Top 100 2008: Sales per Employee

Latest Rank Company or Trading Name Last Year Turnover (£000s) Last Year Employees Last Year Sales per Employee Ranked (£) Change in Sales per Employee

£100m-plus turnover

23 Gefco UK £132,644 539 £246,093

13.56%

25 The RH Group £122,320 702 £174,245

1.29%

16 DSV £184,302 1,168 £157,793

13.34%

3 Kuehne + Nagel £923,226 6,565 £140,628

127.03%

15 Ryder £193,000 1,553 £124,276

8.99%

13 Business Post Group £358,600 2,985 £120,134

6.89%

29 Stobart Group £108,840 990 £109,939

56.68%

20 Turners (Soham) £180,402 1,651 £109,268

27.22%

8 UPS £425,342 4,032 £105,492

-1.29%

21 FedEx UK £180,103 1,792 £100,504

9.45%

30 Fowler Welch-Coolchain £104,426 1,087 £96,068

-10.78%

17 WH Malcolm £183,877 1,978 £92,961

3.28%

12 NYK Logistics (UK) £370,000 4,000 £92,500

1.16%

28 Hoyer UK £112,329 1,297 £86,607

4.46%

19 Autologic Holdings £180,700 2,120 £85,236

6.24%

10 Parcelforce Worldwide £379,000 4,464 £84,901

5.21%

7 TDG £478,000 5,849 £81,723

15.59%

9 Gist £400,000 4,900 £81,633

29.77%

18 Bibby Distribution Holdings £181,042 2,265 £79,930

3.82%

27 NFT Distribution Operations £114,104 1,524 £74,871

60.34%

4 TNT UK £810,467 10,899 £74,362

5.25%

5 Ceva Logistics UK £552,000 7,700 £71,688

n/a

2 Wincanton £1,388,700 22,000 £63,123

9.90%

26 Clipper Group Holdings £117,586 1,886 £62,347

19.73%

24 Nightfreight (GB) £131,963 2,369 £55,704

5.52%

6 Norbert Dengressangle £511,980 9,296 £55,075

-40.81%

22 City Link £171,036 3,376 £50,662

-14.73%

14 Home Delivery Network £315,017 7,311 £43,088

7.02%

£50m to £100m turnover

38 Kerry Logistics (UK) £64,989 196 £331,577

23.85%

40 Pentalver Transport £62,993 356 £176,947

7.29%

32 Thomas Cradley Holdings £88,088 560 £157,300

10.16%

42 Europa Freight Group £56,589 421 £134,416

4.23%

36 Maritime Transport £68,504 556 £123,209

-2.24%

41 ECM (Vehicle Delivery Services) £60,772 505 £120,341

0.59%

43 CEL Group £54,209 491 £110,405

-5.77%

45 Roadways Container Logistics £52,290 485 £107,814

11.13%

46 Langdon Group £50,374 629 £80,086

2.05%

35 Great Bear Distribution £75,027 945 £79,394

6.29%

34 Gregory Distribution £78,670 1,029 £76,453

4.67%

37 Canute Haulage Group £65,102 878 £74,148

4.15%

44 Stiller Group £52,686 715 £73,687

18.90%

39 Hargreaves Services £64,599 948 £68,142

18.04%

33 Lloyd Fraser Holdings £81,139 1,433 £56,622

-2.77%

31 Tuffnells Parcels Express £94,911 1,751 £54,204

4.48%

£30m to £50m turnover

49 Goldstar Transport £42,820 208 £205,865

-6.55%

47 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics £47,841 273 £175,242

-4.64%

59 Currie European Transport £31,031 235 £132,047

17.03%

50 Brit-European Transport (Holdings) £41,587 346 £120,194

20.79%

52 ARR Craib Transport £35,816 300 £119,387

5.98%

61 Online £30,061 274 £109,712

11.61%

57 Howard Tenens £32,446 309 £105,003

12.05%

48 Cert Octavian Holdings £45,305 479 £94,582

10.89%

53 CM Downton £35,741 385 £92,834

4.47%

58 MRS Distribution £31,535 354 £89,082

12.54%

56 Amethyst Group £33,454 420 £79,652

3.41%

51 Rhys Davies £36,208 467 £77,533

1.80%

60 C Butt £30,752 403 £76,308

9.44%

55 John G Russell (Transport) £34,089 455 £74,921

-1.09%

54 Culina Logistics £34,812 518 £67,205

-12.85%

£10m to £30m turnover

77 STVA UK £22,382 64 £349,719

47.39%

93 Arcese UK £17,076 72 £237,167

-3.25%

69 Knowles (Transport) £25,260 123 £205,366

7.09%

85 Erith Haulage Co £19,936 112 £178,000

6.84%

- EM Rogers (Transport) £14,794 88 £168,114

10.42%

79 Taygroup £22,031 140 £157,364

-0.45%

- Alan Firmin £14,696 103 £142,680

-4.16%

91 James Kemball £17,242 128 £134,703

3.64%

90 Bowring Transport £17,371 134 £129,634

-2.48%

83 Redhead Freight £20,723 161 £128,714

-3.07%

- RT Keedwell £10,932 87 £125,655

-0.62%

97 Laser Transport International £16,395 131 £125,153

4.56%

- Wyvern Cargo £15,013 120 £125,108

7.92%

- Yuill & Dodds £12,090 100 £120,900

19.74%

68 Maxi Haulage £25,304 215 £117,693

24.77%

98 Archbold Logistics £16,251 152 £106,914

-0.07%

96 Deben Transport £16,783 157 £106,898

1.18%

- Birds Groupage Services £15,207 147 £103,449

0.30%

- Massey Wilcox Transport £10,505 102 £102,990

3.17%

- F Swain & Sons £15,950 158 £100,949

-15.48%

- John Jempson & Son £12,677 130 £97,515

6.93%

- Evans Transport £11,378 117 £97,248

0.45%

- Meachers Group Holdings £14,996 155 £96,748

10.62%

66 TM Logistics £26,368 275 £95,884

6.94%

76 London City Bond £23,062 242 £95,298

-24.34%

88 The Bartrum Group £19,369 215 £90,088

5.38%

86 Jack Richards & Son £19,935 230 £86,674

-7.30%

62 R Swain & Sons £28,470 342 £83,246

12.00%

- CS Ellis (Group) £10,178 124 £82,081

-0.22%

- Leggett's Transport £11,139 136 £81,904

9.26%

- WH Bowker £12,033 148 £81,304

2.18%

73 Prestons of Potto £23,541 302 £77,950

4.59%

- Pollock (Scotrans) £12,450 160 £77,813

-2.58%

92 Welch's Group Holdings £17,125 221 £77,489

12.55%

80 JW Suckling Transport £21,495 278 £77,320

0.66%

75 Circle Express £23,114 299 £77,304

-3.28%

67 Reed Boardall Transport £25,761 341 £75,545

3.37%

84 Grocontinental £19,938 268 £74,396

-2.00%

- Rygor Group Services £12,369 171 £72,491

4.25%

87 Seafield Logistics £19,423 269 £72,204

4.62%

65 Ass. Cold Stores & T'port £26,981 377 £71,568

8.00%

- 21st Century Logistics £14,931 210 £71,100

8.85%

89 The Potter Group (Holdings) £17,749 256 £69,332

3.44%

94 NR Evans & Son £17,031 249 £68,398

-5.45%

95 Stan Robinson Group £16,840 254 £66,299

10.22%

74 Elldis Transport (Consett) £23,377 357 £65,482

1.15%

71 Widdowson Group £24,500 380 £64,674

2.85%

- Chris Hayter Transport £15,726 249 £63,157

3.24%

99 Fergusons Transport £16,069 255 £63,016

-1.01%

81 Saints Transport £21,373 350 £61,066

0.19%

64 Boughey Distribution £27,416 451 £60,789

-3.72%

- Cranleigh Freight Services £14,478 239 £60,577

6.11%

63 Owens (Road Services) £28,028 480 £58,392

1.56%

100 Lenham Storage Co £16,032 301 £53,262

-6.46%

72 Kammac                                                  £24,246 468 £51,808

26.38%

82 White & Co £21,228 464 £45,750

-3.63%

78 Aspray Transport £22,235 501 £44,381

-5.47%

70 Link Logistics £24,920 649 £38,398

-3.24%

Note: This table is based solely on those companies for which latest and previous year sales and employee figures were available.

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