Going up: These Idaho businesses are growing fast

THE IDAHO RANKINGS

RankCompany

85 Scentsy Meridian

263 Alligator Performance Diesel Coeur d’ Alene

264 Balihoo Boise

809 Valued Merchant Services Idaho Falls

1,011 Sunshine Minting Coeur d’ Alene

1,386 ScotteVest Ketchum

2,134 Bodybuilding.com Meridian

2,402 EcoAnalysts Moscow

2,753 Portage Idaho Falls

2,989 Porter's Office Products Rexburg

3,123 PolicyTech Rexburg

3,174 Economic Modeling Specialists Moscow

3,490 Fisher's Document Systems Boise

3,673 North Wind Idaho Falls

4,512 Pita Pit USA Coeur d’ Alene

4,563 Flying Pie Pizzaria Boise

No gloom here: Sixteen Idaho companies earned their way onto Inc. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies. Three of them made it into the top 500. As reported in Wednesday’s Statesman, Scentsy, the wickless candle maker, ranked 85th, the highest in Idaho.

Take a bow, Balihoo: The Boise tech firm, which makes a software platform and offers services to help national companies tailor their advertising to local markets, came in at No. 264, up from No. 401 last year, based on revenue. “Honestly, we are growing like crazy both in terms of revenue and also hiring,” said Shane Vaughan, vice president of marketing.

Another up side: The 16 companies added 1,400 jobs during the three-year period used to rank companies, the magazine said. Rankings were based on revenue growth between 2007 and 2010.

Bill Roberts: 377-6408

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