The Fastest-growing Print and Promotional Products Companies on the 2016 Inc. 5000

Last week, Inc. Magazine published its prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the country’s fastest-growing companies. As in years past, the list included a wide variety of print and promotional products companies—14 of which are part of the Proforma franchise.

The Inc. 5000 list ranks U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit companies based on their percentage of revenue growth over a three-year period. Only businesses with a minimum of $100,000 in sales by March 31, 2012 and $2 million in 2015 were eligible. The top-ranked company on the list, Loot Crate, earned $116.2 million in revenue for 2015 and, more importantly, had a three-year growth of 66,789 percent. Established in 2012, Loot Crate sends a monthly themed mystery box of items (e.g., gadgets, art, apparel and gear) to more than 600,000 subscribers, with the hope of fostering the kind of “geek community” found at Comic Con and similar events.

And what about those print and promotional products companies that made the list? Check it out:

No. 135: Pop! Promos (2.608 percent growth)
No. 447: Creative Studio Promotions (853 percent growth)
No. 448: SoBe Promos (852 percent growth)
No. 948: Index Promotions (418 percent growth)
No. 960: Proforma Irvine Group (415 percent growth)
No. 1005: Benchworks (395 percent growth)
No. 1082: Victory Tailgate (358 percent growth)
No. 1517: Brandito (250 percent growth)
No. 1651: The Spice Lab (228 percent growth)
No. 1794: Proforma 3rd Degree Marketing (207 percent growth)
No. 1840: University Tees (202 percent growth)
No. 2029: Paragon Uniform & Apparel (184 percent growth)
No. 2071: Trinity Packaging Supply (180 percent growth)
No. 2270: College Hill Custom Threads (160 percent growth)
No. 2406: Proforma Signature Solutions (150 percent growth)
No. 2470: Agency Promo Group & APG Exhibits (145 percent growth)
No. 2514: Owens Harkey Advertising (142 percent growth)
No. 2587: Reach Marketing (136 percent growth)
No. 2661: Proforma Diversified Corporate Solutions (132 percent growth)
No. 2814: OrigAudio (124 percent growth)
No. 2819: Monogram Foods (124 percent growth)
No. 2854: Proforma Dynamic Resources (122 percent growth)
No. 3068: Company Folders Inc. (111 percent growth)
No. 3081: Pride Products Distributors (110 percent growth)
No. 3097: Raining Rose Inc. (110 percent growth)
No. 3268: BuildASign.com (102 percent growth)
No. 3497: Quality Logo Products (91 percent growth)
No. 3557: Proforma Key Solutions (89 percent growth)
No. 3832: MRL Promotions (79 percent growth)
No. 3957: Saxum (74 percent growth)
No. 3969: ePromos Promotional Products (74 percent growth)
No. 4034: Overture Promotions (72 percent growth)
No. 4083: Proforma Promotionally Yours (70 percent growth)
No. 4242: inMotion Brand Strategies, Powered by Proforma (64 percent growth)
No. 4304: Proforma ASAP (62 percent growth)
No. 4328: Mack Packaging, Powered by Proforma (61 percent growth)
No. 4390: Plastek Cards (59 percent growth)
No. 4418: iPROMOTEu (59 percent growth)
No. 4494: Bat City Awards & Apparel (56 percent growth)
No. 4598: Meyer Dunlap (53 percent growth)
No. 4608: TrendyMinds (53 percent growth)
No. 4637: Artisan Signs and Graphics (52 percent growth)
No. 4678: Proforma Albrecht & Co. (51 percent growth)
No. 4794: Proforma Graphic Services (47 percent growth)
No. 4838: ABC Printing Company, Powered by Proforma (46 percent growth)
No. 4900: InkHead (44 percent growth)
No. 4901: Proforma Destiny Promotions (44 percent growth)

"I grew my sales from $470,000 in 2012 to more than $2.5 million in 2015,” Bruce Irvine, owner of Proforma Irvine Group in Smyrna, Ga. and Multi-Million Dollar Club Member, said in a press release. “My sales were plateaued and I knew I needed a new strategy if I wanted to achieve a new level of success. I decided to fully utilize the business development resources that Proforma offers and it changed my life. By engaging Proforma’s Mergers & Acquisitions Program to start buying out my competition, I more than quadrupled my sales in less than three years. Proforma helped make my dream of entering the Multi-Million Dollar Club a reality.”

The full Inc. 5000 list is available on the magazine’s website.

Editor’s note: Some companies may be listed on the Inc. 5000 under a different name and, as a result, may not appear on this list. Print+Promo will update the list to reflect any new information provided.