The annual Inc. 5000 list is out, and many Chicago companies made this year's prestigious ranking of fastest-growing private companies.
Chicago meal kit delivery startup Home Chef was Chicago's highest-ranking business, reporting the third highest three-year revenue growth of all businesses measured. It did $255 million in revenue last year, a more than 60,000 percent growth from 2014. Home Chef was acquired this year by Kroger in a deal that could be worth up to $700 million.
Chicago's G2 Crowd, a platform for business software reviews, was the city's fastest-growing software company on the list and the 20th fastest-growing software company overall. G2 Crowd raised a $30 million round last year from Accel and LinkedIn, and CEO Godard Abel has publicly stated that he'd like to eventually take the company public.
This year Chicago moved up to sole possession of third place in terms of cities with the most Inc. 5000 companies. It was tied for third last year with Atlanta, which slipped to fourth. The Inc. 5000 rankings are measured by percent revenue growth from 2014 to 2017.
Other notable Chicago tech companies on the list include Factor 75 (264), Reverb (382) and Shiftgig (487).
Below we've listed all the Chicago businesses that rank in the top 500 of Inc.'s list. You can see the full list here.
(3) Home Chef 2017 revenue: $255 million 3 year growth: 60,166 percent
(8) GForce Life Sciences 2017 revenue: 16.9 million 3 year growth: 16,427 percent
(46) Edge Logistics 2017 revenue: $27.7 million 3 year growth: 5,758 percent
(105) United Trans Group 2017 revenue: $4.4 million 3 year growth: 3,543 percent
(121) Redshelf 2017 revenue: $21.6 million 3 year growth: 3,164 percent
(155) Linea di Liara 2017 revenue: $7.6 million 3 year growth: 2,768 percent
(159) Pinnacle Furnished Suites 2017 revenue: $4.9 million 3 year growth: 2,669 percent
(165) Strike Social 2017 revenue: $47.7 million 3 year growth: 2,614 percent
(179) G2 Crowd 2017 revenue: $11.1 million 3 year growth: 2,414 percent
(193) SEI-Chicago 2017 revenue: $2.9 million 3 year growth: 2,286 percent
(220) Meridian Appraisal Management 2017 revenue: $2.7 million 3 year growth: 2,127 percent
(247) Squadhelp.com 2017 revenue: $2.5 million 3 year growth: 1,960 percent
(264) Factor 75 2017 revenue: $9.9 million 3 year growth: 1,841 percent
(276) First Stop Heath 2017 revenue: $2.2 million 3 year growth: 1,784 percent
(277) Era Transport 2017 revenue: $5.3 million 3 year growth: 1,783 percent
(280) Novatio Solutions 2017 revenue: $5.3 million 3 year growth: 1,743 percent
(340) OppLoans 2017 revenue: $69.9 million 3 year growth: 1,465 percent
(352) Home Invest 2017 revenue: $9.4 million 3 year growth: 1,419 percent
(382) Reverb.com 2017 revenue: $23.9 million 3 year growth: 1,287 percent
(477) Challas Group 2017 revenue: $3.8 million 3 year growth: 1,059 percent
(487) Shiftgig 2017 revenue: $42.2 million 3 year growth: 1,043 percent
