Europe's 500 selects companies from the 28 EU-Memberstates plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. Companies from Bulgaria and Romania will be eligible to apply from 2008.
To be eligible for the 2009 Europe's 500 listing your company must be headquartered in one of the following European countries:
Eligible Countries
| Austria (A) | Latvia (LV) |
| Belgium (B) | Lithuania (LT) |
| Bulgaria (BG) | Luxembourg (L) |
| Cyprus (CY) | Malta (M) |
| Czech Republic (CZ) | Netherlands (NL) |
| Denmark (DK) | Norway (N) |
| Estonia (EST) | Poland (PL) |
| Finland (FIN) | Portugal (P) |
| France (F) | Romania (RO) |
| Germany (D) | Slovakia (SK) |
| Greece (GR) | Slovenia (SLO) |
| Hungary (H) | Spain (E) |
| Iceland (IS) | Sweden (S) |
| Ireland (IRE) | Switzerland (CH) |
| Italy (I) | United Kingdom (GB) |