Designs Unlimited Ranks No. 3247 on the 2021 Inc. 5000, With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 112 Percent
Inc. Magazine Reveals Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine revealed that Designs Unlimited is No. 3247 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
“Making this Inc. 5000 list is an honor, and we’re so very proud! This is very much a team win for Designs Unlimited.” said Tina Brumleve, Owner of Designs Unlimited, Inc. “The positive attitude, tremendous work ethic and teamwork that our employees put forth each day is absolutely remarkable. Scott and I are blessed and humbled to work alongside this great group of people!”
Tina continues, “To our customers and vendors, thank you, so much, for your continued support of Designs Unlimited! As a relationship-based company, we’re blessed to work with customers and organizations with ethics and values that mirror our own. Working with each one is a true pleasure!”
Inc. magazine reports that not only have the companies on the 2021 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but this year’s list also proved especially resilient and flexible given 2020’s unprecedented challenges.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc., which is now available on newsstands.
“The 2021 Inc. 5000 list feels like one of the most important rosters of companies ever compiled,” says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Building one of the fastest-growing companies in America in any year is a remarkable achievement. Building one in the crisis we’ve lived through is just plain amazing. This kind of accomplishment comes with hard work, smart pivots, great leadership, and the help of a whole lot of people.”
Designs Unlimited, Inc. is an advertising specialties company with customers throughout the Midwest. Services include the sale of screen-printed and embroidered apparel and promotional items, company apparel programs, and small-scale signage. Most embellishment is completed in house, giving better control over product quality and turnaround times.
Designs Unlimited serves a variety of industries, and their customer base includes many school districts, athletic teams, and high-profile customers from the farming, gaming, manufacturing, not-for-profit, trades/trucking, restaurant, medical, financial, and utility industries. The company was founded in 2005 and has experienced tremendous growth in their 15-year history. Designs Unlimited is a relationship-based company that strives to provide a superior customer experience through core values of hard work, passion, integrity, a strive for excellence, and teamwork.
CONTACT: Tina Brumleve, 217-857-1737, tina@dunlimitedinc.com
More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000
Methodology
Companies on the 2021 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2017 to 2020. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2017. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2020. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2017 is $100,000; the minimum for 2020 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to three decimal places. There was one tie on this year’s Inc. 5000. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.