Aug. 11, 2026

A Sioux Falls-based online boutique was the fastest-growing company in South Dakota to make the annual Inc. 5000 list, which this year included 11 companies from the state.

Wild Oak Boutique was ranked No. 969 overall with 356 percent three-year growth. The business is owned by Karly and Tarin Smallfield and sells women’s clothing, shoes and accessories.

Companies on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list are ranked according to their percentage revenue growth over three years, from 2022 to 2025. To qualify, companies must be privately held, for-profit, based in the U.S. and independent — not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies — as of Dec. 31, 2025.

Companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022. The minimum revenue requirement is $100,000 for 2022 and $2 million for 2025. All honorees must pass Inc.’s editorial review.

In addition to Wild Oak, the following South Dakota companies made the list:

• Phase 3 Payments, ranked No. 1,710, based in Sioux Falls. The company is owned by Blake Wilson and Dustin Robinson and is a payments processing firm using technology to help its business clients optimize operations.
• Silencer Central, ranked No. 1,801, based in Sioux Falls. The company is owned by Brandon Maddox and is a firearm sound suppressor retailer, simplifying the process of safely and legally obtaining a silencer.
• 101 Technologies, ranked No. 2,082, based in Wagner. The company is owned by Kimberly Longe and is a technology support company that installs, maintains and troubleshoots the telecommunications systems used in lotteries and hospitality businesses.
• IRA Financial, ranked No. 2,327, based in Sioux Falls. The company is owned by Tyler Northrup and is a financial services firm that specializes in self-directed retirement accounts, including IRAs and Solo 401(k)s.
• MarketBeat, ranked No. 2,528, based in Sioux Falls. The company is owned by Matt Paulson and provides real-time financial data and objective market analysis allowing individual investors to make trading decisions.
• Summit Contracting, ranked No. 2,882, based in Platte. The company is owned by Tyler Samuelson and builds farm structures that protect crops and livestock, including storage structures, confinements, commercial buildings and more.
• My3Tech, ranked No. 4,207, based in Pierre. The company is owned by Prakash Saripalli and provides IT solutions globally, offering services ranging from staff augmentation and software development to cloud services and cybersecurity.
• AVPro Global Holdings, ranked No. 4,514, based in Sioux Falls. The company is owned by Matthew Murray and is a family of brands “with a mission to make life easier on integrators and users of home and industrial technology systems.”
• CEGA Innovations, ranked No. 4,719, based in Sioux Falls. The company is owned by Aaron Emerson and is a medical device company that commercializes FDA Class 1 products and offers direct-sourcing services for hospitals.
• RuffLand Performance Kennels, ranked No. 4,879, based in Tea. The company is owned by Alisa Turner and is a rotational molding company producing durable and versatile dog kennels.

MarketBeat has appeared on the list more times than any other South Dakota company, marking 11 years in 2026. Only 96 companies on this year’s list of 5,000 businesses have appeared 10 or more times, according to MarketBeat.

“Once you achieve a major goal, the question becomes: What comes next?” said Matt Paulson, founder and CEO of MarketBeat. “We reached the Inc. 5000 for 10 consecutive years, and now we’re back for year 11. At this stage, continuing to scale requires us to keep finding new strategies, investing in new channels and improving how we operate.”

MarketBeat generated $50 million in top-line revenue in 2025 and expects to finish 2026 with between $65 million and $70 million in annual revenue. Revenue is currently up roughly 50 percent year to date compared with the same period in 2025.

The company attributes that momentum to a stronger focus on paid customer acquisition, continued expansion across SMS and YouTube, and favorable market conditions that have increased investor engagement. Strong interest surrounding major market events, including the SpaceX IPO, also has contributed to that momentum.

MarketBeat is using that momentum to expand its distribution strategy. In addition to its established email, SMS and YouTube audiences, the company is investing further in short-form and long-form video across Facebook, Instagram Reels, TikTok and MSN.

“The strategies that helped us reach $10 million in revenue are not the same strategies that took us to $50 million, and they will not be the same ones that take us to $100 million — a goal we hope to accomplish within the next three years,” Paulson said. “Every stage of the business requires us to rethink where we invest, how we reach people and what we need to do better.”