These companies from the 2014 Inc. 5000 competed against each other in what Inc. says is the annual list's most competitive year yet. The list only looks at American businesses, and to make the top 500, companies had to meet the minimum of 918.59% in three-year revenue growth.
The top 500's average sales growth in that time period is 1,828%, and together accounted for 23,000 jobs over the past three years.