SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Names Revolution Retail Systems No. 1 Entrepreneurial Company in Dallas Area

by Anna Martinez|

Fast-growing Carrollton Company Moves up from No. 3 Last Year

Dallas (SMU) Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 – Revolution Retail Systems, a Carrollton-based cash automation and recycling tech provider, is the fastest-growing entrepreneurial company in the Dallas area, according to the SMU Cox School of Business’s Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. The Institute’s annual Dallas 100™, a celebration of the fastest-growing, privately-held businesses in the Dallas area, revealed the area’s top entrepreneurial companies in rank order from 100 to one before a crowd of about 1,000 people at the Omni Hotel Thursday in downtown Dallas.

“Revolution has increased sales almost tenfold over the last three years, evidence of the rapid growth that made it the No. 1 company this year,” said Simon Mak, associate director of the Caruth Institute. “Often, the privately held corporations, proprietorships and partnerships we honor through Dallas 100™ don’t get a lot of recognition and yet, like Revolution, they contribute greatly to our economy.”

President and CEO Mark Levenick leads the retail and cash management company, which was founded in 2009 to automate the manual cash handling processes typically found in retail. The company focuses on cash recycling solutions for the broad retail marketplace. Revolution’s employee base has grown from 18 employees in 2010 to 245 today.

The Caruth Institute, working with the accounting firm BKD LLP CPAs and Advisors examined sales from hundreds of companies for 2015 to 2017, the last year for which complete data is available. The winners represent a wide swath of Dallas-area businesses. The winning companies collectively generated $3.3 billion in sales in 2017, according to Jerry White, the Linda A. and Kenneth R. Morris Endowed Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox. Collectively, the companies grew at an average annual growth rate of 87 percent from 2015 to 2017. Together, they created 11,096 jobs in that same period. 

“These companies are amazing growth machines. They can create a fantastic number of jobs and pump hundreds of millions of dollars into our economy,” said White. “For 28 years, the Caruth Institute at SMU Cox has honored the critical role of entrepreneurship in the DFW economy, which has thrived specifically because of its long history of entrepreneurial spirit.”

This year’s Dallas 100™ sponsors, in alphabetical order, are: Allegiant Wealth Management; Avison Young; BKD LLP CPAs and Advisors; CARR Intellectual Property Law; Dallas Business Journal; Executive Press;  KRLD 1080 News Radio; Mass Mutual; Talent Suite; and Texas Capital Bank.

The top 10 fastest-growing DFW companies in 2018 were given special recognition at the event: No.1) Revolution Retails Systems, LLC; No.2) Clavis Capital Partners, an investment firm that focuses on manufacturers of industrial products; No.3) Monkedia, a digital and social media agency; No.4) Ontronics, a secondary mobile device/reverse logistics company; No.5) ARCO/Murray Design Build, a national full-service general contractor; No.6) Newline Interactive, a supplier of interactive touch screens and software; No.7) Titus Industrial, a manufacturer and distributor of industrial flow control components; No.8) Urban Air Adventure Parks, a chain of indoor family entertainment venues; No.9) First National Title Insurance Company; and No.10) JP and Associates Realtors ®, also known as JPAR, an independent brokerage.

A complete list of all SMU Cox Dallas 100™ companies for 2018, listed from one to 100, follows:

 


Company Name

City




1

REVOLUTION RETAIL SYSTEMS LLC

Carrollton

2

Clavis Capital Partners

Dallas

3

Monkedia

Irving

4

Ontronics

Farmers Branch

5

ARCO/Murray

Dallas

6

Newline Interactive

Plano

7

Titus Group Inc.

Dallas

8

Urban Air Adventure Parks

Grapvine

9

First National Title Insurance Company

Plano

10

JP and Associates REALTORS®

Frisco

11

Access Healthcare Services

Dallas

12

Alkami Technology, Inc.

Plano

13

Enseo

Richardson

14

Gordon Highlander

Dallas

15

Linear Roofing & General Contractors LLC

Irving

16

Polk Mechanical Company, LLC

Grand Prairie

17

Trintech

Addison

18

WatchGuard, Inc.

Allen

19

StratiFi Health

Plano

20

Vonlane LLC

Dallas

21

Capital Title of Texas, LLC

Plano

22

rewardStyle

Dallas

23

HomeVestors of America, Inc.

Dallas

24

DATA AGILITY GROUP INC

Dallas

25

Calise Partners, LLC

Dallas

26

Linux Academy

Keller

27

FTK Construction Services

Allen

28

The Pet Loss Center

Euless

29

Leviate Air Group

Dallas

30

Weby Corp

Arlington

31

Critical Start

Plano

32

Frankie V's Kitchen

Dallas

33

Poo~Pourri

Addison

34

Mizzen+Main

Dallas

35

Highlands Residential Mortgage

Dallas

36

LiquidAgents Healthcare

Plano

37

Hisun Motors Corp., USA

McKinney

38

Nothing Bundt Cakes

Addison

39

SCRAPSOURCE

Dallas

40

IntegriBuilt Roofing

Irving

41

Cubic Technologies LLC.

Irving

42

CONTI Organization

Dallas

43

Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc.

Addison

44

Humphreys and Partners Architects, LP

Dallas

45

Legacy ER & Urgent Care

Plano

46

Fortress Building Products

Garland

47

Hillcrest Asset Management

Plano

48

staff one hr

Dallas

49

Gadberry Construction Company, Inc.

Dallas

50

M Stone, Stone & Tile Company

Arlington

51

BroadJump

Dallas

52

WRA Architects

Dallas

53

OrderMyGear LLC

Dallas

54

D-BAT Sports

Carrollton

55

Vision2 Systems LLC

Dallas

56

Saxony Partners, LLC

Dallas

57

Buda Juice

Dallas

58

TekLeaders, Inc.

Plano

59

Akorbi

Plano

60

Improving

Plano

61

Beautech Power Systems, LLC

Dallas

62

C1S Group, Inc.

Dallas

63

THMED, LLC

Dallas

64

Amino Transport

Southlake

65

Pediatric Home Healthcare, LLC

Dallas

66

TerraCORE Panels

Dallas

67

Nova Landscape Group, Inc.

Lavon

68

MedCore Partners, LLC

Dallas

69

Statewide Remodeling, Inc.

DFW Airport

70

Techstar Consulting Inc

Irving

71

Money Matters with Ken Moraif

Plano

72

The Expo Group

Irving

73

Carrco Painting Contractors

Dallas

74

Saxon Global Inc

Irving

75

Studio 11 Design

Dallas

76

Boardroom Salon for Men

Southlake

77

Indio Management

Dallas

78

Legacy Landscaping

Plano

79

Sendero

Dallas

80

The Trade Group

Carrollton

81

PawTree

Southlake

82

United Protective Services

Dallas

83

Focus Staff

Dallas

84

CyberlinkASP

Dallas

85

Trustantial

Dallas

86

Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate

Dallas

87

Tolleson Wealth Management

Dallas

88

Phoneternet LLC dba Maestro

Dallas

89

Bridgefarmer & Associates, Inc.

Dallas

90

DHD Films

Dallas

91

HealthMark Group

Dallas

92

Embark Consulting, LLC

Dallas

93

The BOSS

Dallas

94

CommunityMed Urgent Care Systems LLC

Addison

95

Dietzler Ventures Inc. DBA: Bath Expo & Window Expo

Carrollton

96

EDGE Realty Partners

Dallas

97

STRAIT

Dallas

98

Foreman Therapy Services

Dallas

99

Thomas Title & Escrow

Dallas

100

See Agency

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Simon Mak, associate director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship; Mark Levenick, Revolution Retail Systems president & CEO; Mike Rogers, KRLD radio personality & Dallas 100™ emcee