
| Name | Company | Sector | Wealth £m | Latest t/o | % 5 yr rise in t/o | % 5yr rise in Employment | Score | Profile | |
| 1 | Ayman Asfari | Petrofac | Oil services | 520 | 2,283 | 364 | 96 | 40 | View |
| 2 | Richard Higham | Acteon | Oil services | 52 | 309 | 713 | 587 | 41 |
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| 3 | Natalie Massenet* | Net-a-Porter | Online Fashion | 52 | 81 | 575 | 418 | 44 | View |
| 4 | Aidan Heavey | Tullow Oil | Oil exploration | 98 | 692 | 207 | 220 | 46 | View |
| 5 | Chris Dawson | Range | Home retail | 150 | 175 | 567 | 564 | 43 | View |
| 6 | Sir Ian Wood* | Wood Group | Oil services | 906 | 3,596 | 209 | 55 | 61 | View |
| 7 | Henry Moser* | Jerrold Holdings | Finance | 165 | 166 | 202 | 77 | 64 | View |
| 8 | Chris & Gregg Siepman | Liquid Capital Group | Finance | 40 | 166 | 348 | 168 | 75 | View |
| 9 | Andy Bell | AJ Bell | Business services | 40 | 25 | 317 | 196 | 76 | View |
| 10 | Peter Hargreaves | Hargreaves Lansdown | Financial services | 530 | 133 | 177 | 41 | 78 | View |
| 11 | Philip Burgan | Maria Mallaband | Care homes | 31 | 32 | 540 | 307 | 80 | |
| 12 | Charles Wigoder | Telecom Plus | Telecoms | 53 | 278 | 172 | 96 | 82 | |
| =13 | Fred & Peter Done | Done Bros (Cash Betting) | Gaming | 525 | 1,103 | 97 | 84 | 83 | |
| =13 | Johnny & Patrick Byrne | Byrne Group | Construction | 80 | 317 | 148 | 95 | 83 | |
| 15 | Stewart Milne | Stewart Milne | Construction | 125 | 420 | 122 | 59 | 93 | |
| =16 | Andrew Owens* | Greenergy | Green fuel | 50 | 1,725 | 622 | 55 | 94 | |
| =16 | Jo Bradwell† | Binding Site | Pharmaceuticals | 113 | 39 | 117 | 65 | 94 | |
| 18 | Graham Cartledge | Benoy | Architectural services | 30 | 36 | 227 | 217 | 95 | |
| 19 | Nick Jenkins | Moonpig.com | Internet retailing | 17 | 21 | 2,000 | 712 | 96 | |
| 20 | Adrian White | Biwater | Water services | 52 | 313 | 94 | 215 | 97 | |
| 21 | Michael Spencer | Icap | Finance | 650 | 1,601 | 102 | 44 | 98 | |
| 22 | Nick Robinson | Phoenix IT | IT services | 35 | 253 | 187 | 148 | 100 | |
| 23 | Ken Davy | Simply Biz | Business services | 22 | 13 | 333 | 236 | 102 | |
| =24 | Carly Read | Icon Live | Fashion | 20 | 64 | 326 | 315 | 103 | |
| =24 | Richard Tang | Zen Internet | Internet services | 30 | 36 | 157 | 243 | 103 | |
| 26 | John Partridge* | Sonardyne | Electronics | 80 | 48 | 269 | 32 | 105 | |
| =27 | Chrissie Rucker | The White Company | Fashion | 35 | 70 | 141 | 153 | 110 | |
| =27 | Roger Duggan | Immunodiagnostic | Pharmaceuticals | 12 | 25 | 400 | 286 | 110 | |
| 29 | Robert & Jonathan Mould | Romo | Furnishings | 38 | 142 | 173 | 84 | 112 | |
| 30 | Jimmy Heselden† | Hesco Bastion | Blast walls | 214 | 196 | 87 | 41 | 113 | |
| 31 | Johnnie Boden | Boden | Fashion | 87 | 168 | 95 | 55 | 118 | |
| =32 | Raj Sehgal* | Visage | Fashion | 52 | 160 | 74 | 133 | 121 | |
| =32 | Rick Traynor | Begbies Traynor | Insolvencies | 30 | 62 | 148 | 136 | 121 | |
| 34 | Bipin & Piyoosh Chotai | Waremoss | Pharmacies | 20 | 40 | 186 | 163 | 124 | |
| 35 | Dai Walters | G Walters | Mining | 90 | 58 | 123 | 31 | 126 | |
| 36 | Michael Garlick | MBA | IT consultancy | 50 | 99 | 200 | 33 | 128 | |
| =37 | David Moulsdale | Optical Express | Opticians | 50 | 207 | 123 | 52 | 129 | |
| =37 | Derek Clarke | Divex | Diving equipment | 15 | 66 | 288 | 144 | 129 | |
| 39 | Sir Paul Smith | Paul Smith | Fashion | 230 | 150 | 63 | 39 | 131 | |
| 40 | Tony Watson | Watson Petroleum | Fuel | 45 | 500 | 107 | 58 | 135 | |
| =41 | Gordon Sanders | Runwood | Care homes | 102 | 43 | 79 | 34 | 137 | |
| =41 | Alan Wiseman* | Robert Wiseman | Dairy products | 140 | 834 | 71 | 35 | 137 | |
| =43 | Crispin & Geremy Thomas | TMTI | Business services | 10 | 5 | 150 | 190 | 139 | |
| =43 | Peter & Michael Kane | Business Post | Courier services | 105 | 386 | 66 | 39 | 139 | |
| =45 | David Andrews† | Xchanging | Business services | 52 | 558 | 42 | 134 | 142 | |
| =45 | Assem Allam | Allam Marine | Power generation | 97 | 106 | 152 | 11 | 142 | |
| 47 | Michael Hoodless† | Michael Lonsdale | Industry | 24 | 130 | 145 | 79/td> | 149 | |
| 48 | William Paterson* | Patersons Quarries | Industry | 38 | 52 | 73 | 86 | 150 | |
| =49 | Jake Shafran† | Jato Dynamics | Business services | 52 | 33 | 37 | 131 | 152 | |
| =49 | Philip Watkins | Welco | Industry | 22 | 17 | 89 | 154 | 152 | |
| 51 | Martyn Godfrey* | Browns Food Group | Food production | 20 | 86 | 132 | 82 | 156 | |
| =52 | Martin Bruce*† | Scotia | Construction | 30 | 80 | 60 | 149 | 158 | |
| =52 | Harold Martin | HW Martin | Industry | 53 | 64 | 45 | 53 | 158 | |
| =54 | John Kirkland* | Bowmer & Kirkland | Construction | 205 | 885 | 69 | 23 | 159 | |
| =54 | Duncan Fletcher* | Forth | Construction | 35 | 146 | 78 | 60 | 159 | |
| 56 | Ronnie Mincher | Glenalmond | Industry | 22 | 33 | 94 | 91 | 164 | |
| 57 | David Wernick* | Wernick | Industry | 33 | 61 | 79 | 58 | 165 | |
| =58 | David Milles | Hexadex | Industrial components | 36 | 101 | 115 | 33 | 166 | |
| =58 | Will Adderley* | Dunelm | Retailing | 540 | 424 | 50 | 22 | 166 | |
| 60 | Norman Grundon* | Grundon | Waste management | 52 | 82 | 58 | 35 | 168 | |
| 61 | Gene Willson | Titan Airways | Aviation | 32 | 54 | 86 | 52 | 171 | |
| =62 | Philip Meeson | Dart Group | Aviation | 33 | 439 | 64 | 64 | 172 | |
| =62 | Linda Bennett | LK Bennett | Fashion | 70 | 57 | 58 | 29 | 172 | |
| =62 | Peter Dawson | Dawsongroup | Asset leasing | 160 | 153 | 37 | 30 | 172 | |
| =65 | Jeremy Woolridge | Wedge | Industry | 38 | 114 | 119 | 25 | 177 | |
| =65 | Dennis Pay* | Paydens | Pharmaceuticals | 45 | 111 | 48 | 42 | 177 | |
| =65 | Ian Scarr-Hall | GSH | Business services | 40 | 200 | 96 | 27 | 177 | |
| =65 | Christopher Johnson | Ipeco | Industry | 30 | 60 | 122 | 30 | 177 | |
| 69 | Bob Gault | Klondyke | Garden centres | 30 | 38 | 65 | 59 | 178 | |
| 70 | Kevin & Dermot Clancy | Clancy Group | Construction | 40 | 234 | 77 | 29 | 183 | |
| 71 | Sean Kelly | Richard Austin Alloys | Metals | 16 | 82 | 122 | 41 | 184 | |
| 72 | Craig Burkinshaw† | Audley Travel | Travel | 15 | 49 | 69 | 112 | 185 | |
| =73 | Andrew Gare | Permastore | Industry | 30 | 31 | 107 | 29 | 186 | |
| =73 | John Harry* | S Norton | Waste & scrap metal | 53 | 229 | 56 | 24 | 186 | |
| =73 | Gary Dutton | Synseal | Industry | 90 | 92 | 39 | 26 | 186 | |
| 76 | Shelagh Elkins* | Tectrade | Computers | 20 | 36 | 112 | 36 | 190 | |
| 77 | Jatti & Avneet Sahni | VIP Computer Centre | IT components | 30 | 163 | 44 | 62 | 191 | |
| =78 | Chris Thompson | Express Group | Industry | 40 | 14 | 75 | 24 | 194 | |
| =78 | Jonathan Wild* | Bettys & Taylors | Catering | 72 | 77 | 45 | 22 | 194 | |
| 80 | Richard Wolfe | Travel Channel International | TV and internet | 30 | 12 | 140 | 16 | 195 | |
| =81 | Tim Mead* | Yeo Valley | Dairy products | 52 | 178 | 37 | 29 | 199 | |
| =81 | Michael Gooley | Trailfinders | Travel | 195 | 634 | 26 | 21 | 199 | |
| 83 | Bryan Glastonbury† | Integral | Building services | 30 | 180 | 56 | 36 | 202 | |
| =84 | Alan & Brian Stannah | Stannah | Industry | 102 | 169 | 38 | 8 | 204 | |
| =84 | Brian Kingham | Reliance | Security | 140 | 382 | 31 | 11 | 204 | |
| 86 | Andrew Page | Andrew Page | Car parts | 53 | 97 | 35 | 24 | 208 | |
| 87 | Richard Smith* | PCMS | Software | 54 | 37 | 42 | 6 | 211 | |
| 88 | Massimo Gini | FX | Finance | 52 | 30 | 36 | 24 | 212 | |
| 89 | Keith Black* | Regatta | Outdoor clothing | 34 | 61 | 39 | 32 | 216 | |
| 90 | Woon Wing Yip* | W Wing Yip | Groceries | 72 | 91 | 23 | 17 | 219 | |
| 91 | Ron Alcock | HI Weldrick | Chemists | 30 | 61 | 35 | 37 | 223 | |
| =92 | Bob Edwards | Scotframe | Industry | 30 | 42 | 45 | 28 | 225 | |
| =92 | Tony Laithwaite* | Direct Wines | Retailing | 30 | 344 | 38 | 32 | 225 | |
| 94 | William Hughes | B&M Care | Care homes | 45 | 25 | 39 | 16 | 226 | |
| 95 | John Guest | John Guest International | Industry | 53 | 110 | 29 | 5 | 229 | |
| 96 | Michael McBraida | McBraida | Industry | 10 | 13 | 86 | 25 | 232 | |
| 97 | Tony Rowe | South West Communications | Telecoms | 22 | 20 | 54 | 26 | 237 | |
| 98 | Andrew Thorpe* | FW Thorpe | Industry | 34 | 52 | 40 | 11 | 243 | |
| 99 | John Cotton | John Cotton | Textiles | 45 | 93 | 27 | 6 | 245 | |
| 100 | Tim Poon | Hoo Hing | Groceries | 20 | 74 | 48 | 24 | 247 |
* Includes family stake
† Figures may be for less than five years
** Total score is the sum of rankings for wealth, five-year percentage rise in turnover and five-year percentage rise in employment. The lower, the better.
Figures for turnover and employee numbers are drawn from latest accounts filed at Companies House or supplied by the company.