The 2015 PrivCo Europe 100: Ranking Europe's Largest Private Companies; Dutch Vitol Holdings Tops the List; Supermarkets and Retail Dominate

NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PrivCo has just released the 2015 PrivCo Europe 100: Europe's Largest Privately Held Companies by Revenue Report.

PrivCo screened through its proprietary Private Company Financial Database with information on over 850,000+ private companies to rank the PrivCo Europe 100: the definitive ranking of the top 100 privately-held companies in Europe based on 2014 revenue. PrivCo has provided its Exclusive Top 15 Rankings below, with Vitol Holdings (Netherlands) taking the top spot ranking as the #1 Largest Private Company in the PrivCo Europe 100. Ranked just behind it were #2 Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Netherlands) & #3 Schwarz Group (Germany).

To access the full list of 100 companies with graphics, including information about the industries, trends, top movers, analysis, and methodology behind the PrivCo Europe 100, go here: http://www.privco.com/our-research/the_2015_privco_europe_100_Europes_largest_private_companies

PrivCo Top 15 Largest Private Companies in Europe

(Ranked By Revenue in 2014)
1. Vitol Holding B.V.
2. Trafigura Beheer B.V.
3. Schwarz Group
4. Aldi Einkauf GmbH
5. Groupe Auchan SA
6. Groupe BPCE
7. Louis Dreyfus B.V.
8. REWE Group
9. Robert Bosch GmbH
10. Edeka Zentrale 
11. E.Lecrec SA
12. INEOS Group
13. Mousquetaires Group
14. IKEA
15. Phoenix Pharmahandel

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