{"id":5261,"date":"2018-11-22T03:22:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T03:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2023-04-17T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T18:23:47","slug":"2018-golden-100-firms-top-11b-combined-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/2018\/11\/2018-golden-100-firms-top-11b-combined-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Golden 100 firms top $11B in combined revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/20\/2018golden-100-firms-top-11b-in-combined-revenue.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/20\/2018golden-100-firms-top-11b-in-combined-revenue.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full article on bizjournals.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/bio\/4921\/Cindy+Barth\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/bio\/4921\/Cindy+Barth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cindy Barth<\/a> \u2013 Editor, Orlando Business Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Orlando Business Journal celebrates the achievements of Central Florida\u2019s 100 largest privately held companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These firms, honored at a Sept. 20 luncheon at the Hilton Orlando, demonstrate what\u2019s excellent about Central Florida, while also boosting the region\u2019s economy. Locally based businesses compete annually to be named one of the Golden 100, based on gross revenue for the most recent year-end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combined revenue for this year\u2019s Golden 100 was $11.19 billion, up 11.5 percent from last year\u2019s combined revenue of $10.03 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And two local firms once again topped the billion-dollar threshold in revenue.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the breakdown by industry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A total of 30 firms on OBJ\u2019s Golden 100 list are professional service businesses, the category with the highest combined revenue on this year\u2019s list. These firms had combined revenue of $4.08 billion, led by No. 1-ranked Greenway Automotive, which reported $2.34 billion in 2017 revenue.<\/li><li>Forty-one construction-related firms made the list and posted the second-largest combined revenue total at $3.12 billion. The category leader for 2018 is Wharton-Smith Inc. with $372.81 million in revenue.<\/li><li>The tourism and hospitality industry had eight companies with combined revenue of $2.52 billion, led by No. 2-ranked Westgate Resorts, which once again joined the Golden 100\u2019s billion-dollar club by posting $1.19 billion in revenue.<\/li><li>The manufacturing category surged, with five companies reporting a combined $98.03 million in revenue. The category leader is Certified Slings Inc. with $25.61 million in 2017 revenue.<\/li><li>Five real estate firms made OBJ\u2019s Golden 100 list in 2018, led by No. 19 Park Square Enterprises LLC, which had $136.43 million in revenue. The real estate category\u2019s combined revenue was $334.44 million.<\/li><li>Technology, a seven-firm category this year, posted $235.47 million in combined 2017 revenue, led by Smart City Holdings with $128.47 million.<\/li><li>Wholesalers \u2014 just a one-company category this year \u2014 was represented by Sunniland Corp. with revenue of $175.18 million.<\/li><li>And last, but certainly not least, the two-company agribusiness industry had combined revenue of $582.83 million, led once again by No. 4-ranked A. Duda &amp; Sons Inc. with $519 million in revenue.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more on the Top 10 companies; the Fast-Track Five; and the Ultimate Newcomers below and in the Sept. 21, 2018, print edition. See the Golden 100 companies\u2019 full profiles online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/golden-100\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/golden-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OrlandoBusinessJournal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/20\/meet-the-nations-11th-largest-automotive-group.html\" target=\"_blank\">Greenway Automotive<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/24\/timeshare-king-david-siegel-shares-more-on-how.html\" target=\"_blank\">Westgate Resorts Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/27\/how-waste-pro-balances-smart-growth-with.html\" target=\"_blank\">Waste Pro USA Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/07\/from-celery-farming-to-homebuilding-how-this.html\" target=\"_blank\">A. Duda &amp; Sons Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/09\/this-local-construction-firm-is-working-to-create.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wharton-Smith Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/10\/success-future-plans-and-philanthropy-orlando.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rosen Hotels &amp; Resorts<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/12\/how-sonnys-bbq-works-to-be-more-than-your.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sonny\u2019s Franchise Co.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/12\/how-this-3-decade-old-pest-control-firm-plans-to.html\" target=\"_blank\">Massey Services Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/22\/this-local-engineering-firm-shares-its-biggest.html\" target=\"_blank\">Acousti Engineering Co. of Florida<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/24\/how-this-busy-orlando-area-construction-firm-sells.html\" target=\"_blank\">Finfrock<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ultimate Newcomers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/30\/learn-about-this-local-staffing-firm-ceos-greatest.html\" target=\"_blank\">Quality Labor Management LLC<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/01\/this-pawsome-firm-one-of-orlandos-largest-debuts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Woof Gang Bakery Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Bento Management Group<\/strong><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/26\/how-focus-and-obsession-help-this-software-firm.html\" target=\"_blank\">Riptide Software Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/15\/this-local-builder-took-major-steps-that-generated.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bellavista Building Group Inc.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/27\/microsoft-tools-and-tech-this-lake-mary-firm.html\" target=\"_blank\">iGov Solutions LLC<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/21\/why-the-ceo-of-this-orlando-asian-street-food.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hawkers Asian Street Fare<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/30\/this-infection-control-tech-firms-ceo-reveals-the.html\" target=\"_blank\">Seal Shield LLC<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/04\/how-this-orlando-construction-firm-lands-a-93.html\" target=\"_blank\">S.A. Casey Construction<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/06\/mckee-construction-building-itself-a-new-hq.html\" target=\"_blank\">McKee Construction Co.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fast-Track Five<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(percentage of revenue growth, 2016-2017)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/25\/this-local-construction-firm-achieved-record.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RLH Construction LLC<\/a>&nbsp;<em>(143.5%)<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/02\/this-top-construction-firm-exec-reveals-his.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Wall Systems Inc.<\/a><em>&nbsp;(125.8%)<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/02\/how-the-next-gen-president-of-this-half-century.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schoolfield Properties Inc.\/Osceola Management Inc.<\/a><em>(121.5%)<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/10\/03\/this-local-family-owned-construction-firm-wants-to.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carroll Bradford Inc.<\/a><em>&nbsp;(108.6%)<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2018\/09\/24\/how-this-busy-orlando-area-construction-firm-sells.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Finfrock<\/a><em>(89.5%)<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify for the Golden 100, companies must be based in Orange, Seminole, Osceola or Lake counties, and can\u2019t be a subsidiary of a firm headquartered outside Central Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data is gathered from hundreds of local firms to determine their place on the list. Next, we calculate the percentage of year-over-year change in company revenue to find out which firms are the Fast-Track Five. Then we compare this year\u2019s list to all of OBJ\u2019s previous ones to see which firms are new to the list, and those comprise the Ultimate Newcomers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Read full article on bizjournals.com By Cindy Barth \u2013 Editor, Orlando Business Journal This week,&#8230;","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}