Tampa healthcare IT company tops in metro area on new Inc. list
March 18, 2020 - Avalon Healthcare Solutions is ranked No. 2 on Inc. magazine's new list of fastest-growing Florida-based private companies. Avalon, a Tampa healthcare information technology company focused on medical benefit management, had two-year revenue growth of 3,764 percent between 2016 and 2018. A total of 57 companies headquartered in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area are on the list, including three from St. Petersburg: SquareMouth, a travel insurance company, with 99 percent growth, ranks No. 130; Excelsior Defense, a security company with 69 percent growth, ranks No. 188; and Power Design, a construction firm with 45 percent growth, ranks No. 242. Florida's No. 1 company is NationsHearing, a healthcare firm in Plantation. See the full Inc. 5000 series: Florida ranking here.