Thirteen Westchester businesses named to Inc. 5000 list

Thirteen Westchester County businesses have been named to the 2014 Inc. 5000, including four in White Plains and two each in Scarsdale and Port Chester.

The Inc. 5000 is a list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., ranked by percentage revenue growth over the last three years. Inc. is a magazine and website focused on entrepreneurs.

Of the 13 Westchester businesses to make the list, Petroleum Kings L.L.C. of New Rochelle had the largest three-year revenue growth, with its $2.6 million in 2013 revenue a 962 percent increase over $247,000 in 2010. Ranked 497th on the list, Petroleum Kings delivers industrial and commercial fuels as well as installation and maintenance of heating and cooling systems to customers in the Bronx and Westchester. The company recently announced it will relocate in September to a 22,000-square-foot facility at 745 Nepperhan Ave. in Yonkers.

Kings Capital Construction Group Inc., a commercial construction and site development firm based in White Plains, ranked 644th, with a 714 percent growth in revenue. Now with 20 employees, the company added 14 jobs since 2010, as revenues grew from $795,235 in 2010 to $6.5 million last year.

Scarsdale”™s Platinum Drive Realty Inc., which focuses on single-family homes, townhouses and apartments, ranked 838th on the list, with $2.3 million dollars in 2013 revenue, up 541 percent over 2010”™s $353,292. Founded in 2006, the company added 23 jobs over the past three years.

Also in the top 1,000 was White Plains advertising agency Inspiria Media Corp., whose 494 percent growth put the company at No. 907 on the list. Inspiria, which focuses on outdoor advertising, inbound marketing and lead generation, strategic media buying and creative design, pulled in $2.3 million in revenue in 2013, up from $391,221 in 2010.

Another White Plains ad firm, Winterbridge Media, was No. 1,216, with a 359 percent jump in revenue, from $2.1 million to $9.7 million between 2010 and 2013. Winterbridge, a self-described boutique agency, counts Gerber, Nestle Waters, Thompson Reuters, and Gannett-owned newspaper USA Today among its clients.

Business analytics company QueBIT posted a 303 percent revenue growth, good for 1,411th on the Inc. 5000, pulling in $19.9 million in revenue in 2013. With 55 employees, the Scarsdale company uses business analytics to help organizations make decisions.

Paragon Uniform & Apparel Inc., ranked 2,376th, grew its revenue to $2.7 million in 2013, a 162 percent increase from 2010. The White Plains business sells formal wear online at finetuxedos.com.

Avanti Systems USA, which supplies and installs architectural glass wall and door systems, ranked 2,664th with a 141 percent growth in revenue, pulling in $2.1 million in 2013. The company, with seven employees, is based in Port Chester.

Pleasantville-based Primary Wave Media L.L.C., a company that licenses toll-free phone numbers to businesses for business-to-consumer connections, ranked 2,666th with a revenue growth of 141 percent. The company has 19 employees and made $3.6 million in revenue in 2013.

WTP Advisors, a tax advisory business in White Plains, ranked 4,374th on the list. The company’s revenue grew by 62 percent, to $19.2 million, in 2013.

GraduationSource, a Port Chester business that supplies graduation products and regalia to schools worldwide, ranked 4,499th on the Inc. 5000. The company, with 27 employees, had $6.2 million in revenue in 2013, up from $4 million in 2010.

Tarrytown”™s sole entry on the Inc. 5000 was Integrated Systems Management Inc. The IT services firm had $5 million in revenue in 2013, a 56 percent increase over 2010”™s $3.2 million figure.

Rounding out Westchester”™s 13 companies on the list was Mount Vernon-based American Christmas Inc., which designs, installs, removes and stores holiday displays for commercial clients. Founded in 1968, the company earned $10.7 million in revenue in 2013, up 49 percent from 2010. The company was ranked 4,776th.