Ingram's July 2026

Corporate Report 100 91 Culligan KC Gross Revenue: 2025: $19,100,000

Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.91%

Growth: 50.74% 2022: $12,670,748

Full-time employees: 65 This Olathe-based water treatment and purification company, serving the metro area since 1951, specializes in residential, commercial, and industrial solutions, including water softeners, whole-home filtration systems, reverse-osmosis drinking water, and multi-state bulk water and salt delivery. Its status as a certified Women Business Enterprise helps land high-volume municipal and commercial infrastructure contracts. 92 Centric Growth: 50.40% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.80% Gross Revenue: 2025: $233,215,639 2022: $155,063,946 Full-time employees: 161 Centric has made quick work of Ingram’s rankings: the Kansas City builder debuted on the Ingram’s 100 at No. 111 in 2022 and stands at No. 91 today, while revenue grew from $155 million to $233 million over the CR100 window — 50 percent — on a team of 161. Co-led by Richard Wetzel and Steve Swanson, the firm’s rise tracks the metro’s broader construction supercycle. 93 Lockton Companies Growth: 50.00% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.77% Gross Revenue: 2025: $4,080,000,000 2022: $2,719,983,000 Full-time employees: 10,750 This global insurance brokerage and benefits consultancy can make a claim no other Kansas City firm we know of can make: Lockton has grown revenue every year since its 1966 founding, and this window kept the streak intact. The world’s largest pri vately held, independent insurance brokerage continues climbing Ingram’s 100 as well, from No. 22 to No. 17 in three years. 94 HNTB Growth: 49.92% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.64% Gross Revenue: 2025: $2,334,080,901 2022: $1,556,919,718 Full-time employees: 6,272 America is rebuilding its infrastructure, and a century-old Kansas City firm is designing much of it. HNTB grew revenue from $1.56 billion to $2.33 billion over the period—50 percent—with more than 6,200 employees nationwide and roughly 680 in its home market. The engineering and architecture firm behind highways, bridges, transit systems and stadiums has held steady in the mid-20s of Ingram’s 100 for years. 95 Hoss & Brown Engineers Growth: 49.88% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.63% Gross Revenue: 2025: $14,627,966 2022: $9,760,000 Full-time employees: 54 This Shawnee company is a full-service mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering firm founded in 1951, specializing in commercial building design, system analysis, sustainable LEED engineering, and advanced 3D laser scanning site assessments. Growth stems from its unique cross-training model, which delivers highly integrated, cohesive, and cost-effective building plans. 96 Evergreen Flooring Growth: 49.60% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.53% Gross Revenue: 2025: $5,983,963 2022: $4,000,000 Full-time employees: 17 A family-owned commercial, multifamily, and residential flooring company, Evergreen was founded in 2007 by the Guizar brothers with just a $1,000 credit card, the firm specializes in bulk wholesale sourcing, design consulting, and nationwide turn key installation of carpet, luxury vinyl, hardwood, and tile, driven by its certified Minority Business Enterprise status. 97 Terracon Growth: 49.31% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.44% Gross Revenue: 2025: $1,516,000,000 2022: $1,015,342,822 Full-time employees: 7,223 Every building project starts with the ground beneath it, which keeps Terracon busy. The Olathe-headquartered, employee owned consulting firm—geotechnical, environmental, materials and facilities engineering—is led by Gayle Packer, who has steered into the upper half of the Ingram’s 100 list of the region’s biggest private companies since 2019. 98 BARR Advisory Growth: 49.28% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.43% Gross Revenue: 2025: $13,947,299 2022: $9,343,246 Full-time employees: 47 Compliance is a growth business when the frameworks keep multiplying. Fairway-based BARR Advisory, a cybersecurity and compliance firm serving cloud-based organizations in regulated industries, is among a handful of U.S. auditors accredited across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS and CMMC—adding C3PAO authorization for defense contractors this past year. 99 HeartLand, LLC Growth: 48.13% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.04% Gross Revenue: 2025: $643,000,000 2022: $434,091,985 Full-time employees: 4,778 Grass grows, and so does the business of maintaining it at scale. HeartLand, the Kansas City-based commercial landscaping platform led by Eddie Schatz, grew revenue from $434 million to $643 million over the period—48 percent—with a workforce approaching 4,800. Its climb up the Ingram’s 100 tells the same story, where at No. 56 this year, it’s one of the list’s most consistent risers. 100 e2E Growth: 48.02% Average Annual Growth Rate: 16.01% Gross Revenue: 2025: $5,735,562 2022: $3,874,959 Full-time employees: 52 Nearly every new client has come by referral—a claim most firms make and few can support with a 90-percent-plus retention rate. Founder Nancy McCullough’s e2E provides outsourced strategic finance, accounting, HR, payroll and tax services to startups, small businesses and nonprofits not yet ready to hire those functions in-house. Goodwill banked during the pandemic— free PPP help, ERC filing assistance—keeps compounding into new business today. 3rd Year 7th Year 21st Year 6th Year 2nd Year 1st Year 6th Year 5th Year 5th Year 8th Year

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