DiscoverCars.com on the FT 1000: Europe's Fastest Growing Companies for the Second Year in a Row (and 4th Year in Total)

DiscoverCars.com is incredibly honored to once again be listed on the prestigious list of the fastest-growing companies in Europe compiled by the Financial Times. This time, we were the 552nd company overall.

In 2021, we were 231st in Europe, 4th in Travel and Leisure, and 1st in the Car Rental industry. Our position peaked in 2020 at 64th overall. In the 2025 edition, we were 249th.

This year's list was compiled using revenue data submitted by each company. It lists the ones that saw the highest compound revenue growth rate between 2021 and 2024.

DiscoverCars.com had an absolute growth rate of 159.3% over that time, or a 37.4% compounded annual growth rate.

The FT1000 is compiled by the Financial Times yearly. The 2026 edition is the tenth (and we have been included in four of them). It provides an extremely public acknowledgment of the companies in Europe that grow to become large companies not only in their industry but in Europe as a whole. The Financial Times itself is one of the most prestigious business publications in the world and is based in London.

The research company Statista helps compile the results. Companies were invited to apply for the project if they met the criteria of having revenue of at least €100,000 in 2021 and €1.5 million in 2024 and are an independent company headquartered in Europe.

Companies were invited to apply for the project if they met the criteria of having revenue of at least €100,000 in 2021 and €1.5 million in 2024 and are an independent company headquartered in Europe.

The research company Statista helped compile and check the results, which were based on the revenue reported by the applying companies. The revenue was converted to euros for comparison.

The formula for the CAGR is ((revenue 2024 / revenue 2021) ^ (1/3)) — 1 = CAGR, which is what the rankings were based on.

Being included on this list for the fourth time is incredibly special to our company, both as a testament to the hard work our team members put in and as a sign that we are bringing a better car rental booking process to more and more customers.

Our team focuses day in and day out on making the car rental process better for our customers. This doesn't stop at just booking — we work hard to make sure our rental partners provide the excellent service our customers demand, and we also support the customer after the rental. Continuing our historic growth is a sign that this hard work pays off.

We are also thrilled that over time, we are able to provide more and more renters with a quality booking and rental process. Our goal has always been to build a product that we would recommend to our closest friends and family. We, of course, then want more and more travelers to use that product. Our continued growth shows that this is happening.

DiscoverCars.com is continuing to work to make the rental process even better for our customers. In the near future, we will be rolling out even more innovative features with the sole goal of helping renters have a smoother rental. We are also continuing to offer more protection products to cater to every type of traveler.

We therefore expect that we'll continue to have more and more travelers try using us to find and book their rental car, and thus continue to grow. In fact, just this year, we became the most visited standalone car rental comparison & booking site on the web. This will surely keep us on future FT 1000 lists.