098 £23,812,000 £716,980,000
29 27 Safran Landing Systems UK Ltd Gloucester Gloucestershire 936 £110,258,000 £712,502,000
30 26 ALD Automotive Limited Bristol Bristol 435 £48,232,000 £689,974,000
31 36 GE Aviation Systems Limited Cheltenham Gloucestershire 3,048 £110,866,000 £674,654,000
32 29 Mitie Technical Facilities Bristol Bristol 4,695 £3,093,000 £656,149,000
Management Limited
33 35 Cambria Automobiles PLC Swindon Wiltshire 1,175 £11,768,000 £614,218,000
34 31 Nutricia Limited Trowbridge Wiltshire 768 £22,249,000 £594,188,000
35 33 Rotork PLC Bath Bath & NE Somerset 3,719 £91,070,000 £590,078,000
36 32 Wessex Water Limited Bath Bath & NE Somerset 2,586 £162,300,000 £571,300,000
37 34 Kerry Ingredients (UK) Limited Portbury North Somerset 1,705 £8,510,000 £549,452,000
38 38 Steinhoff UK Retail Limited Cheltenham Gloucestershire 2,530 £25,696,000 £680,619,000
39 28 Colt Car Company Limited (The) Cirencester Gloucestershire 218 £27,558,000 £541,206,000
40 39 Renishaw PLC Wotton- Gloucestershire 4,395 £117,101,000 £536,807,000
Under-Edge
41 43 Dick Lovett Companies Limited Swindon Wiltshire 717 £10,224,000 £475,491,000
42 45 Redde PLC Bath Bath & NE Somerset 1,995 £31,771,000 £472,344,000
43 41 Sun Valley Foods Limited Hereford Herefordshire 2,277 £6,871,000 £439,228,000
44 40 Man Truck And Bus UK Limited Swindon Wiltshire 722 £8,118,000 £408,950,000
45 51 Hargreaves Lansdown PLC Bristol Bristol 1,043 £265,800,000 £385,600,000
46 47 Combined Independents (Holdings) Limited Andover Hampshire 73 £1,024,000 £385,510,000
47 55 ALU Topco Limited Yatton North Somerset 1,792 £28,232,000 £362,135,000
48 49 Zurich Employment Services Limited Cheltenham Gloucestershire 1,837 -£30,770,000 £329,655,000
49 53 Allchurches Trust Limited Gloucester Gloucestershire 1,268 £87,959,000 £321,606,000

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The Top 150
2018 2017 COMPANY LOCATION COUNTY EMPLOYEES PROFIT TURNOVER
POSITION POSITION

50 59 The Oasis Healthcare Group Limited Bradley Stoke South Gloucestershire 4,286 -£48,969,000 £321,136,000
51 60 Nisbets PLC Bristol Bristol 1,568 £34,106,000 £321,103,000
52 57 Refresco Beverages UK Limited Bridgwater Somerset 837 £11,249,000 £315,781,000
53 NE Curtis Banks Group PLC Bristol Bristol 458 £4,490,000 £291,370,000
54 52 Masstock Arable (UK) Limited Cheltenham Gloucestershire 655 £5,222,000 £290,034,000
55 67 Aspire Defence Holdings Limited Tidworth Hampshire 13 £24,639,000 £288,812,000
56 NE Woodbury Limited Almondsbury South Gloucestershire 3,614 £4,505,000 £286,428,000
57 44 National Oilwell Varco UK Limited Stonehouse Gloucestershire 1,555 £21,926,000 £285,014,000
58 63 Openwork Holdings Limited Swindon Wiltshire 438 £9,202,000 £283,401,000
59 58 Libya Oil Ethiopia Limited Bristol Bristol £4,405,000 £282,092,000
60 64 JB Global Limited Swindon Wiltshire 1,175 £15,186,000 £279,748,000
61 56 Yeo Valley Group Limited Blagdon North Somerset 1,709 £11,866,000 £273,169,000
62 61 Nokia UK Limited Almondsbury South Gloucestershire 870 £15,740,000 £270,216,000
63 65 Resource Solutions Group PLC Bristol Bristol 222 £12,545,000 £266,960,000
64 NE MW High Tech Projects UK Limited Chippenham Wiltshire 550 £7,882,000 £255,430,000
65 62 Ryder Limited Devizes Wiltshire 1,415 £3,820,000 £248,555,000
66 50 Simplyhealth Group Limited Andover Hampshire 1,344 £800,000 £247,800,000
67 66 Stannah Lifts Holdings Limited Andover Hampshire 1,973 £11,664,000 £236,261,000
68 69 Centaur Services Limited Castle Cary Somerset 259 £2,381,000 £229,676,000
69 NE Leidos Europe, Limited Emersons Green South Gloucestershire 172 £2,214,000 £215,270,000
70 - Unite Integrated Solutions PLC Bristol Bristol 1,206 £4,315,000 £205,147,000
71 73 West UC Limited Gloucester Gloucestershire 497 £55,756,000 £197,556,000
72 70 Ecclesiastical Insurance Group PLC Gloucester Gloucestershire 1,265 £61,847,000 £197,200,000
73 78 Amcor Europe Group Management Warmley South Gloucestershire 966 £1,755,000 £197,075,000
74 75 Teleperformance Limited Bristol Bristol 7,798 £8,467,000 £195,347,000
75 NE Murray & Roberts United Kingdom Limited Swindon Wiltshire 1,027 £14,599,000 £195,193,000
76 72 Rygor Group Limited Westbury Wiltshire 622 £1,079,000 £192,385,000
77 97 Outdoor And Cycle Concepts Ltd Malmesbury Wiltshire 2,095 -£50,335,000 £191,620,000
78 77 Bradford And Sons Limited Yeovil Somerset 1,216 £1,972,000 £180,015,000
79 71 Scottish Widows Unit Trust Managers Limited Andover Hampshire £40,473,000 £179,126,000
80 NE Dentsply IH Limited Stonehouse Gloucestershire 276 £39,000 £177,052,000
81 76 Taylor Maxwell Group Limited Bristol Bristol 175 £4,878,000 £175,999,000
82 87 Yankee Candle Company (Europe) Limited Bristol Bristol 573 £9,607,000 £174,118,000
83 86 Happold LLP Bath Bath & NE Somerset 1,719 £16,114,000 £171,934,000
84 79 Kingspan Insulation Limited Leominster Herefordshire 524 £21,006,000 £171,454,000
85 106 Microsemi Semiconductor Limited Bristol Bristol 83 £15,684,000 £169,865,000
86 NE Vectura Group PLC Chippenham Wiltshire 402 -£40,100,000 £126,500,000
87 80 Mulberry Group PLC Chilcompton Somerset 1,467 £7,533,000 £168,121,000
88 143 Optimas OE Solutions Ltd Gloucester Gloucestershire 520 £1,199,000 £167,304,000
89 NE Monaghan Mushrooms Limited Langford North Somerset 2,430 £2,421,000 £167,162,000
90 81 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Melksham Wiltshire 716 £7,588,000 £163,108,000
Europe Limited
91 91 Crown Pet Foods Limited Castle Cary Somerset 247 £32,785,000 £161,425,000
92 84 Etex Building Performance Limited Easton-in-Gordano North Somerset 444 £29,291,000 £158,334,000
93 118 Patheon UK Limited Swindon Wiltshire 381 £16,906,000 £157,972,000
94 85 Sigma-Aldrich Company Limited Gillingham Dorset 568 £29,177,000 £157,719,000
95 101 Hochtief (UK) Construction Limited Swindon Wiltshire 267 -£3,183,000 £155,053,000
96 89 Heritage Automotive Limited Salisbury Wiltshire 445 -£1,391,000 £154,670,000
97 96 Wessex Garages Holdings Limited Bristol Bristol 280 £1,123,000 £191,798,000
98 82 Kohler Holdings Ltd Cheltenham Gloucestershire 1,751 £1,153,000 £151,145,000
99 149 Independent Vetcare Holdings Limited Bath Bath & NE Somerset 3,287 -£13,218,000 £150,515,000

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2018 2017 COMPANY LOCATION COUNTY EMPLOYEES PROFIT TURNOVER
POSITION POSITION

100 83 DAC Beachcroft Services Limited Bristol Bristol 1,962 £7,149,000 £150,116,000
101 94 Foray Motor Group Limited Salisbury Wiltshire 467 £1,024,000 £148,539,000
102 88 Blade Motor Group Limited Gloucester Gloucestershire 469 £1,458,000 £148,138,000
103 100 Fish Brothers (Holdings) Limited Swindon Wiltshire 252 £2,457,000 £146,524,000
104 74 Tyco Electronics UK Ltd Swindon Wiltshire 1,199 £17,908,000 £144,568,000
105 99 Avon Rubber PLC Melksham Wiltshire 864 £21,576,000 £142,884,000
106 103 International Plywood PLC Gloucester Gloucestershire 75 -£4,407,000 £139,694,000
107 98 Cotswold Motor Group Limited Cheltenham Gloucestershire 335 £1,519,000 £138,049,000
108 126 EW Beard (Holdings) Limited Swindon Wiltshire 276 £4,420,000 £136,851,000
109 123 Tata Technologies Europe Limited Bristol Bristol 680 £15,711,000 £133,243,000
110 102 Shaw Trust Limited(The) Bristol Bristol 1,459 £38,152,000 £132,107,000
111 95 Jisc Bristol Bristol 515 -£5,899,000 £130,895,000
112 139 Langdon Group Limited Bridgwater Somerset 1,362 £6,060,000 £130,337,000
113 - Zycko Limited Cirencester Gloucestershire 81 £590,000 £127,968,000
114 120 M And M Direct Limited Leominster Herefordshire 548 £7,155,000 £126,613,000
115 105 Ecotricity Group Ltd Stroud Gloucestershire 627 £3,187,000 £126,462,000
116 109 Computershare Investor Services PLC Bristol Bristol 1,340 £23,489,000 £123,874,000
117 108 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC (The) Andover Hampshire 66 £40,647,000 £123,476,000
118 116 Apetito Limited Trowbridge Wiltshire 1,097 £20,204,000 £123,283,000
119 111 Lyons Seafoods Limited Warminster Wiltshire 334 £9,607,000 £122,827,000
120 90 T. H. White Holdings Limited Devizes Wiltshire 545 £2,193,000 £121,656,000
121 136 Libya Oil Sudan Limited Bristol Bristol £438,000 £121,506,000
122 125 Howard Garages (Weston) Limited Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset 258 £1,274,000 £119,433,000
123 150 A-Gas (ORB) Limited Portbury North Somerset 331 £16,677,000 £119,256,000
124 107 Moog Wolverhampton Limited Tewkesbury Gloucestershire 429 £16,386,000 £118,692,000
125 147 Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Limited Melksham Wiltshire 457 £9,420,000 £118,290,000
126 NE Intrinsic Financial Planning Limited Swindon Wiltshire £481,000 £118,249,000
127 115 Project People Limited Bristol Bristol 213 £370,000 £115,873,000
128 NE Sodra Wood Limited Cirencester Gloucestershire 40 £3,110,000 £114,034,000
129 119 Jamie's Italian Limited Bath Bath & NE Somerset 2,548 -£9,932,000 £112,718,000
130 122 C.M. Downton (Haulage Contractors) Limited Gloucester Gloucestershire 1,144 £5,699,000 £111,625,000
131 110 Seabank Power Limited Bristol Bristol 56 £38,118,000 £111,331,000
132 127 Bristol Water PLC Bristol Bristol 439 £20,900,000 £111,000,000
133 112 Vitacress Limited Andover Hampshire 1,333 £1,000,000 £110,245,000
134 NE Sirona Care & Health C.I.C. Kingswood South Gloucestershire 2,450 £7,000 £109,040,000
135 135 United Oilseeds Marketing Limited Devizes Wiltshire 27 £1,479,000 £108,764,000
136 NE G-Tekt Europe Manufacturing Limited Gloucester Gloucestershire 707 £19,001,000 £135,277,000
137 92 Special Metals Wiggin Limited Hereford Herefordshire 562 £1,407,000 £80,954,000
138 128 Hall & Woodhouse Limited Blandford Forum Dorset 1,420 £6,499,000 £107,713,000
139 132 Herman Miller Limited Chippenham Wiltshire 435 £12,896,000 £105,825,000
140 134 Bailey Caravans Limited Bristol Bristol 297 £4,145,000 £104,749,000
141 133 Western Provident Association Limited Taunton Somerset 307 £4,795,000 £104,435,000
142 146 GS Yuasa Battery Sales UK Limited Swindon Wiltshire 84 £2,407,000 £103,924,000
143 140 Severn River Crossing PLC Aust South Gloucestershire 184 £44,450,000 £103,175,000
144 NE Jisc Services Limited Bristol Bristol 146 £339,000 £102,695,000
145 NE Harding Brothers Retail Limited Bristol Bristol 123 -£713,000 £85,086,000
146 142 Hills UK Limited Swindon Wiltshire 427 £8,634,000 £100,973,000
147 121 Severn Glocon Group PLC Gloucester Gloucestershire 862 -£11,917,000 £99,418,000
148 NE Alliance Pharma PLC Chippenham Wiltshire 143 £22,219,000 £97,492,000
149 130 Ford Fuels Limited Farrington Gurney Bath & NE Somerset 122 £1,228,000 £97,459,000
150 NE Synergy Health (UK) Limited Swindon Wiltshire 1,190 £10,750,000 £96,448,000

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