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Corporate Report 100 31 RE/MAX Infinity

Average Annual Growth Rate: 59.59%

Growth: 178.76% 2018: $2,053,770

2nd Year Full-time employees: DD It’s the Real Estate Corollary to the Willie Sutton Rule (Google it): Go where the money is. In the case of RE/MAX Infinity and the Kansas City market, that means southern Overland Park. That’s the heart of Johnson County, by almost any statistical measure the chief driver of the Kansas economy. A wider geographic footprint for its agents, though, has helped drive growth with sales across both sides of the state line. 32 Summit Heating & Cooling Growth: 178.17% Average Annual Growth Rate: 59.39% Full-time employees: 34 In a four-season climatewherewinter and summer seem to cover 10months of the year, homeowners and businesses are never far removed from a heating or cooling emergency. Summit addresses both eventualities with its maintenance service, but has hit a growth stretch as a full-service company doing much more, including installation of HVAC systems and components, air-quality services, water-heater replacement and more. Gross Revenue: 2021: $5,725,005 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $6,481,462 2018: $2,330,000 34 WLX | Western Logistics Express Growth: 176.20% Average Annual Growth Rate: 58.73% Full-time employees: 63 Formany, 2020was nopicnic, and that held true forWLX,WesternLogistics Express. But as that pandemic year drewto a close, newownership rode in, making new investments in the work force, updating resources, upgrading work spaces, and delivering better professional tools for all. Building out a brokerage division, as well, has been a growth driver for growth with its in-house brokerage services and dedicated drivers and equipment. 35 Re/Max Heritage Growth: 175.66% Average Annual Growth Rate: 58.55% 5th Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $20,291,584 2018: $7,361,119 Full-time employees: DD RE/MAX Heritage, founded in 2008, has found success operating in the fastest-growing residential areas mainly on the Missouri side of the state line. The business model is a simple one: Sell homes by making each client feel as if they’re working with a friend, not a stranger chasing a commission. That paid off with a massive 67 percent bump in year-over-year value of homes sold in 2021. 36 Native Digital Growth: 172.79% Average Annual Growth Rate: 57.60% Full-time employees: 25 “It turns out that if you do what you say you’ll do, clients notice,” says Lisa Anderson, vice president of finance for Native Digital. “Our clients are looking for name recognition and customer acquisition. We can deliver both, and have the data to prove it.” Native Digital, a Midtown enterprise that bills itself as a marketing firm for modern brands, specializes in messaging, strategy and customer acquisition. 37 Apollo Insurance Group Growth: 170.79% Average Annual Growth Rate: 56.93% 6th Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $8,954,579 2018: $3,306,885 Full-time employees: 62 Chalk this up as a sixth straight appearance for Scott Eckley and his team since they first crashed the CR100 party in 2017. Why? “We have it within our DNA to rush toward chaos and uncertainty within the health insurance industry,” Eckley declares. His insurance brokerage now serves clients in 35 states, both individuals on and off exchange products, plus group health clients, and seniors with Medicare products. 38 Max Motors Dealerships Growth: 168.35% Average Annual Growth Rate: 56.12% Full-time employees: 239 From a one-dealership location in Butler, Mo., in 2006, Max Motors Dealerships has blossomed into an enterprise with eight franchises, five locations and a collision center, driving its way into the rarified territory of both fastest-growing and largest companies in the region. With locations in Harrisonville, Butler and Nevada, the company sells new and used cars, trucks, vans and heavy construction equipment. 39 Propio Language Services Growth: 165.47% Average Annual Growth Rate: 55.16% 10th Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $33,136,058 2018: $12,481,911 Full-time employees: 115 Propio Language Services ignited its booster-phase rockets after Marco Assis became CEO in 2019. He doubled the company’s size within two years, then restructured it in 2020 and has seen record revenues every month since that September. Founded in 1998, the company specializes in over-the-phone interpretation, video remote interpretation, in-person interpretation, and document-translation services. 40 Seastnan Medical Growth: 162.28% Average Annual Growth Rate: 54.09% 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $2,629,041 2018: $1,002,372 Full-time employees: 10 SeastnanMedical specializes in neurodiagnostic care for spine, brain and vascular surgeries, providing real-time information to help improve patient outcomes. Olivia Fisher, president and CEO, says “we have always focused on a slow-growth model to establish a solid base to build off of with the intent focus on our local providers first.” If this is her idea of slow growth, watch out when Seastnan hits the afterburners. Full-time employees: 98 Since 1950, Central Bank of Kansas City has staked its claim among family-owned community banks in the city. With deposits nearly doubling between 2018 and 2021 and a loan portfolio up nearly 50 percent over that same span, the bank has flexed its growth muscles. It serves the banking needs of urban clients as Treasury-designated Community Development Financial Institution, focused on distressed communities. 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $42,977,584 2018: $15,560,528 3rd Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $5,501,647 2018: $2,016,782 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $343,927,218 2018: $128,162,797 33 Central Bank of Kansas City Growth: 177.08% Average Annual Growth Rate: 59.03% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $65,566,000 2018: $23,663,000

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