The annual list released by Inc. ranks 5,000 of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the United States.
By Rich Kirby
CONNECTICUT — Inc. this week announced its 2020 list of fastest-growing privately-held companies in the United States. The annual list offers a look into 5,000 of the most successful small businesses led by some of the country’s most inspiring entrepreneurs.
In Connecticut, 36 companies were recognized on this year’s Inc. 5000.
Well-known honorees on previous Inc. 5000 lists include Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft and Patagonia.
Companies on this year’s list achieved average growth of 500 percent over three years. Combined, companies earned about $209 billion in revenue in 2019, accounting for more than 1 million jobs over the past three years.
“The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 come from nearly every realm of business,” Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk said in a news release. “From health and software to media and hospitality, the 2020 list proves that no matter the sector, incredible growth is based on the foundations of tenacity and opportunism.”
Companies on this year’s list headquartered in Connecticut are:
Diameter Health
- Farmington
- Industry: Software
- Three-year growth: 1,363%
Eastern Asset Funding
- Greenwich
- Industry: Financial Services
- Three-year growth: 1,172%
Green Street Power Partners
- Stamford
- Industry: Energy
- Three-year growth: 1,021%
Ecochlor
- North Haven
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Three-year growth: 810%
OneWall Management
- Stamford
- Industry: Real Estate
- Three-year growth: 397%
Point5 Managed Services
- Old Saybrook
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Three-year growth: 396%
Vertex Analytics
- Manchester
- Industry: IT System Development
- Three-year growth: 337%
Waterfront Promotional Merchandising
- Westport
- Industry: Business Products & Services
- Three-year growth: 301%
Scrum50
- Norwalk
- Industry: Advertising & Marketing
- Three-year growth: 287%
New England Yankee Construction
- West Haven
- Industry: Construction
- Three-year growth: 221%
Choice Merchant Solutions
- Hartford
- Industry: Financial Services
- Three-year growth: 218%
The Lockwood Group
- Stamford
- Industry: Advertising & Marketing
- Three-year growth: 216%
InGenius Prep
- New Haven
- Industry: Education
- Three-year growth: 216%
Freed Marcroft
- Hartford
- Industry: Consumer Products & Services
- Three-year growth: 210%
Framework Solutions
- Danbury
- Industry: Business Products & Services
- Three-year growth: 194%
FCP Euro
- Milford
- Industry: Consumer Products & Services
- Three-year growth: 187%
Health Products For You
- Brookfield
- Industry: Retail
- Three-year growth: 185%
Rebel Interactive Group
- Southington
- Industry: Advertising & Marketing
- Three-year growth: 184%
Zero Gravity Marketing
- Madison
- Industry: Advertising & Marketing
- Three-year growth: 179%
NORTHEAST PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP
- Shelton
- Industry: Real Estate
- Three-year growth: 166%
SMB Networks
- Hamden
- Industry: IT Management
- Three-year growth: 142%
Food & Beverage
- New London
- Industry: Food & Beverage
- Three-year growth: 140%
IMPACT Branding & Design
- New Haven
- Industry: Advertising & Marketing
- Three-year growth: 125%
Charles IT
- Middletown
- Industry: IT Management
- Three-year growth: 117%
Perpetual:
- Darien
- Industry: Human Resources
- Three-year growth: 102%
Greenwich Medical Spa
- Riverside
- Industry: Consumer Products & Services
- Three-year growth: 99%
LogicSource
- Norwalk
- Industry: Business Products & Services
- Three-year growth: 96%
Metropolitan interactive
- Oxford
- Industry: Construction
- Three-year growth: 88%
Assisted Living Services
- Cheshire
- Industry: Health
- Three-year growth: 87%
IT Direct
- West Hartford
- Industry: IT Management
- Three-year growth: 86%
TLP Ventures
- East Hartford
- Industry: Software
- Three-year growth: 80%
Avanti Systems USA
- Greenwich
- Industry: Construction
- Three-year growth: 74%
The Game Agency
- Stamford
- Industry: Software
- Three-year growth: 64%
Clarity Software Solutions
- Madison
- Industry: Software
- Three-year growth: 62%
Sublime Communications
- Stamford
- Industry: Advertising & Marketing
- Three-year growth: 58%
Connect Partners
- Fairfield
- Industry: IT Management
- Three-year growth: 56%
The complete 2020 Inc. 5000 list, including company profiles and an interactive database, can be found here. The top 500 companies will also be featured in the September issue of Inc., available on newsstands now.
The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring the companies on the list will be held virtually Oct. 23-27.