Entrepreneurs have to do it all. Or at least they worry about it all. Strategy, yes, but also hiring, compliance, infrastructure, marketing, sourcing, operations, cloud migration—on top of the never-ending effort to raise funds. But it doesn't have to be that way. There's an entire world of Companies built around the express purpose of helping yours focus on its core mission. You make your secret sauce; let them worry about the dishes. Whether your business needs help with software-as-a-service or customer service, stationery or stationary bikes for the employee gym, the Companies that deliver quality results on time, on budget, every time, are what we call Power Partners. On the following pages, you'll find 252 of them to choose from on Inc.'s inaugural list of the best B2B companies across the globe.
Power Partner clients talk about virtues like value, reliability, quality, trust, creativity, timeliness, commitment, excellence, supportiveness, and so on. We know because we heard from them, directly. Testimonials from cient surveys are just one important signal we factored into our assessment of the companies that applied to be a Power Partner, along with our own deep research (we're journalists, after all). But the truth is, to launch this program, we needed a partner too. We found one in Meltwater, a leading global provider of social and media intelligence that uses A.I. to analyze online conversations about any given business—translating sentiment into numerical values. With the input of those social listening scores for those vying to make the list, we built a proprietary methodology that created a clear dass of winners. They are the ones, as you'll see, that are taking care of business. Your business.
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Open to all companies, in any industry, that help business owners Start, run, or grow their business.
70%
Portion of B2B buyers that cite company reputation as the most influential factor when choosing a vendor and partner, per LoSasso
••ADOUTREACH
SINCE 2016
KEY CLIENTS Attract to Scale, Health and Wellness Enterprises, Tommy Collier Productions
••BRAINTRUST
SINCE 2019
KEY CLIENTS Blue Cross Blue Shield, NASA, Walmart
••CFO SYSTEMS
SINCE 2004
KEY CLIENTS Definitive Technology Group, Massachusetts Bankers Association, Rapid Cloud Partners
•••FORWARD FINANCING
SINCE 2012
KEY CLIENTS The Herb Shoppe, LynxSystems, Superlative Subs
LEGAL TEMPLATES
SINCE 2015
KEY CLIENTS Composely, INDIRAP Productions, Termly
••PULP+WIRE
SINCE 2004
KEY CLIENTS Allagash Brewing, Bob's Red Mill, RIND Snacks, Soom Foods Tahini
••REV CAPITAL
SINCE 2017
KEY CLIENTS Amazon, Arrow Workforce Solutions, Walmart
Without REV Capital to manage its cashflow, Toronto-based Staffing firm Arrow Workforce couldn't have grown into a nearly $1 billion Company, says President Sam Ibrahim. Tracking down payments from clients on variable invoicing schedules had proved challenging, and traditional banks wouldn't provide the bridge loans he needed to make payroll. Then he discovered REV and its invoice-processing Service, which he loves for its efficiency and customer Service. “When I started using REV, I tested it out by sending smaller invoices, and they were treated like the most important invoices in the world,” he says. “Now I give them million-dollar invoices.” —
Rebecca Deczynski
••7 FIGURE MSP
SINCE 2019
KEY CLIENTS Brandon Computers, Ideal Business Advisors, Reciprocal Technologies
ADVERTISING & MARKETING
In a $155.3 billion market, these public relations firms, marketing Companies, ad agencies, and other Companies provide the Creative ideas and technologies to advance entrepreneurs in their efforts of persuasion.
4.8%
Percentage increase in the number of advertising agencies in the U.S. in the past year, bringing
