Apart from a few changes in company rankings, the group of top 10 is interesting for the trends underlying the entire 500 greatest. The first is domination of Polish companies among the ranking greatest. Out of 10 companies with highest last year revenues, four come from Poland, including PKN Orlen, the largest Central European company.
The Polish oil concern ‘PKN Orlen’ retained its leading Central European position in 2007. Even without a 24% revenue growth compared with 2006, this Polish company with its income from sales of almost €17 billion (approx. HRK 124 billion) is far ahead the second ranking company. This position was again taken by MOL this year but with a difference in revenues compared to the first ranked of almost three times higher this year. The reason lies in the revenue and profit drop of this Hungarian oil company which resulted in MOL losing its first ranking position this year among the top profit makers: it was overtaken by ČEZ with a net profit of €1,5 billion.
This year rankings of 500 greatest Central European companies, which was prepared by Deloitte consultancy based on 2007 business results and published exclusively by Lider, has faced a few more changes among top ten companies. Top business rankings usually seldom change. However, economic growth in most Central European countries underwent a boom last year and influenced business operations of leading regional companies. Recording an 82% revenue growth, the Polish energy giant PGE is ranked fourth with the €7,4 billion in revenue last year.
