Surprise! – Illinois Businesses Are All Over Fastest Growing List

We are reminded that the business climate in Illinois could be better. Businesses that have been in state for a long time have packed up and left, or trimmed staff or just shut down. However, there are companies that are thriving in state.

From the fertile fields, to the Windy City, there are Illinois businesses growing a-lot

Inc.com just released their list of the 5000 fastest growing companies in the United States, and Illinois has three in the top 26 and five in the top 100. There are success stories going on in Illinois despite the business conditions being less than optimal.

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Tops in Illinois and second nationally in growth is ReloShare. They have developed software that social service agencies can use to find safe lodging for those who need a place to stay per an acute situation. Maybe there’s been a fire, or a natural disaster, tornado, flood, earthquake or hurricanes. ReloShare helps people find a place to go when trouble arrives. Three year growth rate – 27,832%  (!!!)

Areas where Illinois businesses are growing quickly

Another Illinois company that is growing really fast (#14) is the Graphics Processing Unit A.I. and data outfit IntroI.  This company is at the forefront of delivering solutions for high performance computing issues. As A.I. continues to grow the demands we place on it are growing too. Introl allows for that growth to continue apace. Three year growth rate - 9,954%

Illinois business growth is happening quickly in some industries

The 26th fastest growing company in the country and third in state is Iberia Express. They specialize in dry van and refrigerated shipping plus logistics so that other business’ can get their products out and moving efficiently. Three year growth rate – 7,415%

Also in the top 100 growing businesses in the nation that are run from Illinois include: Anytime Home Care that helps care for the elderly at number 58 in the country, and the human resources company EvolveHR who come in at 99. There are business success stories in Illinois. They haven’t been splashy about their victories, but the numbers show really astounding growth. Illinois comes in 6^th overall behind California, New Jersey, Florida, Texas and New York as states with the 50 fastest growing companies over the last three years.