25. Comparex

Key points

Revenue: £143.7m (+68%)

Net profit: 0.9%

Staff: 48

Microsoft licensing giant Comparex may have just been gobbled up by rival SoftwareONE, but when it comes to UK revenues it is now fractionally larger than its new owner after clocking up growth of 68 per cent in its year to 31 March 2018. The fall in the pound means the UK has become a good location for buying for some European and global customers, Comparex noted in its annual UK accounts, adding that it centralised more support to Germany during the period.