2009 50 Best Small & Medium-Sized Workplaces in Europe
The 2009 List of the Best Workplaces in Europe is produced by the Great Place to Work® Institute Europe and was published in the Great Place to Work® Magazine on May 21st.
The List is based on 16 national Best Workplaces studies carried out in Europe. Participants in all countries are evaluated with the same methodology and the European List is created on the same criteria as national Lists.
For the 2008-2009 edition, more than 1350 companies have participated, representing 1.1 million employees in Europe.
The companies are presented in two separate Lists featuring Small&Medium-sized Workplaces with 50-500 employees and Large Workplaces with more than 500 employees.
| Great Place to Work® Institute Europe |
| Rank | Companies |
|---|---|
| 1 | Piscines Ideales, Greece 135 employees www.piscinesideales.gr Industry: Construction & Real Estate - Contracting Ownership: Private |
| 2 | Reaktor Innovations, Finland 100 employees www.ri.fi Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 3 | ConSol* Software, Germany 179 employees www.consol.de Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Private |
| 4 | noventum consulting, Germany 71 employees www.noventum.de Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 5 | Middelfart Sparekasse, Denmark 174 employees www.midspar.dk/ Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private |
| 6 | Creativ Company, Denmark 86 employees www.cchobby.dk Industry: Retail Ownership: Private |
| 7 | Roche Pharmaceuticals, Denmark 110 employees www.roche.dk Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private |
| 8 | &Samhoud, The Netherlands 66 employees www.samhoud.nl Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management Ownership: Private |
| 9 | Pentasys, Germany 136 employees www.pentasys.de Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 10 | Bristol-Myers Squibb, Greece 166 employees www.bms-greece.gr/ Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private |
| 11 | Frøs Herreds Sparekasse, Denmark 127 employees www.froes.dk/ Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private |
| 12 | Unimerco, Denmark 396 employees www.unimerco.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Private |
| 13 | Danone, UK 93 employees www.danone.co.uk/ Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Publicly quoted/held |
| 14 | Mjølner Informatics, Denmark 77 employees www.mjolner.dk Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 15 | Cultivator, Denmark 60 employees www.cultivator.dk/ Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management Ownership: Private |
| 16 | SimCorp, Germany 143 employees www.simcorp.de/ Industry: Information Technology - Software Ownership: Private |
| 17 | Jones Lang LaSalle, Ireland 71 employees www.joneslanglasalle.ie/ Industry: Construction & Real Estate - Real Estate Ownership: Publicly quoted/held |
| 18 | GlaxoSmithKline Pharma, Denmark 137 employees www.glaxosmithkline.dk/ Industry: Health Care - Medical sales/distribution Ownership: Private |
| 19 | Baringa Partners, UK 97 employees www.baringa.com/ Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management |
| 20 | Sigmar Recruitment, Ireland 97 employees www.sigmar.ie Industry: Professional Services - Staffing & Recruitment Ownership: Private |
| 21 | Premier Group, Ireland 219 employees www.premiergroup.ie/ Industry: Professional Services - Staffing & Recruitment Ownership: Private |
| 22 | Impact International, UK 108 employees www.impact-dtg.com Industry: Professional Services Ownership: Private |
| 23 | Adobe Systems, Germany 254 employees www.adobe.com/de/ Industry: Information Technology - Software Ownership: Private |
| 24 | Autisme Center Vestsjælland, Denmark 250 employees www.a-c-v.dk/ Industry: Social Services and Government Agencies Ownership: Government |
| 25 | Softonic.com, Spain 130 employees www.softonic.com/ Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Private |
| 26 | Liberty Seguros, Portugal 413 employees www.libertyseguros.pt Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Private |
| 27 | Cushman & Wakefield, Portugal 65 employees www.cushmanwakefield.com Industry: Construction & Real Estate Ownership: Private |
| 28 | Grupo Visual MS, Spain 58 employees www.visualms.com/ Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Private |
| 29 | QlikTech, Germany 71 employees www.qliktech.de/ Industry: Information Technology - Software Ownership: Private |
| 30 | Webstep, Norway 184 employees www.webstep.no/dnn3/ Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 31 | Bain & Company, Spain 73 employees www.bain.com Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management Ownership: Private |
| 32 | Kellogg's, Spain 200 employees www.kelloggcompany.com/ Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Publicly quoted/held |
| 33 | 3 Step IT, Finland 86 employees www.3stepit.com Industry: Professional Services |
| 34 | National Instruments Corp, UK 80 employees digital.ni.com/worldwide/uk.nsf/main?ReadForm Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Electronics Ownership: Publicly quoted/held |
| 35 | TomTec Imaging Systems, Germany 114 employees www.tomtec.de/ Industry: Health Care - Medical sales/distribution Ownership: Private |
| 36 | Optimum, Norway 64 employees www.optimum.no/ Industry: Professional Services - Consulting-Actuarial/Risk Assessment Ownership: Private |
| 37 | Schindlerhof, Klaus Kobjoll, Germany 73 employees www.schindlerhof.de Industry: Hospitality Ownership: Private |
| 38 | Umoe Consulting, Norway 73 employees www.umoeconsulting.no/ Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 39 | Grundfos, Germany 459 employees www.grundfos.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private |
| 40 | TANDBERG, Norway 460 employees www.tandberg.no/ Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Publicly quoted/held |
| 41 | Euro Car Parks, Ireland 224 employees www.eurocarparks.com/ Industry: Construction & Real Estate - Property Management Ownership: Private |
| 42 | Plus Uitzendkrachten, Belgium 80 employees www.plusuitzendkrachten.be/ Industry: Professional Services - Staffing & Recruitment Ownership: Cooperative |
| 43 | Mars Belgium, Belgium 325 employees www.mars.be/ Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Private |
| 44 | Accent Jobs for People, Belgium 469 employees www.accent.be/ Industry: Professional Services - Staffing & Recruitment Ownership: Cooperative |
| 45 | Stretch, Sweden 95 employees www.stretch.se/ Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 46 | ORMIT, The Netherlands 259 employees www.ormit.nl/ Industry: Professional Services - Staffing & Recruitment Ownership: Private |
| 47 | Worthington Cylinders, Austria 442 employees www.worthingtoncylinders.com/ Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Private |
| 48 | Boer & Croon, The Netherlands 264 employees www.boercroon.nl/ Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management Ownership: Private |
| 49 | Everis Portugal, Portugal 154 employees www.everis.com/ Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private |
| 50 | Danube Hotel-Betriebsgesellschaft, Austria 332 employees www.ihg.com Industry: Hospitality - Hotel/Resort Ownership: Private |
