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Thursday 28 August 2008

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These are 50 of Australia’s fastest growing and innovative companies – mostly private – that are building national and international businesses, listed by their industry. Click on the names to read more.

Wholesale trade

 Rank    Company name State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 21        Midmed Queensland $1,900,000 59.17%
 31        Koffeeone NSW $1,200,000 41.67%

Retail trade

 Rank    Company name State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
  7      Healthy Habits Victoria $17,700,000 104.89%
 10     Gametraders Franchising SA $26,390,000 87.91%
 17     Wild Cards & Gifts Victoria $18,119,736 70.41%
 18     Biscote Sportswear Victoria $2,500,000 62.50%
 32     Villa & Hut Victoria $10,746,000 41.32%
 33     Chooks fresh & tasty WA $21,788,000 40.65%
 39     Adore Beauty Victoria $1,467,000 34.66%
 40     The Fine Food Store NSW $950,000 31.52%
 41     Lifestyle Travel Ballarat Victoria $4,800,000 31.02%

Property and business services

 Rank    Company name State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 11     Richardson : O'Rourke  ACT $2,274,351 85.86%
 12     Gemteq Executive  NSW $14,598,675 84.77%
 14     My Coffee Shop  Victoria $1,403,404 74.70%
 25     Award Bookkeeping  Victoria $1,700,000 51.96%
 30     The i Group  NSW $4,700,000 42.30%
 36     DKM  NSW $4,100,000 37.59%
 38     Entity Solutions  Victoria $153,792,303 34.83%
 42     Destiny Financial  NSW $3,475,905 28.28%

Personal and other services

 Rank    Company name State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 4      Ecowash Mobile NSW $3,400,000 143.53%
 24    Futurepeople Recruitment NSW $7,300,000 53.82%
 47    HydroDog Victoria $14,100,000 23.97%

Mining

 Rank    Company name State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 43        GroundProbe Queensland $20,900,000 27.18%

Manufacturing

 Rank    Company name State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 3          New Water Victoria $4,786,182 156.19%
 29        Media Movers NSW $3,529,287 43.32%

Information technology

 Rank    Company name  State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 5       Atlassian Software   NSW $22,523,000 117.22%
 9       Combo    Victoria $1,902,604 92.45%
 13     Astron Technology   NSW $30,000,000 75.00%
 15     SuperRatings   NSW $2,068,560 74.14%
 20     NGA.NET   Victoria $4,879,651 61.03%
 23     Brennan   NSW $36,065,000 53.94%

 26    Computer Troubleshooters

  NSW $42,123,500 50.60%
 34     PageUp   Victoria $5,452,535 38.97%
 45     iFocus   Victoria $4,676,123 26.56%
 46     aussiehome.com   WA $1,020,000 25.46%
 49     SterlingIT   NSW $4,000,000 23.33%

Health and community services

 Rank    Company name State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 37        Inspire Foundation NSW $3,600,000 36.50%
 44        BreezeCare NSW $1,265,000 27.12%

Finance and insurance

 Rank    Company name    State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 50       Intralink Financial     Victoria $2,100,000 22.62%

Cultural and recreational services

 Rank    Company name     State Revenue FY06-07 Average growth
 1      Contours     NSW $25,400,000