GALLERY: Nickell Rental Listed on Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Inc. magazine ranked Nickell Rental No. 4776 on its 34th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list is a comprehensive study of independent entrepreneurs in the United States, and many companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Dell, Timberland, Domino’s Pizza, LinkedIn and many others gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 5000.
Equipment rental companies previously listed on the Inc. 5000 list include Durante’s Rentals, Able Equipment Rental, Topp Portable Air and Worldwide Power Products. Rental software provider Point-of-Rental Systems was also recently listed.
“We are very proud of being honored on this list,” said Nickell Rental president Tom Nickell. “There were some tough years recently in the Georgia construction industry we had to endure. Fortunately, we have been blessed with a great team who hung in there and fought hard alongside us and helped propel our company to a place where we could take advantage of all the current opportunities.
The 2015 Inc. 5000, unveiled online at Inc.com with the top 500 companies featured in the September print issue of Inc., is the most competitive listing in its history. The average company on the list achieved three-year growth of 490 percent. The complete listing can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
“The story of this year’s Inc. 5000 is the story of great leadership,” said Inc. president and editor-in-chief Eric Schurenberg. “In an incredibly competitive business landscape, it takes something extraordinary to take your company to the top. The average company on the Inc. 5000 grew nearly six-fold since 2012. Business owners don’t achieve that kind of success by accident.”
Nickell Rental has continued its growth, opening a new branch in Hiram, Ga., this year.
“We attribute our growth to two core values,” said Nickell Rental vice president Josh Nickell. “A razor sharp focus on our niche markets and a company culture that promotes authentically caring about our customers. Anyone can rent equipment, that’s not our goal. Our goal is to help them get their project done.”
Nickell Rental opened its first rental center in Newnan, Ga., in 1998, and also has branches in Griffin and Hiram, Ga.
About the Author
Michael Roth
Editor
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.