eAccess Solutions Named to Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5,000 List

eAccess featured in America’s 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies Revealed

NEW YORK, August 20, 2008 – Inc. today ranked eAccess Solutions, Inc. of Palatine, IL No. 2095 on its annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country.  The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs.  Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.

“Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism,” said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. “The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivalled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth.”

“This is our 2nd year of being featured on the Inc. Magazine Inc 5000 list and again we are very honored to be included with so many successful and forward thinking companies,” said David Bean, President and CEO of eAccess Solutions. “2007 proved to be a great year for our organization and we are continuing the same track here in 2008." "Even though the US economy seems to have slowed a bit, we are still seeing increased demand for all eAccess goods and services." eAccess specializes in helping organizations plan, design, implement and support wireless data handset (smartphone) solutions so our clients can focus on their core business objectives. While recommending technology solutions like BlackBerry and others that meet our client’s needs we are able to leverage our partnerships with leading device and carrier partners to give our clients access to the best current and emerging technologies.

The 5000 companies that made the list reported aggregate revenue of $185 billion and median three-year growth of 147 percent.  Most important, the 2008 Inc. 5000 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 826,033 jobs since those companies were founded. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing companies that can be sorted by industry and region can be found at www.inc5000.com.

Hottest Regions for Fastest-Growing Companies
The New York metro area tops the Inc. 5000 list with the most companies of any city with 355.  Washington, D.C. comes in a close second with 300 companies on the list; Los Angeles comes in third with 244 companies, and Atlanta (194 companies) and Chicago (189 companies) round out the top five.  Interestingly, only 62 companies on the Inc. 5000 are not based in metropolitan areas. 

Grand Rapids, Mich. leads the list with the highest median revenue of any metro area ($26.2 million, 16 companies), followed by San Antonio, Texas ($21.3 million, 25 companies), Baton Rouge, La. ($18.8 million, 14 companies), Houston ($17.1 million, 97 companies), and Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. ($16.5 million, 39 companies).

Hottest Industries for Fastest-Growing Businesses
The most notable median growth categories among the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing businesses are in the Energy category (which grew by 298%), followed by Government Services (which grew by 220%), Security (200% growth), IT Services and Software (both grew by 187%), and Consulting (which grew by 182% on average).

The largest business category is IT Services, with 579 Inc. 5000 companies.  Business Services (532 companies), Construction (459), Manufacturing (405), and Advertising & Marketing (361) complete the top five industries ranked on the 2008 Inc. 5000. Industries reporting the highest median revenue are Travel ($38.8 million), Financial Services ($16.3 million), Logistics ($15.4 million) Government Services ($14.2 million), and Energy ($14.2 million).

 Methodology
The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007.  To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $2 million in 2007.

About eAccess:
eAccess Solutions, Inc. (http://www.eAccess.com) is a privately held Illinois based Corporation. With over 250,000 National Corporate, Education and Government account customers, eAccess is a leading provider of mobile device hardware, software, support services and integration services. eAccess sells wireless handhelds, software, support services and accessories in their on-line stores: http://www.eAccess-eStore.com, http://www.BlackBerrySource.com, http://www.Treo-Gear.com, http://www.WirelessByeAccess.com and also has a direct sales marketing force primarily targeting the business to business and government space. Soulutions include BlackBerry, Microsoft, Palm and many others.

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