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91
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Hoefer Wysocki Architects, LLC
Gross Revenue: 2004: $4,971,083 2001: $3,473,396
Growth: 43.119% Full-time employees: 40
Hoefer Wysocki offers architecture, planning and interior design services for industries in the commercial, healthcare, judicial, government, and science and technology fields. Principal David Wysocki credits the Kansas City-based firm’s growth to long-standing business relationships.
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| 4th Year |
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92
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Gragg Advertising, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $1,248,333 2001: $882,084
Growth: 41.521% Full-time employees: 17
Gragg Advertising is a direct marketing agency that offers broadcast production, e-business, e-commerce, web development and advertising/marketing consulting. President Greg Gragg attests that a commitment to quality, follow-through and business development within core industries is responsible for the growth.
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| 6th Year |
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93
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Barkley Evergreen & Partners
Gross Revenue: 2004: $39,455,988 2001: $27,910,555
Growth: 41.366% Full-time employees: 231
Over the last four years, Barkley Evergreen & Partners has seen renewed growth thanks to the addition of new clients, new services (including web marketing) and the substantial acquisition of Three Wide Marketing. Brian Brooker is the CEO of this Kansas City-based advertising/marketing firm.
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| 5th Year |
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94
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H&R Block, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $4,205,570,000 2001: $2,981,337,000
Growth: 41.063% Full-time employees: 12,543
Based in Kansas City, H&R Block remains the world’s largest tax services company, providing financial, mortgage, business products, software, online and in-office tax solution services. With around 11,000 offices worldwide, the firm served nearly 21.6 million clients in the U.S. and 11 countries in fiscal 2004.
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| 4th Year |
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95
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Perfect Output of KC, LLC
Gross Revenue: 2004: $14,466,113 2001: $10,355,207
Growth: 39.699% Full-time employees: 35
Specializing in document and production management services, Perfect Output increased its customer base by developing state-of-the-art output technology equipment and efficiency practices for the office. CEO John Walker’s firm offers advanced Xerox copying, faxing, printing and other up-to-date equipment.
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| 3rd Year |
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96
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Helix/Architecture + Design
Gross Revenue: 2004: $4,326,324 2001: $3,114,010
Growth: 38.931% Full-time employees: 28
When Weideman Architects and FOLKUS Interior Design merged in 2002, they increased their staff size, took on several new clients and projects, and became Helix/Architecture + Design. The Kansas City-based firm primarily serves markets in the corporate, hospitality, public and residential sectors.
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| 2nd Year |
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97
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Bob Allen Ford
Gross Revenue: 2004: $87,010,691 2001: $63,482,135
Growth: 37.063% Full-time employees: 122
Recently tripling the size of its space and service area, Bob Allen Ford has grown, literally as well as
financially. The Overland Park-based company managed by President Bob Hewlett sells and services
new and pre-owned automobiles and rents trucks and vans through City Rent-A-Truck.
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| 1st Year |
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98
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Lockton Companies, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $343,811,025 2001: $251,871,647
Growth: 36.502% Full-time employees: 1,723
Lockton’s consistent accrual of new clients and retention of existing ones has earned it the second spot on the all-time list of honorees in Corporate Report 100. The Kansas City-based business is the largest
independently owned insurance broker in the country and the ninth largest retail broker overall.
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| 14th Year |
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99
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Rau Construction Company
Gross Revenue: 2004: $42,049,442 2001: $31,032,749
Growth: 35.500% Full-time employees: 50
Family-owned, Overland Park-based Rau Construction Company has operated in the Kansas City area for more than 80 years. The general contracting company, led by President Gus Rau Meyer, attributes its
success over the last four years to an increase in historic renovations in downtown Kansas City.
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| 2nd Year |
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100
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Haldex, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2004: $452,428,000 2001: $335,878,000
Growth: 34.700% Full-time employees: 2,080
Kansas City, Mo.-based Haldex returns to the list for the first time in four years, thanks to a larger market share and general industry growth. CEO Charles Kleinhagen’s company manufactures heavy-duty breaks, hydraulic pumps and high-quality break wire.
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| 6th Year |