Oklahoma’s Grow Your Own Success Stories
All right class, get out a clean sheet of paper and a No. 2 pencil. Pop quiz time.
First question: What does a Tulsa-based drilling and exploration company have in common with an acoustics and drywall company in Moore, or an Oklahoma City-based gun range and sales business?
Time’s up! Got a clue?
They are all members of the 2008 Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing businesses. In fact, 40 Oklahoma firms were on the list this year, beginning with No.91 ranked Latshaw Drilling & Exploration of Tulsa, which had average three-year growth of 2,045 percent.
Here is the complete list of Oklahoma companies on the Inc. 5000:
91 Latshaw Drilling & Exploration, Tulsa, 2,045 %
203 Computer System Designers, Oklahoma City, 1,223 %
455 Select Engineering, Tulsa 696.5 %
633 TMA Systems, Tulsa, 523.5 %
1054 Maestro Services, Oklahoma City, 354.9 %
1063 InterWorks, Stillwater, 352.4 %
1200 Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Broken Arrow, 314.6 %
1202 Trinity Restoration, Tulsa, 314.4 %
1252 Perimeter Technology, Oklahoma City, 302.4 %
1451 Northwest Crane Service, Woodward, 260.6 %
1469 Element Fusion, Oklahoma City, 257.8 %
1484 Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, 255.1 %
1605 Paycom, Oklahoma City, 236.3 %
1749 Northwest Logistics, Woodward, 215.6 %
1903 Oracle Packaging, Tulsa, 196.1 %
2085 brass brick homes, Oklahoma City, 177.2 %
2110 Miko Group, Norman, 175.3 %
2217 Long Wave, Oklahoma City, 166.2 %
2330 H&H Gun Range Shooting Sports Outlet, Oklahoma City, 158.8 %
2340 GDH Consulting, Tulsa, 157.4 %
2414 Oklahoma Forge, Tulsa, 153.0 %
2545 J & K Dozers, Pocasset, 144.0 %
2637 Smart Lines, Oklahoma City, 138.6 %
2768 Totally Tickets, Norman, 131.2 %
3250 K&B Machining, Claremore, 104.3 %
3350 Mark Westby & Associates, Tulsa, 99.8 %
3437 Challenger Services, Tulsa, 96.4 %
3487 Brown Aviation Tool Supply, Oklahoma City, 94.2 %
3535 Baldwin Acoustics and Drywall, Moore, 94.2 %
3776 Mobile Cardiac Imaging, Tulsa, 91.8 %
3962 Regal Car Sales and Credit, Tulsa, 74.5 %
4023 Robyn, Oklahoma City, 72.2 %
4065 Valir Health, Oklahoma City, 70.7 %
4136 Bridgelogix , Tulsa, 67.7 %
4335 Express Employment Professionals, Oklahoma City, 61.8 %
4429 Busey Group, Oklahoma City, 57.9 %
4434 HostBridge Technology, Stillwater, 57.8 %
4783 Oklahoma Breast Care Center, Oklahoma City, 47.0 %
4875 IMAX, Tulsa, 44.6 %
4877 Impressions Printing, Oklahoma City, 44.6 %
Jim Stafford
Business Reporter
