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This year’s results are as colourful as ever, with many interesting observations made in terms of the composition of the ranking and their growth rates achieved. Below is a summarization of some of these observations.
 Growth rates
- Growth rates of the top 5 firms reduced to 8,980 percent, following 2008’s record year of 30,038 percent.
- Growth rates across all 500 ranked firms has dropped to its lowest level since the Program commenced in 2002 – recording 361 percent this year, following 2008’s record year of 707 percent.
Industry Sector distribution
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Industry
|
No. of companies by sector
|
|
2009
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%
|
| Software |
163
|
33%
|
| Internet |
78
|
16%
|
| Semiconductors, Components & Electronics |
76
|
15%
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| Telecommunications / Networking |
49
|
10%
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| Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical/ Medical Equipment |
44
|
9%
|
| Computers & Peripherals |
41
|
8%
|
| Green Technology |
28
|
6%
|
| Other |
13
|
3%
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| Media & Entertainment |
8
|
2%
|
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By Location
|
Country
|
No. of companies by country
|
|
2009
|
%
|
| Taiwan |
99
|
19.8%
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| China |
97
|
19.4%
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| India |
71
|
14.2%
|
| South Korea |
66
|
13.2%
|
| Australia |
60
|
12.0%
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| New Zealand |
51
|
10.2%
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| Japan |
46
|
9.2%
|
| Malaysia |
8
|
1.6%
|
| Singapore |
2
|
0.4%
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| Thailand |
0
|
0.0%
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Taiwan still has the most firms in the ranking (99) and has four winners in the top ten. The number of Chinese winners totalling 4 in the top 10, which is lower than in 2008, when China dominated the top 10 ranking with six companies in the top 10.
Software remains the best represented sector, accounting for 163 (132 in 2008) of the 500 firms. Semiconductors, Components and Electronics keep second place with 76 of the 500 firms and 2 of the top 10 winners are from this industry sector. Internet companies took third place (78 companies), but they continue to increase in the rankings and boasted the winning company for 2009. New sector Green Tech claims 6 companies in the top 20 and 28 in the whole ranking.
The recession has been felt and growth has dropped to 2002 levels. Three-year revenue growth for all 500 Asia Pacific companies is 361 percent.
There is clear definition of which country dominates which industry segment:
- India is supplying the most software companies to the ranking;
- Taiwan leads in Semiconductor, components & electronics companies;
- Japan and New Zealand tie for the most Internet companies;
- Australia leads with largest number of telecommunications/ networking companies.
- Korea provided the most winners in the computers/peripherals sector
- China is supplying the most biotech/pharmaceutical/medical companies; and
- New industry sector Green Technology was represented mostly by China (12), Taiwan(8) and Korea (6).
Private vs. Public companies
| Year |
2009
|
%
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| Private |
291
|
58.2%
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| Public |
209
|
41.8%
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| Ranked company revenue breakdown |
| Revenue |
Total
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%
|
| <10m |
174
|
34.8%
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| >10m <50m |
172
|
34.4%
|
| >50m<100m |
63
|
12.6%
|
| >100m<1billion |
83
|
16.6%
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| >1billion |
8
|
1.6%
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