Profit has released its annual Profit 200 list of Canadian companies in “hypergrowth” mode, tracking outstanding five-year revenue growth trends among up-and-coming firms. A number of marketing and media firms have made the grade.
While much of the profit in the marketing sector flows around the multinational set of agencies and clients, Profit‘s list examines the homegrown businesses that have built sustainable, reliable businesses in a variety of sectors. It names 27 firms in the marketing field as either service or software providers (though our listing below casts a wider net).
“This super-elite group didn’t achieve their extraordinary top-line growth at great expense to the bottom line,” the magazine said. “An overwhelming 87% were profitable in their most recent fiscal year. And they made a vital contribution to the country by creating 14,943 jobs from 2006 to 2011.”
The full list is available at Profitguide.com, but here is the list Marketing feels is relevant to its readers, listed by their Profit 200 ranking, company name and revenue growth percentage.
(NOTE: Instead of just listing pure-play marketing or media firms, Marketing has has highlighted a wide variety of third-party vendors that marketing executives may deal with. These include call centre and customer service firms, app developers, voice-over talent companies, trade show booth designers and others.)
2. Mood Media Corp. – 14,215% – In-store background music, messaging and signage
16. Yellow House Events Inc. – 2,395% – Event marketing agency
25. Couch & Associates Consultants Inc. – 1,621% – Sales and marketing strategy consultancy
37. Locomotive Marketing Inc. – 1,113% – Customer-loyalty programs for casinos
38. NVI – 1,095% – Digital marketing agency
41. Voices.com (Interactive Voices Inc.) – 1,033% – Online marketplace for voice-overs and other audio
49. Adviso Conseil Inc. – 964% – Digital marketing agency
53. Search Engine People Inc. – 946% – Search-engine marketing and optimization services
55. Metalab Design Ltd. – 938% – Web interface design, app development and consulting
60. Endo Networks Inc. – 881% – Consumer-intercept marketing agency
74. Borealis (Boreal Information Strategies Inc.) – 653% – Software for sustainability and corporate social responsibility programs
92. Toboggan Design Inc. – 524% – Designs museum exhibits and consumer products
93. Tri-Media Integrated Marketing Technologies Inc. – 524% – Web marketing services for the media and marketing sectors
102. Best Displays.com Inc. – 462% – Designs and build trade-show booths and displays
106. ThinkWrap Solutions Inc. – 439% – Web content and e-commerce solutions
110. Retail Media Group Inc. – 423% – Grocery-store advertising network
112. Architech Solutions Consulting Services Inc. – 412% – Develops custom web, mobile and business applications
124. Zenergy Communications (North America) Inc. – 371% – Marketing and communications agency
132. Destiny Media Technologies Inc. – 353% – Online audio and video distribution software
147. Credit Bureau of Canada Collections – 308% – Collection agency and outsourced customer service
149. My Broadcasting Corp. – 304% – Runs radio stations in small and mid-sized markets
153. BTV Business Television (Milky Way Marketing Inc.) – 295% – Profiles public companies for the web and TV
154. Klick Health (Klick Inc.) – 293% – Digital marketing agency for the health-care sector
156. Dine.TO Hospitality Marketing Consultants – 291% – Online restaurant directory
182. Summerhill Group Inc. – 237% – Specialized social-marketing agency
194. Innovative Vision Marketing Inc. – 210% – Call-centre services
197. Inbox Marketer Corp. – 208% – E-mail, mobile and social marketing services
Methodology
Profit said “entrants were ranked by five-year revenue growth, with revenue and net income verified through financial statements. Growth rates were calculated using base-year revenue of at least $200,000. More details about the ranking procedure and eligibility criteria can be found at PROFIT200.ca.”
