This year’s Fast 100 — the San Francisco Business Times' annual List of the region's Fastest-Growing Private Companies — come from all parts of the Bay Area and are a cross section of the industries that drive the local economy.
They include everything from Uphold, a platform for trading cryptocurrency assets, to Flynn Restaurant Group, one of the nation’s largest restaurant franchisees. As for their growth trajectory, this year’s Fast 100 top out at a growth rate between 2019 and 2021 of more than 2,200%. That’s not a typo. But from #1 to #100, they all have one thing in common: They found ways to not just survive, but to thrive, during the Covid pandemic.about the top companies and see the full list, with complete revenue information, for subscribers only.