Ottawa Business Journal

Fastest-Growing Companies 2012

OBJ looks at the fastest-growing private companies in the National Capital Region in 2012. Firms must have had minimum revenues of $100,000 in the first fiscal year under review and, by year three, a minimum of $1 million. Companies must have been cash-flow positive in all three years. Businesses are ranked by percentage revenue growth between year one and year three of their most recent three-year period.

1) PureLogic IT 330.3%

2) StoneShare 298.4%

3) Stratford Managers 298.2%

4) TradeMerit 241%

5) Optelian 199.6%

6) TrueNorth Avionics 149.8%

7) The KTL Group 138.7%

8) TeraMach Technologies 99.3%

9) Crank Software 84.5%

10) Design 1st 80.3%

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FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #1 - PureLogic

May 2, 2012 - 8 h 05

It was worth $2.5 million in just eight months. "My experience in the marketplace led me to believe that I could do something different and better and more...

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Section: Special Reports
FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #2 - StoneShare

May 2, 2012 - 8 h 06

Microsoft SharePoint, as in years past, remains the focus of its work. But it now offers both strategy and support services to help customers before and after the...

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Section: Special Reports
FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #3 - Stratford Managers

May 2, 2012 - 8 h 07

"The quality of advice that a company can tap into will sometimes determine the extent of its success," says Mr. Roche, adding that it can come from one's employees,...

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Section: Special Reports
FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #4 - TradeMerit

May 3, 2012 - 8 h 05

The recession of 2009-10 encouraged him to sell his services to emerging markets overseas. A lack of interest among manufacturing giants in supply chain management...

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FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #5 - Optelian

May 3, 2012 - 8 h 06

After years of organic growth, the optical networking technology maker bought Vancouver's Versawave Technologies Inc. in January for an undisclosed sum, giving it...

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Section: Special Reports
FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #6 - TrueNorth Avionics

May 3, 2012 - 8 h 07

Since the company's inception in 2006, the goal has been to not just provide an office in the sky, but a lifestyle.The company's focus is to bring communication,...

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Section: Special Reports
FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #7 - KTL Group

May 4, 2012 - 8 h 25

"The secret to our success is being nimble enough to react to the changing conditions without going under," says KTL Group CEO Matthew Harding. The company provides...

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Section: Special Reports
FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #8 - Crank Software

May 4, 2012 - 8 h 26

That's good news for Ottawa's Crank Software, which provides a tool suite allowing designers and embedded engineers to create rich user interfaces. People don't want...

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Section: Special Reports
FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #9 - TeraMach Technologies

May 4, 2012 - 8 h 27

When the company was founded, it was dedicated to a single vendor and focused on one piece of technology - enterprise Unix servers, recalls TeraMach chief operating...

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Section: Special Reports