Our system for classifying companies

With Explore you can locate companies in four categories: Small, Medium, Large and Very Large. Discover their characteristics.

Company categories

Categories of companies

The criteria* we use to classify companies

01

Very large companies (VL)

Companies are considered very large when they match at least one of the following conditions:

  • Operating revenue >= 100 million EUR (130 million USD)
  • Total assets >= 200 million EUR (260 million USD)
  • Employees >= 1,000
  • Listed

Notes:
Companies with ratios operating revenue per employee or total assets per employee below 100 EUR (130 USD) are excluded from this category. Companies for which operating revenue, total assets and employees are unknown but have a level of capital over 5 million EUR (6.5 million USD) are also included in the category.

02

Large companies (L)

Companies are considered large when they match at least one of the following conditions:

  • Operating revenue >= 10 million EUR (13 million USD)
  • Total assets >= 20 million EUR (26 million USD)
  • Employees >= 150
  • Not very large

Notes:
Companies with ratios operating revenue per employee or total assets per employee below 100 EUR (130 USD) are excluded from this category. Companies for which operating revenue, total assets and employees are unknown but have a level of capital comprised between 500 thousand EUR (650 thousand USD) and 5 million EUR (6.5 million USD) are also included in the category.

03

Medium sized companies (M)

Companies are considered medium sized when they match at least one of the following conditions:

  • Operating revenue >= 1 million EUR (1.3 million USD)
  • Total assets >= 2 million EUR (2.6 million USD)
  • Employees >= 15
  • Not very large or large

Notes:
Companies with ratios operating revenue per employee or total assets per employee below 100 EUR (130 USD) are excluded from this category. Companies for which operating revenue, total assets and employees are unknown but have a level of capital comprised between 50 thousand EUR (65 thousand USD) and 500 thousand EUR (650 thousand USD) are also included in the category.

04

Small companies (S)

Companies are considered small when they are not included in another category.

*The criteria for a company to be included in one of the categories below are always based on values expressed in EUR (values in USD are given for information purposes only and may vary depending on current exchange rate).