Lloyds Business Brokers International rated in Queenslands Top 400 businesses
As a leading business broker in Brisbane, Lloyds is highly engaged with the local community. Making the list of the top 400 privately owned businesses in Queensland is a huge achievement and an acknowledgment of the dedication we have to making our business the success it is today.
The Awards dinner was a huge success, with both the Premier, Anna Bligh, and iconic businessman Stefan providing great insight into what makes Queensland such a great place to do business.
The Queensland 400 is a central part of Queensland Business Review's purpose to inform and connect the State's business leaders.
Described as one of the key business events of the year, it is a unique program that provides public recognition of the achievements of Queensland's local business heroes - the owners of the state's leading home-grown enterprises.
The corporate advisory firm BDO compiles an annual list of Queensland's top 400 privately owned companies. They use full-time staff numbers, revenue figures and asset values to compile the annual Q400 list.
Building companies J Hutchinson and BMD Holdings have been among the top three private businesses in the Q400 for the past years. According to a recent BDO survey, the manufacturing companies in the Q400 reported $2.5 billion in annual revenue, $1 billion more than those on the previous year's list.
All combined, businesses in the Q400 reported over $14 billion in revenue annually. They employed more than 37,000 full-time employees, and boasted over $7 billion of gross assets. Further analysis of Queensland business by corporate advisory BDO lead them to make the above quote that QLD's economy was in good shape for the years ahead.