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Fort Worth Business Press - Top 100 Private Companies
Ranked by 2008 total sales
Rank |
Information |
Sales 2008 |
Total & Local Employees |
Executive & Established |
Type of Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Sabre Holdings Corp. |
$3,000,000,000 |
9,000 2,500 |
Sam Gilliland 1960 |
Develops and provides travel products, distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry |
2 |
Ben E. Keith Company |
$2,459,000,000 |
3,792 1,404 |
Robert G. Hallam III 1906 |
Food and beverage distributor |
3 |
Insight Equity |
$2,200,000,000 |
3,100 70 |
Ted Beneski 2002 |
Private equity consolidated holdings |
4 |
Morrison Supply Co. |
$601,090,677 |
993 75 |
Scott Sangalli, Darrell Hawkins and Charles Allen 1917 |
Retail/wholesale plumbing, appliances, hardware, oil and gas supplies, waterworks and HVAC |
5 |
Direct Fuels |
$573,000,000 |
33 33 |
Ted Beneski 2005 |
Specialty processing and fuel distribution |
6 |
Medfinders Inc. (formerly Nursefinders
Inc.) |
$483,000,000 |
899 115 |
Robert E. Livonius 1974 |
Staffing service for health care industry, including home health care, local nurses, travel nurses, allied health professionals and physicians |
7 |
Odyssey One Source Inc. |
$440,007,000 |
8,430 3,273 |
Carl Kleimann 1990 |
Outsourcing firm |
8 |
Archer Western Contractors Ltd. |
$419,675,512 |
3,150 1,250 |
Joe Lindeman 1983 |
General Contractor |
9 |
DFB Pharmaceuticals Inc. (1) |
$350,000,000 |
1,400 240 |
H. Paul Dorman 1992 |
Manufacturing and sales of pharmaceuticals |
10 |
Jerry Durant Auto Group |
$313,122,289 |
319 319 |
Jerry Durant 1970 |
Auto dealer |
11 |
Hernco Inc. |
$308,778,923 |
128 128 |
Mike Hernandez 1976 |
Holding company owns D&M Leasing, Prolease, Mortgages USA, Mustang Insurance Group, and d.r.2 marketing |
12 |
Lone Star Transportation Inc. |
$304,079,879 |
567 232 |
Tex Robbins 1988 |
Specialized heavy haul and flatbed transportation; total project logistics |
13 |
Classic Chevrolet |
$277,040,855 |
260 260 |
Tom Durant 1988 |
New and pre-owned auto sales |
14 |
Don Davis Auto Group |
$277,031,536 |
371 371 |
Robert Howard 1979 |
New and used vehicle sales, parts and service |
15 |
Preferred Pump & Equipment LP |
$251,000,000 |
384 50 |
Randy Lyne 1982 |
Water well pumping equipment |
16 |
A.E. Petsche Co. Inc. |
$219,000,000 |
301 170 |
Glenn K. Davidson 1966 |
Distributor of high-performance wire, cable and interconnect products to manufacturers of commercial and military aircraft and other military equipment; design, assemble and distribute custom cable and wiring systems |
17 |
Walker Engineering Inc. |
$215,000,000 |
1,000 400 |
Charlie Walker 1981 |
Electric contracting services and Network Services |
18 |
First Texas Homes |
$198,500,000 |
150 122 |
Randall Van Wolfswinkel 1986 |
Homebuilder |
19 |
Frank Kent Motor Co. |
$189,056,589 |
300 300 |
Corrie Churchill and Will Churchill 1935 |
Automobile sales and service |
20 |
First Command Financial Services Inc. |
$184,000,000 |
1,435 552 |
Scott Spiker 1958 |
Financial planning, investments, insurance and banking |
21 |
Autobahn Motor Group |
$180,846,503 |
245 245 |
John Chase and Chad Chase 1980 |
Auto dealership |
22 |
Barney Holland Oil Company |
$150,000,000 |
21 21 |
Barney B. Holland Jr. 1928 |
Fleet fuel marketing and commercial real estate |
23 |
Thos. S. Byrne Ltd. |
$145,000,000 |
200 150 |
John Avila Jr. 1923 |
Full-service general contractor/construction manager |
24 |
Bob Moore Construction Inc. |
$130,008,000 |
20 20 |
Phillip W. Bell 1946 |
General contractor |
25 |
Gamtex Industries LP |
$130,000,000 |
80 60 |
Arnold Gachman 1913 |
Scrap metal recycling services |
26 |
Toyota of Fort Worth |
$129,669,205 |
106 106 |
John Easley 1991 |
Automobile dealer |
27 |
Medical Clinic of North Texas PA |
$127,007,516 |
686 686 |
Karen Kennedy 1995 |
Doctors' offices/physicians' group: medical clinics with physician specialities |
28 |
Hiley Automotive Group |
$122,102,710 |
175 175 |
Randy Hiley 1990 |
Automobile dealer |
29 |
Conner Industries Inc. |
$119,422,426 |
360 75 |
H. Grady Payne III 1981 |
Supplies parts and service for custom packaging and crating |
30 |
D. L. Rogers Corp. |
$117,805,164 |
5,500 20 |
Darrell Rogers 1976 |
Owns and/or operates 86 Sonic Drive-Ins in seven states |
31 |
Warrantech Corp. |
$112,000,000 |
353 345 |
Joel San Antonio 1983 |
Provider of warranty products and administrative services |
32 |
Vandergriff Chevrolet |
$95,170,429 |
165 165 |
Rick Cantalini 1997 |
Automobile dealer |
33 |
Tappe White Real Estate Services |
$93,037,742 |
(2) | Randy White and Allen Tappe 2004 |
Residential real estate |
34 |
History Maker Homes |
$87,500,000 |
65 65 |
Nelson Mitchell 1949 |
Homebuilder and land developer |
35 |
SEDALCO LP |
$86,000,000 |
75 50 |
Tom Kader 1983 |
Commercial general contractor / construction manager |
36 |
Floors Inc. |
$85,658,621 |
308 153 |
Larry Barr 1983 |
Wholesale floor coverings |
37 |
Texas Motors Inc. |
$85,000,000 |
109 109 |
Cliff Johnson 1943 |
Full-service Ford dealership: new, pre-owned, parts, service and body shop |
38 |
Bates Container Ltd. |
$84,700,000 |
300 197 |
Mark Sanders, Linda Timmons and Betty Sanders 1963 |
Manufacturers of corrugated boxes, poly bags and other packaging supplies |
39 |
Advance Petroleum Distributing Co. Inc. |
$84,110,730 |
15 15 |
Kyle Kirby 1967 |
Wholesale petroleum products |
40 |
Bruce Lowrie Chevrolet Inc. |
$79,044,083 |
119 119 |
Bruce W. Lowrie 1965 |
New and used auto sales |
41 |
ECi Software Solutions |
$78,226,292 |
401 110 |
Ron Brooks 1999 |
Business software |
42 |
Freeman Pontiac Buick GMC |
$75,100,000 |
67 67 |
Mike Maltese 2000 |
Automobile dealer |
43 |
AUI Contractors LP |
$74,700,000 |
168 168 |
Glenn Strother 1983 |
Commercial, industrial and municipal building, specialty civil engineering site development, Alternative Energy, and recreation projects |
44 |
Freese and Nichols Inc. |
$71,700,000 |
417 250 |
Robert F. Pence 1894 |
Engineering, architecture, environmental science and planning |
45 |
Texas Lighting Sales Inc. |
$65,414,967 |
43 38 |
Jim Weathers 1987 |
Factory representative selling lighting fixtures and controls |
46 |
ID Technology |
$62,798,226 |
163 57 |
Robert C. Zuilhof 1993 |
Manufacturing |
47 |
JaGee Holdings LLP |
$60,000,000 |
110 15 |
Richard Garvey 1982 |
Real estate and convenience stores |
48 |
Trans-Trade Inc. |
$58,000,000 |
48 48 |
Bruce Galbraith 1984 |
Freight forwarding and logistics services, U.S. Customs Broker, Warehousing, Kitting and fulfillment |
49 |
DynaTen Corp. |
$57,000,000 |
406 381 |
Mark Nyquist and Scott Brady 1980 |
An engineering, mechanical contracting and maintenance company |
50 |
Mica Corp. |
$56,288,016 |
212 138 |
L.C. Tubb Jr. 1962 |
Contractor specializing in highway signs, guardrails, lights and intelligent highway traffic systems |
51 |
Weaver and Tidwell LLP |
$55,300,000 |
367 273 |
Tommy D. Lawler 1950 |
Audit, Tax, Strategic Business, Forensic, International, State and local Tax, Risk Advisory |
52 |
Cheldan Homes |
$54,035,000 |
42 35 |
Joey Goss 1995 |
Homebuilder |
53 |
Burk Collins & Co. Ltd. |
$53,543,145 |
23 23 |
Burk Collins and Jean Collins 1970 |
Shopping Center Developers |
54 |
Ricochet Fuel Distributors Inc. |
$53,000,000 |
10 10 |
Kelly Brett Roberts 1988 |
Wholesale fuel |
55 |
JMK International Inc. |
$50,400,000 |
471 443 |
Alfred M. Micallef and Michael Micallef 1978 |
Manufacturing, restaurants and real estate |
56 |
etc group Inc. |
$50,073,564 |
22 22 |
Debbie Frazier 1993 |
Full-service corporate travel, meetings and events, and promotional marketing company |
57 |
All-Pro Fasteners Inc. |
$49,400,000 |
207 143 |
Tom Shelton 1976 |
Distributes and manufactures fasteners and industrial supplies |
58 |
Higginbotham & Associates |
$48,136,881 |
328 163 |
Rusty Reid 1948 |
Independent personal and commercial insurance, risk management and financial services brokerage firm |
59 |
G.L. Barron Company Inc. |
$47,000,000 |
40 40 |
Greg Barron 1988 |
Commercial architectural and construction firm |
60 |
DFW Construction and Management |
$46,000,000 |
35 35 |
Carl Willey 2005 |
Construction services |
61 |
McBee Homes |
$39,000,000 |
12 12 |
Brooks White 1978 |
New home construction and development |
61 |
Motheral Printing |
$39,000,000 |
180 180 |
Jim Motheral 1934 (3) |
Heat set web and sheetfed printing supporting the commercial, packaging and publication printing markets |
63 |
NurseCore |
$38,000,000 |
6,000 500 |
Deborah Lollar 1974 |
Nursing services and leadership in the medical staffing and home care services industry |
63 |
Speed Fab-Crete |
$38,000,000 |
100 100 |
David Bloxom 1951 |
Design-build general contractor |
65 |
Empire Roofing Ltd. |
$37,000,000 |
250 175 |
Ronnie McGlothlin and Sandra McGlothlin 1982 |
Commercial/industrial roofing and repairs, maintenance and budgeting |
66 |
Blakeman Transportation Inc. |
$35,000,000 |
48 48 |
Bob Blakeman 1988 |
Freight brokerage, full logistics and warehousing |
67 |
SkiHi Enterprises Ltd. |
$34,904,000 |
250 250 |
Richard Skipper 1981 |
Mechanical contractor |
68 |
Chemguard |
$34,287,692 |
63 56 |
Roger K. Bower 1987 |
Specialty chemicals, Fire Suppression Chemicals and Equipment |
69 |
Westwood Contractors Inc. |
$33,600,000 |
43 20 |
Robert D. Benda 1983 |
National general contractor |
70 |
ReCept Companies |
$32,307,673 |
116 45 |
Nicky Otts 1978 |
Retail pharmacy and pharmacy management |
71 |
Vandergriff Hyundai |
$31,308,190 |
42 42 |
Rick Cantalini 2006 |
Automobile dealer |
72 |
Hidalgo Industrial |
$31,035,586 |
210 210 |
Lanny Mooney 1995 |
A provider of commercial and Industrial Prime Contracting & Construction Services |
73 |
Puente-Brancato Enterprises Inc. |
$31,000,000 |
176 176 |
Gina Puente-Brancato and John Brancato 1989 |
Airport concessions, gift shops, newsstands, currency exchange, wineries, restaurants, retail media advertising and wine charter cruise |
74 |
Hart & Vogt Inc. dba Vogt RV Center |
$29,500,000 |
22 22 |
Danny Vogt 1987 |
New and pre-owned motorhome sales and repairs to recreational vehicles |
75 |
CP&Y Inc. |
$29,117,000 |
183 21 |
Michael Graves 1980 |
Consulting Engineering |
76 |
Royer & Schutts Commercial Interiors |
$28,000,000 |
28 25 |
Kelley Royer 1943 |
Office furniture dealer and commercial interiors |
77 |
Antares Homes |
$26,976,077 |
24 24 |
Ron Formby 1998 |
Homebuilder |
78 |
GCG Advertising |
$26,840,000 |
20 20 |
Scott Turner 1973 |
Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations |
79 |
Sandlin Custom Homes |
$25,935,936 |
15 15 |
Scott Sandlin 1957 |
Homebuilder |
80 |
Statewide Remodeling |
$25,518,392 |
132 102 |
Robert Levin 1994 |
Sells and installs windows, siding, sunrooms and patio products |
81 |
Concussion High Impact Communications |
$24,000,000 |
53 51 |
Allen Wallach and Andrew Yanez 2001 |
Marketing communications including advertising, public relations, promotions and Internet |
82 |
Huckabee & Associates |
$22,647,341 |
66 66 |
Christopher M. Huckabee and Thomas G. Lueck 1967 |
Architecture, Engineering and Program Management for educational facilities |
83 |
Lea+Elliott Inc. |
$21,000,000 |
97 23 |
Jack Norton 1978 |
Engineering firm |
84 |
Alan Plummer Associates Inc. |
$20,840,000 |
125 72 |
Alan R. Tucker 1978 |
Civil/environmental engineering services |
85 |
Innovative Developers Inc. |
$19,750,000 |
20 20 |
Glen W. Hahn 1969 |
Development, Construction Management, and real estate services |
86 |
Basecom Inc. |
$19,100,000 |
40 40 |
Oscar Oaxaca 1996 |
General contractor |
87 |
GPSI LLC DBA Guidepoint Systems |
$18,700,000 |
44 38 |
Tom Gafford 2002 |
Automotive Telematics |
88 |
Beacon Systems Inc. |
$18,246,377 |
5 5 |
Kerry Williams 2002 |
SAP consulting service provider for all tiers of corporate clients |
89 |
Corporate Office Centers |
$18,229,510 |
98 20 |
Thad Pittman, Michael Bullington and Gayle Smith 1992 |
National executive suite business center operator |
90 |
Cockrell Printing Co. |
$18,200,000 |
83 83 |
John Cockrell 1964 |
Commercial digital, sheet fed and web printing, Corporate communications consulting |
91 |
Deen Meat & Cooked Foods |
$18,000,000 |
60 60 |
Danny Deen 1946 |
Cooked and marinated foods |
92 |
Gulliver's Travel Service Inc./American
Express Travel |
$17,800,000 |
12 12 |
Susie Boysen 1994 |
Travel agency |
93 |
Business Flooring Specialists |
$17,200,000 |
31 23 |
Jeff Bennett 2003 |
Furnishes and installs commercial flooring |
94 |
Sanders Travel Centre |
$17,000,000 |
20 20 |
Doug Sanders 1995 |
Travel agency |
95 |
Teague Nall and Perkins Inc. |
$16,200,000 |
124 124 |
Mark R. Berry 1976 |
Civil engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, planning |
96 |
Regal Staffing Services |
$15,562,700 |
21 21 |
Marcy Leonard and Linda Green 1995 |
Staffing |
97 |
Renfro Foods Inc. |
$15,000,000 |
40 40 |
Bill Renfro and Jack Renfro 1940 |
Specialty food manufacturing |
98 |
Blanchard Schaefer Advertising &
Public Relations |
$14,700,000 |
18 18 |
Ken Schaefer 1995 |
Advertising and Public Relations firm |
99 |
Venetian Custom Homes |
$14,045,000 |
5 5 |
Shane Golden 2003 |
Luxury homebuilder |
100 |
Dunaway Associates LP |
$14,000,000 |
108 108 |
Thomas O. Huffhines 1956 |
Provides civil engineering, planning, landscape architecture, environmental, and surveying services |
NOTES: DND - Did not disclose
(1) And affiliates
(2) 16 agents
(3) Owners purchased the company
RESEARCHER: Mary Kennan
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