Sales: more than £4.5bn. Profits: more than £271m. Employees: 35,000. Meet the UK's fastest-growing private businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them in this year's Hot 100.

Only in the Hot 100 do property tycoons rub shoulders with road hauliers, recruitment consultants mix with metal traders, care homes sit next to car dealers, and online fashion stores keep company with cinema chains.

Our awesome line-up of the nation's fastest-growing private companies proves that there are business opportunities in every sector. The breadth of this year's Hot 100 is astonishing.

Look down our list and you'll find companies ranging in size from sales of less than £6m to the colossal £775m generated by fuel supplier Greenergy - the biggest company in the Hot 100 for the second year running.

To see this year's hottest entrepreneurial business, visit our dedicated Hot 100 website.

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