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Corporate Report 100 61 CRB

Average Annual Growth Rate: 33.62%

Growth: 100.87% 2018: $502,809,441

1st Year Full-time employees: 885 Founded in 1984 with a mission to serve clients needing high-tech facilities, CRB has asserted its place in the hierarchy of engineering and design by nailing three Top 20 recognitions from Engineering News-Record : No. 3 among pharmaceutical-industry contractors; No. 9 among industrial-process contractors, and No. 18 among food and beverage contractors. It also serves the biotech and science/technology sectors. 62 Keller Williams Key Partners Growth: 95.64% Average Annual Growth Rate: 31.88% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $29,273,669 2018: $14,963,185 Full-time employees: DD It’s not just about selling to prospective homeowners; Keller Williams Key Partners is also dedicated to the agents who make those transac tions happen. “Our vision is to create a supportive, energetic, and responsive environment so that our office attracts high-quality real estate professionals, encourages them to reach untapped potential, and inspires them to build a better community,” the company says. 63 Priority Logistics Growth: 95.56% Average Annual Growth Rate: 31.85% Full-time employees: 32 This full-service logistics company based in Overland Park is just three dozen strong with its workforce, but it casts a big shadow in the transportation space with shipping services that run the gamut: full truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal, air freight, warehousing, cross-docking, carrier negotiations, and optimization and tech tools for freight accounting and bill payment. 64 Pioneer Music Growth: 94.55% Average Annual Growth Rate: 31.52% Full-time employees: 60 In a world where streaming services are redefining music delivery, Pioneer Music stands tall with traditional tools as a wholesale dis tributor of audio, video, automation, security, and surveillance gear. The holy trinity of growth—new locations, new acquisitions, and natural organic growth across the industry—propelled the latest surge in sales for the oldest company on the CR100 (founded in 1869). 65 Prime Capital Investment Advisors Growth: 94.46% Average Annual Growth Rate: 31.49% Full-time employees: 87 With roughly $16.2 billion in assets under management, PCIA bills itself as adviser-led and adviser-governed. “We are positioned to effectively deal with the most pressing issues our advisers and clients face,” says marketing coordinator Caitlin Dimmig. Among them: consolidation, technology, retirement income, convergence of wealth management and retirement and financial wellness. Gross Revenue: 2021: $1,010,000,000 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $44,000,000 2018: $22,500,000 4th Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $43,641,641 2018: $22,432,042 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $63,912,798 2018: $32,866,929 5th Year Full-time employees: 52 The founders of Lifestyle Publications, now City Lifestyle, knew pretty quickly they were onto something big after launching this laser focused series of publications in 2009 with “the belief that where you call home matters and that the concept of community is sacred.” Today, it cranks out 125 high-design publications with more than 1 million copies in monthly circulation. 68 Westlake Hardware Growth: 87.23% Average Annual Growth Rate: 29.08% Full-time employees: 2,672 Anyone stranded in a big-box home-improvement store, hearing nothing but echoes and crickets calling for assistance, will quickly understand the Westlake Hardware advantage with its stores flying the ACE Hardware flag. They are all about customer service and finding answers to the DIYers questions. That approach, and a series of acquisitions in recent years, keep it among the region’s 100 biggest private companies, too. 69 Koenig Building & Restoration Growth: 85.59% Average Annual Growth Rate: 28.53% Full-time employees: 5 Given that it built 16 houses in 2018 and an identical number in 2021, it’s both a reflection of what’s happened in the nuclear-hot residential housing market and of a construction company’s move into higher-end homes that Koenig’s revenues have nearly doubled. From $800,000 three years ago, the lower range of work for its luxury homes in 2021 was $1 million, while the top tier hit $4 million. 70 Rob Washam Homes Growth: 83.91% Average Annual Growth Rate: 27.97% Full-time employees: 7 In a space closer to the middle market for new housing, Rob Washam Homes has been busy in recent years, knocking out an aver age of nearly one new home each week in 2021. And they’ve been selling: Even as prices within the company’s range have risen to $650,000-$900,000 from the $400k-$650k baseline of 2018, the demand is still there for this Blue Springs builder. Gross Revenue: 2021: $31,316,517 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $617,292,235 2018: $329,700,000 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $21,900,000 2018: $11,800,000 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $16,000,000 2018: $8,700,000 66 DMC Service Growth: 89.88% 2018: $1,427,379 Average Annual Growth Rate: 29.96% 1st Year Gross Revenue: Full-time employees: 13 DMC specializes in commercial HVAC and plumbing services, including repair, replacement, and maintenance. Organic growth was key since its 2004 founding, says president Karen Crnkovich, but “in 2019, we made the business decision to invest in marketing, specifically Web-site optimization and SEO/PPO,” with results she described in one word: “incredible” and commercial client numbers up 21 percent. 2021: $2,710,299 67 City Lifestyle Growth: 87.49% 2018: $16,703,106 Average Annual Growth Rate: 29.16%

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