Kentucky Companies in the Inc 500
August 27, 2009
The following Three companies made the Inc 500 list of the fastest growing privately held businesses in the US.
No. 21
Blue Entertainment Sports Television
Louisville, KY
 |
Year | 2009 |
| Industry | Media | |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Growth | 4,685.3% | |
| 2005 Revenue | $478,501 | |
| 2008 Revenue | $22.9 million | |
| Employees | 80 | |
| Website | www.ExperienceBest.com |
Blue Entertainment Sports Television’s Business Model:
Blue Entertainment Sports Television owns, manages, and produces sporting events and television properties and represents sports and entertainment celebrities such as Reggie Bush, Magic Johnson, Shawn Marion, and Caroline Wozniacki.
No. 130
GlowTouch Technologies
Louisville, KY
 |
Year | 2009 |
| Industry | IT Services | |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Growth | 1,350.2% | |
| 2005 Revenue | $476,708 | |
| 2008 Revenue | $6.9 million | |
| Employees | 800 | |
| Website | www.GlowTouch.com |
GlowTouch Technologies’s Business Model:
GlowTouch Technologies provides application development, business process outsourcing, and IT infrastructure services to companies of all sizes nationwide.
No. 313
Premier Integrity Solutions
Russell Springs, KY
 |
Year | 2009 |
| Industry | Security | |
| Founded | 1999 | |
| Growth | 765.5% | |
| 2005 Revenue | $681,257 | |
| 2008 Revenue | $5.9 million | |
| Employees | 176 | |
| Website | www.PremierIntegrity.com |
Premier Integrity Solutions’s Business Model:
Premier Integrity Solutions performs drug and alcohol testing, background checks, and electronic monitoring for criminal justice programs, schools, departments of transportation, and workplace programs.
The following list is the rest of Kentucky Companies in the full Inc 5000 list:
| Rank | Name | Year | City | State | Revenue | Growth | Founded | Employees |
|
21 |
Blue Entertainment Sports Television |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $22.9 million |
4685.30% |
2004 |
80 |
|
130 |
GlowTouch Technologies |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $6.9 million |
1350.20% |
2004 |
800 |
|
313 |
Premier Integrity Solutions |
2009 |
Russell Springs | KY | $5.9 million |
765.50% |
1999 |
176 |
|
703 |
Ingrams Water and Air |
2009 |
Paducah | KY | $3.5 million |
401.50% |
1985 |
15 |
|
760 |
iEntry |
2009 |
Lexington | KY | $18.6 million |
380.00% |
1999 |
41 |
|
776 |
Sun Tan City |
2009 |
Elizabethtown | KY | $36.8 million |
375.30% |
1999 |
765 |
|
872 |
Charah |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $39.5 million |
346.20% |
1987 |
96 |
|
880 |
Payment Alliance International |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $185.3 million |
343.10% |
2005 |
262 |
|
936 |
ARGI Financial Group |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $3.3 million |
326.00% |
1995 |
30 |
|
1051 |
CandyRific |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $25.4 million |
294.50% |
2001 |
12 |
|
1155 |
Reliable Asphalt Products |
2009 |
Shelbyville | KY | $20.5 million |
274.80% |
2002 |
25 |
|
1401 |
Integrity Asset Management |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $15.5 million |
228.40% |
2003 |
16 |
|
1444 |
LeapFrog Interactive |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $6.6 million |
221.70% |
1999 |
49 |
|
1476 |
Life Safety Services |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $2.7 million |
217.50% |
2004 |
30 |
|
1488 |
ZirMed |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $34.0 million |
215.60% |
1999 |
204 |
|
1490 |
R & R Limousine |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $3.4 million |
215.40% |
1996 |
30 |
|
1553 |
Freedom Metals |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $58.1 million |
205.90% |
1983 |
91 |
|
1568 |
Thoroughbred Research Group |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $10.0 million |
204.10% |
1976 |
166 |
|
1758 |
Advanced Global Communications |
2009 |
Prospect | KY | $5.1 million |
180.10% |
1995 |
42 |
|
2161 |
Executive Communications |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $4.8 million |
146.30% |
1997 |
17 |
|
2164 |
Hello Metro |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $4.7 million |
146.10% |
2000 |
13 |
|
2270 |
Micah Group Environmental Contractors |
2009 |
Lexington | KY | $6.3 million |
137.50% |
1998 |
20 |
|
2312 |
Donan Engineering |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $16.2 million |
132.80% |
1947 |
117 |
|
2369 |
Peritus |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $2.9 million |
129.00% |
1998 |
19 |
|
2398 |
ASAP Automation |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $12.2 million |
126.70% |
1989 |
71 |
|
2497 |
Big Ass Fan |
2009 |
Lexington | KY | $37.7 million |
120.30% |
1999 |
131 |
|
2548 |
ISCO Industries |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $342.2 million |
117.10% |
1962 |
300 |
|
2640 |
Emergint Technologies |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $17.8 million |
112.00% |
1999 |
203 |
|
2664 |
Aegis Security Design |
2009 |
Goshen | KY | $2.3 million |
110.70% |
1998 |
17 |
|
2831 |
BlueCotton |
2009 |
Bowling Green | KY | $3.5 million |
100.50% |
1998 |
37 |
|
2848 |
Tier 1 Performance Solutions |
2009 |
Covington | KY | $4.0 million |
99.90% |
2002 |
35 |
|
2884 |
Mammoth Resource Partners |
2009 |
Cave City | KY | $13.5 million |
97.90% |
2004 |
51 |
|
3073 |
Whelan Machine & Tool |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $5.4 million |
88.10% |
1989 |
29 |
|
3171 |
V-Soft Consulting Group |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $20.9 million |
83.70% |
1997 |
224 |
|
3255 |
Verst Group Logistics |
2009 |
Walton | KY | $137.5 million |
79.70% |
1966 |
1300 |
|
3342 |
All Safe Industries |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $6.0 million |
75.50% |
1996 |
9 |
|
3492 |
Micro-Med |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $2.1 million |
69.70% |
1989 |
13 |
|
3576 |
Boneal |
2009 |
Means | KY | $20.3 million |
66.70% |
1980 |
90 |
|
3598 |
Alltech |
2009 |
Nicholasville | KY | $414.6 million |
65.90% |
1980 |
1934 |
|
3613 |
Neutech Packaging Systems |
2009 |
Lexington | KY | $3.2 million |
65.40% |
2003 |
5 |
|
3663 |
The Tellennium Group |
2009 |
Mt. Washington | KY | $10.5 million |
63.50% |
1999 |
16 |
|
3825 |
Neace Lukens |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $81.6 million |
57.60% |
1991 |
494 |
|
3994 |
High Power Technical Services |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $26.9 million |
51.00% |
1999 |
301 |
|
4237 |
The Oliver Group |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $2.7 million |
41.40% |
1984 |
16 |
|
4333 |
WARE |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $20.4 million |
37.90% |
1952 |
77 |
|
4407 |
CB Richard Ellis/Louisville |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $5.0 million |
35.00% |
1996 |
17 |
|
4448 |
Tenmast Software |
2009 |
Lexington | KY | $6.3 million |
33.20% |
1998 |
60 |
|
4611 |
Family Allergy and Asthma |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $12.9 million |
25.30% |
1979 |
85 |
|
4665 |
Adcolor |
2009 |
Lexington | KY | $5.1 million |
22.50% |
1990 |
59 |
|
4688 |
Kizan Technologies |
2009 |
Louisville | KY | $4.3 million |
21.10% |
2000 |
40 |
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