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31
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TDB Communications
Gross Revenue: 2004: $17,216,296 2001: $7,068,923
Growth: 143.549% Full-time employees: 30
CEO/President Terry Bryan says that his company has grown because of “great people who like to work.” Apparently it’s true, because this Kansas City, Kansas-based company made a big-time splash. TDB Communications provides telecom engineering and IT professional staffing services.
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| 2nd Year |
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32
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Vista Productions, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $10,587,421 2001: $4,441,633
Growth: 138.368% Full-time employees: 31
Vista Production makes a return trip to the Corporate Report 100 list after debuting on last year’s list at No. 44. CEO Angie Warnock says that satisfied corporate customers have led to Vista’s continued growth. Vista Productions provides production and management services for corporate events.
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| 2nd Year |
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33
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Reardon Pallet Company, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $3,536,882 2001: $1,517,665
Growth: 133.048% Full-time employees: 22
After three years of little growth, President Dan Reardon saw his revenues more than double in 2004 after introducing new product lines. “A devotion to high quality and service,” has been a key factor, according to Reardon. This Kansas City-based company has been in business since 1995 manufacturing pallets.
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| 4th Year |
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34
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Keller Williams Partners, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $5,659,423 2001: $2,432,641
Growth: 132.645% Full-time employees: 7
Sharing profits with its agents has allowed this Overland Park-based real estate firm to land on the list for the third straight year. Operating Partner Judy Johns credits Keller Williams’ “values, culture, training and business model that treats agents as partners” for the steady growth since its inception in 1999.
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| 3rd Year |
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35
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Entertainment Properties Trust
Gross Revenue: 2004: $124,423,000 2001: $54,667,000
Growth: 127.602% Full-time employees: 9
Once again, CEO David Brain has used acquisitions to spur the eight-year-old company’s growth. Entertainment Properties Trust is a publicly held real estate investment trust based in Kansas City, and
with Brain’s leadership looks to continue to “outsmart” the competition.
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| 4th Year |
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36
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Hometown Hearing and Audiology
Gross Revenue: 2004: $2,246,100 2001: $998,497
Growth: 124.948% Full-time employees: 16
Through an aggressive acquisitions strategy, CEO John Parry has helped his company far surpass the industry’s growth record by opening a total of 18 locations in the Kansas City and St. Louis metro areas. There is little doubt you’ll continue to “hear” good things about this Liberty-based company.
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| 1st Year |
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37
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CityWide Maintenance Company
Gross Revenue: 2004: $19,433,000 2001: $8,739,000
Growth: 122.371% Full-time employees: 50
CityWide Maintenance Company continues to “clean up” in the Kansas City area, but opening offices
in other cities has helped CityWide to “sweep” up the list. With CEO Frank Oddo and his son, President Jeff Oddo, at the helm, CityWide should “maintain” its position among KC’s fastest-growing companies.
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| 1st Year |
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38
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Adams-Gabbert & Associates, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $4,690,000 2001: $2,125,000
Growth: 120.706% Full-time employees: 23
CEO Jo Anne Gabbert has seen her consulting firm grow steadily since its inception in 1999. It specializes in business-operations consulting with project management, process improvement and customer-relationship management among the keys. Gabbert says increased client profitability has led to more business.
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| 3rd Year |
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39
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VSR Financial Services, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $51,093,000 2001: $23,360,000
Growth: 118.720% Full-time employees: 52
VSR earned its highest placement on the list through a philosophy of “controlled growth” that allows the firm to maintain a steady increase in the number of representatives generating business. CEO J. Michael Stanfield leads the full-service securities broker/dealer with a network of individual financial advisors.
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| 7th Year |
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40
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Nash Resources Group
Gross Revenue: 2004: $1,797,165 2001: $835,000
Growth: 115.229% Full-time employees: 47
Nash Resources, a staffing firm that specializes in government contracts, makes its debut on the list.
CEO Mary Lou Nash says her Kansas City-based firm has grown since expanding its line of business from technical staffing to all levels of staffing, plus the occurrence of being awarded government contracts.
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| 1st Year |