Behind The Numbers: Interesting Stats From The CRN 2013 Fast Growth 150

A Closer Look At The Fast Growth Class Of 2013

Each year CRN presents the Fast Growth 150, a ranking of the fastest growing solution providers in the IT industry.

Along with the ranking, the analysis brings to light some interesting statistics about the creme dela creme of the channel. Here are some interesting facts and stats about this year's CRN Fast Growth 150.

Telling Statistics About The 2013 Fast Growth 150

• This year's Fast Growth 150 collectively had revenue of just under $24 billion.
• The average revenue for this year's Fast Growth solution provider was $159.7 million, up from $98.4 million in 2010.
• The average growth rate among the Fast Growth 150 was 91 percent.
  The Fast And The Faster
• The company on the Fast Growth 150 with the fastest 2010-2012 growth rate is Cloud Sherpas with 672.2 percent growth.
• The company on the Fast Growth 150 with the slowest 2010-2012 growth rate is Unified Concepts with 32.8 percent growth.
  Size Doesn't Matter
• Solution providers on this year's Fast Growth 150 are surprisingly diverse in size. Here are the percentages of Fast Growth 150 companies that fall into each revenue category.
  
  * $1 million to $4,999,999 (19 percent)
  
  * $5 million to $9,999,999 (17 percent)
  
  * $10 million to $19,999,999 (16 percent)
  
  * $20 million to $49,999,999 (14 percent)
  
  * $50 million to $99,999,999 (13 percent)
  
  * $100 million to $499,999,999 (16 percent)
  
  * $500 million-plus (5 percent)
• Technology Focus Of Fast Growth 150 Solution Providers
• * Data Center Solutions (93 percent)
  
  * Cloud Computing (93 percent)
  
  * Managed Services (93 percent)
  
  * Networking (91 percent)
  
  * Mobility (84 percent)
  
  * Virtualization (76 percent)
  
  * Unified Communications (63 percent)
  
  
  
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• Favorite IT Vendor Partners Of The Fast Growth 150
• * Microsoft (77 percent)
  
  * Cisco (76 percent)
  
  * Dell (74 percent)
  
  * VMware (63 percent)
  
  * Hewlett-Packard (63 percent)
  
  * Symantec (56 percent)
  
  * EMC (47 percent)
  
  * Juniper (37 percent)
  
  * IBM (31 percent)
  
  
  
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