Idaho companies among nation

Idaho companies among nation's fastest growing

September 14, 2011

Sixteen Idaho companies were among the fastest growing companies in the country during the last three years.

Those companies have had a significant impact on the economy, adding a total of 1,400 jobs during that time.

Scentsy, a Meridian-based firm, ranked in the top 100 with a 3-year growth of 2,904 percent. The company showed revenues of $381.8 million.

Other top companies on the list include Balihoo (Boise), Alligator Diesel Performance (Coeur d’Alene), Valued Merchant Services (Idaho Falls), Sunshine Minting (Coeur d’Alene), ScotteVest (Ketchum) and Bodybuilding.com (Meridian) – all with more than 100 percent growth in that time period.

Of course, the bigger the company, the more difficult it is to achieve double-digit growth. That makes the 81 percent growth of Portage, an engineering services company in Idaho Falls, all the more impressive. The company showed revenues of $245.3 million.

North Wind, another Idaho Falls engineering firm, showed revenues of $93.3 million and a 3-year growth of 43 percent.

Others on the list were: EcoAnalysts (Moscow), Porter’s Office Products (Rexburg), PolicyTech (Rexburg), Economic Modeling Specialists (Moscow), Fisher’s Document Systems (Boise), Pita Pit USA (Coeur d’Alene), and Flying Pie Pizzaria (Boise).