Startup Addict Musings

The Top 100 fastest growing companies according to Entrepreneur.com. The criteria of these businesses is based on annual sales exceeding $1 million and showing positive job growth measured over a four-year period. The Top 10 are below ranging from self-storage to Goverment IT contracting. The full 100 list is at Entrepreneur.com What is impressed me the most was the staying power of the top 100 startups. By the second year in business 76% had turned to profit and 75% had earned their first million.

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1. Simply Self Storage
Self-storage facilities
Industry: Miscellaneous Services
2007 Sales: $109.1 million

2. BlueStar Energy Services
Electricity supplier
Industry: Miscellaneous Services
2007 Sales: $171.5 million

3. Bills.com
Online personal financial information
Industry: Financial Services
2007 Sales: $43.5 million

4. HemCon Medical Technologies Inc.
Medical products
Industry: Health
2007 Sales: $39.5 million

5. Global Water Resources
Water and wastewater utility
Industry: Natural Resources
2007 Sales: $26 million

6. MXenergy
Natural gas and electricity supplier
Industry: Natural Resources
2007 Sales: $703.9 million

7.HealthTrans LLC
Pharmacy benefit-management services
Industry: Business Services
2007 Sales: $182.2 million

8. Litle & Co. LLC
Online payment processor
Industry: Financial Services
2007 Sales: $94.2 million

9. Deep Marine Technology
Subsea services for the offshore oil and gas industries
Industry: Natural Resources
2007 Sales: $55 million

10. SGIS
Government contracting, IT and professional services
Industry: Government Contractors
2007 Sales: $62 million

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