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        Top Tigers

        Auburn's Top Tigers

        Top Tigers recognizes the fastest-growing companies founded, owned or led by Auburn University alumni. Presented by the Harbert College of Business, in partnership with Warren Averett, the Top Tigers program celebrates the entrepreneurial success of alums from all of Auburn's colleges and schools.

        Nomination Process

        Criteria

        To qualify for Top Tigers consideration, companies must meet the following standards:

        • Company must be founded, owned or led (CEO, CFO, presidents, vice president, etc.) by an Auburn University alumnus
        • Company must be in business for at least four full years
        • Company's revenues must be at least $500,000 by the end of FY2023 
        • Company must operate in a manner consistent with The Auburn Creed

        Evaluation

        Warren Averett, LLC logo

        Top Tigers nominees will evaluated on the basis of year-over-year revenue growth during the program time period. Warren Averett, LLC will collect necessary financial information from nominees and conduct the analysis. Final rankings will be based on percentage of growth during the program time period. Revenues and other information will remain confidential. 

         

         

        2023 Top Tiger Honorees:

        Congratulations to all the 2023 Top Tigers!

        Large company category ($30,000,001 or more in revenue)

        Park & Eleazer Construction, LLC * River Bank and Trust
        Veryable Inc. Simulations Plus, Inc.
        Global K9 Companies SEA Wire and Cable Inc.
        Columbia Care Star Market and Discount Pharmacy
        Cobbs Allen Carter & Carter
        Newline Interactive Lavender Inc.
        Kahua * Lewis M. Carter
        Stone Martin Builders, LLC Consumer Fresh Produce, Inc.
        Hancock Askew & Co., LLP * Bank Independent *
        Lake Homes Realty  

        Medium company category ($5,000,001 - $30,000,000 in revenue)

        All Products LLC Mathews Development Company, LLC *
        Dominguez Design-Build, Inc. * B&B Beverage Management
        Sylvan Sport Blackjack Horticulture Inc.
        30A Luxury Vacations Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
        Daniel Corp. Move & Store LLC (New Lattitude Moving and Storage)
        Collateral Holdings LLC Building & Earth Sciences, Inc.
        Grand Bay Construction Southern Financial Group
        Hill Wealth Management (formerly Freedom Financial) Darby's Village Pharmacy, Inc. *
        Wingfield Scale and Measure First National Bank of Hartford

        Fifth Dimension Architecture & Interiors, llc

        		 The Prewitt Group

        Christopher Architecture & Interiors, Inc. *

        		 WRD, Inc./Timber Products Inspection
        GIO Architectural Tile & Stone

         

        		  

        Small company category ($0 - $5,000,00 in revenue)

        El Guapo (New Orleans Beverage Group, LLC) Clay Chalkville Animal Clinic
        Two Maids & A Mop of Auburn Trinity Rose Creations LLC / Auburn Flowers & Gifts
        SafeSpray Pest Control Farrior Homes LLC
        Strategic Tax and Accounting Kelley & Mullis Wealth Management
        Richter Landscape Company Alabama Cattlemen’s Association
        Pottsburg Creek Animal Clinic  

        Learn more about the other Top Tigers in the Small ($500,000 to $5 million), Medium ($5 million to $20 million) and Large ($20 million and up) revenue categories.

        Top Tiger Rankings

        • Large-Revenue Company Rankings

          2022

          Columbia Care
          Pearce Services LLC
          Newline Interactive
          Cobbs Allen
          Stone Martin Builders, LLC
          Progress Bank
          Simulations Plus, Inc.
          Wilson Lumber
          Lewis M. Carter; Star Discount Pharmacy, Inc/Star Market, Inc
          SEA Wire and Cable Inc
          Oakworth Capital Bank
          Lavender, Inc.
          Fulcrum Construction
          Scott Contracting, LLC
          Fite Building Company

          2021

          Columbia Care
          Fite Building Company
          Fulcrum Construction
          Interior Elements
          Jackson Thornton
          Lavender, Inc.
          Newline Interactive
          Oakworth Capital Bank
          Pearce Services LLC
          Progress Bank
          Rabren General Contractors, LP
          RPF Emergency Services LLP 
          Scott Contracting, LLC
          SEA Wire and Cable Inc
          Simulations Plus, Inc.
          Star Discount Pharmacy, Inc/Star Market, Inc
          Stone Martin Builders, LLC
          The Boyd Companies
          Torch Technologies 
          Wren Solutions

          2020

          3-GIS, Allegiance Merchant Services, Carter & Carter Construction, Class Action Capital, Consumer Fresh Produce, Daniel Corporation, EBSCO, eHire, Elite Transit Solutions, Fite Building Company, Fulcrum Construction, Interior Elements, Newline Interactive, Oakworth Capital Bank, Ram Hotels, Rogers & Willard, Sea Wire and Cable, Sigma Thermal, Simulations Plus, Star Market & Discount Pharmacy, Stone Martin Builders, T-H Marine Supplies, The Broadway Group, Timber Products Inspection, Wren Solutions, Wright Transportation

          2019

          1. Southern Veterinary Partners
          2. Newline Interactive, Inc.
          3. RESICAP

          Other Top Tigers in the Large Company category:

          Voigt-Abernathy Sales Corporation, Stone Martin Builders, LLC, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, Timber Products Inspection, Inc., Watkins Trucking Company, Wren Associates, LTD, eHire, LLC, Torch Technologies, Inc., SEA Wire and Cable, Inc., The Broadway Group, LLC, Simulations Plus, Inc., Unified Interior Elements, LLC, Carter & Carter Construction, LLC, Rogers & Willard, Inc.

          2018

          1. Carter & Carter Construction
          2. River Bank & Trust
          3. Torch Technologies

          Other Top Tigers in the Large Company Category:

          Automation Personnel Services, The Broadway Group, Cross Company, Daxko, EBSCO Industries, Fite Building Company, Fulcrum Construction, Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, JANUS Global,  JJ Operations,  HainesLee Company, Oakworth Capital Bank, SEA Wire and Cable, ServisFirst Bank, T-H Marine Supplies, Unified

          2017

          1. Franklin Synergy Bank
          2. Montgomery Transport, LLC
          3. Dasher Technologies, Inc.
          4. Torch Technologies
          5. JohnsonKreis Construction Company, Inc.
          6. Sigma Thermal, Inc.
          7. Daxko
          8. ServisFirst Bank
          9. Primera Engineers
          10. Fairway

          Other Top Tigers in the Large Company category:

          Alacare Home Health & Hospice, American Associated Pharmacies, Automation Personnel Services, Inc., Clearview Cancer Institute, EBSCO, Goodgame Company, Inc., Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc., Liaison Technologies, Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc., MFG Chemical, Inc., Rabren General Contractors, Inc., SEA Wire and Cable, Inc., Sky Holdings, Inc.

          2016

          1. Montgomery Transport, LLC
          2. GreenSky Trade Credit, LLC
          3. Greenway Health
          4. Oskar Blues Brewery
          5. Torch Technologies
          6. Roadrunner Intermodal Services
          7. Digium, Inc.
          8. ServisFirst Bank
          9. Daxko
          10. IndusTREE Timber, Inc.

          Other Top Tigers in the Large Company category:

          Alacare Home Health & Hospice, Automation Personnel Services, Inc., Carroll Air Systems, Dasher Technologies, EBSCO, Fairway Investments, FIGG Bridge Group, Liaison Technologies, Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc., Rogers & Willard, Inc., SEA Wire and Cable, Inc.Sky Holdings, Inc., T-H Marine Supplies, Wilson Lumber Company, Inc.

          2015

          1. Green Sky Trade Credit, LLC
          2. Stone Martin Builders
          3. Oskar Blues Brewery
          4. Torch Technologies
          5. Roadrunner Intermodal Services
          6. Rogers and Willard, Inc.
          7. SH Enterprises, Inc.
          8. Vendormate, Inc.
          9. ServisFirst Bank
          10. EBSCO

          Other Top Tigers in the Large Company category:

          Alacare Home Health & Hospice, Bailey-Harris Construction Company, Inc., Digium, Inc., Exel/DHL Supply Chain, Fite Building Company, Inc., Keyston Bros., NaphCare, Inc., SEA Wire and Cable, Tacala Companies, Vulcan, Inc.

        • Medium-Revenue Company Rankings

          2022

          Veryable Inc.
          Bridgeworth, LLC
          Method Mortgage
          Regulatory Solutions LLC
          Lake Homes Realty
          MartinFederal Consulting, LLC
          GIO Architectural Tile & Stone
          Grand Bay Construction, LLC
          High Level Marketing, LLC (Previously Bell Media)
          MCM Technology
          Building & Earth Sciences, Inc.
          Noah's Animal Hospitals
          First National Bank of Hartford
          Blackjack Horticulture
          C&I Enclosures
          WRD, Inc./Timber Products Inspection, Inc.
          The Prewitt GroupSpace

          2021

          3-GIS
          Bell Media
          BMSS, LLC
          Bridgeworth, LLC
          Building & Earth Sciences, Inc.
          Dalton Drug Co, Inc.
          Edmonds Engineering, Inc.
          eHire
          Elkanah Contractors, Inc.
          First National Bank of Hartford
          Lake Homes Realty
          MartinFederal Consulting, LLC
          Noah's Animal Hospitals
          Park & Eleazer Construction, LLC
          Summit Salon Business Center
          Wingfield Scale and Measure LLC
          WRD, Inc./Timber Products Inspection, Inc.

          2020

          Bell Media, BMSS, Building and Earth Sciences, Cherokee Pumping, Edmonds Engineering, First National Bank of Hartford, GovStrive, Lake Holmes Realty, MartinFederal Consulting, Park & Eleazer Construction, Summit Salon Business Center, Village Dermatology, Wingfield Scale and Measure

          2019

          1. Kahua
          2. Elite Transit Solutions
          3. Banyan Hills Technologies

          Other Top Tigers in the medium company category:

          Fravert Services, Inc., Building & Earth Sciences, Inc., William Blackstock Architects, PC, First National Bank of Hartford, Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith, LLC, SylvanSport, Montgomery Technology, 3-GIS, Daniel Corporation, Grand Bay Construction, LLC, South Central Steel, Inc., Muscle Up Marketing, Bell Media, LLC, Lake Homes Realty, Summit Salon Business Center, Village Dermatology

          2018

          1. Newline
          2. Bellhops
          3. Southern Veterinary Partners

          Other Top Tigers in the medium company category:

          Elite Transit Solutions, Interior Elements, ITAC Solutions, Lake Homes Realty, Liberty Bank, Martin Federal Consulting, Mint Julep Boutique, Mississippi Export Railroad, Muscle Up Marketing, Optimum, Paper Mill Playhouse, 3-GIS, Simulations Plus, Summit Salon Business Center, Village Dermatology

          2017

          1. Elite Transit Solutions
          2. Muscle Up Marketing
          3. Daniel Corporation
          4. Digital Marketing Services, Inc.
          5. Shannon Waltchack
          6. PSG Construction, LLC
          7. OneGoal
          8. 4M Research
          9. Simulations Plus
          10. Ram Hotels

          Other Top Tigers in the medium company category:

          Appleseed Workshop, Building and Earth Sciences, Inc., Figg Group, Inc., Foundation Technologies, Inc., Gadsden Music Company, Inc., Health Information Designs, LLC, ITAC Solutions, LLC, River Bank & Trust, 3-GIS, LLC, South Central Steel, United Bank (subsidiary of United Bancorporation), Waynes Environmental Services, Inc.

          2016

          1. Muscle Up Marketing
          2. Blue Companies
          3. First Baldwin Insurance
          4. 4M Research
          5. Clear Winds Technologies
          6. Twin Companies
          7. Oakworth Capital Bank
          8. ITAC Solutions
          9. Chicken Scratch Holdings
          10. Simulations Plus

          Other Top Tigers in the medium company category:

          APR, LLC, Church Transportation & Logistics, DealNews.com, LLC, River Bank & Trust, South Central Steel

          2015 

          1. Deshazo Automation, Inc.
          2. Accents & Interiors
          3. ITAC Solutions, LLC
          4. APR, LLC
          5. Buckner Holdings, Inc.
          6. Georgia-Texas Enterprises, Inc.
          7. Oakworth Capital Bank
          8. Church Transportation and Logistics
          9. Advantage Forest Resources
          10. Chicken Scratch Holdings, Inc.

          Other Top Tigers in the Medium Company category:

          C&I Enclosures, Community Health Systems, DealNews.com, Inc., OmegaFi, River Bank and Trust, Simulations Plus, Inc., South Central Steel, Inc.

        • Small-Revenue Company Rankings

          2022

          Two Maids & A Mop of Auburn
          El Guapo (New Orleans Beverage Group, LLC)
          Pottsburg Animal Clinic
          Airship
          30A Luxury Vacations
          Eshelman Construction
          SafeSpray Pest Control
          Farrior Homes LLC
          SiteMix LLC
          Shoals Area Veterinary Emergency PC
          Freedom Financial Group
          New Latitude Movers (formerly Move & Store)
          Bradfordville Animal Hospital
          Lee Veterinary Clinic PC
          Auburn Flowers and Gifts
          Troy Rhone Garden Design
          Clay Chalkville Animal Clinic
          Southern Financial Group
          L&K Consulting
          Taylor Workshop LLC
          Alabama Cattlemen's Association

          2021

          30A Luxury Vacations
          Airship
          Auburn Flowers and Gifts
          B&B Beverage Management
          GIO Architectual Tile & Stone
          Kelley & Mullis Wealth Management
          MCM TechnologY
          Method Mortgage
          Move & Store
          Regulatory Solutions LLC
          Richter Landscape Company
          SafeSpray Pest Control
          SiteMix LLC
          SmarterServices
          Southern Financial Group
          Strategic Tax and Accounting LLC
          Taylor Workshop LLC
          Troy Rhone Garden Design
          Truitt Insurance & Bonding
          U.S. Asset Management
          Veritas

          2020

          30A Luxury Vacation, Airship, Auburn Flowers and Gifts, Bridgeworth, Drake Land Services, Gio Architectural Tile & Stone, Goose Pond Colony Resort, Iron Tribe Fitness, Loop, Method Mortgage, Move & Store, Regulatory Solutions, Richter Landscape Company, SafeSpray Pest Control, SmarterServices, Southern Financial Group, Taylor Workshop, Troy Rhone Garden Design, Truitt Insurance and Bonding, Wealth Watchers

          2019

          1. B&B Bartending
          2. Airship
          3. 30A Luxury Vacations

          Other Top Tigers in the Small Company category

          SmarterServices, Iron Tribe Fitness, Method Mortgage, Goose Pond Colony Resort, Richter Landscape Company, Gigi's Cupcakes, Truitt Insurance and Bonding, Inc., The POE Group, Inc., Silverline Marketing, Inc., Drake Land Services 

          2018

          1. Airship
          2. Tara Wilson Agency
          3. Rent Gear Here

          Other Top Tigers in the Small Company category

          Archadeck of Central Georgia, Atlanta Food & Wine Festival      
          Auburn Flowers and Gifts, Bell Media, Bridgeworth Financial, ChartCapture (Digital Document Paging, LLC), Compass Logistics, Creative Communications Consultants, Drape 98, Farris, Self & Moore, Goosepond Colony Resort, Iron Tribe Fitness, Kathy Powell State Farm, Method Mortgage, Move & Store, Taylor Workshop, Southern Financial Group

          2017 

          1. Strategic Management Decisions (SMD), LLC
          2. Taylor Workshop, LLC
          3. Allegiance Merchant Services
          4. Bridgeworth, LLC
          5. Wire Road Studios, LLC
          6. Proximus Engineering PC
          7. All4U LLC
          8. Clear Title, LLC
          9. Home Instead Senior Care of Tuscaloosa
          10. Grand Bay Construction

          Other Top Tigers in the Small Company category

          Aggressive Analytics, Inc., Bell Media, Brilliant Smiles Bellevue, Caldwell Associates Architects, ChartCapture (Digital Document Paging, LLC), Farris, Self & Moore, Friendship Veterinary Hospital, Iron Tribe Fitness, Kathy Powell State Farm, Regulatory Solutions, LLC, Southern Financial Group, LLC

          2016 

          1. Meridian Global Consulting Services, Inc.
          2. Elite Transit Solutions, LLC
          3. Bridgeworth, LLC
          4. Wire Road Studios
          5. Home Instead Senior Care
          6. Allegiance Merchant Services
          7. Tailgate Guys
          8. Iron Tribe Fitness
          9. OneGoal
          10. Strategic Management Decisions

          Other Top Tigers in the Small Company category

          Appleseed Workshop, LLC, ChartCapture, Clear Title, LLC, Cotton Construction, Inc., Digital Marketing Services, Friendship Veterinary Hospital, Partners Tax & Accounting, LLC, Shannon Waltchack, Taylor Workshop, Tryst Showroom

          2015

          1. BrightWhistle
          2. Bridgeworth, LLC
          3. Tryst Showroom, LLC
          4. Back Forty Beer Company
          5. Taylor Workshop, LLC
          6. Wire Road Studios, LLC
          7. First Baldwin Insurance, Inc.
          8. Allegiance Merchant Services
          9. Meridian Global Consulting Services, Inc.
          10. Digital Marketing Services (DMS), Inc.

          Other Top Tigers in the Small Company category:

          Appleseed Workshop, LLC, Bell Media, ChartCapture, Clear Title, LLC, Cotton Construction, Inc., Ellis Architects, Inc., Friendship Veterinary Hospital, Hendon + Huckestein Architects, Kathy Powell State Farm, Lambert Land and Equipment Holdings, Oral and Facial Surgery of East Alabama, Partners Tax & Accounting, LLC, Triumph Services