Cody’s rises to top of Dynamic Dozen

More than 300 turned out to honor southwest Missouri’s 12 fastest-growing companies at Oasis Convention Center. The rankings were as follows:

1. Cody Ventures LLC dba as Cody’s Convenience Stores

2. Incredible Pizza Co. Inc.

3. Banta Foods

4. Southern Trades LLC

5. Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

6. CoxHealth

7. DeWitt & Associates Inc.

8. Russell Cellular

9. Hamra Enterprises

10. Protel Systems & Supplies Inc.

11. Healthcarefirst Inc.

12. Covenant Church Furniture

Accepting the award on Cody’s behalf was company Chief Operating Officer Curtis Jared, who attributed the convenience store chain’s explosive growth to its hard-working employees.

“You don’t win awards by how nice your stores are – it’s the people who run them,” Jared said. “If you don’t have good employees, you don’t have good operations.”

Last year’s No. 1 company Incredible Pizza Co. continued its strong growth to place as the second-fastest-growing company on the 2008 list. Other repeat honorees were Banta Foods; Jack Henry; Cox; DeWitt – which has placed No. 7 twice before; Russell Cellular – the No. 1 company in 2004, Dynamic Dozen’s inaugural year; and Healthcarefirst. New to the rankings were Covenant Church Furniture, Protel, Hamra and Southern Trades.

Click the links above for profiles and photos of each honoree.

The full list of Dynamic Dozen companies and their revenues over three years, percentage growth, auditors, employee numbers, services, top executives and year founded can be downloaded as a PDF or spreadsheet here.