From technology and manufacturing to food services and media, these companies represent the revenue and employment leaders of black business as well as its greatest innovators. Top 100 companies have also demonstrated economic impact by producing more than $25 billion in revenues and employed more than 70,000 workers.

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Top 100

RANK COMPANIES REVENUES ($M)
1 World Wide Technology Inc. 11,287.419
2 Act 1 Group 2,800.000
3 Bridgewater Interiors L.L.C. 1,969.340
4 Coca-Cola Beverages Florida L.L.C. 1,310.000
5 Modular Assembly Innovations L.L.C. 1,042.690
6 Bridgeman Foods * 870.000
7 Thompson Hospitality Corp. 760.000
8 The Anderson-DuBose Co. 702.856
9 Urban One Inc.** 440.041
10 Hightowers Petroleum Co. 434.265
11 Fair Oaks Farms L.L.C. 342.000
12 Millennium Steel Service L.L.C. 311.842
13 Global Automotive Alliance Corp. 274.800
14 Millennium Steel of Texas 266.023
15 Adams Communication & Engineering Technology Inc. 253.000
16 Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. 252.000
17 Bird Electric 237.890
18 Georgetown Metal Processing L.L.C. 235.000
19 Devon Industrial Group L.L.C. 234.000
20 Salamander Hotels & Resorts 212.727
21 Harris & Ford L.L.C. 206.000
22 Health Resources Inc. 204.283
23 Trillion Communications Corp. 191.000
24 Diversant L.L.C. 190.000
25 H. J. Russell & Co. 178.151
26 Blue Spring Metals L.L.C. 173.000
27 Jackmont Hospitality Inc. 165.900
28 Sun State International Trucks L.L.C. 148.500
29 Chemico L.L.C. 146.000
30 James Group International Inc. 138.000
31 Systems Electro Coating L.L.C. 131.175
32 Powers & Sons Construction Co. Inc. 118.070
33 Advantage Living Centers*** 114.000
34 PRWT Services Inc. 108.747
35 K. Neal Truck & Bus Center**** 103.500
36 The Lewis Group L.L.P. 101.858
37 Epitec Inc. 98.100
38 Systems Automotive Interiors L.L.C. 97.025
39 Summus Industries Inc. 96.910
40 New Horizon Baking Co.† 96.540
41 MINACT Inc. 94.569
42 IMB Development Corp. 94.000
43 Mays Chemical Co. Inc. 92.700
44 Diversity Vuteq 92.000
45 V & J Holding Cos. Inc. 89.000
46 Engineering Design Technologies Inc. 86.759
47 Raven Transport Co. Inc. 83.677
48 All American Meats Inc. 81.220
49 Beauchamp Distributing Co. 80.809
50 Systems Application and Technologies Inc. (SA-TECH) 79.000
51 Neta Scientific Inc. 76.625
52 Harpo Inc. 72.000
53 Tolston Holding L.L.C 69.450
54 Arcade Travel Inc. †† 69.287
55 Parrish Restaurants Ltd. 67.226
56 Overland-Tandberg 67.000
56 The Client Base Funding Group Inc.††† 67.000
58 UJAMAA Construction Inc. 65.000
59 Benton-Georgia L.L.C. 63.000
60 Rocket Lawyer 60.000
61 C. D. Moody Construction Co. Inc. 58.000
62 MCLJASCO Inc. 52.336
63 Frontier Development & Hospitality Group LLC 51.000
64 McKissack & McKissack 50.000
64 The Will Group 50.000
66 IAP Government Services Group/IAP Design Build L.L.C.†††† 46.000
67 Oakland Consulting Group Inc. 42.693
68 TME Enterprises 1 Ltd.‡ 40.779
69 w3r Consulting 40.000
70 Advanced Systems Development Inc. 37.538
71 General Microsystems Inc. 36.800
72 B & S Electric Supply Co. Inc. 35.483
73 Keystone Electrical Manufacturing Co. 35.200
74 Howard Stirk Holdings 35.000
75 Rickman Enterprise Group L.L.C. 34.000
76 Golden Krust Franchising Inc.‡‡ 32.702
77 Brodie Contractors Inc. 31.000
78 TAG Holdings L.L.C. 30.874
79 JMA Solutions L.L.C. 30.000
80 TW Constructors L.L.C. 28.900
81 New England Greens L.L.C.‡‡‡ 24.300
82 ChaseSource L.P. 23.000
83 Signature Packaging and Paper L.L.C. 21.658
84 Logistics Systems Inc. 21.384
85 DigiFlight Inc. 20.970
86
TD4 Electrical L.L.C.		 20.213
87 Premier Management Corp. 20.000
88 Networking Technologies + Support 17.279
89 Bithgroup Technologies 15.000
89 Black Enterprise 15.000
89 Banneker Ventures L.L.C. 15.000
92 BCT Partners L.L.C. 13.650
93 Aire Sheet Metal Inc. 12.100
94 Mosaic Global Transportation Inc. 11.474
95 Skyline Industries LLC 8.000
96 Nursez R us 7.000
97 The Roberts Cos. 6.800
98 Sudu Logistics Inc. 5.800
99 Cerulean Global Services L.L.C. 5.000
100 Castle Black Construction 4.700
     
     
 
In Millions. As of Dec. 31, 2018. Prepared by B.E. Research.
 
     
  *Formerly Manna Inc.  
  **Publicly traded, majority ownership of voting class stock held by African Americans  
  ***Formerly Advantage Management Group  
  ****Formerly K. Neal International Trucks Inc.  
  †Formerly New Horizons Acquisition Corp.  
  ††DBA Boersma Travel Services  
  †††DBA Americus Credit Group & U.S. Security Systems  
  ††††Formerly IAP Government Services Group  
  ‡Formerly TME Enterprises Inc.  
  ‡‡Formerly Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill  
  ‡‡‡DBA Vibrant Health  
     
     
     
 
(Dba Boersma Travel Services) Boersma Travel, Inc. on 2018 Survey
 

Summary

YEAR STAFF REVENUE ($M)
2018 71,729 29,668.109
2017 79,216 30,019.096
% change -0.09 -1.17%
     
In Millions. As of Dec. 31, 2018. Prepared by B.E. Research.

5 year Trend

YEAR 2018
Employees 71,729
Revenues $29,668.109
YEAR 2017
Employees 79,216
Revenues $30,019.096
YEAR 2016
Employees 73,940
Revenues $27,492.746
YEAR 2015
Employees 65,433
Revenues $24,003.692
YEAR 2014
Employees 62,423
Revenues $23,647.176

Growth Leaders

RANK COMPANIES % INCREASE
32 Powers & Sons Construction Co. Inc. 156.84%
17 Bird Electric 137.89%
54 Arcade Travel Inc. 67.68%
10 Hightowers Petroleum Co. 66.45%
62 MCL JASCO Inc. 63.39%
19 Devon Industrial Group L.L.C. 61.94%
64 The Will Group 51.65%
56 The Client Base Funding Group Inc. 40.46%
59 Benton-Georgia L.L.C. 40.00%
71 General Microsystems Inc. 33.82%

Employment Leaders

COMPANIES LOCATION 2017 Staff
Bridgeman Foods  Louisville, KY 20,000
Thompson Hospitality Corp. Reston, VA 6,000
World Wide Technology Inc. St. Louis, MO 5,378
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Tampa, FL 4,800
V and J Holding Cos. Inc. Milwaukee, WI 3,150
Salamander Hotels & Resorts Middleburg, VA 2,500
Jackmont Hospitality Inc.  Atlanta, GA 2,468
Bridgewater Interiors L.L.C. Detroit, MI 2,400
ACT1 Group Torrance, CA 2,000
Global Automotive Alliance Corp Detroit, MI 1,647

Sales by Industry

SALES* BY INDUSTRY TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Technology $11,419.140 38.16%
Manufacturing $7,296.121 24.38%
Other $4,694.428 15.69%
Food & Beverage $3,405.051 11.38%
Media $534.041 1.78%
Construction $1,136.954 3.80%
Energy $411.568 1.38%
Transporation $426.539 1.43%
Telecommunications $237.000 0.79%
Computer/Office Products $29.540 0.10%
Healthcare $293.712 0.98%
Security/Janitorial Maintenance $37.000 0.12%
  $29,921.094 100.00%
     
* In millions. As of Dec. 31, 2017. Prepared by B.E. Research


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