WELCOME TO THE UK’S DEFINITIVE LEAGUE
TABLE OF THE TOP 100 SME BUSINESSES

ENTRIES RE-OPEN OCTOBER 1st 2024

CELEBRATING BRITAIN’S TOP PERFORMING SME BUSINESSES

Over the years, we’ve had the great privilege of covering some of Britain’s best SME businesses, and they continue to exhilarate us with their ingenuity.
 

We believe it is important to highlight these businesses and to this end, we publish the Elite Business 100, the annual definitive league table that celebrates business excellence in the UK.

In conjunction with the guide we host a celebratory awards evening to further congratulate all our winners.

CELEBRATING BRITAIN’S TOP PERFORMING SME BUSINESSES

Over the years, we’ve had the great privilege of covering some of Britain’s best SME businesses, and they continue to exhilarate us with their ingenuity.

We believe it is important to highlight these businesses and to this end, we’re publishing the Elite Business 100, the annual definitive league table that celebrates business excellence in the UK.

In conjunction with the guide we’ll also be hosting a celebratory awards evening to further congratulate all our winners.

ABOUT THE EB100

The EB100 is Britain’s definitive official list celebrating excellence in the SME community. We believe it’s important to highlight these businesses, and to this end we released the official league table on the 29th January 2024 and release an annual digital guide distributed UK wide. In conjunction we also host the celebratory and awards evening, which will be held on the 13th March 2024 at Leonardo Royal, St Paul’s, London to further congratulate our winners.

WHY ENTER THE EB100 AWARDS?

This is your opportunity to tell the whole UK
why you are a Top 100 SME Business.

Show the UK SME community
what you’re made of

Boost your credibility and appeal to
1,000’s of potential new customers

Be recognised as one of Britain’s
brightest SME Businesses

WHO CAN ENTER?

The Top 100 SME Businesses is open to all UK based businesses, privately owned and trading for the last 2 years. Employees/ Team size should be 2 – 250 people and company turnover 100K – 50M. Please note we are unable to accept applications from investment or property development companies, financial trading, money management companies or Franchisors/ franchisees.

The winners selected for EB100 will be those who put themselves forward to enter. Entries must be live to market at some point between 2022-23.

For help filling out the entry form or for a more detailed overview of the entrant criteria please click the button below.

THE JUDGES

The Top 100 UK SME Businesses are judged on eight core criteria that helps us gauge entrants on their size, growth, ambitions and contributions made to the community based on information supplied by entrants. We have an independent panel of top judges who score the full top 100 list.

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Club Wembley

CLUB WEMBLEY OFFICIAL EB100 SUPPORTER

The No.1 winner of the EB100 will also receive a full hospitality package exclusively from our official supporter Club Wembley. This includes a premium private box, with full catering included for the CEO and 7 of their senior management team, at an England International at Wembley Stadium. So you can celebrate in style! For more info click below.

CELEBRATORY & AWARDS EVENING ADDITIONAL WINNER AWARDS

Additional recognition and special awards are handed out at the Celebratory & Awards Evening including the EB100 winner trophy with the new winners engraved on the plaque, they get to look after the trophy for the year.

Each winner will be welcomed on stage to receive their awards.

THE ELITE BUSINESS TOP 100 UK ANNUAL CELEBRATORY & AWARDS EVENING

We host our annual Celebratory & Awards Evening for the EB100 TOP 100 finalists. The evening is an opportunity to congratulate our winners on their esteemed success and an opportunity to win additional awards. Celebrations start with a drinks reception followed by a delicious 3 course set meal and VIP Networking/Photo opportunities.

Entries for Elite Business Top 100 UK Awards 2025 re-open on the 21st October 2024. It’s completely free to enter. To keep up-to-date with our Awards and the latest in the SME business community subscribe for free below.