16. SCC (UK) - $2.02B
Specialist Computer Centres (further SCC) is a UK based enterprise and the biggest independent IT services company in Europe. The company has around 6,000 employees that are serving customers in multiple branches from 75 locations in Europe. More than 2,500 clients from over 50 countries benefit from SCC IT planning, supply, integration and management services. SCC generated sales of $2.02B in 2018 providing solutions to aviation, technology, property and other businesses.
17. Supercell (Finland) - $2.02B
Supercell is the biggest IT company in Finland by sales in 2018 and is focused on mobile game development. The freemium mobile games released by the company appeared to be very successful and generated impressive sales of $2.02B in 2018. The success induced Supercell to open offices in Japan, South Korea, China and the USA. In 2012 - 2014 the company has collected multiple awards. It was named as the game developer of the year in Finland, the most reputable company, best Nordic start-up etc.
18. GFI Informatique (France) - $1.68B
GFI Informatique (further GFI) is a digital services company (DSC) from France. It was ranked as the 9th biggest French DSC by turnover in 2015 and the 5th largest French IT company by sales ($1.68B) in 2018. GFI employs around 17,000 professionals, more than 6,000 of them working abroad. The company has subsidiaries in France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Mexico and is planning to open an agency in Tunisia by 2020.
19. Barco (Belgium) - $1.23B
Barco NV (further Barco) is a Belgian technology enterprise, developing solutions for visualisation and collaboration. 3,600 employees of the company are serving customers in 90 countries from Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America. Together they achieved $1.34B market cap and $1.23B annual sales in 2018. During its existence, Barco developed and implemented such top-notch technologies as LCD, LED, 3D, VR and others. This always helped it stay way ahead of competitors.
20. Trivago (Germany) - $1.16B
Trivago NV (further Trivago) is a transnational IT company from Germany that created one of the most famous hotel metasearch engines in the world. Being the main clients of Trivago, the hotel and lodging businesses have brought $1.16B in sales in 2018. Business success made the company one of the fastest growing in Germany. Trivago managed to double its profitability just in four years.
21. Adyen (Netherlands) - $1.1B
Adyen is a Dutch IT company, operating as a global payments and e-commerce technology provider with annual sales of $1.1B in 2018. Near 9,000 employees from 15 locations are providing e-commerce, mobile and point-of-sale payments as well as risk management solutions to over 3,500 customers. It took Adyen 5 years (2006 - 2011) to reach profitability, and the company managed to keep the high profits level till now. It was even named the 6th biggest European unicorn in 2015.
22. Axis Communications (Sweden) - $1.08B
Axis Communications AB (further Axis) is a technology company from Sweden. It manufactures IP cameras and creates software and hardware for closed-circuit television and physical security industries. Clients, using the Axis network cameras, brought $1.08B in sales to the company in 2018, and the operating income reached $0,11M. The company owns patents for five network cameras and video technologies for now and is working on getting more.
23. PTV AG (Germany) - $920M
PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG (further PTV) is a consulting services enterprise and software solutions provider from Germany. Most of its clients are transportation, logistics and mobility businesses. PTV group employs over 700 professionals worldwide, serving customers in near 100 countries, who use the company's traffic and logistics software. Together they generated $920M annual sales. The transport planning software developed by PTV is used by more than 2,000 clients from multiple countries.
24. IFS AB (Sweden) - $606M
IFS AB (further IFS) is a Swedish IT company, an enterprise software developer. Its 3,500 employees work for over 10,000 B2B clients internationally. In 10 years IFS bought seven software development companies from Norway, the UK, the US and Canada. They strongly contributed to the IFS products quality and versatility, so that in 2018 the company earned $606M in annual sales.
25. Critical Software (Portugal) - $504M
Critical Software is a Portuguese IT company with annual sales of $504M and the 25th largest IT company in Europe by sales according to Global Database. Critical Software solutions are used mainly in defence, finance, aerospace, energy and many other fields for safety and business-critical apps. Over 800 employees of the company serve its local and international clients through offices in Portugal, Germany, UK and US.
26. Nemetschek (Germany) - $460M
Nemetschek Group (further Nemetschek) is an architecture, engineering, construction, and multimedia software developer and distributor from Germany. Nemetschek operates seven major and multiple smaller subsidiaries with over 2,000 employees that maintain 16 product brands. Annual sales of $460M allowed Nemetschek to enter the Top-30 European IT companies by sales in 2018. This rating is based on our business intelligence platform data, that is updated on a day-to-day basis
27. NNIT (Denmark) - $400M
NNIT A/S (Novo Nordisk IT, further NNIT) is a public company, operating in IT, with regulated industry sectors enterprises as key clients, located in Denmark. NNIT provides IT services and consultancy to clients all over the world with the help of 3,000+ employees working in 7 countries. In 2017 NNIT was the 3rd largest Danish IT services provider. In 2018 it earned $400M in sales and became the biggest Danish IT company by sales according to Global Database.
28. Vaisala (Finland) - $372M
Vaisala Oyj (further Vaisala) is an environmental and industrial measurement products and services developer from Finland. Vaisala serves an area of more than 150 countries, providing high-tech solutions to aviation, meteorological, energy (weather-critical) and other enterprises. Over 1,600 employees, working in Vaisala branches in 15 countries, managed to generate $372M in annual sales and almost $46M net income in 2018.
29. Rovio Entertainment (Finland) - $297M
Rovio Entertainment Oyj (further Rovio) is an IT company from Finland, famous as the creators of Angry Birds. This video game developer created 59 games since 2003, 21 of them belonging to the Angry Birds franchise. Rovio employs over 350 professionals in 2 studios that generated annual sales of $297M in 2018. This allowed the company to become a part of our Top-30 biggest IT companies in Europe by sales in 2018.
30. Data Respons (Norway) - $290M
Data Respons is an IT company from Norway with offices in 4 more countries, that managed to get $290M in sales in 2018. The company is an embedded systems developer, working for automotive, energy, finance, defence, MedTech and other fields. Data Respons is a software and hardware developer, as well as R&D engineering services provider working for clients all over the world.