100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies

Business 2.0’s rankings show another banner year for the leaders of the tech revival.

Rank	Company	Sector	Revenue growth % (3-yr annualized)	Stock return 2006 (%)
1	Akamai Technologies	Business Services	35.7	167
2	iMergent	Business Services	137.4	334
3	Palomar Medical Technologies	Medical	49.7	45
4	InterDigital Communications	Software	53.2	83
5	CyberSource	Business Services	33.6	67
6	Perficient	Business Services	74.5	84
7	Lam Research	Electronics	35.5	42
8	Ceradyne	Manufacturing, Military	90.3	29
9	F5 Networks	Electronics	51.3	30
10	Armor Holdings	Manufacturing, Military	84.8	29
11	InVentiv Health	Medical	53.3	50
12	Apple	Electronics	48.3	18
13	ValueClick	Business Services	80.6	30
14	Varian Semiconductor	Electronics	24.6	55
15	LifeCell	Medical	50.0	27
16	Cognizant Technology Solutions	Business Services	56.3	53
17	Itron	Electronics	30.0	29
18	Digital River	Business Services	45.6	88
19	Hologic	Medical	30.4	25
20	Cymer	Electronics	21.1	24
21	MKS Instruments	Electronics	25.2	26
22	Ansoft	Software	18.1	63
23	Rochester Medical	Medical	13.4	136
24	American Science & Engineering	Electronics	35.3	-5
25	Nvidia	Electronics	16.2	102
26	Digene	Medical	32.5	64
27	Tibco Software	Software	24.7	26
28	Concur Technologies	Software	20.9	24
29	Gilead Sciences	Medical	52.5	24
30	Mikron Infrared	Electronics	15.4	84
31	Roper Industries	Electronics, Manufacturing	37.9	28
32	Intuitive Surgical	Medical	58.5	-18
33	Juniper Networks	Telecom	54.5	-15
34	NetScout Systems	Software	13.4	52
35	Trimble Navigation	Software	19.1	43
36	Red Hat	Software	44.7	-16
37	Komag	Electronics	28.9	9
38	Network Appliance	Electronics	33.4	45
39	Diodes	Electronics	31.4	14
40	Priceline.com	Retail	6.4	95
41	J2 Global Communications	Telecom	38.4	28
42	USEC	Manufacturing	13.7	6
43	Netflix	Retail	59.1	-4
44	ArthroCare	Medical	32.2	-5
45	ManTech International	Business Services, Military	19.1	32
46	Yahoo	Retail	65.8	-35
47	aQuantive	Business Services	29.9	-2
48	CoStar Group	Business Services	19.0	24
49	Celgene	Medical	47.5	78
50	Garmin	Electronics	40.2	69
51	Cohu	Electronics	27.2	-11
52	Lifecore Biomedical	Medical	14.2	10
53	Amphenol	Military, Electronics	24.1	41
54	Epicor Software	Software	35.2	-4
55	Kyphon	Medical	48.2	-1
56	Sirona Dental Systems	Medical	86.9	18
57	Business Objects	Software	31.2	-2
58	CalAmp	Electronics	29.1	-20
59	Rofin-Sinar Technologies	Manufacturing	17.3	39
60	Avaya	Telecom	7.4	31
61	ViaSat	Military, Telecom	27.8	12
62	Integral Systems	Electronics, Military	13.0	24
63	Relm Wireless	Telecom	24.1	-18
64	Applied Materials	Electronics	19.5	4
65	Polycom	Electronics	16.5	102
66	Comtech Telecommunications	Military, Telecom	29.0	25
67	Cholestech	Medical	10.1	86
68	Zimmer Holdings	Medical	25.6	16
69	Computer Task Group	Business Services	9.4	20
70	Orbital Sciences	Military, Telecom	9.7	44
71	Genentech	Medical	39.9	-12
72	L-3 Communications Holdings	Electronics, Military	34.9	11
73	Supertex	Electronics	20.6	-11
74	Zygo	Manufacturing	19.0	12
75	Micron Technology	Electronics	17.7	5
76	Ixys	Electronics	19.5	-24
77	Microsemi	Electronics	22.6	-29
78	Quality Systems	Medical	29.7	-3
79	Advanced Micro Devices	Electronics	22.8	-33
80	AVX	Electronics	11.1	3
81	Argon ST	Electronics, Military	85.3	-30
82	Perot Systems	Business Services	16.1	16
83	OmniVision Technologies	Electronics	38.1	-32
84	Lockheed Martin	Manufacturing, Military	8.2	47
85	Micros Systems	Software	18.9	9
86	ATMI	Manufacturing	13.1	9
87	DRS Technologies	Electronics, Military	40.0	3
88	Meridian Bioscience	Medical	18.4	24
89	Boeing	Manufacturing, Military	4.7	28
90	Sina	Retail	29.6	19
91	Daktronics	Electronics	23.8	150
92	eBay	Retail	42.5	-30
93	Rogers	Manufacturing	20.5	51
94	Western Digital	Electronics	18.2	10
95	Covansys	Business Services	6.6	69
96	American Technical Ceramics	Electronics	20.3	80
97	Alliance Data Systems	Business Services	23.6	75
98	Abaxis	Medical	23.3	17
99	Biogen Idec	Medical	61.8	9
100	Harris	Electronics, Military	18.2	8

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