ZebraPay ranks the highest, with an average growth rate of 998% in the last four years (2010-2014).
The 13 Romanian companies make up a fifth of the total number of finalists from Central Europe. The 13 firms are ZebraPay SRL (85th), ITNT (89th), Astinvest Com SRL (127th), Insoft Development&Consulting (172nd), Piconet SRL (206th), Geskimo SRL (238th), Nordlogic Software SRL (263rd), Life is hard (271st), Bittnet Systems SA (360th), Qualitance QBS SRL (400th), dcs plus (CS DCS Fast Link SRL – 476th), Accesa IT Consulting (480th) and Gama IT (499th).
Compared with the Deloitte CE Technology Fast 50, launched in October 2015, Romania has three new companies included in the ranking, namely, Accesa IT Consulting, dcs plus and Gama IT.
The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, at its 15th edition, places first Dutch online auction house for special items Catawiki. Overall, the EMEA region saw a 1,012% revenue growth rate for companies representing over 20 countries.
France again dominated the rankings with the most entries for the sixth consecutive year. The rest of the top five companies are from Great Britain, Norway, The Netherlands and Sweden. Two companies in Israel were included in the top 5 and four companies in the top 10 are from Great Britain.
The software sector made up 52% of total in 2015, followed by the media sector with 18%. The communications sector had a contribution of 10%, hardware (10%), the pharmaceutical sector (6%) the sector of clean technology (4%).
Combining technological innovation, entrepreneurship and rapid growth, Technology Fast 500 companies — large, small, public, and private — span a variety of industry sectors, and are transforming the way business is done today. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA is now in its fifteenth year, and it includes over 20 countries including Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, UK, France, Germany and Turkey.