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13 Chattanooga companies make Inc.com 5000 list

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Thirteen local businesses represented Chattanooga this year on Inc.com’s list of the country’s 5,000 fastest-growing, privately held companies.

This year’s list dropped Wednesday + trucking logistics companies dominated locally.

Last year, there were nine Chattanooga companies on the list. In 2017, five Chattanooga companies made it.

Companies on the list are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2015-2018.

📈 Chattanooga highlights

  1. Energy Earth$22.3 million in revenue, 1,953% growth

Advertising + marketing company that provides products + incentive services

  1. LYNC Logistics $28 million in revenue, 1,248% growth

Brokerage firm that provides transportation/logistics services

  1. Trident Transport $31.3 million in revenue, 911% growth

Freight broker + logistics provider

  1. Skuid$20.9 million in revenue, 440% growth

A no-code cloud application platform

1,021. Reliance Partners $10.1 million in revenue, 413% growth

Commercial insurance provider in the transportation/logistics space

1,302. LMS (Logistics Made Simple) $45.6 million in revenue, 316% growth

Full-service freight management corporation

1,339. Taimen Transport $35.6 million in revenue, 308% growth

Trucking logistics provider

1,896. Steam Logistics $27.8 million in revenue, 212% growth

International freight forwarder + customs house broker

2,154. Max Trans Logistics of Chattanooga $27.4 million in revenue, 187% growth

Trucking logistics provider

2,469. Conversant Group$12.3 million in revenue, 161% growth

IT solutions and technology consulting firm

3,478. Very — $6 million in revenue, 101% growth

Software product development firm

3,845. Flywheel Brands — $6 million in revenue, 87% growth

Full-service creative marketing agency

4,169. AHS Consulting — $2.3 million in revenue, 75% growth

Freight + logistics IT staffing company

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