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Corporate Report 100 21 Rhycom Strategic Advertising Growth: 279.00% Average Annual Growth Rate: 93.00% 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $18,023,039 2019: $4,755,450 Full-time employees: 18 Overland Park-based Rhycom is a full-service digital advertising agency “built by people who understand what businesses truly need.” Rick Rhyner’s team stared straight into the face of a global pandemic in 2020 and nearly doubled year-over-year revenues, then bettered that performance with strong organic growth among current clients and new business development efforts. 22 Complete Technology Services Growth: 277.07% Average Annual Growth Rate: 92.36% 3rd Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $6,701,941 2019: $1,777,361 Full-time employees: 41 Investing in marketing and sales produced new clients and helped retain others, and new project development for existing clients have all been parts of the formula for success at Complete Technology Services, a Kansas City-based technology company with a national support model serving clients across 29 states. It offers those clients hardware, software, and technology solutions. 23 CJ Industries Growth: 276.90% Average Annual Growth Rate: 92.30% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $15,064,449.41 2019: $3,996,966.00 Full-time employees: 25 Performance has put CJ Industries into rapid-growth mode through its union mechanical, plumbing, and millwright construction services offerings. The firm made the most of a rare opportunity when it teamed up with U.S. Engineering for a slice of the work at the single-terminal Kansas City International Airport, where it demonstrated its skills in new construction practices. 24 Southwind Growth: 275.78% Average Annual Growth Rate: 91.93% 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $107,618,854 2019: $28,638,597 Full-time employees: 900 Meet one of Kansas City’s newest additions to the $100 million-revenue club: Southwind, which got its start in 2008 as a Got Junk? franchisee. It needed just two years to reach its first $100,000 month, then began expanding service lines and making acquisitions that positioned it for monster growth. Today, the Lenexa company has more than 650 team members operating out of 20 locations in 14 states. 25 Astrawatt Solar Growth: 274.24% Average Annual Growth Rate: 91.41% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $14,820,000 2019: $3,960,000 Full-time employees: 14 Midtown-based Astrawatt Solar was founded in 2016 with the goal of providing a superior customer experience, and the model has worked because founder Keith Murphy insisted on an internal focus: It is among a comparative handful of solar companies that manages plan design, engineering, permitting, utility net meter applications, and solar-panel installation all in-house. 26 City Lifestyle Growth: 253.96% Average Annual Growth Rate: 84.65% 7th Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $73,876,031.20 2019: $20,871,000.50 Full-time employees: 75 Living proof that content is king, City Lifestyle has leveraged its 2009 founding as a Leawood-focused publication into a nationwide fran chising model that pulls in nearly 5 million monthly readers. The formula began by catering to single-family homes in affluent Leawood and struck gold by highlighting the people and businesses in the areas it serves, strengthening readers’ connections to local communities. 27 Newkirk Novak Construction Growth: 252.71% Average Annual Growth Rate: 84.24% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $179,882,978 2019: $51,000,000 Full-time employees: 47 Construction veterans Lynn Newkirk and John Novak had a better idea for a construction company in 2009 and left the security of larger contractors to see it through. As a result, Newkirk Novak Construction Partners, specializing in health care, office, and edu cation settings, among others, has become not just one of the region’s fastest-growing companies but one of the top 100 in revenues. 28 D&L Transport Growth: 245.16% Average Annual Growth Rate: 81.72% 9th Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $323,343,205 2019: $93,680,304 Full-time employees: 180 D&L Transport, an Overland Park transportation brokerage company, offers freight brokerage services throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as technology and software solutions for the transportation industry. Three keys to success: hiring a marketing director dedicated to that function, focusing on recruiting and onboarding, and maintaining a commitment to exceptional service. 29 Worldwide Steel Buildings Growth: 243.62% Average Annual Growth Rate: 81.21% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $49,521,888 2019: $14,411,734 Full-time employees: 93 A quarter-century before the barndominium phenomenon in construction, Worldwide Steel Buildings began operations with its truss factory in Peculiar, Mo. And it continues to offer high-quality, cost-effective custom metal building kits for individuals and small businesses who need buildings that can double as workplaces and residences. 30 Resolve Counseling Growth: 236.87% Average Annual Growth Rate: 78.96% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $3,250,000 2019: $964,764 Full-time employees: 30 Resolve Counseling offers individual outpatient therapy, both in-person and on-line, throughout the Kansas City area, with offices in Prairie Village, Parkville and Lee’s Summit. Demand for mental-health services has soared across the nation since the onset of the 2020 pandemic, and Resolve has addressed that increased need, in part, with multiple office expansions.

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