AHD International listed as one of America's Fastest Growing Businesses.

It's Getting Hot in Here

Don't bother adjusting your thermostats: It's Entrepreneur and D&B's 9th Annual Hot 100 listing of the fastest-growing new businesses.

By Entrepreneur Staff
Entrepreneur Magazine - June 2003

While our economy may seem to be in a holding pattern, signs of change are evident in this year's Hot 100 list. Our 9th Annual Hot 100 listing of America's fastest-growing new entrepreneurial companies is compiled with assistance from D&B, the leading provider of global business information and technology solutions. What's changed since last year

This year's hottest industry is business services: 25 of the 100 companies listed fall into this category. Within business services, a couple of subcategories stand out: There are nine companies providing logistics services (such as freight-handling, trucking and transportation) and six providing marketing and advertising services

Home-related products and services--from construction to home-improvement products and services--declined from 27 companies last year to 14 this year. Tech businesses have made a slight comeback, up from 13 companies last year to 19 this year. (However, telecom dropped from six companies last year to two this year.) And health care seems to be up-and-coming, growing from two companies last year to five this year

Speaking of things that are going up, this year's Hot 100 companies reported total sales of $923.5 million for 2002, a sizable increase over $673.7 million for 2001. And while the average 2002 Hot 100 company started with $391,100 in capital, this year's launched with an average of $565,000.

But some things haven't changed: 37 of the companies on this year's list were on last year's Hot 100. In fact, our top company has held the No. 1 seat for the second year in a row.

With our 5 warehouse distribution system affords our customers the opportunity of the maximum on-time delivery of their orders. This geographically dispersed distribution system in conjunction with our connection to the manufacturers, offers the highest quality product with the fastest available delivery time.

AHD International has been in business since 1998 and has years of experience in selecting, selling and distribution of the highest quality ingredients available. Our select distribution relationships afford AHD access to the best product in the shortest time providing our customers the best resources available.

We are strictly a bulk supplier to manufacturers – we do not sell to re-sellers or individuals. Our minimum order size is approximately 25 kilos. AHD International LLC is classified as an importer, exporter and distributor of nutritional ingredients depending on the ingredient specified. AHD has 5 warehouse locations across North America and sales agents in over 10 countries. We are the only ingredient company to be awarded the Dun and Bradstreet's fastest growing company in America twice in 1999 and 2002.

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