The Weatherhead 100 list recognizes Northeast Ohio’s leaders in sales growth, with the 2014 list most often focusing on companies focused on professional services or manufacturing.
Since 1988, the Weatherhead School of Management has honored annually companies with exceptional five-year sales growth. The 2014 awards, to be presented Thursday, Dec. 4, at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven in Mayfield Heights, are based on sales growth from 2009-13. For more information on attending the black-tie event, visit weatherhead.case.edu/
The Weatherhead 100 list is posted, with the companies in alphabetical order, at weatherhead.case.edu/weatherhead100/winners. While the list is available online, the rankings are confidential until the awards ceremony.
The 2014 Weatherhead 100 list indicates notable growth of 24 companies in professional services, from security consulting to marketing. The 13 companies in the manufacturing sector have the next strongest overall showing. Financial services and computer companies (hardware, software and information technology) and several other types of companies are also well represented among the winners.
The award categories are:
- Weatherhead 100: Companies with sales of at least $100,000 in 2009, and more than $1 million last year, with at least 16 full-time employees.
- Upstarts: Fast-growing companies with 15 or fewer employees and sales of less than $1 million last year.
- Centurions: Fast-growing companies with at least $100 million in sales last year.
The Weatherhead 100 was established to celebrate Northeast Ohio’s spirit of entrepreneurship and to recognize companies that exemplify success in the region. The winning companies are headquartered during the five-year sales period in one of these counties: Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne.