Top 100 companies in south
THIS is the sixth year of Media Wales ranking the Top 100 Companies in south-west Wales in partnership with Barclays and PwC.
The ranking shows the 100 biggest companies by turnover based in a postcode beginning with SA. This covers the area now known as the Swansea Bay Region plus a few areas a little further afield.
For a company to be included, we naturally need its turnover. We look for these on the Companies House website.
If the data is not available and we cannot corroborate it by other means, we cannot include that company.
The tricky part can be around the registered address of companies which can be separate from their main operations.
We exclude number of companies that are subsidiaries of much larger, global conglomerates.
But we include entities with owners, substantial operations and staff in the region but whose limited companies are registered elsewhere. 1. Admiral Group plc £2.55bn
Although the company has its main operation in Cardiff, it has branches in Swansea and its contribution to the city is significant. Around 1,990 of Admiral’s nearly 7,000-strong Welsh workforce are based either at the SA1 development in the city centre or at Telelink 2 in Llansamlet. 2. Sinclair Motor Holdings £439m
Sinclair Group is a holder of several car franchises throughout southwest Wales. The group secured its first franchise in 1971 (Audi) and was followed by VW and Mercedes in 1977 and 2002 respectively. 3. CEM Day £230m
CEM Day is a family-owned company boasting a long history in south-west Wales. As well as franchises including Ford and Peugeot, the company’s operations now include rental and contract hire services. 4. DMWSL 660 £206m
DMWSL 660 is the parent company of Tinopolis. The company remains one of the largest independent media producers in the UK, with brands such as Mentorn Media and Sunset & Vine. 5. Dawnus Group £190m
Since it was established in 2002, Dawnus Construction has grown to become a construction company with truly international projects, operating in locations such as Senegal and Sierra Leone. 6. MTR Bailey Trading £106.3m
MTR Bailey Trading is the parent company of The Trade Centre Wales of Neath. Employing around 100 people, the business is a used car retailer. 7. Swansea City Football 2002 £97.2m
Wales’ first Premier League football team, the club moved from the historic Vetch Field in 2005 and now shares the Liberty Stadium with the Ospreys rugby team. 8. Castell Howell Foods £94.3m
Castell Howell Foods is an independent food wholesaler supplying goods to sectors including hospitals, pubs, cafés and schools. 9. Oil 4 Wales £86.7m
Oil 4 Wales is an independent fuel supplier providing services to homes, businesses, commercial premises, agricultural and retail customers throughout Wales. 10. Bassett £85.6m Property Holdings
Bassetts Property Holdings is the parent company of Arthur Bassett Co – the holder of Nissan, Honda and Citroen franchises in southwest Wales. 11. Dragon LNG £67.3m
Dragon LNG Group specialises in the storage and regasification of LNG (liquefied natural gas). 12. JTG Holdings £60.6m
JTG Holdings is the parent company of automotive retailer Gravells. Selling more than 2,500 new cars and vans annually and having a stock of around 400 used cars, the business is a franchised dealer of several brands including Renault, Isuzu, Kia and Dacia, employing nearly 100 people. 13. FRF South Wales Holding £59.4m
FRF South Wales is a family-run business and consists of FRF Toyota, FRF Accident Repair Centre, and FRF Volvo. The business has three branches: Swansea, Bridgend and Haverfordwest. The company currently employs around 140 people. 14. Pontrilas Group £54.1m Formed in 1989, Pontrilas manufactures products including heavyduty cases and high-volume pallets. It now employs around 300 people and is based in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. 15. LBS Holdings £46.7m
Carmarthenshire-based LBS Builders Merchants operates 14 branches, has a fleet of more than 45 vehicles and employs around 265 staff. It supplies building products to the construction industry and the general public. 16. Owens Road Services £45.7m
Owens Road Services is well known throughout the area, employing more than 500 people. In 2008 Owens opened its first English depot in Worcestershire, followed by the acquisition of the former Panasonic site in Baglan in 2010. 17. Dyfed Steels £42.8m
Dyfed Steels was founded in Wales more than 30 years ago and has two sites in Llanelli. The business has operations in Newport, Portishead, Newtown, Cullompton and Shaftesbury, employing more than 260 people. 18. NR Evans (Holdings) £41.5m
NR Evans is one of the largest temperature-controlled distribution companies in the UK. It delivers in excess of £1bn of chilled products annually via its fleet of more than 160 units and 180 trailers. 19. Andrew Scott £40.8m
Andrew Scott is Wales’ oldest construction and civil engineering company. One of the area’s largest indigenous contractors, it has a healthy turnover and more than 200 employees. 20. CK’s Supermarket £40.6m
Founded in 1988, CK’s Foodstores has grown to become the largest independent food retailer in southwest Wales. It now has 20 supermarkets spread across the south Wales area. 21. Leslie H Trainer & Son £40.3m
Leslie H Trainer and Son holds both BMW and MINI franchises at its showrooms in Cwmbwrla, Swansea. The business has been established for more than 35 years and now employs around 80 people. 22. Arthur Bassett Co £38.6m
Arthur Bassett Co is a subsidiary of Bassett’s Property Holdings. The company produces revenue independently of its parent and has therefore been included within the Top 100. 23. Grŵp WRW Cyf £37.9m
WRW is one of the leading construction and development companies in mid and south Wales. The group has been significantly expanded over the past 10 years, with many notable high-profile projects throughout Wales including the National Library of Wales and Ffos Las Racecourse. 24. J&J Motors £37.2m
Dealing in both new and used cars, J&J Motors is based in Carmarthen. The company was started nearly 30 years ago and