Vancouver has earned the title of Silicon Valley North, with many of Canada’s buzziest and most valuable tech startups making their home there. But it’s more than just a startup incubator: established firms in industries from manufacturing to construction to industrial services all find a place on the 2015 PROFIT 500 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies.
The 68 firms headquartered in Metro Vancouver that made this year’s ranking grew their revenues an average of 789% between 2009 and 2014, creating an additional 5,204 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs over that period. Collectively they employed 6,488 full-time and 2,621 part-time employees in 2014.
Here is the complete list of Vancouver’s Fastest Growing Companies for 2015.
1. Kelso Technologies
PROFIT 500 Rank: 3
Head Office: Delta, B.C.
Industry: Manufacturing
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 13057%
Chief Executive(s): Richard Lee
FTE Employees: 56
Designs and sells rail tank car components
2. Hemisphere Energy
PROFIT 500 Rank: 5
Head Office: Vancouver
Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 8218%
Chief Executive(s): Don Simmons
FTE Employees: 13
Oil and gas exploration and production
3. TEEMA Solutions Group
PROFIT 500 Rank: 11
Head Office: Vancouver
Industry: HR Services
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 4705%
Chief Executive(s): Brian Antenbring
FTE Employees: 415
A staffing and recruitment firm
4. Traction on Demand
PROFIT 500 Rank: 21
Head Office: Burnaby, B.C.
Industry: Software
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 2995%
Chief Executive(s): Greg Malpass & Mike Winterfield
FTE Employees: 99
Develops and consults on cloud-based software, focused on SalesForce
5. Pure Industrial REIT
PROFIT 500 Rank: 36
Head Office: Vancouver
Industry: Real Estate
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 2016%
Chief Executive(s): Kevan Gorrie & Steve Evans
FTE Employees: 37
Owns and operates industrial parks and buildings
6. dPoint Technologies
PROFIT 500 Rank: 45
Head Office: Vancouver
Industry: Manufacturing
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 1544%
Chief Executive(s): James Dean
FTE Employees: 39
Manufactures and sells energy efficiency and recovery technology
7. Avigilon
PROFIT 500 Rank: 46
Head Office: Vancouver
Industry: Software
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 1508%
Chief Executive(s): Alexander Fernandes
FTE Employees: 696
Provides security services
8. Canruss Medical & Safety
PROFIT 500 Rank: 47
Head Office: Surrey, B.C.
Industry: Industrial Services
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 1494%
Chief Executive(s): Steven Ryder
FTE Employees: 12
Provides medical and safety services to remote workers
9. Appnovation Technologies
PROFIT 500 Rank: 51
Head Office: Vancouver
Industry: Information Technology
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 1289%
Chief Executive(s): Arnold Leung
FTE Employees: 121
Provides open-source IT services and consulting
10. Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria
PROFIT 500 Rank: 52
Head Office: Richmond, B.C.
Industry: Consumer Services
Five-year revenue growth (20092014): 1250%
Chief Executive(s): Justin Lussier
FTE Employees: 22
Neighbourhood pizzeria providing authentic Neapolitan pizzas
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The Next 15:
11. Prizm Media
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 55
Digital direct-response marketing agency for health suppliers
12. Gevity
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 74
Consulting services and software development
13. IT Blueprint Solutions
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 81
Provides IT services for businesses
14. Certified Battery
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 93
Sells replacement parts for consumer electronics
15. Globalme
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 94
Provider of translation and localization services for businesses
16. Vega
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 108
Manufactures and distributes vegan nutritional supplements
17. Aspectek
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 111
Manufactures pest control, gardening and pet products
18. Kasa Supply
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 120
Wholesales and retails housing maintenance supplies
19. Saje Natural Wellness
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 154
Sells all-natural health and beauty products through its own stores and online
20. Cypress Solutions
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 155
Manufactures wireless communications equipment
21. Clevest Solutions Inc.
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 172
Develops software for mobile workforce management and smart grid operations
22. Edible Canada
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 177
Operates a restaurant and retail shop and offers culinary tours and classes
23. TAK Logistics
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 178
Warehousing and logistics
24. Copperleaf
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 181
Develops software for asset investment planning and management
25. Crelogix
PROFIT 500 Ranking: 187
Provides financial services to consumer product and services companies
Other fast-growing Metro Vancouver companies on the 2015 PROFIT 500:
26. Energold Drilling (PROFIT 500 Rank: 188), 27. Synergy Trucking (PROFIT 500 Rank: 194), 28. Photon Control (PROFIT 500 Rank: 208), 29. Vital Logistics (PROFIT 500 Rank: 232), 30. FCV Interactive (PROFIT 500 Rank: 233), 31. NewGen Technologies (PROFIT 500 Rank: 235), 32. Lantrax North America Logistics (PROFIT 500 Rank: 257), 33. Dominion Lending Centres (PROFIT 500 Rank: 259), 34. Pacific Quorum Properties (PROFIT 500 Rank: 266), 35. Global Relay (PROFIT 500 Rank: 267), 36. Aquatic Informatics (PROFIT 500 Rank: 274), 37. ResponseTek Networks (PROFIT 500 Rank: 278), 38. Everland Natural Foods (PROFIT 500 Rank: 283), 39. iQmetrix (PROFIT 500 Rank: 288), 40. Ignite Technical Resources (PROFIT 500 Rank: 296), 41. LGM Financial Services (PROFIT 500 Rank: 312), 42. Atlantis Programs and Pedalheads Bike Camps (PROFIT 500 Rank: 324), 43. IOSecure Internet Operations (PROFIT 500 Rank: 344), 44. AspenClean (PROFIT 500 Rank: 348), 45. TIO Networks (PROFIT 500 Rank: 352), 46. Mr. Pet’s (PROFIT 500 Rank: 353), 47. Iridia Medical (PROFIT 500 Rank: 358), 48. General Credit Services (PROFIT 500 Rank: 363), 49. Binary Stream Software (PROFIT 500 Rank: 372), 50. Vision Critical (PROFIT 500 Rank: 376), 51. Annex Consulting Group (PROFIT 500 Rank: 383), 52. Marcon Metalfab (PROFIT 500 Rank: 386), 53. Creative At Home (PROFIT 500 Rank: 392), 54. EJM Group (PROFIT 500 Rank: 401), 55. Canadian Construction Materials Engineering Testing (PROFIT 500 Rank: 416), 56. Left Coast Naturals (PROFIT 500 Rank: 419), 57. AnalysisWorks (PROFIT 500 Rank: 420), 58. ISM – Industrial Steel Manufacturing (PROFIT 500 Rank: 425), 59. IT/IQ Tech Recruiters (PROFIT 500 Rank: 431), 60. Canada Metal (Pacific) (PROFIT 500 Rank: 435), 61. Softlanding Network Solutions (PROFIT 500 Rank: 438), 62. Wolfgang Commercial Painters (PROFIT 500 Rank: 442), 63. Norsat International (PROFIT 500 Rank: 467), 64. Cymax (PROFIT 500 Rank: 468), 65. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (PROFIT 500 Rank: 478), 66. Bacchus Law Corp. (PROFIT 500 Rank: 480), 67. Cogent Industrial Technologies (PROFIT 500 Rank: 493), 68. Targa Contracting (PROFIT 500 Rank: 496).
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