The Britain’s Most Admired Company Database

The Britain’s Most Admired Companies archive includes the 398 companies covered in the research between 2009 and 2014.

Each one has been assessed alongside individual sector peers and competitors.

Note: the sectors are as defined by the Britain’s Most Admired Companies study team.

Many companies appear every year but it isn’t always the case. Companies have been added or removed for a variety of reasons including mergers and acquisitions, name changes, displacement etc.

The full listing and years for which the Most Admired research findings are available is summarised below.

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All companies BMAC Sector 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Sisters Food Group Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes 3i Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 888 Holdings Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Abbey Developments Construction - Home Yes Yes Abcam Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Aberdeen Asset Management Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Accor UK Hotels Yes Admiral Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Aegis Media* Agencies Yes Yes Yes Yes Aer Lingus Transport Yes Yes Yes Aesica Pharmaceuticals Health & Household Yes Afren Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Aggreko Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Aldi Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Alent Chemicals Yes Yes Alliance Boots Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Alliance Pharma Health & Household Yes Allied Irish Bank (GB) Banking Yes Yes Yes Alternative Networks Telecommunications Yes AMEC Oil & Gas Yes Yes Yes Amlin Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Anglo American Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes AO World Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Arriva Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ASDA (UK) Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ashley (Laura) Retailers - General/Home Yes Yes Ashmore Group Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ashtead Gp. Business Support Services Yes Yes Associated British Foods Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AstraZeneca Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Autonomy Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Aveva Group Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Avis Europe Transport Yes Yes Yes Aviva Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AZ Electronic Materials* Chemicals Yes Yes Yes B&M Bargains Retailers - Specialist Yes Babcock International Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BAE Systems Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bakkavor Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes

Balfour Beatty Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Banco Santander Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bank of Ireland Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Barclays Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Barr (AG) Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Barratt Developments Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BASF (UK) Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BBC Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Bellway Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Berkeley Group Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Best Western GB Hotels Yes Bet365 Gaming Yes Betfair Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Betfred Gaming Yes BG Group Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BHP Billiton Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Big Yellow Company. Property Yes Yes Bodycote Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Boot (Henry) Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bourne Leisure Leisure & Hotels Yes Bovis Homes Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BP Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes British Land Company Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes British Polythene Paper & Packaging Yes Britvic Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Brown (N) Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes BSkyB Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BSS Building Materials & Merchants Yes BT Group Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BTG Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Bunzl Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bwin Party Digital Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Burberry Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes C&C Group Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cable & Wireless Telecommunications Yes Cable & Wireless Communications Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cable & Wireless Worldwide* Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Cadbury Food Producers & Processors Yes Cairn Energy Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Capita Group Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Capital & Counties Properties Property Yes Yes Yes Carillion Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Carlsberg (UK) Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Carnival Leisure & Hotels Yes Yes Yes Yes Carpetright Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Carphone Warehouse Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Centrica Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes CEVA Logistics UK Transportation Services Yes Charter Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Chemring Group Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Chime Communications Agencies Yes Yes Cineworld Group Leisure & Hotels Yes City Link Transportation Services Yes Clarks Retailers - Specialist Yes Clarke (T) Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Close Brothers Speciality & Other Finance Yes Cobham Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Coca-Cola Enterprises Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Colt Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Compass Group Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Computacenter Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Cookson Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Co-operative Bank Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Co-operative Group Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Costain Group Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cranswick Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Crest Nicholson Hldgs. Construction - Home Yes Yes CRH Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes

Croda International Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Daily Mail & General Trust Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dairy Crest Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DCC Building Materials & Merchants Yes Datatec Software & Computer Services Yes De La Rue Business Support Services Yes De Vere Group Hotels Yes Debenhams Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dechra Pharmaceuticals Health & Household Yes Yes Derwent London Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DHL (UK) Transportation Services Yes Diageo Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dimension Data Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Direct Line Group Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Dixons Retail Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Domino’s Pizza Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Drax Gp. Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes DSG International* Retailers - General/Home Yes Yes Dunelm Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes E.on UK Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes easyJet Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes EDF Energy Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Edrington Group Beverages Yes EE Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Electrocomponents Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes Elementis Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Enterprise Inns Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Essar Energy Oil & Gas Yes Essentra Chemicals Yes Euromoney Institutional Inv. Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Experian Group Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fenner Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Fidessa Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Filtrona* Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Findel Retailers - General/Home Yes Yes Findus Group Food Producers & Processors Yes FirstGroup Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Flybe Transport Yes Friends Provident* Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Fuller Smith & Turner Beverages Yes G4S Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Gala Coral Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Galliford Try Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Game Group Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes GDF Suez UK Utilities Yes Genus Health & Household Yes Yes Yes GKN Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Glanbia Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes GlaxoSmithKline Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Gleeson (M.J.) Group Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Glencore Xstrata Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Go-Ahead Gp Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Gondola Group Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Grafton Gp Building Materials & Merchants Yes Great Portland Estates Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Greencore Goup Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Greene King Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Halfords Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hammerson Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Handelsbanken Banking Yes Yes Hargreaves Lansdown Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Headlam Group Retailers - General/Home Yes Yes Henderson Group Speciality & Other Finance Yes Hikma Pharmaceuticals Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hill & Smith Hldgs. Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Hilton Hotels & Resorts Hotels Yes HMV Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Holidaybreak* Leisure & Hotels Yes Yes

Home Retail Group Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Homeserve Business Support Services Yes Yes HSBC Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hunting Oil & Gas Yes Huntsworth Agencies Yes Yes Hutchinson 3G Telecommunications Yes IBM (UK) Software & Computer Services Yes ICAP Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Iceland Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes IG Group Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Iglo Group Food Producers & Processors Yes IMI Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes InBev (UK) Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Inchcape Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ineos Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Informa Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ING Direct Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Inmarsat Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes InterContinental Hotels Hotels Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes International Airlines Group Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes International Power* Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Intertek Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Intu Properties Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Invensys Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Investec Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ITE Group Agencies Yes Yes ITV Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes James Cropper Paper & Packaging Yes Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group* Life Assurance & Insurance Yes John Lewis Partnership Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Johnson Matthey Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes KCOM Group Telecommunications Yes Yes Keller Group Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kerry Group Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kesa Electricals* Retailers - General/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Kier Group Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kingfisher Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kingspan Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes KSK Power Ventur Utilities Yes Kuehne + Nagel (UK) Transportation Services Yes Ladbrokes Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Laing O’Rourke Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Land Securities Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Legal & General Group Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Lidl Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Lloyds Banking Group Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Logica* Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes London & Stamford Property Property Yes London Stock Exchange Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes LondonMetric Property Property Yes Lookers Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes M&C Saatchi Agencies Yes Yes Majestic Wine Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes Man Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Marks & Spencer Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Marriott (UK & Ire) Hotels Yes Marshalls Building Materials & Merchants Yes Marshall Aerospace Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Marston’s Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes McDonald’s Restaurants Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes McInerney Holdings Construction - Home Yes Yes Mecom Group Media Yes Meggitt Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Melrose* Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Merlin Entertainment Group Leisure & Hotels Yes Micro Focus Int. Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Miller Group Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes

Misys* Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Mitchells & Butlers Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mitie Gp. Business Support Services Yes Molson Coors Brewing Co. (UK) Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Mondi Paper & Packaging Yes Moneysupermarket.com Group Agencies Yes Yes Morgan Sindall Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Morrison (Wm) Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mothercare Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mucklow (A&J) Property Yes National Express Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes National Grid Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Nationwide Building Society Banking Yes Yes NCC Group Software & Computer Services Yes Network Rail Transport Yes Next Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Northern Foods Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Northgate Information Solutions Software & Computer Services Yes Northumbrian Water Utilities Yes npower Utilities Yes Yes Ocado Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Old Mutual Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Paddy Power Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Pearson Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Pennon Group Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Perform Group Media Yes Persimmon Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Petrofac Oil & Gas Yes Yes Pets at Home Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Pfizer (UK) Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Playtech Software & Computer Services Yes Porvair Chemicals Yes Yes Poundland Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes Premier Farnell Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes Premier Foods Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Premier Oil Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Provident Financial Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Prudential Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Punch Taverns Restaurants, Pubs & Breweries Yes Yes PZ Cussons Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes QinetiQ Group Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Quindell Software & Computer Services Yes Rank Group Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Reckitt Benckiser Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Redrow Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Reed Elsevier Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Rentokil Initial Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Resolution Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Restaurant Group Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Rexam Paper & Packaging Yes Rightmove Agencies Yes Yes Rio Tinto Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Robert Wiseman Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Robinson Paper & Packaging Yes ROK Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Rolls-Royce Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Rotork Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Royal Bank of Scotland Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Royal Dutch Shell Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Royal Mail Group Transportation Services Yes RPC Gp. Paper & Packaging Yes RSA Insurance Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ryanair Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SAB Miller Beverages Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sage Group Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sainsbury (J) Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Saint-Gobain Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes Savills Property Yes

Schroders Speciality & Other Finance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Scottish & Southern Energy Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Segro Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Senior Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Serco Group Business Support Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Severn Trent Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Shaftesbury Property Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Shire Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SIG Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes Sir Robert McAlpine Construction - Heavy Yes Yes Yes Yes Smith & Nephew Health & Household Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Smith (DS) Paper & Packaging Yes Smiths Group Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Smurfit Kappa Gp Paper & Packaging Yes Songbird Estates Property Yes Yes Specsavers Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Spirax-Sarco Engineering Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Spirit Pub Co. Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Sportech Gaming Yes Yes Sportingbet* Gaming Yes Yes Yes Sports Direct Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes SSE Utilities Yes Yes St James’s Place Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Stagecoach Transport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Standard Chartered Banking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Standard Life Life Assurance & Insurance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Stock Spirits Beverages Yes Syngenta Chemicals Yes Yes Synthomer Chemicals Yes Yes Talk Talk Telecom Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tarsus Group Agencies Yes Yes Tata Steel (UK) Engineering & Machinery Yes Tate & Lyle Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Taylor Wimpey Construction - Home Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Telecity Gp. Software & Computer Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Telecom plus Telecommunications Yes Telefónica (UK) Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Yes Telford Homes Construction - Home Yes Yes Tesco Retailers - Food & Personal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Thomas Cook Group Leisure & Hotels Yes Yes Yes Yes Thomson Reuters* Media Yes TNT (UK) Transportation Services Yes Tomkins Engineering & Machinery Yes Topps Tiles Retailers - General/Home Yes Yes tote Gaming Yes Transport for London Transport Yes Yes Travelodge UK Hotels Yes Travis Perkins Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes TSB Banking Yes Tui Travel Leisure & Hotels Yes Yes Yes Yes Tullow Oil Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes UBM Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ultra Electronics Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes UMECO Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Unilever Food Producers & Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes United Utilities Utilities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes UPS (UK) Transportation Services Yes Vedanta Resources Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Vesuvius Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Victrex Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Virgin Atlantic Leisure & Hotels Yes Virgin Media* Media Yes Yes Yes Yes Virgin Trains Transport Yes Yes Vita Gp Chemicals Yes Vodafone Telecommunications Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes VT Group* Engineering - Aero & Defence Yes Yes Weir Group Engineering & Machinery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Wetherspoon (JD) Restaurants & Pubs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

WH Smith Retailers - Specialist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Whitbread Hotels Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Wickes Retailers - Specialist Yes Wilkinson Retailers - Broadline/Home Yes Yes Yes Yes William Grant & Sons Beverages Yes William Hill Gaming Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Willmott Dixon Construction - Heavy Yes Wincanton Transportation Services Yes Wolseley Building Materials & Merchants Yes Yes Wood (J) Oil & Gas Yes Yes Workspace Group Property Yes WPP Group Agencies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Wren Homes Gp Construction - Home Yes Xstrata Oil, Gas & Extractive Yes Yes Yell Group Media Yes Yorkshire Building Society Banking Yes Yes Young & Co’s Restaurants, Pubs & Breweries Yes Yule Catto & Co Chemicals Yes Yes Yes Yes Zotefoams Chemicals Yes Yes * Involved in name change