More than 50 Chicago-area companies appear on “Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest” ranking for the fastest-growing private companies in the Midwest.
Among the 52 Chicago companies on the list is media company 1440, a daily newsletter that now has more than 2 million subscribers.
The company topped the list for Chicago’s startups, coming in as the fourth-fastest growing private company in the region. That’s based on revenue growth between 2019 and 2021, with a required minimum revenue of $100,000 for 2019 and a minimum of $1 million in revenue in 2021.
Founded in 2017 by Tim Huelskamp, 1440 reported growth of 2,378%.
Chicago was home to five of the top 10 companies on the list, including 1440, CDL 1000 (No. 5), TransLoop, (No. 6) QualSights (No. 8) and Clearcover (No. 9).
Other Chicago companies that cracked the top 20 included Paragon Freight Inc. (No. 12), Focused Labs (No. 14) and Collectiv (No. 16).
