Zweig Group released its 2017 Hot Firms list, an annual ranking of the 100 fastest-growing firms nationwide in the architecture, engineering, planning and environmental consulting industry. SWBR has been selected for this year’s list.
Rankings are based 50 percent on the percentage of growth rate and 50 percent on dollar revenue growth rate over the previous three-year period.
For SWBR, in the past three years, the firm has experienced 53% growth in revenue to over $18 million between the Rochester headquarters and Syracuse office.
The firm employs over 95 staff companywide; with over 90 based in Rochester and five in Syracuse. Thirty-four of its employees are registered architects and five are licensed engineers.
Additionally, SWBR ranked number one on the Architectural Firm List in Rochester, according to the Rochester Business Journal and ranked on Engineering News Record’s New York Top Design Firms of 2017.
“This award is a testament to the effort, passion and entrepreneurial spirit of our team at SWBR. This Hot Firm recognition represents the commitment of our staff to our clients. We are successful as a company because we strive to positively impact lives through meaningful design solutions and are successful because our people are given the opportunity to be leaders in their areas of expertise. We are proud of this achievement and the recognition from the Zweig Group as one of the nation’s fastest growing design firms”, says Tom Gears, AIA, President, SWBR.
The Hot Firm winners will celebrate in September at the Zweig Group’s Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards in Seattle, Washington.
“Getting on the Hot Firm List is like winning an Oscar. It says you are the best at what you do – running an Architectural, Engineering, Planning or Environmental consulting firm – in an industry made up of 100,000 companies,” said Mark Zweig, chairman and founder of the Zweig Group.
This ranking, established more than 20 years ago, is the only list celebrating and honoring growth in the industry.