Dr. Ian Hallett

Dr. Ian Hallett

11 'Superfirms' that dominate their markets

Thesis Series #5

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Dr. Ian Hallett
Dec 17, 2025
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After analysing 8,430 firms across 81 industries.

I found just 11 dominate their market:

This was good news, on two fronts:

1) That market dominance exists.

2) It is incredibly rare.

As a result, I called these 11 companies ‘Superfirms’.

(I explained in an earlier post that I define a Superfirm as a company with the largest profit share of their industry, and…

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