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Corporate Report 100 51 Apollo Insurance Group Gross Revenue: 2022: $11,301,118

Average Annual Growth Rate: 46.48%

Growth: 139.44% 2019: $4,719,909

7th Year Full-time employees: 52 The growth hits just keep on coming for Scott Eckley and his team at Apollo Insurance Group, a health-insurance brokerage that has grown to serve clients in 40 states. In 2018, Apollo set a goal to increase the size of is broker staff and go nationwide. The ability of those brokers to assimilate the nuances of the industry and embrace a client-first mentality has been key to client satisfaction and retention. 52 KCAS Bioanalytics & Biomarker Service Growth: 131.08% Average Annual Growth Rate: 43.69% 4th Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $62,192,616 2019: $26,913,921 Full-time employees: 346 Focused, strategic growth—that’s what KCAS Bioanalytical and Biomarker Services has realized as a contract-research organiza tion in medical research, laboratory, and drug development. The growth factors: investments in expanding the business with its hiring and infrastructure, new facilities, increased services, acquisitions, and understanding and anticipating client demands. 53 Re/Max Heritage Growth: 127.90% Average Annual Growth Rate: 42.63% 6th Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $20,336,552 2019: $8,923,455 Full-time employees: 7 As home-buying in the U.S. fell off in 2022, RE/MAX Heritage focuses on complete real-estate agent development. “We work to find growth-minded professionals who care about others,” says broker-owner David Weisemann. “Relationships are vital to our service-first model” and they allowed the Blue Springs agency to serve in the face of a declining market. 54 Oakes Auto Growth: 124.53% Average Annual Growth Rate: 41.51% 5th Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $152,685,090 2019: $68,001,960 Full-time employees: 138 From Clay County in the Northland to Linn County in exurban Kansas, Oakes Auto has made a name for itself in a hurry— the company began operations in 2010 and hurtled from zero past $100 million sales in a little more than a decade. It operates dealerships for Kia (North Kansas City), Mitsubishi (Kansas City, Kan.) and Ford (Pleasanton, Kan.) brands. 55 DMC Service Growth: 123.54% Average Annual Growth Rate: 41.18% 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $3,867,823 2019: $1,730,253 Full-time employees: 10 DMC Service is a commercial HVAC and plumbing contractor whose strong growth rests on a three-legged stool: First, early in 2020 and before the pandemic shutdowns, it made the call to work with an outside marketing firm, optimizing and improving the website with SEO/PPC, then added official ‘team leaders’ to each service division, freeing leadership of day-to-day distractions. 56 Don Julian Builders Inc. Growth: 119.14% Average Annual Growth Rate: 39.71% 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $108,596,433 2019: $49,556,791 Full-time employees: 51 Housing downturn? They’re not having any of it at this Lenexa-based construction company, which has more than doubled its top line since the pre-pandemic year 2019. As America’s focus turned homeward during the COVID era, the company added to a rich history that has produced more than 2,000 residences since 1974. It offers three dozen models and floorplans. 57 Gary Kerns Homebuilders Growth: 114.32% Average Annual Growth Rate: 38.11% 2nd Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $19,127,488 2019: $8,924,881 Full-time employees: 14 Family-owned Gary Kerns Homebuilders crafts quality new homes in the Kansas City, North area. “We believe our building process and service offers great value to our buyers and is one reason for our growth,” says Kerns, a third-generation builder. “We worked to increase our social media presence through marketing, and expanded the areas where we built new homes.” 58 27Global Growth: 113.36% Average Annual Growth Rate: 37.79% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $11,101,950.24 2019: $5,203,425.05 Full-time employees: 36 27Global is a software, data, and cloud engineering and IT consulting company founded in 2008. It helps businesses across the U.S. leverage that tech to scale or streamline operations in a wide range of industries—financial services, manufacturing, tech nology, and software-as-a-service. The sweet spot: mid-market companies with between $100 million to $5 billion in revenue. 59 HTK Architects Growth: 111.81% Average Annual Growth Rate: 37.27% 1st Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $18,250,000 2019: $8,616,166 Full-time employees: 35 Only about three dozen in number, the team at HTK punches well above its weight with a service line that includes architectur al projects, master planning, interior design and furnishings, code and compliance services, signage and wayfinding Graphics and a lot more. That diversity has helped keep the growth engine humming on projects for a wide range of business sectors. 60 Automatic Systems, Inc. Growth: 110.02% Average Annual Growth Rate: 36.67% 5th Year Gross Revenue: 2022: $342,153,044 2019: $162,917,533 Full-time employees: 387 Applying the machining muscle that large-scale manufacturing needs to move the world, Automatic Systems is a Kansas City company serving vehicle makers, steel mills, logistics facilities, and others with powerful materials-handling infrastructure. Conveyors, towing systems, and rack-and-pallet management tools are among the mainstays of ASI’s product lines.

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