Reference number BI 2026:296(E) · edition 2026-10-13
BI 2026Companies built without venture capital — register of conforming companies
European businesses that grew on their own revenue: founder-owned firms, families that still run the company, employee-owned cooperatives, foundation-held groups. Each entry states what the company sells, how it was financed, and the public source that says so. Companies later acquired are withdrawn and listed apart; the criteria are the standard.
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296 conforming companies · 31 countries · 15 sectors · 37 employee-owned · 62 withdrawn
BAnnex B (normative) — Register of conforming companies numbered in alphabetical order; registration numbers are permanent
Conformity notation: 3.1 no venture round · 3.2 public evidence · 3.3 independence (half square = minority stake declared, empty = pending). Full text in clause 4. Ownership type is stated in words on every entry and can be filtered above.