Electricals & Appliances E-commerce Insights
Electricals & Appliances E-commerce
Explore the fastest growing UK Electricals & Appliances e-commerce companies over the last 27 years!
By analysing the Fast Track 100 data, which ranks the UK’s top 100 fastest-growing private companies each year, we’ve seen how “Electricals & Appliances” e-commerce has changed from 1997 to 2024.
Key Insights:
- Mobile phone retailers are the largest sub-group making up 33% of the ‘Electricals & Appliances’ companies listed in the Fast Track 100 (1997-2024).
- Three companies have been in the list three times: Expansys (2004-06), LSE Retail Group (2014-16) and One Retail Group (2018-20).
- Carphone Warehouse (1997-98), Ecoflow (1999-2000), Microline (2005-06), AO.com (2007-08), Buymobilephones.net (2010-11) and Mobile Phones Direct (2015-16).
| Award Year | Rank | Name | Activity | Location | Sales £000s | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 39 | Carphone Warehouse | Mobile phone retailer | Northwest London | 64,506 | 95.75% |
| 1998 | 69 | Carphone Warehouse | Mobile phone retailer | Northwest London | 107,371 | 74.36% |
| 1999 | 23 | Ecoflow | Magnetic device retailer | Cornwall | 3,967 | 107.42% |
| 1999 | 26 | Value Direct | Electrical goods retailer | Oxfordshire | 3,389 | 105.15% |
| 2000 | 62 | The Mobile Phone Store | Mobile phone retailer | Merseyside | 19,200 | 81.37% |
| 2000 | 90 | Ecoflow | Magnetic device retailer | Cornwall | 6,250 | 71.33% |
| 2004 | 10 | Expansys | Electronics retailer | Manchester | 12,579 | 165.74% |
| 2005 | 7 | Expansys | Electronics retailer | Manchester | 22,869 | 155.44% |
| 2005 | 18 | Microline | Mobile phone retailer | Middlesex | 9,879 | 110.05% |
| 2006 | 8 | Microline | Mobile phone retailer | Middlesex | 22,006 | 181.20% |
| 2006 | 57 | Expansys | Electronics retailer | Manchester | 35,654 | 82.13% |
| 2007 | 7 | Flat TV Company | Electrical goods retailer | Oxford | 5,731 | 162.59% |
| 2007 | 70 | AO.com | Household appliance supplier | Bolton | 52,846 | 73.10% |
| 2008 | 28 | AO.com | Household appliance supplier | Bolton | 80,982 | 99.56% |
| 2010 | 1 | Buymobilephones.net | Mobile phone retailer | Derbyshire | 24,538 | 340.15% |
| 2011 | 70 | Buymobilephones.net | Mobile phone retailer | Derbyshire | 30,962 | 57.69% |
| 2014 | 15 | LSE Retail Group | Lighting retailer | Manchester | 6,771 | 120.17% |
| 2015 | 16 | Mobile Phones Direct | Mobile phone retailer | Berkshire | 63,581 | 101.35% |
| 2015 | 24 | LSE Retail Group | Lighting retailer | Manchester | 10,252 | 88.70% |
| 2016 | 35 | Mobile Phones Direct | Mobile phone retailer | Berkshire | 79,253 | 85.15% |
| 2016 | 51 | LSE Retail Group | Lighting retailer | Manchester | 14,181 | 66.67% |
| 2018 | 7 | One Retail Group | Consumer products retailer | Northwest London | 13,970 | 141.53% |
| 2018 | 11 | Velocity Outlet | Electronics retailer | Cambridge | 13,269 | 134.32% |
| 2019 | 11 | One Retail Group | Consumer products retailer | Northwest London | 25,420 | 136.64% |
| 2020 | 19 | One Retail Group | Consumer products retailer | North London | 39,177 | 87.80% |
| 2020 | 72 | Technoworld | Computer retailer | Northwest London | 84,434 | 45.13% |
| 2022 | 100 | Powertool World | Power tools and accessories retailer | Northeast | 35,390 | 42.85% |
Want to learn more about the Rise of E-commerce in the UK
Click this link to read more about the “Rise of E-commerce in the UK from 1997-2024”.
Britain's fastest growing private companies from 1997-2024
What is the Fast Track 100?
The Fast Track 100 league table ranked Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years. It is compiled by Fast Track and published in The Sunday Times each December. It ran from 1997 to 2020, until 30th June 2021 when the Fast Track company was closed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic causing too much uncertainty over continued sponsorship.
In 2022, The Sunday Times announced it was restarted the Fast Track 100. It is branded as – The Sunday Times Hundred 2022.
A typical Fast Track 100 company:
- is owned and run by entrepreneurs
- has between 20 and 500 staff
- has average 3 year sales growth ranging between 45% and 250% pa
- has sales ranging between £5m and £100m
- 25% of the companies have venture capital backing
Fast Track 100 League Tables 1997-2024
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