Barker Cabinets, Tualatin, Oregon; Hudec Woodworking, Griffith, Indiana; and Cabinets.com in Tampa, are among the fastest growing wood manufacturing companies listed in this year's Inc. Magazine INC 500. It's based on 2014 sales and average growth for three years.
Barker, featured in the November 2015 issue of Woodworking Network, reached $5.6 million in revenue last year, more than 1,200 percent bigger than the year before. The comany ranked No.370 on INC's list, aided perhaps by the sales and service skills of Chad Barker, who also produces CAD/CAM and
| CASE STUDY How Barker Cabinets Caters to Home Improvers The Oregon firm began as a custom design and installation cabinet shop in in 1978, | 
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installation How-To videos on Youtube for the cabinetry company's clients.
Closet America has been featured numerous times at Woodworking Network, most recently it's president Skip LaBella was named a Market Leader. Closet America is a privately owned and locally operated manufacturer and installer of custom home organization systems for closets, home offices, pantries, and garages. Founded in 2009, Closet America has steadily grown into one of the premier names in the professional organizing systems industry by raising the standards for quality and customer service. Closet America is a vertically integrated company where design, engineering, manufacturing, sales, and service are all controlled internally. Closet America has two locations, with a manufacturing plant and distribution center in Landover, Maryland, and a corporate headquarters, administrative offices, and showroom in Lanham, Maryland.
| INC RANK | COMPANY | GROWTH | REVENUE | SEGMENT | LOCATION |
| 370 | Barker Cabinets | 1,288% | $5.6 million | Kitchen Cabinetry | Tualatin, OR |
| 409 | Cabinets.com | 1,157% | $7.8 million | Kitchen Cabinetry | Tampa, FL |
| 1139 | Kitchen Cabinet Kings | 373% | $4.9 million | RTA Cabinets-Imported-China | New York, NY |
| 2185 | Distinctive Kitchens | 179% | $44.8 million | Kitchen and Bath Design | Boca Raton, FL |
| 3393 | Closet America | 97% | $6.7 million | Closets and Home Storage | Lanham, MD |
| 4702 | Hudec Woodworking | 52% | $8.3 million | Architectural Woodworking | Griffith, IN |
| 4272 | Low Country Millwork | 64% | $4.9 million | Millwork | Ladson, SC |
Hudec Woodworking in Griffith, IN, has been on a roll, having "grown substantially from our early confines in the two-car garage shop, to our current purpose-designed 35,000 sq.ft. facility," says the company. "We are a continual improvement company and the needs of our clients and workforce are ever-changing, so implementing strategy for future growth and development is a daily awareness. It’s an evolution that has no limits." Hudec (below) expanded its finishing department this year, and relies on production technology from Biesse, Stiles Machinery, and Bosch.
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