Inc. Ink for Several Companies

Inc. magazine released its annual list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in its September issue, and a handful of Northwest Arkansas businesses made the cut.

The highest-ranking Northwest Arkansas company on this year’s list is River Bend Construction of Fort Smith, which showed three-year revenue growth of 685 percent, to $2.6 million.

 Lowell-based Central Research Inc., meanwhile, ranks 703rd. Its three-year revenue growth was 502 percent, to $4.7 million. Mitchell Communications Group of Fayetteville ranks 768th. Its three-year revenue growth was 451 percent, to $11.5 million.

Other area companies included are New Creature of Rogers (No. 3,353) and Kerusso of Berryville (No. 4,998).