TOP Business Montenegro analyses all business organisations registered in Montenegro (LP, GP, LLC and JSC), wich operate on market princples, except those operating in the field of finance, and selects those that meet the following criteria:

• Businesses that have at least 3 submitted financial reports (except for the za special list of newly established businesses);
• Businesses that have at least 3 employees (except in reviews by industries);
• Businesses that have at least EUR 100,000 EUR of capital, except:
     - for micro companies at least EUR 50.000,
     - in reviews by activities: EUR 10.000
• Businesses that have submitted correct financial statement for the previous year;
• Businesses that got BIC scoring of up to the lower medium risk level C11;
• Businesses that operate with profit, and any loss in the previous does not exceed 10% of its capital;
• Businesses that have not been on the list of blocked companies in the past 12 months, with a suspension longer than 1 day;
• Businesses that have not been on the Montenegrin Tax and Customs Administration's "black lists" in the past 12 months;
• Businesses delivering their business results continuously, in accordance with the business logic of the activity they perform, without the influence of one-time, non-standard business transactions;
• Agencies registered for recruiting employees are excluded from the list of the largest employers;
• Businesses that are not registered for operating the following:
     -2540 - Production of weapons and ammunition
     -9200 - Gambling and betting, and not indirectly connected entities from this sector.