MALTA – An annual listing of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the national magazine Inc. reveals that Saratoga Springs is home to nearly a half-dozen of them.
Grete Soule, economic development assistant and coordinator for the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, compiled a list this week of local companies that made the 2017 “Inc. 5,000” list and their official ranks.
The first three, Soule reported, are advertising and marketing firms. They are BrandXads on Railroad Place (583); the Patient Experience Project in Congress Plaza (1,213); and Fingerpaint on Broadway (3,936).
Also found in the “Inc. 5,000” list are Airosmith Development, a telecommunications company on Clinton Street (4,059); SmartWatt, an energy company in Ballston Lake (4,088); and Informz, a software developer in Saratoga Springs (4,642).
BrandXads achieved the most rapid financial growth, according to Inc., with a rate of 776 percent and revenue of $6.6 million; the Patient Experience Project had a 340 percent growth rate with $7.4 million in revenue; Fingerpaint had a 72 percent growth rate with $29.8 million in revenue; Airosmith’s growth rate was nearly 69 percent with revenue of $7.8 million; SmartWatt had growth of 67 percent with revenue of $82.1 million; and the growth rate for Informz was 50 percent with $13.9 million in revenue.
For the complete listing, visit the website www.inc.com.
