Sustainable Supply, an online provider of green building materials, restroom supplies and maintenance products has just been ranked as the fifth fastest growing retailer on Inc. magazine’s 2013 Inc. 500|5000 list. The magazine also ranked Sustainable Supply No. 114 overall and the second fastest growing company in Wisconsin. Founder and CEO Brian Fricano is also featured in the 2013 Inc.500 issue profiling the origins of the company. The article can be found here.
Despite a sluggish economy and a slowdown in the commercial construction marketplace, Sustainable Supply posted a staggering 3,061 percent growth rate over the past three years. “We are honored to make the Inc.500|5000 list in our first year of eligibility and I believe it’s a testament to our focus on customer service and our ability to rapidly deploy the latest e-commerce technologies,” says Fricano. “With a nationwide shift towards sustainable building management and B2B e-commerce, our company has become a leader in two very competitive and high growth industries.”
One of the nation’s fastest growing companies is also one of Colorado’s newest companies. Started in 2009 in Milwaukee, Wis., Sustainable Supply recently relocated their corporate headquarters to Broomfield Colorado in July of 2013. The small business has moved or created a total of eight jobs in Colorado and is currently hiring to keep up with increased demand. “Our new offices located in the Arista development provides us with great access to local talent in two of the largest tech based startup communities (Boulder and Denver). Our convenient location also allows for easy public transportation options for our employees commuting along the US 36 corridor,” says Fricano. While the company mostly focuses on e-commerce sales in the B2B marketplace, Sustainable Supply is currently building a Green Restroom showroom in their Broomfield office that will open in early 2014. The showroom will help them connect with local contractors, building managers, and business owners who are searching for sustainable product solutions for their facilities.
For 32 years Inc. has welcomed the fastest-growing private companies in America into a very exclusive club. Simply to make it on the Inc.500 list this year, a company would need to grow more than 918 percent from the start of 2010. “The average company on the list grew a mind-boggling 2,900 percent. Those are results most businesses could only dream of in the economy of the past three years,” says Eric Schurenberg, editor in chief of Inc. magazine. Sustainable Supply now shares a pedigree with top brands brands like Pandora, Zappos, Microsoft, Facebook, Living Social, Clif Bar, OtterBox and Patagonia.