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Inc 5000 2017: Number of Microsoft Dynamics partners doubles

by Dann Anthony Maurno
Assistant Editor, MSDW

Inc. Magazine has released its Inc. 5000 2017 list, its annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies operating in the US.

Last year we counted nine Microsoft Dynamics channel partners; this year, double that at eighteen (see below for a full list). We have elected to list them in order of revenue here, rather than rank.

The Inc. 5000 criteria include:

  • Being privately owned and based in the US
  • Independent (versus subsidiaries or divisions)
  • Revenue of no less than $2 M in 2016
  • Having started earning revenue by March 31, 2013

The list ranks by three-year revenue growth, with #1 Skillz (a mobile gaming platform) charting 50,059 percent over three years. Tops among the Dynamics partners (a more mature and less meteoric market than gaming) was Sana Commerce (685 percent), followed by HighJump (375 percent), Stoneridge Software (365), TimeXtender (318) and ClickDimensions (290) rounding out the top five.

The list uses three-year-growth and revenue as its sole criteria; but a quick calculation of income per employee among Dynamics partners also provides an interesting metric. Here are the top five:

Business Central Customer Engagement Dynamics 365 Dynamics AX Dynamics CRM Dynamics GP Dynamics NAV Dynamics SL Finance and Operations
About Dann Anthony Maurno

Dann Anthony Maurno is a seasoned business journalist who began his career as International Marketing Manager with Lilly Software, then moved on as a freelancer to write for such prestigious clients as CFO Magazine; Compliance Week;Manufacturing Business Technology; Decision Resources, Inc.; The Economist Intelligence Unit; and corporate clients such as Iron Mountain, Microsoft and SAP. He is the co-author of Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives(CRC/Productivity Press, 2010).

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