CEOs of Dallas Area's Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies Celebrate Entrepreneurship

The ҽCox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship kicked off its annual celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit Thursday night with a networking reception at the Cox School of Business Collins Executive Center on the ҽcampus. The alphabetical list of the 2022 Dallas 100 winning companies was released.

(Left to Right) Andy Webster, Regional VP, AppleOne/ActOne Group, sponsor of the  Dallas 100 CEO Reception; Keynote speaker John Merris, Solo Brands CEO; Shelby Benton, Vice President, Dallas Business Journal; Dallas 100 co-sponsor; Simon Mak, Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship Executive Director.
(Left to Right) Andy Webster, Regional VP, AppleOne/ActOne Group, sponsor of the Dallas 100 CEO Reception; Keynote speaker John Merris, Solo Brands CEO; Shelby Benton, Vice President, Dallas Business Journal, Dallas 100 co-sponsor; Simon Mak, Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship Executive Director.

ҽCox Caruth Institute Releases Annual Dallas 100 Alpha List

Dallas, TX (SMU) Oct. 7, 2022 — The ҽCox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship kicked off its annual celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit Thursday night with a networking reception at the Cox School of Business Collins Executive Center on the ҽcampus. The event begins the countdown to the annual Dallas 100 Awards Gala, which will be on Nov. 2 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas. Every year, the Caruth Institute honors the Dallas area’s 100 fastest-growing privately held businesses. The Oct. 6 event was a pre-gala, invitation-only networking opportunity, especially for this year’s Dallas 100 company founders. In conjunction with the CEO Reception, the Caruth Institute released—alphabetically—its coveted Dallas 100 list. The rank order of these 100 companies will be announced at the November event. To qualify for the competition, these companies must have revenue earnings of $500,000 to $100 million dollars. 

“None of these companies would have made it into the Dallas 100 had it not been for the determination, dedication, and commitment they maintained—through the pandemic no less--to take their companies to the next level,” said Simon Mak, director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. “This Dallas 100 pre-gala CEO Reception and our Nov. 2 Awards Gala offer these entrepreneurs the opportunity to celebrate their own hard work and take inspiration from their fellow entrepreneurs.”

The Oct. 6 reception also featured advice from keynote speaker and Dallas entrepreneur John Merris, the CEO of Solo Brands (NYSE: DTC). The company was ranked No. 41 on the Dallas 100 list in 2019 and No.5 in 2021. It grew from 25 employees and $10 million in yearly revenue in 2018 to $482 million in revenue last year. Solo Brands went IPO on October 28th, 2021. “That kind of growth came with a lot of growing pains,” Merris said, but he offered encouragement to fellow CEOs. “It’s not always pretty . . . nobody sees what it takes to win in life and in business, but you all have done that during an unprecedented, difficult time,” he said. “Congratulations to all of you on your successes.”

At the Dallas 100 Awards Gala in November, the rank order announcement of each company, beginning with No. 100, will culminate with the big reveal at the end of the evening: this year’s No. 1 fastest-growing privately held Dallas area company. The Dallas 100 competition annually gauges the ascension of privately held companies in Dallas and surrounding cities based on three years of continuous revenue growth.

The Caruth Institute, working with the accounting firm FORVIS, LLP examined sales from hundreds of companies for 2019 to 2021, the last year for which complete data is available. The winners represent Dallas and 16 surrounding cities. This year’s Dallas 100 program sponsors, in alphabetical order, are: The ActOne Group; FORVIS, LLP; Bluecrest Financial Alliances; Dallas Business Journal; Executive Press; JLL; KRLD NewsRadio 1080; MarketScale; Texas Capital Bank; Thompson Coburn, LLP; and USI.

The alphabetical list of the 2022 Dallas 100 winning companies follows:

COMPANY NAME

CITY

Accelerate

Plano

Dallas

Dallas

Plano

Alwood

Richardson

AM RE Syndicate, Inc.

Dallas

AmeriPac, Inc.

Grapevine

Anders Group, LLC

Irving

Apex Dental Partners

Dallas

Appspace

Dallas

Dallas

BBG

Dallas

Dallas

Irving

Blueprint to Practice

Celina

Frisco

Richardson

Cherry Coatings

Carrollton

Chorbie

Frisco

Dallas

CityVet, Inc.

Dallas

Cloudmellow

Frisco

Plano

Critical Start

Plano

Dallas

Dialexa

Dallas

Direct Orthopedic Care

Addison

Richardson

Grand Prairie

Embark

Dallas

Dallas

Eyeful Media

Dallas

First Place Foods, LLC

Garland

Dallas

Fortress Building Products

Garland

Glorious, LLC

Dallas

Carrollton

HealthMark Group

Dallas

Grapevine

iiPay

Dallas

Dallas

Legacy ER & Urgent Care

Plano

Dallas

Linear Roofing and General Contractors LLC

Addison

LiquidAgents Healthcare

Plano

Lone Star Analysis

Addison

MangoChango

Dallas

Irving

MapRight, LCC

Dallas

Dallas

Med Couture

Farmers Branch

Mstone & Tile

Dallas

Newline Interactive

Allen

NGV Global Group

Dallas

o9 Solutions, Inc.

Dallas

Octed LLC DBA Programmers.io

Dallas

Online Rewards

Richardson

pawTree, LLC

Southlake

Grapevine

PICKUP

Plano

Farmers Branch

Coppell

Publishing Concepts, LP

Dallas

Southlake

Qentelli, LLC

Dallas

Dallas

Red River Logistics, LLC

Haltom City

Repairify, Inc.

Plano

Rogers Healy and Associates

Dallas

Rudick Construction Group

Dallas

Scout & Cellar

Farmers Branch

Dallas

Irving

SignaPay

Irving

Southlake

Sirius Building Company

Addison

SMC Squared, LLC

Plano

Plano

Summit Endeavors, LLC

Addison

Sunnyland

Dallas

Dallas

Richardson

SYNERGEN Health, LLC

Dallas

Take Command

Dallas

Taylor Counseling Group

Dallas

Tolleson Wealth Management

Dallas

Town Square Mortgage & Investments, LLC

Dallas

Argyle

United Protective Services

Dallas

Farmers Branch

Dallas

Vandelay Hospitality Group

Dallas

Veryable, Inc.

Dallas

Vista Bank

Dallas

Warrior Logistics, Inc.

Coppell

Wheeler Staffing Partners

Plano

WRA Architects

Dallas

Zalat Pizza

Dallas

Dallas

Zimperium

Dallas

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Contact: Anna Martinez
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