Fast 25 2026

Brite Systems President Leena Victoria and her husband, CEO Jay Fernando, began their careers as software programmers, building a foundation in managing and implementing information technology projects.

Over the past 20 years, Craig Huse has opened eight restaurants that employ 900 people; created new brands of bottled sauces, seasonings and cocktails that are sold in 40 states; and helped found Devour Indy.

A.J. Fager started Force Tech in 2009 with $1,000 and space in an apartment garage in Greenfield.

GroundBreakers was also a Fast 25 company in 2023 and 2024.

Secured Tech is a Fast 25 company for the fourth consecutive year.

Gradex is a second-generation, family-owned, heavy civil contractor that does large-scale excavation, underground utilities and site development.

Lancer Associates works in the K-12 schools market, as well as restaurants, apartments, mixed-use and senior living.

Electrical and communications contractor James Babcock Inc. returns to the Fast 25 for a second consecutive year. 

Gaylor Electric President Jim Crews said it’s not unusual for the company to have 300 to 400 electricians on a job site.

After two years at No. 1 on the Fast 25, construction-management/general contractor Inherent Commercial is No. 18 this year.

WellBridge Surgical makes the Fast 25 list for the second consecutive year

Construction-services company Patterson Horth makes its Fast 25 debut.

Hallmark Homes, which was founded in 1992, calls itself “one of the largest, on-your-lot custom home builders in the Midwest.”

RISE continues to meet a growing need for co-warehousing space where small businesses, Fortune 500 companies and everyone in between can lease space.

Build BW, a construction, development and facility-management business, is a first-time Fast 25 company.

Office Pride of Greater Indy, Kokomo and Muncie returns to the Fast 25 for a second straight year.

iSolutions is on the Fast 25 list for the second consecutive year.

This is ESG Insurance’s second consecutive year on the Fast 25.

Garmong Construction is a Fast 25 company for the fourth time — and for the first time in four years.

Michael Shannon and his business partner, Bill Michalak, started Indy Grills in late 2020, building small patios in Michalak’s basement.