The work they do may vary, but without the professional services firms on the2015 PROFIT 500 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies, many of the country’s businesses wouldn’t function. From legal advice to management consulting, security to translation, and auditing to editing, their work is essential and valuable.
The 34 professional services firms on this year’s ranking grew their revenues an average of 290% between 2009 and 2014, creating an additional 30,578 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs over that period. Collectively they employed 35,768 full-time and 1,590 part-time employees in 2014.
Here is the complete list of the Canada’s Fastest Growing Professional Services Companies for 2015.
1. Optimus SBR
PROFIT 500 Rank: 63
Head Office: Toronto
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 1,087%
Chief Executive(s): Kevin Gauci, John Whincup & Joe Oppedisano
FTE Employees: 80
Management consulting firm
2. Securefact Transaction Services
PROFIT 500 Rank: 68
Head Office: Toronto
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 1,067%
Chief Executive(s): Gabor Horvath
FTE Employees: 26
Helps financial institutions meet client compliance requirements
3. Globalme
PROFIT 500 Rank: 94
Head Office: Vancouver
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 730%
Chief Executive(s): Emre Akkas & Hanna Golota
FTE Employees: 26
Provider of translation and localization services for businesses
4. MAC Engineering
PROFIT 500 Rank: 103
Head Office: Calgary
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 690%
Chief Executive(s): Mark Ross, Allan Wong & Chris Rahbek-Nielsen
FTE Employees: 43
Provides engineering consulting services
5. Delegatus services juridiques
PROFIT 500 Rank: 126
Head Office: Montreal
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 554%
Chief Executive(s): Pascale Pageau & Paul St-Pierre Plamondon
FTE Employees: 45
Provides customized and on-demand legal business services and advice
6. Wellington Consulting Group
PROFIT 500 Rank: 128
Head Office: Toronto
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 539%
Chief Executive(s): Brian McConnell
FTE Employees: 17
Provides management and strategic consulting focused on the financial sector
7. WSP Global
PROFIT 500 Rank: 130
Head Office: Montreal
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 507%
Chief Executive(s): Pierre Shoiry
FTE Employees: 32000
Provides engineering services
8. Wellpoint Health
PROFIT 500 Rank: 138
Head Office: Toronto
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 472%
Chief Executive(s): Lorne Sugarman
FTE Employees: 213
Provides occupational health and safety materials and training
9. Eventive Marketing
PROFIT 500 Rank: 140
Head Office: Markham, Ont.
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 456%
Chief Executive(s): Amanda Stewart
FTE Employees: 10
Provides event and conference planning services for corporations
10. Cognition LLP
PROFIT 500 Rank: 186
Head Office: Toronto
Five-year revenue growth (2009–2014): 330%
Chief Executive(s): Joe Milstone & Rubsun Ho
FTE Employees: 57
Commercial and corporate law firm
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The Next 10:
11. Kaihen
PROFIT 500 Rank: 205
Provides consulting services to electric, gas and water utilities
12. Trindent Consulting
PROFIT 500 Rank: 236
Management consultants with focus on oil and gas, financial and health care
13. Arrow Engineering
PROFIT 500 Rank: 244
Mechanical, electrical and civil engineering services
14. Scribendi.com
PROFIT 500 Rank: 245
English-languge editing and proofreading services
15. Kids & Company
PROFIT 500 Rank: 284
Provides flexible high-quality child care
16. Wish Group
PROFIT 500 Rank: 292
Provides telecommunications, digital marketing and HR services
17. AET Group
PROFIT 500 Rank: 298
Provides environmental consulting, auditing and scientific services
18. Usability Matters
PROFIT 500 Rank: 317
Provides user experience design services for digital products
19. Akendi
PROFIT 500 Rank: 321
Researches, designs and tests user experiences
20. Fusion Learning
PROFIT 500 Rank: 338
Provider of sales training tools for businesses
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Other fast-growing professional services companies on the 2015 PROFIT 500:
21. Iridia Medical (PROFIT 500 Rank: 358), 22. The Humphrey Group (PROFIT 500 Rank: 378), 23. Carly Rian Group (PROFIT 500 Rank: 379), 24. BTB REIT (PROFIT 500 Rank: 389), 25. Veritaaq (PROFIT 500 Rank: 408), 26. AnalysisWorks (PROFIT 500 Rank: 420), 27. Neeson Court Reporting (PROFIT 500 Rank: 422), 28. Plaza Retail REIT (PROFIT 500 Rank: 427), 29. Vision Travel Solutions (PROFIT 500 Rank: 452), 30. Stiris Research (PROFIT 500 Rank: 454), 31. S2S Environmental (PROFIT 500 Rank: 455), 32. Bacchus Law Corp. (PROFIT 500 Rank: 480), 33. Pinchin (PROFIT 500 Rank: 485), 34. Iron Horse Security (PROFIT 500 Rank: 490).
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