PLYMOUTH, MN, August 16, 2019 – This week, Inc. Magazine published its annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the fastest-growing companies in the United States. Call center advisory firm Outsource Consultants, LLC is making its first appearance on the list, debuting at #1281 with an impressive 321% 3-year growth rate.
“Outsource Consultants is honored and excited by this recognition. Everyone on the team has been working very hard and is directly contributing to this growth, so it’s exciting to see that effort pay off in such a tangible way. We’re adding team members and continuing to streamline our internal procedures to position ourselves to continue our growth trajectory. I have been in the call center industry for over 25 years and I have never had so much fun,” says President Corey Kotlarz, a veteran of the BPO industry.
Not only have the companies on the 2019 Inc. 5000 (which are listed online at Inc.com, with the top 500 companies featured in the September issue of Inc., available on newsstands August 20) been very competitive within their markets, but the list as a whole shows staggering growth compared with prior lists. The 2019 Inc. 5000 achieved an astounding three-year average growth of 454 percent, and a median rate of 157 percent. The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue was $237.7 billion in 2018, accounting for 1,216,308 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
“The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have followed so many different paths to success,” says Inc. editor in chief James Ledbetter. “There’s no single course you can follow or investment you can take that will guarantee this kind of spectacular growth. But what they have in common is persistence and seizing opportunities.”
Outsource Consultants is a call center referral and advisory firm that helps companies find the best high-performing outsource call centers and cloud-based contact center solutions. The experts have over 25 years of call center and BPO outsourcing industry experience and have vetted and screened over 500 of the finest nearshore, offshore and US-based call centers.
They do the groundwork and research to match clients with the best outsource call center options that meet their key requirements. Providing clients significant value by saving them time, reducing costs and ensuring that they find a high-quality and top-performing outsource call center that best fits their needs.
CONTACT: Sarah Klosterbuer, sklosterbuer@outsource-consultants.com
More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000
Methodology
The 2019 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2015 and 2018. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2015. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2018. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2015 is $100,000; the minimum for 2018 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Inc. Media
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. Inc. took home the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in both 2014 and 2012. The total monthly audience reach for the brand has been growing significantly, from 2,000,000 in 2010 to more than 20,000,000 today. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
