South Carolina Fastest-Growing Companies 2005
Rank
1
Company
Condustrial, Inc
Location
Greenville
Started
2002
Top Executive
Tony Durham
Industry
Staffing
2
TIC Properties, LLC
Greenville
2004
John W. Boyd
Real Estate
3
Digital Satellite Services, Inc.
Piedmont
35
Ronald E. Phillips
Technology
4
FGP International
Greenville
1982
John Uprichard
Staffing
5
First Community Bank, N.A.
Lexington
1995
Michael C. Crapps
Financial institution
6
Yardiac.com
Greenville
2001
Paul Ambrose
E-Commerce Retail
7
Palmetto Forest Products, Inc.
Moncks Corner
2002
Christopher B. Riley
Manufacturing
8
Business Vitals, LLC
Columbia
2002
Jeffrey L. Brewer
Financial services
9
Innovative Container Services, LLC
Greenville
2001
J. Chad Odom
Manufacturing
10
Pazdan-Smith Group, Inc. Architects
Greenville
1993
Joseph M. Pazdan II
Brad B. Smith
Professional Services
11
Harper Corporation
Greenville
1950
Doug Harper
Construction
12
K-Con, Inc.
Charleston
1985
Patrick Kiernan
Construction
13
CMCI
N. Charleston
1996
Herb Ellis
Manufacturing
14
Boykin Contracting, Inc.
West Columbia
2000
Cory J. Adams
Construction
Description
Provide supplemental skilled craftsmen to
construction and manufacturing industries.
Locates and underwrites institutional grade
commercial real estate assets across the
country, focusing on providing investors with
stable current income, capital appreciation
and preservation of capital.
DirectTV equipment sales and service
provider serving five southeastern states.
Staffing provider for permanent and temporary
specialized positions throughout North
America, Latin America, the Caribbean and
Far East
Commercial bank offering financial products
and services for businesses and retail
customers
Leading Internet retailer of outdoor and
garden products and hard to find specialty
goods.
Manufacturers of wooden components for the
industrial, agricultural, packaging/crating, and
truss industries.
Technology solutions provider specializing in
network security, risk management, and SOX
and HIPAA compliance.
Container manufacturer, recycler and
distributor serving clients across the US and
winner of the 2003 South Carolina FastestGrowing Companies award
Architectural, interior design and planning
services provider for clients in the urban,
institutional, educational, health care and,
retail industries
Full service general contracting firm serving
healthcare, commercial, institutional and
industrial clients throughout the Southeast.
Provides design/build and engineering
services to governmental, military and
commercial building clients, both domestically
and internationally.
Specialty intermodel container and transport
device manufacturer serving the military and
commercial markets.
Certified 8(a) minority contractor serves the
Southeast specializing in general, electrical
and mechanical contracting for commercial
15
Burgess Brogdon Building Supply
Sumter
1945
Eugene K. Weston
Retail
16
Southern Cargo Factors, Inc.
Pawleys Island
1999
Janet Hanick
Professional Services
17
First Reliance Bancshares
Florence
1999
F. R. (Rick) Saunders, Jr.
Financial institution
18
Aaron Industries, Inc.
Clinton
1980
James L. Medford
Pharmaceuticals
19
20
Agricultural Mfg. & Textiles, Inc.
Sargent Metal Fabricators
Laurens
Anderson
1975
1975
Mike Little
Tim Hayden
Distribution
Manufacturing
21
Myrtle Beach Building Supply
Conway
2002
Bobby J. Smith
Retail
22
Yeargin Construction, Inc.
Greenville
1984
R. Lynn Yeargin
Construction
23
Truck Air of the Carolinas
Greer
1982
Steve Sims
Transportation
24
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
Irmo
1989
Doyle E. McBride
Logistics Services
25
McCrory Construction Company, LLC
Columbia
2003
James T. Tharp
Construction
and government construction clients.
Concrete block and ready-mix concrete
manufacturer serving the residential,
commercial and industrial construction
industries.
Account receivable funding company who
markets its services exclusively small to
medium sized companies in the trucking
industry.
Six-year-old full-service bank providing
comprehensive financial products and
services to customers in the Florence and
Lexington areas.
Producers of branded and private label
pharmaceutical products and food-grade
chemicals to supermarkets and drugstore
chains throughout the United States.
Wholesale Distributor of poultry equipment
Specialty metal fabricator uses ISO 9001
quality standards and computerized
production workflow to serve specialized
customer needs including such capabilities as
punching bending, welding, laser cutting and
ASR.
Service-driven provider of building supplies
to Grand Strand builders; twice named by
Entrepreneur Magazine as “Top 20 Fastest
Growing Company” in the U.S.
Construction services provider specializing in
the full service design/build approach to
construction.
Air-Freight, intermodal, ocean and truckload
transportation and warehouse services.
Procure quality materials, guide logistics,
supervise installations, train support personnel
and provide management for governmental an
military camp operations anywhere in the
world. Winner of the 2004 South Carolina
Fastest-Growing Companies award.
General contractor serving the commercial
construction industry.