SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Names Revolution Retail Systems No. 1 Entrepreneurial Company in Dallas Area
Fast-growing Carrollton Company Moves up from No. 3 Last Year
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Dallas (SMU) Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 – Revolution Retail Systems, a Carrollton-based cash automation and recycling tech provider, is the fastest-growing entrepreneurial company in the Dallas area, according to the SMU Cox School of Business’s Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. The Institute’s annual Dallas 100™, a celebration of the fastest-growing, privately-held businesses in the Dallas area, revealed the area’s top entrepreneurial companies in rank order from 100 to one before a crowd of about 1,000 people at the Omni Hotel Thursday in downtown Dallas.
“Revolution has increased sales almost tenfold over the last three years, evidence of the rapid growth that made it the No. 1 company this year,” said Simon Mak, associate director of the Caruth Institute. “Often, the privately held corporations, proprietorships and partnerships we honor through Dallas 100™ don’t get a lot of recognition and yet, like Revolution, they contribute greatly to our economy.”
President and CEO Mark Levenick leads the retail and cash management company, which was founded in 2009 to automate the manual cash handling processes typically found in retail. The company focuses on cash recycling solutions for the broad retail marketplace. Revolution’s employee base has grown from 18 employees in 2010 to 245 today.
The Caruth Institute, working with the accounting firm BKD LLP CPAs and Advisors examined sales from hundreds of companies for 2015 to 2017, the last year for which complete data is available. The winners represent a wide swath of Dallas-area businesses. The winning companies collectively generated $3.3 billion in sales in 2017, according to Jerry White, the Linda A. and Kenneth R. Morris Endowed Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox. Collectively, the companies grew at an average annual growth rate of 87 percent from 2015 to 2017. Together, they created 11,096 jobs in that same period.
“These companies are amazing growth machines. They can create a fantastic number of jobs and pump hundreds of millions of dollars into our economy,” said White. “For 28 years, the Caruth Institute at SMU Cox has honored the critical role of entrepreneurship in the DFW economy, which has thrived specifically because of its long history of entrepreneurial spirit.”
This year’s Dallas 100™ sponsors, in alphabetical order, are: Allegiant Wealth Management; Avison Young; BKD LLP CPAs and Advisors; CARR Intellectual Property Law; Dallas Business Journal; Executive Press; KRLD 1080 News Radio; Mass Mutual; Talent Suite; and Texas Capital Bank.
The top 10 fastest-growing DFW companies in 2018 were given special recognition at the event: No.1) Revolution Retails Systems, LLC; No.2) Clavis Capital Partners, an investment firm that focuses on manufacturers of industrial products; No.3) Monkedia, a digital and social media agency; No.4) Ontronics, a secondary mobile device/reverse logistics company; No.5) ARCO/Murray Design Build, a national full-service general contractor; No.6) Newline Interactive, a supplier of interactive touch screens and software; No.7) Titus Industrial, a manufacturer and distributor of industrial flow control components; No.8) Urban Air Adventure Parks, a chain of indoor family entertainment venues; No.9) First National Title Insurance Company; and No.10) JP and Associates Realtors ®, also known as JPAR, an independent brokerage.
A complete list of all SMU Cox Dallas 100™ companies for 2018, listed from one to 100, follows:
|
Company Name |
City |
|
|
1 |
REVOLUTION RETAIL SYSTEMS LLC |
Carrollton |
|
2 |
Clavis Capital Partners |
Dallas |
|
3 |
Monkedia |
Irving |
|
4 |
Ontronics |
Farmers Branch |
|
5 |
ARCO/Murray |
Dallas |
|
6 |
Newline Interactive |
Plano |
|
7 |
Titus Group Inc. |
Dallas |
|
8 |
Urban Air Adventure Parks |
Grapvine |
|
9 |
First National Title Insurance Company |
Plano |
|
10 |
JP and Associates REALTORS® |
Frisco |
|
11 |
Access Healthcare Services |
Dallas |
|
12 |
Alkami Technology, Inc. |
Plano |
|
13 |
Enseo |
Richardson |
|
14 |
Gordon Highlander |
Dallas |
|
15 |
Linear Roofing & General Contractors LLC |
Irving |
|
16 |
Polk Mechanical Company, LLC |
Grand Prairie |
|
17 |
Trintech |
Addison |
|
18 |
WatchGuard, Inc. |
Allen |
|
19 |
StratiFi Health |
Plano |
|
20 |
Vonlane LLC |
Dallas |
|
21 |
Capital Title of Texas, LLC |
Plano |
|
22 |
rewardStyle |
Dallas |
|
23 |
HomeVestors of America, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
24 |
DATA AGILITY GROUP INC |
Dallas |
|
25 |
Calise Partners, LLC |
Dallas |
|
26 |
Linux Academy |
Keller |
|
27 |
FTK Construction Services |
Allen |
|
28 |
The Pet Loss Center |
Euless |
|
29 |
Leviate Air Group |
Dallas |
|
30 |
Weby Corp |
Arlington |
|
31 |
Critical Start |
Plano |
|
32 |
Frankie V's Kitchen |
Dallas |
|
33 |
Poo~Pourri |
Addison |
|
34 |
Mizzen+Main |
Dallas |
|
35 |
Highlands Residential Mortgage |
Dallas |
|
36 |
LiquidAgents Healthcare |
Plano |
|
37 |
Hisun Motors Corp., USA |
McKinney |
|
38 |
Nothing Bundt Cakes |
Addison |
|
39 |
SCRAPSOURCE |
Dallas |
|
40 |
IntegriBuilt Roofing |
Irving |
|
41 |
Cubic Technologies LLC. |
Irving |
|
42 |
CONTI Organization |
Dallas |
|
43 |
Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc. |
Addison |
|
44 |
Humphreys and Partners Architects, LP |
Dallas |
|
45 |
Legacy ER & Urgent Care |
Plano |
|
46 |
Fortress Building Products |
Garland |
|
47 |
Hillcrest Asset Management |
Plano |
|
48 |
staff one hr |
Dallas |
|
49 |
Gadberry Construction Company, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
50 |
M Stone, Stone & Tile Company |
Arlington |
|
51 |
BroadJump |
Dallas |
|
52 |
WRA Architects |
Dallas |
|
53 |
OrderMyGear LLC |
Dallas |
|
54 |
D-BAT Sports |
Carrollton |
|
55 |
Vision2 Systems LLC |
Dallas |
|
56 |
Saxony Partners, LLC |
Dallas |
|
57 |
Buda Juice |
Dallas |
|
58 |
TekLeaders, Inc. |
Plano |
|
59 |
Akorbi |
Plano |
|
60 |
Improving |
Plano |
|
61 |
Beautech Power Systems, LLC |
Dallas |
|
62 |
C1S Group, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
63 |
THMED, LLC |
Dallas |
|
64 |
Amino Transport |
Southlake |
|
65 |
Pediatric Home Healthcare, LLC |
Dallas |
|
66 |
TerraCORE Panels |
Dallas |
|
67 |
Nova Landscape Group, Inc. |
Lavon |
|
68 |
MedCore Partners, LLC |
Dallas |
|
69 |
Statewide Remodeling, Inc. |
DFW Airport |
|
70 |
Techstar Consulting Inc |
Irving |
|
71 |
Money Matters with Ken Moraif |
Plano |
|
72 |
The Expo Group |
Irving |
|
73 |
Carrco Painting Contractors |
Dallas |
|
74 |
Saxon Global Inc |
Irving |
|
75 |
Studio 11 Design |
Dallas |
|
76 |
Boardroom Salon for Men |
Southlake |
|
77 |
Indio Management |
Dallas |
|
78 |
Legacy Landscaping |
Plano |
|
79 |
Sendero |
Dallas |
|
80 |
The Trade Group |
Carrollton |
|
81 |
PawTree |
Southlake |
|
82 |
United Protective Services |
Dallas |
|
83 |
Focus Staff |
Dallas |
|
84 |
CyberlinkASP |
Dallas |
|
85 |
Trustantial |
Dallas |
|
86 |
Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate |
Dallas |
|
87 |
Tolleson Wealth Management |
Dallas |
|
88 |
Phoneternet LLC dba Maestro |
Dallas |
|
89 |
Bridgefarmer & Associates, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
90 |
DHD Films |
Dallas |
|
91 |
HealthMark Group |
Dallas |
|
92 |
Embark Consulting, LLC |
Dallas |
|
93 |
The BOSS |
Dallas |
|
94 |
CommunityMed Urgent Care Systems LLC |
Addison |
|
95 |
Dietzler Ventures Inc. DBA: Bath Expo & Window Expo |
Carrollton |
|
96 |
EDGE Realty Partners |
Dallas |
|
97 |
STRAIT |
Dallas |
|
98 |
Foreman Therapy Services |
Dallas |
|
99 |
Thomas Title & Escrow |
Dallas |
|
100 |
See Agency |
Heath |
