“Out of the nearly seven million private companies moving the economy forward every day, only a tiny fraction have demonstrated such remarkably consistent high growth. Your repeat Inc. 5000 honors truly put you in rarefied company.,” says Eric Schurenberg, President and Editor-in-Chief of Inc. Magazine.
The Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth over a four-year period. To qualify, the companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of the starting calendar year, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales.