Inc. magazine has released its annual Inc. 5000 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, and dozens of promotional products firms were spotlighted.

In order of ranking, they are:

  • Radar Promotions, No. 534 with 833% growth;
  • Sticky Brand, No. 629 with 729% growth;
  • Metro Printed Products Powered by Proforma, No. 1,397 with 368% growth;
  • Binated, No. 1418 with 363% growth;
  • Aria Signs & Design, No. 1,637 with 317% growth;
  • Denik, No. 1,791 with 292% growth;
  • Whitestone, No. 1,845 with 284% growth;
  • The Trade Group, No. 1,855 with 282% growth;
  • A&G Marketing Group Powered by Proforma, No. 2,027 with 258% growth;
  • IMPRINT ENGINE, No. 2,176 with 240% growth;
  • Proforma Strategic Promotions, No. 2,177 with 240% growth;
  • TK Promotions, No. 2,255 with 231% growth;
  • Insignia Promotions, No. 2,417 with 215% growth;
  • Brilliant, No. 2,462 with 211% growth;
  • Alpi International, No. 2,573 with 199% growth;
  • Coyote Promotions, No. 2,648 with 192% growth;
  • ScreenBroidery, No. 2,764 with 183% growth;
  • Creative Studio Promotions, No. 2,768 with 183% growth;
  • IdentiBrands Powered by Proforma, No. 2,795 with 182% growth;
  • Brandito, No. 3,339 with 146% growth;
  • Sobe Promos, No. 3,556 with 134% growth;
  • ABG Print, No. 3,613 with 131% growth;
  • Blue Phoenix Branding powered by Proforma, No. 3,615 with 131% growth;
  • Promotions ‘N Motion, No. 3,848 with 120% growth;
  • Smith Solutions powered by Proforma, No. 3,920 with 117% growth;
  • Blink Marketing, No. 3,941 with 116% growth;
  • Proforma Total Print Solutions, No. 3,975 with 115% growth;
  • Primo Designs, No. 4,019 with 112% growth;
  • Proforma Irvine Group, No. 4,034 with 112% growth;
  • Logo Print & Promo, No. 4,042 with 112% growth;
  • Printivity, No. 4,067 with 111% growth;
  • Proforma Awards Print & Promotions, No. 4,085 with 110% growth;
  • Proforma Dynamic Resources, No. 4,106 with 119% growth;
  • Proforma Signature Marketing, No. 4,1178 with 105% growth;
  • Proforma Horizon Total Source, No. 4,207 with 105% growth;
  • Bat City Awards & Apparel, No. 4,259 with 102% growth;
  • Proforma Key Solutions, No. 4,292 with 101% growth;
  • Proforma Spectrum Graphics Unlimited, No. 4,300 with 100% growth;
  • Casey Creative, No. 4,304 with 100% growth;
  • Proforma Print Marketing, No. 4,331 with 99% growth;
  • Relevant Marketing Solutions powered by Proforma, No. 4,336 with 98% growth;
  • Work Designs, No. 4,487 with 92% growth;
  • Blooming Color, No. 4,528 with 90% growth;
  • My Corporate Expressions, No. 4,585 with 88% growth;
  • MCS MarketingLLC Powered by Proforma, No. 4,590 with 88% growth;
  • Signarama West Palm Beach, No. 4,629 with 87% growth;
  • Proforma Printing & Promotion, No. 4,634 with 87% growth;
  • Proforma Effective Solutions, No. 4,655 with 86% growth;
  • Consolidus, No. 4,891 with 77% growth;
  • Society Awards, No. 4,934 with 75% growth;
  • The MRL Group, No. 4,947 with 75% growth;
  • Proforma IdeaPress, No. 4,977 with 73% growth;
  • Proforma123, No. 4,993 with 72% growth


Record Growth

This year, Proforma – the No. 3 distributor in the PPAI 100 – says it had 40 of its distributor owners make the magazine’s list, a record for the Independence, Ohio-based organization.

“The inclusion of 40 Proforma distributor owners on the Inc. 5000 list is a testament to our network’s resilience and ability to drive significant growth,” says Jeff Myers, vice president of finance at Proforma. “It reflects not only their individual success, but also the robust support and innovative solutions Proforma provides to empower our distributor owners.”

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Ryan Paules, CEO and “Chief Swag Officer” of Los Angeles-based distributor Radar Promotions, says he’s honored that his firm has cracked the list for the first time.

“This is a testament to our focus on our team-selling approach internally, and a painfully service-focused approach with our clients,” Paules says. “In short, Radar Promotions focuses on building relationships, not sales. In our experience, and the numbers seem to back this up, if you do the first, the second will come.”

Houston, Texas-based Binated, a workforce provider specializing in delivering tailor made workforce solutions across a range of industries, including promotional products, has been included for the second year on the Inc. 5000 list. Anish Varghese, the company’s founder and CEO, says, “We are incredibly honored to be recognized once again on the Inc. 5000 list. This achievement reflects our team’s unwavering commitment to innovation, customer satisfaction and sustainable growth.

“Being part of this elite group of companies for the second time is not just a milestone but a validation of the values and goals that drive us daily.”

Making The List

To qualify for eligibility in the 2024 Inc. 5000 listing, each privately held company must have generated at least $100,000 in revenue in 2020 and no less than $2 million in revenue in 2023, among other criteria.

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“One of the greatest joys of my job is going through the Inc. 5000 list,” says Mike Hofman, who recently joined Inc. as editor-in-chief. “To see all of the intriguing and surprising ways that companies are transforming sectors, from healthcare and AI to apparel and pet food, is fascinating for me as a journalist and storyteller. Congratulations to this year’s honorees, as well, for growing their businesses fast despite the economic disruption we all faced over the past three years, from supply chain woes to inflation to changes in the workforce.”

If your company also made Inc. magazine’s list and wasn’t mentioned in this article, please contact JohnC@ppai.org to be included.