Manufacturers, nonprofits, tech companies among honored in PBN’s 2020 Fastest Growing program

PROVIDENCE – Thirty-three companies were honored Wednesday by Providence Business News for their revenue growth and company innovation in the publication’s 2020 Fastest Growing & Innovative Companies Awards program.

This year’s event, held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, recognized companies based on the best percentage revenue growth from 2017 through 2019. The top five companies in each of the four revenue categories – $250,000 to $5 Million, $5 Million to $25 Million, $25 Million to $75 Million, and $75 Million and Above – were announced during the ceremony.

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Additionally, 13 companies and organizations were honored for their innovative products and initiatives to potentially help their industries down the line.

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Each company will be profiled in a special section to be published as part of the Sept. 18-24 print edition of PBN.

The 2020 Fastest Growing Companies, listed in order of revenue growth percentage in groups based on 2019 revenue, are:

$250,000 to $5 million

  • CCS Presentation Systems New England
  • Feast & Fettle Inc.
  • Luminous Creative Agency
  • Premama Inc.
  • Integrated Media Group

$5 million to $25 million

  • Creative Conners Inc.
  • Acertitude LLC
  • Available Staffing Network
  • Vertikal6
  • EpiVax Inc.

$25 million to $75 million

  • Pariseault Builders Inc.
  • Aqueduct Technologies
  • Altus Dental Insurance
  • PACE Organization of Rhode Island
  • Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd.

$75 million and above

  • Shawmut Design and Construction
  • Arden Building Cos.
  • Navigant Credit Union
  • BayCoast Bank
  • BankNewport

The 2020 Innovation winners, listed alphabetically by category, are:

  • Architecture, Construction & Engineering: Shawmut Design and Construction
  • Biotechnology & Life Sciences (Small Company): Phoenix NeuroStim Therapeutics
  • Biotechnology & Life Sciences (Large Company): Amgen Inc.
  • Education/Training: We Make RI
  • Energy & The Environment: E2SOL LLC
  • Financial: Providence Revolving Fund
  • Health & Wellness: SafeCirc
  • Innovative Collaboration: Textron Inc.
  • IT Services: Envision Technology Advisors LLC
  • Manufacturing: AVTECH Software Inc.
  • Nonprofits: The Capital Good Fund
  • Professional Services: Beeline Loans Inc.
  • Technology: Cloud Agronomics

CBIZ & MHM was the presenting sponsor for the 2020 Fastest Growing & Innovative Companies program. Cox Business, Gallo|Thomas Insurance, Insperity and Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP were the partner sponsors.

James Bessette is the PBN special projects editor, and also covers the nonprofit and education sectors. You may reach him at Bessette@PBN.com. You may also follow him on Twitter at @James_Bessette.