Private companies from Illinois and Missouri represent several different industry sectors
Inc.com, “the voice of the American entrepreneur,” has named nearly forty companies from the St. Louis region to its annual Inc. 5000 list for 2025, which tracks the fastest-growing private companies in America.
“These STLMade companies are helping to drive the growth we are seeing across the 15-county St. Louis region,” said Greater St. Louis, Inc. Interim CEO Dustin Allison. “We want to congratulate them for their success and look forward to seeing their continued growth in the future.”
Companies on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list are ranked according to their percentage revenue growth over three years, from 2021 to 2024. To qualify, companies must be privately held, for-profit, based in the U.S., and independent (not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies) as of December 31, 2024.