For the 2nd Time, CARVER Makes the Inc. 5000, With Three-Year Revenue Growth of over 150 Percent
NEW YORK, August 15, 2023 – Inc. revealed today that Atlanta-based CARVER ranks No. 3334 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. First named to the Inc. 5000 in 2018 at 5 years, CARVER is now celebrating ten years of success. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other household name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
Susan Hart, Chief Financial Officer sums up CARVER simply. “CARVER is a place where everyone is challenged to do their best and succeed. It’s a place where diversity and integrity matter every day. ‘All of us is smarter than any of us’.”
The Inc. 5000 class of 2023 represents companies that have driven rapid revenue growth while navigating inflationary pressure, the rising costs of capital, and seemingly intractable hiring challenges. Among this year’s top 500 companies, the average median three-year revenue growth rate ticked up to an astonishing 2,238 percent. In all, this year’s Inc. 5000 companies have added 1,187,266 jobs to the economy over the past three years.
For complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, location, and other criteria, go to www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, available on newsstands beginning Tuesday, August 23.
“Running a business has only gotten harder since the end of the pandemic,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. “To make the Inc. 5000—with the fast growth that requires—is truly an accomplishment. Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that are building our future.”
Based in Atlanta, GA with executive offices in Atlanta, GA, LaGrange, GA and St. Paul, MN, CARVER is the largest hospitality human capital organization within North America; providing Task Force, Executive Search, Workforce Development and H2B candidates. Founded in 2013, CARVER was named one of the “Top Startups in Georgia in 2015; followed by achieving the Pacesetter Award and being named by the INC 5000 as one of the “Fastest Growing – Privately Held Corporations in America” -2018.
In 2022, The Titan Awards Committee named Chief Executive Officer Joel Carver as one of the “Top CEO’s in Georgia” and Chief Development Officer Charlene Carter as one of the “Top C-Suite Executives in Georgia”. An honor repeated to Carter in 2023.
In addition to INC and Titan awards, both Carver and Carter are no strangers to accolades, including:
Joel Carver, Chief Executive Officer
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• Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality Sales and Marketing
• Diversity in Business Award
• HSMAI – Americas Board of Directors 2012-2015
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Pearl River Community College
Charlene Carter, Chief Development Officer
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• Hotel Management “100 Businesswomen”
• In The Spirit Awards
• Who’s Who In Black Atlanta
• Influential Women in Hospitality
A mirror to award-winning growth, CARVER executives continue to give back to the communities in which they live. In 2019, Charlene Carter created The Eleanor Monroe Foundation, a 501 c(3). A non-profit organization dedicated to enlightening human minds.
In 2017, Joel partnered with the Pearl River College Development Foundation to present the Harold P. and Bertha S. Carver Endowment and the Smith-Carver Family Criminal Justice Scholarship. In 2020, he and husband Dr. Van Millin created the Carver-Millin Fund, developed to continue their support of partner organizations after their lifetime.
More information on CARVER may be found at http://thecarvercompanies.com or to see Charlene Carter Discover The CARVER Story .
Methodology
Companies on the 2023 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2019. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2022. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required 2022 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places.
