Farmers Branch-based Ontronics Takes Top Entrepreneurial Spot in Dallas
The Dallas 100, the Caruth Institute’s annual celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit, announced the fastest-growing, privately-held companies in rank order from No. 100 to No. 1 before a crowd of nearly 1,000 people at the Omni Hotel Thursday in downtown Dallas.
Dallas (SMU) Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 – Ontronics, a reverse logistics company in the secondary mobile device space, edged out 99 other entrepreneurial companies to rank as the Dallas area’s No. 1 entrepreneurial company, according to the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship’s Dallas 100™ Awards. The Farmer’s Branch-based company specializes in device monetization through the repairing and remarketing of mobile devices and accessories. The privately-held, minority-owned company serves clients around the world and processes over 1 million devices annually. The Dallas 100, the Caruth Institute’s annual celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit, announced the fastest-growing, privately-held companies in rank order from No. 100 to No. 1 before a crowd of nearly 1,000 people at the Omni Hotel Thursday in downtown Dallas.
“Ontronics came in at No. 4 in last year’s competition,” said Simon Mak, the Linda A. and Kenneth R. Morris Endowed Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. “To rank as the top company this year, Ontronics’ sales increased exponentially in 2018 and more than 300% over the last three years. That stunning increase happens to be the average growth of each of the top 10 winners for the last three years,” Mak added. “Admittedly, Ontronics is not a household name, yet with that kind of growth, this company is doing its part to contribute to a vibrant Dallas area economy. Individually and collectively, our Dallas 100 companies are an economic powerhouse. That powerful entrepreneurial spirit is why we hold this annual event.”
The Cox School’s Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship ranks the top 100 Dallas privately-held entrepreneurial companies annually based on percentage growth and absolute dollar growth over the previous three years. The Institute, working with the accounting firm BKD LLP CPAs and Advisors examined sales from hundreds of companies for 2016 to 2018, the last year for which complete data is available. The winners represent a broad spectrum of Dallas-area businesses.
Dallas 100, co-founded by the SMU Cox Caruth Institute, honors the ingenuity, commitment and perseverance of the fastest-growing privately held entrepreneurial businesses in the Dallas area. This year’s winning companies collectively generated 3.5 billion in sales in 2018, according to Mak. Collectively, the companies grew at an average annual growth rate of 82 percent from 2016 to 2018. Together, they created almost 7000 jobs in that same period.
“For almost three decades now, it has been our honor at the Caruth Institute of Entrepreneurship to shine the spotlight on the economic contributions of entrepreneurship,” said Mak. “Congratulations to this year’s Dallas 100 honorees.”
In alphabetical order, this year’s Dallas 100 sponsors are: BKD LLP CPAs and Advisors; CARR Intellectual Property Law; Cushman & Wakefield; Dallas Business Journal; Executive Press; KRLD 1080 News Radio; Mass Mutual DFW; and Texas Capital Bank.
The top 10 fastest-growing DFW companies in 2019 were given special recognition at the event: No.1) Ontronics, reverse logistics company; No.2) Titus Industrial, industrial supply chain business; No.3) asTech Automotive Services; No.4) Grey Rock Energy Partners, private equity firm; No.5) Clavis Capital Partners, private investment firm; No.6) Western TechSystems, Inc., enterprise IT solutions; No.7) Trend HR, human resource outsourcing company; No.8) FTK Construction Services; No.9) Alkami, digital banking solutions; and No.10) ARCO/Murray, design-build contractor.
A complete list of all SMU Cox Dallas 100™ companies for 2019, listed from one to 100, follows.
|
Company |
city |
|
|
1 |
Ontronics |
Farmers Branch |
|
2 |
Titus Industrial |
Dallas |
|
3 |
asTech Automotive Services |
Plano |
|
4 |
Grey Rock Energy Partners |
Dallas |
|
5 |
Clavis Capital Partners |
Dallas |
|
6 |
Western TechSystems, Inc |
Coppell |
|
7 |
TrendHR |
Rockwall |
|
8 |
FTK Construction Services |
Allen |
|
9 |
Alkami |
Plano |
|
10 |
ARCO/Murray |
Dallas |
|
11 |
Zyston |
Dallas |
|
12 |
REV Robotics |
Carrollton |
|
13 |
HomeVestors of America, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
14 |
Lurin |
Dallas |
|
15 |
Solovis, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
16 |
Imaginuity |
Dallas |
|
17 |
Trintech |
Addison |
|
18 |
Net2Source Inc |
Plano |
|
19 |
Embark |
Dallas |
|
20 |
K2View |
Dallas |
|
21 |
StratiFi Health |
Plano |
|
22 |
CONTI Organization |
Dallas |
|
23 |
Cubic Technologies LLC. |
Irving |
|
24 |
Zimperium |
Farmers Branch |
|
25 |
Newline Interactive |
Plano |
|
26 |
DECA Dental Group |
Dallas |
|
27 |
JetSuite & JetSuiteX |
Dallas |
|
28 |
Asset Panda |
Frisco |
|
29 |
Sellmark Corporation |
Mansfield |
|
30 |
SCRAPSOURCE |
DALLAS |
|
31 |
K2 Construction |
Dallas |
|
32 |
Improving |
Plano |
|
33 |
Critical Start, Inc. |
Plano |
|
34 |
Sealink International Inc |
Plano |
|
35 |
Vivify Health |
Plano |
|
36 |
Fortress Building Products |
Garland |
|
37 |
Healthy Home 365 |
Richardson |
|
38 |
Publishing Concepts |
Dallas |
|
39 |
Smart City Locating |
Dallas |
|
40 |
Amino Transport |
Southlake |
|
41 |
Solo Stove |
Southlake |
|
42 |
Online Rewards |
Dallas |
|
43 |
Frontline Source Group |
DALLAS |
|
44 |
Beauty Biosciences LLC |
Dallas |
|
45 |
Vonlane LLC |
Dallas |
|
46 |
Enseo |
Richardson |
|
47 |
Exponential Property Group |
Southlake |
|
48 |
Service Fusion |
Irving |
|
49 |
ENO8 |
Plano |
|
50 |
Isenberg Bath Corporation |
DALLAS |
|
51 |
Hisun Motors |
McKinney |
|
52 |
Rhino Medical Services |
Arlington |
|
53 |
PMG |
Fort Worth |
|
54 |
Greentree Packaging & Lumber |
Mansfield |
|
55 |
Dialexa |
Dallas |
|
56 |
Buda Juice |
Dallas |
|
57 |
BeauTech Power Systems, LLC |
Dallas |
|
58 |
Copper Mobile, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
59 |
MMC |
Irving |
|
60 |
BuzzBallz |
Carrollton |
|
61 |
OrderMyGear |
Dallas |
|
62 |
Retirement Planners of America |
Plano |
|
63 |
Scentsible, LLC |
Addison |
|
64 |
Pediatric Home Healthcare, LLC |
Dallas |
|
65 |
Pharmaceutical Strategies Group |
Plano |
|
66 |
CommunityMed Urgent Care Systems LLC |
Addison |
|
67 |
ENTOUCH |
Richardson |
|
68 |
Integrated International Payroll |
Dallas |
|
69 |
Bridgefarmer & Associates, Inc. |
Dallas |
|
70 |
BravoTECH |
DALLAS |
|
71 |
FreeRange Concepts |
Dallas |
|
72 |
Trustantial |
Dallas |
|
73 |
STALEY STEEL, LLC |
PILOT POINT |
|
74 |
STRAIT |
Dallas |
|
75 |
Golden Tree Restaurants |
Richardson |
|
76 |
Fusion PKG |
Dallas |
|
77 |
Modern Message Inc. |
Dallas |
|
78 |
Davidson Bogel Real Estate |
Dallas |
|
79 |
Pursuit Sales Solutions |
Dallas |
|
80 |
Sendero |
Dallas |
|
81 |
Techstar Consulting Inc |
Irving |
|
82 |
HealthMark Group |
Dallas |
|
83 |
Home Tax Solutions LLC |
Dallas |
|
84 |
Tolleson Wealth Management |
Dallas |
|
85 |
Earthworks, Inc |
Lillian |
|
86 |
Valify Inc. |
Frisco |
|
87 |
Mr Electric of Dallas Fort Worth |
Dallas |
|
88 |
Highlands Residential Mortgage |
Dallas |
|
89 |
Vision2 Systems LLC |
Dallas |
|
90 |
AVIO Consulting |
Addison |
|
91 |
AnserTEAM |
Dallas |
|
92 |
The Sourcing Solution |
Dallas |
|
93 |
5 |
Irving |
|
94 |
M.Stone, Stone + Tile Company |
Arlington |
|
95 |
Boardroom Salon for Men |
Southlake |
|
96 |
Saxon Global Inc |
Irving |
|
97 |
Sound Productions |
Irving |
|
98 |
Leviate Air Group |
Dallas |
|
99 |
MedCore Partners |
Dallas |
|
100 |
Texadia Systems, LLC |
Dallas |
