What are the hottest channel companies in the U.S.?

The Inc. 5000 ranks the 5,000 fastest growing privately held businesses. The ranking celebrates entrepreneurs that are disrupting their industries.

We broke down the list to feature 24 partner-friendly companies that work in telecommunications, IT services and cybersecurity. Master agents such as Telarus and Sandler Partners are here, joined by various types of channel-oriented businesses, including born-in-the cloud organizations and more traditional telecommunications and IT companies that have been around for more than a decade.

Star2Star Communications, Nitel and EvolveIP are among the others getting a mention here.

Explore the gallery below to see which channel firms, ranked from lowest to highest on the Inc. 5000, are making a splash.

If your company cracked the Inc. 5000 but isn’t shown here, tell us about it in our comments section.

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