Archive for the ‘Mississippi 100 Private Companies’ Category

$900 Million (Last year No. 3) Established in 1968, Howard Industries has grown to become a billion-dollar company with sales in 120 foreign countries. Howard Industries manufactures and sells distribution and power transformers, regulators, ballast, indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures, lamp bulbs and over 190,000 electronic and computer products. Howard also has a transportation company. [...] [...]

$625 Million (Last year No. 5) Formed in 1921 with the name Staple Cotton Cooperative Association, Staplcotn was a response to marketing problems experienced by Mississippi Delta cotton farmers. Based in Greenwood, formerly known as the Cotton Capital of the World, Staplcotn is the oldest and one of the largest cotton marketing cooperatives in the [...] [...]

$612 Million Founded in 1926 by Mississippian Stuart C. Irby, the Stuart C. Irby Co. is an electrical distributor with a goal of developing high-value relationships with customers, saving them money and helping them avoid low-bid relationships with multiple vendors. Irby distributes some 45,000 electrical products to electrical utilities, industrial customers and commercial builders from [...] [...]

Middle of the Pack snapshot: No. 87 Handling public affairs like their own is what group has historically been known for With 73 years of experience in advertising, GodwinGroup stays ahead of the curve by providing sophisticated services while adapting to the evolving digital marketing world. “The secret to our success is our being able [...] [...]

At 21 years old, The Top 100 is still the only definitive gauge of the most successful companies in state The Mississippi Business Journal began its annual Top 100 ranking in 1989. Twenty-one years later, “The Mississippi 100” is still the only definitive ranking of Mississippi’s top privately held companies. The list is a mirror of a [...] [...]

Family-owned tire company has continued to grow and get stronger through the years Tires are where the rubber meets the road,, literally and figuratively, for Dunlap & Kyle Company Inc. From humble beginnings nearly 80 years ago to its present status as a multi-million-dollar corporation, this homegrown company is again ranked in the top [...] [...]

McALISTER’S Deli now has nearly 300 restaurants in 22 states Twenty years ago, McAlister’s Deli opened its first restaurant in Oxford and quickly became a hit in the small college town for its soups, sandwiches and sweet tea. That restaurant on University Drive was the beginning of what is now McAlister’s Corporation that operates 296 [...] [...]

Firm preparing to celebrate its 40th anniversary Next year, JBHM Architects will celebrate its 40th anniversary. The firm is still going over its celebration plans, but Richard McNeel, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, IIDA, partner with the firm, said JBHM definitely is “ready to go” 40 more years and beyond. “We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished, [...] [...]

Fuel service company ‘addicted to growth’ Greg Nethery was a student at Hinds Community College in the mid-1980s when he saw a vehicle of one of the college’s vendors pass by the window of his classroom. He wondered who maintained that company’s fleet, and how much that maintenance cost. Perhaps there was a business [...] [...]

Eat With Us Group is known better around Mississippi by the Sweet Peppers Deli restaurants Some people might not recognize the corporate name, but if you are a Mississippian, there’s a good chance that you might know its dining establishments. And it’s probably no surprise that Eat With Us Group is ranked on the [...] [...]
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