NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inc. magazine today ranked NorthStar Moving® NO. 4,923 on its fifth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs. Online retailer ideeli tops this year’s list. NorthStar Moving, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, joins Spirit Airlines, television maker Vizio, Honest Tea, Dunkin Donuts and Metrokane, makers of the Rabbit corkscrew, among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list. NorthStar Moving has now made the list for the fifth consecutive year in a row.
In a stagnant economic environment, median growth rate of 2011 Inc. 500|5000 companies remains an impressive 94 percent. The companies on this year’s list report having created 350,000 jobs in the past three years, and aggregate revenue among the honorees reached $366 billion, up 14 percent from last year.
NorthStar Moving Corporation has redefined the moving industry as the first to offer eco-luxury moving services, elevating basic moving and storage services to a new unparalleled level of customer service, customized care, and environmental consciousness. NorthStar Moving provides special care to ensure valuables are well protected—from a green storage solution or customized full service moving, to eco-luxury service packages including partnerships with domestic recyclers to recycle old household items responsibly as well as professional organizers, home tech services, and even a partnership with Oprah’s dog trainer to make sure Fido’s move is stress free. Not only has NorthStar Moving made the Inc. 5000 list for five consecutive years, it has consistently earned countless awards from consumers for its outstanding service and third party awards from its employees for Best Place to Work. The award-winning company is proud to provide its eco-luxury service and totally green biodiesel fleet as well other environmental-friendly practices to its celebrity clientele and continues its rapid growth in the luxury moving market.
“Now, more than ever, we depend on Inc. 500/5000 companies to spur innovation, provide jobs, and drive the economy forward. Growth companies, not large corporations, are where the action is,” says magazine Editor Jane Berentson.
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/5000.
More about Inc. and the Inc. 500|5000
Methodology
The 2011 Inc. 500 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2007 to 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2010. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at www.inc.com/500.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 710,106, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at www.inc.com.
About the Inc. 500|5000 Conference
Each year, Inc. and Inc.com celebrate the remarkable achievements of today’s entrepreneurial superstars—the privately held small businesses that drive our economy. The Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony brings together members of the Inc. community, both a new class of Inc. 500|5000 honorees and the list’s alumni, for three days of powerful networking, inspired learning, and momentous celebration. Please join us September 22–24, 2011, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, located minutes from downtown Washington, D.C. For more information about the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony and to register, visit www.inc500conference.com or call 866-901-3205.
About NorthStar Moving Corporation
Founded in 1994, Los Angeles-based NorthStar Moving ® Corporation has redefined the moving industry as the first to offer eco-luxury moving services, elevating basic moving and storage services to a new unparalleled level of customer service, customized care, and environmental consciousness. “A+” rated by the Better Business Bureau, voted Citysearch “Best Mover”, awarded the company with the most five star ratings on Trustlink and Yelp, featured in The Robb Report Collection, recommended by The Franklin Report, MovingInsurance.com, and an impressive list of celebrity clientele, NorthStar Moving has proven the state-of-the-art way to move is with its red carpet service. In addition, NorthStar Moving’s corporate culture and growth continue to blaze a trail locally and nationally, ranked on the Inc. 5,000 list for the fastest growing companies in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive year, named one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies and Top 75 Best Places to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal for two consecutive years, and one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Private Companies for the fifth consecutive year and Top 20 Best Places to Work for two consecutive years by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. The company's services include local, long distance, international, residential, and commercial moves, as well as full-service storage. NorthStar Moving Corporation’s mission is to exceed their clients’ expectations with graceful customer care and to move service back into what should have always been the ultimate service industry: the moving industry. For more information, please visit www.NorthStarMoving.com or call (800) Ask-Pros (800) 275-7767.