Inc. Magazine Reveals Its 25th Annual List of America's 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies; E-mail Performance Management Firm Return Path Ranks No. 167 on the 2006 Inc. 500 With Three-Year Sales Growth of 667.8%.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & DENVER -- Return Path, Inc.: --2006 List First to Include Businesses That Started Immediately Before and After 9/11 --D.C., NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City , L.A., Boston, and Atlanta Are Home to Fastest Growing Businesses in the U.S. --More Than 10% of Inc. 500 CEOs Were Born Outside the U.S. --List Shows IT Services, Health, Retail, Real Estate, and Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. as Top Industries Inc. magazine today announced its 25th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. E-mail performance management firm Return Path ranks No. 167 on the list, with three-year growth of 667.8 percent. Founded in 1999, Return Path is an e-mail performance management company dedicated to improving the reach, performance and success of permission-based e-mail programs Software in the user's computer that can access the mail servers in a local or remote network. Also known as an "e-mail client," "mail client," "mail program," and "mail reader," it provides the ability to send and receive e-mail messages and file attachments. . Return Path offers a variety of tools and solutions that allow e-mail marketers to conduct global online quantitative market research, grow their e-mail lists, generate online sales and subscriptions, and make sure that their outbound out·bound adj. Outward bound; headed away: outbound trains. Adj. 1. outbound - that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" e-mails reach their customers' inboxes. The 2006 Inc. 500, as revealed in the September issue of Inc., reported the most robust bunch of companies the magazine has ever compiled, with aggregate revenue of $19.7 billion, up from $16.5 billion last year and $12.9 billion in 2000. The two largest companies on this year's Inc. 500 are the biggest ever to make the list -- No. 170 Western Refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar ($3.4 billion in revenue) and No. 376 Newegg.com ($1.26 billion) -- and the third and fourth companies in Inc. 500 history to crack the billion-dollar mark. In all, 14 companies topped $200 million in annual revenue, compared with 11 last year. Most important, the 2006 Inc. 500 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 90,000 jobs since those companies were founded. This year's list is the first to include businesses that started up immediately before and after September 11, 2001 -- including the No. 1 company and 20 companies in the top 50 -- as well as many companies that had to raise capital after the dot-com bubble Refers to the late 1990s during which countless Internet companies were riding an enormous wave of enthusiasm that pushed their stock valuations into the stratosphere even though they never made a penny. burst. In total, 104 companies listed on this year's Inc. 500 were started after 2000. "If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500," said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. "These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable intractable /in·trac·ta·ble/ (in-trak´tah-b'l) resistant to cure, relief, or control. in·trac·ta·ble adj. 1. Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn. 2. ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can't live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine's tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition." Hottest Regions for Fastest-Growing Companies Federal spending again propels a large number of companies from Washington, D.C., Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). , and Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). onto the Inc. 500. Washington, D.C., is the top metropolitan area for the fourth consecutive year, with 43 of the fastest-growing companies, an increase of one over last year. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is a close second and the biggest gainer, adding 17 companies for a total of 42 companies this year, followed by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. with 25 (down seven companies from last year), Boston with 24 (down three companies), and Atlanta with 20 (no change). California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). is the state with the most Inc. 500 companies -- 66 (down from 77 last year). Virginia and New York both are home to 34 of the fastest-growing companies, followed by Texas (32) and Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. (28).The Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. Debate At least 55 of this year's Inc. 500 CEOs were born outside the U.S., coming from countries as far-flung as Argentina, the United Kingdom, India, Russia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The companies they run employ more than 14,300 workers and contributed more than $1.36 billion to the economy last year. Other countries may offer cheaper business costs (India, China) or more incentives for entrepreneurs (Ireland, Taiwan), but America still retains its land-of-opportunity glow for these CEOs. Hottest Industries for Fastest-Growing Businesses The largest business category among this year's Inc. 500 is IT Services, with 68 companies in this category. Health (36 companies), Retail (35 companies), Real Estate (30 companies), and Human Resources (29 companies) round out the top industries ranked on the 2006 Inc. 500.
Top 10 Inc. 500 Companies of 2006:
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3-Year
Year Revenue 2005
Rank Company Location Industry Founded Growth Revenue
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No. 1 Litle & Co. Lowell, Financial 2001 5,629.1% $34.8
Mass. Services million
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No. 2 Airborne Bonita Consumer 1997 4,673% $151.6
Health Springs, Products million
Fla.
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No. 3 Digital Charleston, Consumer 2001 4,385% $83.6
Lifestyle S.C. Products million
Outfitters
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No. 4 Edible Hamden, Food & 1999 4,383% $45.6
Arrangements Conn. Beverage million
International
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No. 5 SunRx Cherry Health 2001 3,877.3% $27.1
Hill, N.J. million
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No. 6 United Bank Hampton, Financial 1999 3,845% $53.4
Card N.J. Services million
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No. 7 Method San Consumer 2001 3,390.5% $33.5
Products Francisco Products million
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No. 8 StubHub San Retail 2000 3,247.8% $199
Francisco million
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No. 9 Ancillary Care Los Angeles Health 1995 2,942.1% $232.6
Management million
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No. 10 MemberHealth Cleveland Health 1998 2,858.1% $215.9
million
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Top 10 Inc. 500 Companies Ranked by Revenue:
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Rank Company Location Revenue Industry
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No. 170 Western Refining El Paso $3.4 Energy
billion
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No. 376 Newegg.com City of $1.26 Computers &
Industry, billion Electronics
Calif.
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No. 446 Schaller Anderson Phoenix $505.3 Health
million
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No. 370 Mxenergy Stanford, $308 Energy
Conn. million
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No. 477 Infonxx New York $308 Telecommunications
City million
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No. 164 Century Gaming Missoula, $279.9 Business Services
Mont. million
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No. 79 Zappos.com Las Vegas $251.6 Retail
million
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No. 9 Ancillary Care Los Angeles $232.6 Health
Management million
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No. 27 C&B Services Port Neches, $225.2 Environmental
Texas million Services
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No. 256 2Wire San Jose, $219.6 Telecommunications
Calif. million
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Methodology The 2006 Inc. 500 list measures revenue growth from 2002 through 2005. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based, privately held independent -- not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies -- as of December 31, 2005, and have, and have at least $600,000 in net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight in the base year. Visit http://www.inc.com to dig deeper into this year's Inc. 500 rankings To celebrate the 25th annual Inc. 500 list, Inc.com has assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. an exclusive lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. of interactive resources Interactive Resources is a Richmond, California, United States-based architectural firm headed by president and city councilmember Tom Butt. The company has performed large projects and studies mainly for the government, both local and statewide. that includes: --Interactive maps allowing for quick insight into regional and industry trends --A timeline
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--Slide shows of the top companies and most innovative products from the Inc. 500 class of 2006 --A quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. that includes interesting facts such as which former Inc. 500 CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. won a World Series ring. Inc., http://www.inc.com, the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. It provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Inc., a Mansueto Ventures LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control publication, inspires and informs, with cutting-edge coverage that reflects our readers' energy, brashness brash 1 adj. brash·er, brash·est 1. a. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous. b. Rash. 2. Lacking in sensitivity or tact. 3. Presumptuously forward; impudent. , and imagination. |
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