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Inc. Magazine Reveals Its 25th Annual List of America’s
500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Atlanta, GA based security firm, Asset Protection Associates, Inc, Ranks No. 266 on the 2006 Inc. 500 With Three-Year Sales Growth of 497.4%

New York, August 28, 2006 – Inc. magazine today announced its 25th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country.  Asset Protection Associates, Inc, a leading provider of security related services, ranks No. 266 on the list, with three-year growth of 497.4 percent. 

The only retail loss prevention company honored in this year’s Inc 500, Asset Protection Associates, Inc. has sustained its growth by providing personalized customer service and identifying the needs of retailers. “As retail loss prevention practitioners, we are the only company that provides retailers nationwide with a full menu of services including permanent and temporary security officers, mystery shopping, investigations and operational audits,” says Bob Larkin, Chief Executive Officer. APA founder, Bob Sproul agrees, “We’ve kept a personal touch while keeping pace with the constantly evolving retail industry.”

Asset Protection Associates, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 as a full service security company providing nationwide loss prevention resources for many of the nation's largest retailers. APA believes in providing professional, cost-effective security and investigative services to their clients. This principal has been the foundation of their success.

“If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500,” said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson.  “These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can’t live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine’s tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition.”

The 2006 Inc. 500 list measures revenue growth from 2002 through 2005.  To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based, privately held independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2005, and have, and have at least $600,000 in net sales in the base year. 

 

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