More success stories and strategies from Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies »As the headquarters city of choice for the energy industry, Calgary has been hit hard by the slumping price of oil. But Alberta’s biggest municipality is still filled with the hum of entrepreneurial activity, in no small part thanks to the city’s representatives on the 2016 PROFIT 500 ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies.
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part-time employees in 2015.Here is the complete list of Calgary’s Fastest Growing Companies for 2016.
1. Taleo Project Services
PROFIT 500: No. 20
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 3,698%
Revenue (2015): $510 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 40
What it does: Provides program, project and change management consulting
2. Fiasco Gelato
PROFIT 500: No. 62
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 1,224%
Revenue (2015): $25 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 17
What it does: Manufactures and sells all-natural gelato and sorbets through a café and through grocery stores in Western Canada
3. Vets To Go
PROFIT 500: No. 85
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 906%
Revenue (2015): $25 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 23
What it does: Offers mobile veterinary services to pet owners
4. 2 Percent Realty
PROFIT 500: No. 93
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 811%
Revenue (2015): $510 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 213
What it does: Facilitates residential real estate sales and purchases with reduced commission rates
5. Knifewear
PROFIT 500: No. 123
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 612%
Revenue (2015): $510 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 27
What it does: Retails handmade kitchen knives and, under the Kent of Inglewood brand, men’s grooming products
6. Rockwood Custom Homes
PROFIT 500: No. 125
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 597%
Revenue (2015): $2050 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 21
What it does: Builds and renovates luxury homes
7. Ryan Murphy Construction
PROFIT 500: No. 126
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 595%
Revenue (2015): $25 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 10
What it does: Delivers construction, renovation and project-management services
8. iON United
PROFIT 500: No. 130
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 561%
Revenue (2015): $2050 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 38
What it does: Offers IT security products and staffing to large companies
9. Kon-strux Developments
PROFIT 500: No. 133
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 540%
Revenue (2015): $510 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 11
What it does: Designs and builds residences and businesses
10. Dynamysk Automation
PROFIT 500: No. 134
Head Office: Calgary, Alta.
Growth (20102015): 537%
Revenue (2015): $2050 million
Employees (2015, full-time equivalent): 230
What it does: Designs, installs and maintains industrial automation systems in the energy sector
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Other fast-growing companies from Calgary on the 2016 PROFIT 500:
11. Cematrix (No. 171); 12. Panelflex (No. 196); 13. Tundra Process Solutions (No. 212); 14. SysGen Solutions Group (No. 227); 15. Blackline Safety (No. 228); 16. Canada West Land Services (No. 233); 17. The Canadian Trade House (No. 236); 18. REC Media (No. 254); 19. ProStar Cleaning and Restoration (No. 267); 20. Blush Lane Organic Market (No. 283); 21. The Evans Hunt Group (No. 294); 22. Replicon (No. 325); 23. Retail Media Group & RMG Loyalty (No. 372); 24. Rosedale Sheet Metal (No. 399); 25. BluEra (No. 407); 26. DECO Windshield Repair (No. 451); 27. Splice Software (No. 470).