The East Midlands Top 500 Companies 2020 is a new index which celebrates the business
success of the East Midlands as a region with a remarkably strong, diverse and resilient
range of firms.
The Top 500 is based on historic data from Companies House accounts submitted between July 2017 and June 2018. These are accessed from the Financial Analysis Made Easy FAME database supplied by
Bureau Van Dijk. This is supplemented from other publicly available sources of business
information. The report includes analysis of the significance, an overview of the regional business economy, and a series of company case studies.
The index represents the strength and diversity of firms based in the East Midlands. The Top 500 Index provides a continuing baseline for comparison in future years, since it comprises
data predating the effects of Brexit and COVID-19. This will be updated yearly.
It includes companies with their registered offices located in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. All these businesses have been included in the ‘Top 200 Companies’ 2019 for Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, featured in the ‘Business Live’ coverage by Reach Media
