Top 100 2008: The Largest 100 Companies

Rank	Previous Rank	Company or Trading Name/Website	Financial Year End	Turnover (£000s)	Pre-Tax Profit (£000s)	Employee Count
1	1	DHL	Dec-07	£4,079,320	n/a	n/a
2	2	Wincanton	Mar-07	£1,388,700	£47,200	22,000
3	4	Kuehne + Nagel	Dec-07	£923,226	£24,272	6,565
4	3	TNT UK	Dec-07	£810,467	£69,251	10,899
5	5	Ceva Logistics	Dec-07	£552,000	n/a	7,700
6	52	Norbert Dentressangle UK	Dec-07	£511,980	n/a	9,296
7	8	TDG	Dec-07	£478,000	n/a	5,849
8	9	UPS	Dec-07	£425,342	£9,884	4,032
9	6	Gist	Dec-07	£400,000	n/a	4,900
10	13	Parcelforce Worldwide	Mar-08	£379,000	n/a	4,464
11	11	Geopost	Dec-07	£334,000	n/a	n/a
12	10	NYK Logistics (UK)	Mar-08	£370,000	£8,500	4,000
13	12	Business Post Group	Mar-08	£358,600	£14,200	2,985
14	14	Home Delivery Network	Apr-07	£315,017	-£20,573	7,311
15	17	Ryder	Dec-08	£193,000	£14,400	1,553
16	16	DSV	Dec-08	£184,302	£7,770	1,168
17	18	WH Malcolm	Jan-07	£183,877	£9,921	1,978
18	21	Bibby Distribution	Dec-07	£181,042	£4,238	2,265
19	15	Autologic Holdings	Dec-07	£180,700	£4,600	2,120
20	24	Turners (Soham)	Dec-07	£180,402	£21,028	1,651
21	19	FedEx UK	May-07	£180,103	£586	1,792
22	20	City Link	Dec-07	£171,036	-£9,659	3,376
23	25	GefcoUK	Dec-07	£132,644	£4,369	539
24	23	Nightfreight (GB)	Nov-06	£131,963	£4,184	2,369
25	27	The RH Group	Dec-07	£122,320	£3,567	702
26	30	Clipper Group Holdings	Apr-07	£117,586	£1,181	1,886
27	36	NFT Distribution	Mar-08	£114,104	£1,070	1,524
28	28	Hoyer UK	Dec-07	£112,329	£420	1,297
29	22	Stobart Group	Feb-08	£108,840	£3,521	990
30	29	Fowler Welch-Coolchain	Mar-07	£104,426	£5,879	1,087
31	32	Tuffnells Parcels Express	Dec-07	£94,911	£7,243	1,751
32	31	Thomas Cradley Holdings	Apr-08	£88,088	£2,525	560
33	33	Lloyd Fraser Holdings	Aug-07	£81,139	£1,744	1,433
34	35	Gregory Distribution	Sep-07	£78,670	£3,291	1,029
35	37	Great Bear Distribution	Dec-07	£75,027	£6,025	945
36	39	Maritime Transport	Dec-07	£68,504	£4,156	556
37	38	Canute Haulage Group	Dec-07	£65,102	£1,936	878
38	45	Kerry Logistics (UK)	Dec-07	£64,989	£1,483	196
39	51	Hargreaves Services	May-08	£64,599	£2,263	948
40	49	Pentalver Transport	Dec-07	£62,993	£10,791	356
41	NEW	ECM (Vehicle Delivery Services)	Dec-07	£60,772	£5,297	505
42	42	Europa Freight Group	Dec-07	£56,589	£2,329	421
43	46	CEL Group	Aug-07	£54,209	£2,172	491
44	43	Stiller Group	Dec-06	£52,686	£808	715
45	41	Roadways Container Logistics	Dec-07	£52,290	£1,503	485
46	47	Langdon Group	Aug-07	£50,374	£1,920	629
47	48	Hellmann Worldwide Logistics	Dec-07	£47,841	-£4,084	273
48	54	Cert Octavian Holdings	Jun-07	£45,305	-£3,067	479
49	NEW	Goldstar Transport	Jul-07	£42,820	£2,755	208
50	88	Brit European Transport	Dec-07	£41,587	£1,684	346
51	60	Rhys Davies	Sep-07	£36,208	£917	467
52	56	ARR Craib Transport	Mar-08	£35,816	£539	300
53	57	CM Downton	Jun-07	£35,741	£1,711	385
54	34	Culina Logistics	Mar-08	£34,812	-£2,570	518
55	59	John G Russell (Transport)	Mar-07	£34,809	-£12	455
56	61	Amethyst Group	Dec-07	£33,454	-£218	420
57	55	Howard Tenens	Sep-07	£32,446	£1,127	309
58	62	MRS Distribution	Mar-08	£31,535	£1,497	354
59	58	Currie European Transport	Dec-06	£31,031	-£379	235
60	64	C Butt	Apr-07	£30,752	£366	403
61	107	Online	Jan-07	£30,061	£732	274
62	63	R Swain & Sons	Dec-07	£28,470	£1,148	342
63	70	Owens (Road Services)	Jun-07	£28,028	£79	480
64	65	Boughey Distribution	May-07	£27,416	£535	451
65	66	Ass. Cold Stors & T'port	Dec-07	£26,981	-£801	377
66	69	TM Logistics	Jun-06	£26,368	£2,643	275
67	73	Reed Boardall Transport	Mar-07	£25,761	-£206	341
68	77	Interoute Transport Services	Sep-07	£25,340	£956	215
69	75	Knowles (Transport)	Dec-07	£25,260	£3,370	123
70	67	Link Logistics	Oct-07	£24,920	£667	649
71	74	Widdowsdown Group	Mar-07	£24,500	£69	380
72	83	Kammac	Dec-07	£24,246	£262	468
73	76	Prestons of Potto	Dec-07	£23,541	£221	302
74	72	Elddis Transport (Consett)	Dec-07	£23,377	£133	357
75	78	Circle Express	Aug-07	£23,114	£176	299
76	NEW	London City Bond	Sep-07	£23,062	£23	242
77	NEW	STVA UK	Dec-07	£22,382	-£113	64
78	84	Aspray Transport	Dec-07	£22,235	£706	501
79	81	Taygroup	Mar-08	£22,031	£4,633	140
80	82	JW Suckling Transport	Mar-07	£21,495	£526	278
81	79	Saints Transport	Dec-07	£21,373	£981	350
82	NEW	White & Co	Jan-08	£21,228	£7	464
83	NEW	Redhead Freight	Mar-07	£20,723	£1,035	161
84	85	Grocontinental	Oct-07	£19,938	£456	268
85	95	Erith Haulage Co	Sep-07	£19,936	£196	112
86	97	Jack Richards & Son	May-08	£19,935	£790	230
87	80	Seafield Logistics	Jun-07	£19,423	-£122	269
88	92	The Bartrum Group	Dec-07	£19,369	£1,055	215
89	89	The Potter Group (Holdings)	Apr-07	£17,749	£1,290	256
90	93	Bowring Transport	May-07	£17,371	£171	134
91	105	James Kemball	Dec-07	£17,242	£647	128
92	100	Welch's Group Holdings	Dec-07	£17,125	£286	221
93	NEW	Arcese UK	Dec-07	£17,076	£578	72
94	86	NR Evans & Son	Aug-07	£17,031	£235	249
95	94	Stan Robinson Group	May-07	£16,840	£1,204	254
96	102	Deben Transport	Aug-07	£16,783	£685	157
97	101	Laser Transport Int	Dec-07	£16,395	£133	131
98	96	Archbold Logistics	Dec-07	£16,251	-£210	152
99	87	Fergusons (Blyth)	Sep-07	£16,069	£252	255
100	98	Lenham Storage Co	Aug-07	£16,032	£139	301
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