Curious to see what this year’s fastest growing companies are? Some businesses are bound to be successful from the get-go. They manage to grow more in one single year than other companies can in decades. We would like to present you with a countdown of the fastest growing companies in the US in the year 2013. Using figures released by Inc.com we have ranked 15 rapidly developing companies. Indicators such as growth rate per 3 years and revenue were used in the making of the countdown.
In a style similar to our coverage of the world’s fastest growing economies, the following companies might not be the most popular ones around, but their growth rates are nothing short of impressive. What is more, most of the companies listed have less 200 employees, which makes their feat even more astonishing. Let’s take a look.
No. 15: Living Social
Industry: Consumer products and services
Growth (%): 12.3
Revenue ($): 536 million
Location: Washington, DC
Number of employees: 4100
See the rest of the world’s fastest growing companies on the next few pages:
No. 14: Sparc
Industry: Software
Growth (%): 12.8
Revenue ($): 21.1 million
Location: Charleston, SC
Number of employees: 160
No. 13: uBreakiFix
Industry: Retail
Growth (%): 14
Revenue ($): 17 million
Location: Orlando, FL
Number of employees: 250
No. 12: AdRoll
Industry: Advertising and marketing
Growth (%): 15
Revenue ($): 34. 1 million
Location: San Francisco, CA
Number of employees: 165
No. 11: OBXtek
Industry: Government services
Growth (%): 16.4
Revenue ($): 29.6 million
Location: Tyson Corner, VA
Number of employees: 149
No. 10: Yagoozon
Industry: Retail
Growth (%): 16.6
Revenue ($): 18.6
Location: Warwick, RI
Number of employees: 15
No. 9: Goal Zero
Industry: Consumer products and services
Growth (%): 16.9
Revenue ($): 33.1 million
Location: Bluffdale, UT
Number of employees: 97
No. 8: Emerge Digital Group
Industry: Advertising and marketing
Growth (%): 17
Revenue ($): 23.9 million
Location: San Francisco, CA
Number of employees: 75
No. 7: Value Payment Systems
Industry: Financial services
Growth (%): 17.4
Revenue ($): 25.5 million
Location: Nashville, TN
Number of employees: 27
No. 6: MileStone Community Builders
Industry: Real estate
Growth (%): 17.9
Revenue ($): 45.7 million
Location: Austin, TX
Number of employees: 63
No. 5: DataXu
Industry: Advertising and marketing
Growth (%): 21
Revenue ($): 87 million
Location: Boston, MA
Number of employees: 220
No. 4: Bridger
Industry: Energy
Growth (%): 23
Revenue ($): 1.9 billion
Location: Addison, TX
Number of employees: 50
No. 3: The HCI Group
Industry: Health
Growth (%): 24
Revenue ($): 25.5 million
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Number of employees: 132
No. 2: FederalConference.com
Industry: Government services
Growth (%): 25
Revenue ($): 49.6 million
Location: Dumfries, VA
Number of employees: 51
No. 1: Fuhu
Industry: Consumer products and services
Growth (%): 42
Revenue ($): 117.9 million
Location: El Segundo, CA
Number of employees: 104