The Future 50 companies fuel our region’s growth

BizTimes Media and our event partner, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, are pleased to once again recognize this year’s Future 50 companies. Based on submitted nominations and an objective ranking of sales and employee growth, these are the fastest growing, privately held companies in the southeastern Wisconsin region.

Together, the 50 companies have projected 5,269 employees and $3.96 billion in annual sales for 2023, an increase of more than 60% on both measures. Their growth isn’t just fast, it is impressive.

Fast-growing companies are innovators and job creators. They develop leaders and buy goods and services in the market, fostering a healthy local economy. Of the 50, twenty-four are in manufacturing, logistics, distribution or wholesale trade and 10 are in construction. Remarkably, more than half of the 50 companies were founded before 2000, which is great to see. You don’t have to be a startup to be a fast-growing company.

Established by the MMAC in 1988, the Future 50 program recognizes the fastest-growing, privately owned companies in the eight-county southeastern Wisconsin area that have been in business for at least three years and have shown significant revenue

and employment growth. There is no age limit for companies to participate. There is also now no limit to the number of years a company can be a Future 50 winner, because it’s vital for the growth of our region to have companies continue to innovate, reinvent and grow.

The Future 50 program is one of the many ways in which BizTimes Media encourages business growth in southeastern Wisconsin, including through our award-winning news coverage, our in-depth industry analysis and our educational and awards events throughout the year.

Thank you all for letting us share your success stories, and please reach out when you have more news to share. On behalf of BizTimes Media, the MMAC, our presenting sponsor Old National Bank and sponsor University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, thank you and congratulations to the Future 50 winners.

The Future 50 winners received their awards at a lunch program at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee on Sept. 22. Learn more about the companies in their profiles on the following pages.

2023 Future 50 Winners:

1. Adventure Rock
2. American Construction Services, Inc.
3. Arrow Sewing
4. Atomix Logistics
5. Automated Energy Solutions, Inc.
6. Basic Metals, Inc.
7. Benz Metal Products, Inc.
8. Best Version Media
9. Bevco Engineering Co.
10. Bliffert Lumber & Hardware
11. Briohn Building Corporation
12. Central Standard Distillery
13. Color Ink, Inc.
14. Duffek Construction
15. Edge Electric
16. Empower Electric
17. Evans Transportation
18. Galbraith Carnahan Architects
19. Gorilla Mill
20. Great Lakes Rubber and Supply
21. IEWC
22. Implecho
23. Kelmann Restoration
24. Kesslers Diamond Center, Inc.
25. Koru Health LLC
26. Lakeland Supply Inc.
27. Lauber Business Partners
28. Lisbon Creek Systems
29. Magellan Promotions
30. MARS Solutions Group
31. Midwest Precision Molding
32. MilwaukeeWarehouse
33. Moore Construction Services, LLC
34. MPE
35. Palmer Hamilton LLC
36. PartsBadger
37. Pattyn North America
38. Premier Medical Staffing Services, LLC
39. QPS Employment Group
40. River Run
41. RJ Schinner
42. Stamm Technologies / Stamm Media
43. TKO Miller, LLC
44. TOTAL Mechanical, Inc.
45. ValorTech
46. Vizance
47. Vyron
48. WeldFab Manufacturing
49. Wolter Inc.
50. Xiogenix