The 2012 Inc. 5000 didn’t break out defense contractors separately, so I did. Here you go.
Despite the stagnant economy, the median growth rate of all 2012 Inc. 500|5000 companies remained an impressive 97 percent. The companies on this year’s list report having created over 400,000 jobs in the past three years, and aggregate revenue among the honorees reached $299 billion.
Here is how Inc. compiles their ranking:
The 2012 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2008 through 2011. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2008.
Additionally, they had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2011. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.)
The minimum revenue required for 2008 is $100,000; the minimum for 2011 is $2 million.
One of this year’s honorees (not a defense contractor), is Z Squared Media, parent company of the Content Marketing Institute (CMI). According to CMI’s Joe Pulizzi, they attribute much of their success to content marketing:
To make it to this level, we almost exclusively used content marketing strategies and tactics to launch and grow the business, including starting with a blog platform and then expanding the strategy to white papers, print books, eBooks, e-newsletters, social media content, in-person events, and more.
Click here to read Pulizzi’s article: “How the Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Companies Are Using Content Marketing.”
Since a defense contractor’s website is one of its most important marketing assets, I ran each of the 2012 Inc. 500 / 5000 defense contractor websites through Marketing Grader. This free tool analyzes a website based on the 3 pillars of inbound marketing: 1) getting found online, 2) converting visitors to leads, and 3) measuring effectiveness.
Please note that Marketing Grader is a “tough grader.” A score in the 80′s is very good. And if your site’s score is currently low, there are a number of things that can be done to improve it in a relatively short period of time. In fact, when you run your own site through Marketing Grader, a comprehensive report is generated outlining how to improve your site’s marketing effectiveness.
One of the best things a defense contractor can do to improve their marketing effectiveness is to start a company blog. Here are two articles about the benefits of blogging for defense contractors:
How a Defense Contractor’s Blog Can Be a Marketing “Force Multiplier”
12 Reasons a Blog is a Potent Marketing Weapon for Defense Contractors
Now, on to the list.
The list below is based on each company’s profile on the 2012 500 / 5000 Top Government Services Companies list. Companies were included here if their profile mentioned serving the Department of Defense. If you know of a defense contractor on the Inc. 500 list, but not listed below, please post a comment or contact me.
Rank / Company / 3-yr Growth / Revenues / State / Website Grade
21 Zantech IT Services 7,331% $17.8 million VA 16%
74 Connected Logistics 3,620% $22.5 million AL 31%
88 Pinnacle Solutions 3,272% $9.6 million AL 26%
112 PCI Strategic Management 2,713% $22 million MD 8%
124 Streamline Defense 2,588% $5 million FL 50%
160 Veterans Enterprise Technology Solutions 2,084% $57 million VA 37%
161 SIG 2,065% $29.8 million VA 24%
186 Analytic Strategies 1,874% $3.8 million VA 47%
203 AM Pierce & Associates 1,791% $4.2 million MD 32%
230 Mav6 1,556% $116.9 million MS 55%
253 TISTA Science and Technology 1,410% $10 million MD 30%
269 Special Operations Solutions 1,324% $5.9 million MD 14%
293 Excet 1,266% $45.1 million VA 9%
375 Rally Point Management 995% $10.4 million FL 10%
469 Veteran Corps of America 820% $75.9 million IL 15%
513 Crystal Clear Technologies 745% $11.6 million FL 20%
522 Kore Federal 732% $12.2 million VA 31%
537 Luke & Associates 701% $115.5 million FL 41%
603 K2 Solutions 604% $45.5 million NC 37%
632 Dependable Health Services 575% $4.2 million TX 24%
633 Dignitas Technologies 571% $4.5 million FL 48%
640 Zero Point 568% $5.8 million VA 33%
660 AVIAN Engineering 544% $9.2 million MD 37%
699 Culmen International 505% $21.9 million VA 14%
731 SAWTST 479% $4.8 million GA 47%
739 Cipher Tech Solutions 472% $2 million NY 21%
771 DRT Strategies 449% $16.6 million VA 32%
777 Praemittias Group 441% $49 million CO 5%
785 SMRC 435% $6.2 million MD 36%
796 CAMRIS International 429% $27.1 million MD 44%
831 The Bowen Group 411% $5.7 million VA 58%
866 Cask 388% $12.5 million CA 72%
868 Kingfisher Systems 387% $30.7 million VA 44%
934 Systems Products and Solutions 346% $36.2 million AL 34%
966 Axom Technologies 333% $14.1 million MD 15%
1015 CSI 311% $30.1 million OK 23%
1029 Three Wire Systems 308% $22.7 million VA 75%
1066 Mymic 297% $15.1 million VA 39%
1075 PeopleTec 294% $27.4 million AL 45%
1115 Lanmark Technology 283% $20.7 million VA 42%
1118 ISHPI 282% $7.3 million SC 42%
1119 Freedom Consulting Group 282% $15.4 million MD 43%
1152 Invertix 273% $53.9 million VA 38%
1162 Kenjya 271% $27.1 million MD 21%
1181 Valkyrie Enterprises 266% $19.7 million VA 31%
1206 C2 Solutions Group 260% $8.5 million VA 46%
1210 OGSystems 259% $14.9 million VA 40%
1216 Bevilacqua Research 257% $20.8 million AL 30%
1234 A-T Solutions 251% $169.1 million VA 46%
1297 K3 Enterprises 239% $14.2 million NC 33%
1344 Technatomy 228% $22.8 million VA 17%
1391 Information Systems Solutions 217% $11.6 million MD 29%
1462 Lunarline 205% $7.8 million VA 57%
1496 Sullivan International Group 199% $41.9 million CA 34%
1504 2HB Software Designs 198% $4.5 million MD 24%
1563 Glevum Associates 190% $13.3 million MA 16%
1584 VectorCSP 185% $19.4 million NC 22%
1593 Intelligent Software Solutions 184% $166 million CO 71%
1663 Torch Technologies 174% $73.6 million AL 27%
1688 CSSS.net 171% $27.1 million NE 36%
1693 IPKeys Technologies 170% $15.3 million NJ 28%
1723 Federated IT 166% $25.6 million DC 48%
1763 ISR Group 162% $47.4 million TN 25%
1802 GaN 156% $14.2 million AL 4%
1807 Geocent 156% $26.1 million LA 43%
1817 Space Micro 154% $9.2 million CA 40%
1831 InTec 152% $8.4 million VA 18%
1860 Visual Awareness Technologies & Consulting 148% $15.1 million FL 58%
1889 CoreSys Consulting Services 145% $4.6 million VA 20%
1921 Fidelity Technologies 141% $109.5 million PA 62%
1981 Abacus Solutions Group 136% $9.9 million TX 38%
1987 Artemis Electronics 135% $6.6 million KY 42%
2057 Facchina Global Services 128% $34.8 million MD 28%
2178 Manufacturing Technical Solutions 118% $17.1 million AL 29%
2252 nLogic 113% $9.7 million AL 32%
2455 Sentek Global 99% $18.1 million CA 29%
2463 U.S. Information Technologies 98% $15.8 million VA 11%
2515 CTI Resource Management Services 96% $14.1 million FL 16%
2556 Engineering Services Network 94% $51.3 million VA 31%
2600 RHG GROUP 92% $9.4 million DC 15%
2620 MTSI 91% $90.9 million VA 41%
2634 Phacil 90% $51 million VA 37%
2657 Integrity Application 89% $135.5 million VA 34%
2659 Data Systems Analysts 89% $66 million PA 45%
2674 Knight Point Systems 88% $20.8 million VA 29%
2679 Bridges Consulting 88% $12.8 million MD 17%
2712 BOSH Global Services 86% $21.7 million VA 27%
2781 WhiteOak Group 83% $4.7 million MD 6%
2817 Calhoun International 82% $4.3 million FL 37%
2845 Mercom 80% $36.6 million SC 42%
2873 Quantech Services 79% $80.3 million MA 38%
2899 CPS Professional Services 78% $11.3 million VA 42%
2982 Delta Solutions & Strategies 73% $20.5 million CO 47%
2988 Spectrum 73% $48.4 million VA
3049 DKW Communications 71% $29.2 million DC 44%
3054 Braxton Technologies 70% $17.9 million CO 33%
3095 First Line Technology 69% $3.2 million VA 50%
3240 Spalding Consulting 62% $19.4 million MD 51%
3335 E-merging Technologies Group 58% $12 million OH 27%
3357 GBL Systems 58% $5.2 million CA 18%
3407 Numerica 56% $9.8 million CO 32%
3413 Telesto Group 56% $12.1 million NJ 24%
3503 UIC Technical Services 53% $154.3 million VA 37%
3538 2Is 52% $8.1 million MA 15%
3598 JBM 50% $43.4 million VA 37%
3635 Academy Solutions Group 49% $5.1 million MD 14%
3701 Capstone 46% $67.9 million VA 18%
3723 Phoenix Trading 45% $21.6 million MD 27%
3742 Infinity Systems Engineering 45% $16.7 million CO 45%
3787 Decision Technologies 43% $4 million VA 31%
3805 Gryphon Technologies 43% $94.9 million MD 31%
3839 Alliance Solutions Group 41% $2 million VA 20%
3904 Precise Systems 39% $28.6 million MD 37%
3927 Powertek 38% $23.3 million MD 50%
3964 Homeland Security Solutions 37% $39.2 million VA 11%
4039 Sevatec 35% $20.2 million VA 30%
4224 Kaya Associates 30% $25.2 million AL 32%
4295 Trinity Technology Group 28% $20.3 million VA 18%
4305 KLSS 27% $5.2 million OH 32%
4358 CSMI 26% $26.4 million MA 36%
4437 ITA International 23% $14.8 million VA 16%
4513 deciBel Research 21% $14.3 million AL 15%
4601 Trideum 19% $9.8 million AL 33%
4758 Long Wave 13% $29.6 million OK 24%
4785 S4 13% $19 million MA 32%
4933 Smartronix 7% $96.1 million MD 42%
NOTE: Website grades are based on running the above URLs through Marketing Grader on September 3, 2012. If a different URL should have used, please notify me and I will run another report and update the score.
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