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21
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Perceptive Software, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $17,691,982 2001: $5,624,151
Growth: 214.572% Full-time employees: 170
Led by CEO Scott Coons, Perceptive Software provides diverse organizations and industries all over the world with document management, imaging and workflow software. Based in Shawnee, the company’s growth comes from its steady line of innovative products and cost-effective solutions.
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| 2nd Year |
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22
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Inergy, L.P.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $482,496,000 2001: $168,982,000
Growth: 185.531% Full-time employees: 2,773
Since its founding in 1996, Inergy has acquired 48 propane companies. Under CEO John Sherman’s leadership, the KC-based propane marketing and distribution company operates 280 customer-service centers primarily in the eastern United States and provides services to customers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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| 4th Year |
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23
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The Astra Group
Gross Revenue: 2004: $6,277,000 2001: $2,215,000
Growth: 183.386% Full-time employees: 5
The Astra Group provides human resource outsourcing for small- to medium-sized businesses. Customer service is the key to Astra’s growth, according to CEO Shane Jones, who says that innovative value-added services and retention of clientele has helped the company nearly triple its revenue.
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| 3rd Year |
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24
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HRS Erase, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $4,417,387 2001: $1,615,617
Growth: 173.418% Full-time employees: 80
HRS Erase’s Independence-based business has grown dramatically over the past four years as the need for hospital care for uninsured patients has increased. The company, led by CEO Matt Llewellyn, provides insurance follow-up for hospitals, as well as eligibility services for uninsured patients of those hospitals.
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| 3rd Year |
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25
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Yellow Roadway Corporation
Gross Revenue: 2004: $6,767,485,000 2001: $2,505,070,000
Growth: 170.152% Full-time employees: 50,000
The acquisition of Roadway Corporation played a major role in the phenomenal growth, considering the base number. CEO Bill Zollars attributes growth to strong economic conditions in the global transportation
market and a growth in premium services helped Yellow to further penetrate the transportation industry.
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| 1st Year |
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26
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freightquote.com
Gross Revenue: 2004: $86,724,023 2001: $33,071,160
Growth: 162.235% Full-time employees: 354
The No. 1 company from 2003 is back in the upper half of the list for the third straight year under CEO Tim Barton. A third-party freight brokerage firm, freightquote.com provides supply-chain tools that link all parties involved in producing and distributing products in a wide range of industries.
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| 3rd Year |
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27
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Keltech, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $1,755,379 2001: $683,349
Growth: 156.879% Full-time employees: 12
Keltech came back for a repeat performance and clearly outperformed itself. CEO Sean O’Donnell heads this North Kansas City-based commercial printer, and he credits the purchase of new equipment for
contributing to his company’s growth.
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| 2nd Year |
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28
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Speer & Tebbe Enterprises
Gross Revenue: 2004: $25,408,990 2001: $10,257,756
Growth: 147.705% Full-time employees: 20
Another third-timer, Speer & Tebbe returns to the list because of aggressive residential expansion and heavy marketing. Located in Blue Springs, CEO Sean Tebbe has seen steady growth in the business that specializes in residential home construction, as well as commercial construction and land development.
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| 3rd Year |
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29
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Digital Evolution Group, LLC
Gross Revenue: 2004: $1,412,760 2001: $571,960
Growth: 147.003% Full-time employees: 17
Digital Evolution Group makes its debut this year, thanks to word-of-mouth advertising from its broad base of clients, which includes nationally recognizable names and local businesses, according to CEO Neal Sharma. Digital Evolution is a full-service consulting e-business, specializing in enterprise application development.
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| 1st Year |
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30
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Bishop McCann
Gross Revenue: 2004: $18,712,309 2001: $7,614,059
Growth: 145.760% Full-time employees: 19
Steady growth turned into phenomenal growth with the acquisition of new offices in Chicago and New Jersey for Bishop McCann. President Dan Nilsen has seen this Kansas City-based firm, a meeting- and event-planning and travel-incentive company, grow since beginning in 1997.
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| 3rd Year |