Inc. Magazine Ranks Clearwater Company Among Top In Southeast

CLEARWATER, FL — This week Inc. magazine revealed that DirectMail2.0 is No. 116 on its third annual Inc. 5000 Regionals Southeast list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies based in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents the most successful companies within the Southeast region's most dynamic economic segment – its independent small businesses.

DirectMail2.0 is a SaaS startup based in Clearwater, specializing in customer-facing technology and digital marketing integrations for commercial printers. First incorporated in 2016 with just three staff, DirectMail2.0 has since hired 20 additional staff, added more than $3.3 million to its bottom line, and grown revenue 2,809 percent. This year marks its second year in the Inc. 5000 Regionals.

"Direct mail continues to grow as a proven and highly effective marketing channel, a trend likely to continue given the recent emphasis on digital privacy," said DirectMail2.0 co-founder and CEO Brad Kugler. "It's no accident that DirectMail2.0 is uniquely positioned to ride this wave going forward as we help direct mail agencies and printers bridge the technology gap between offline promotion and targeted online impressions."

Between 2018 and 2020, the 173 private companies on the Inc. list had an average growth rate of 147 percent and, in 2020 alone, they added 27,794 jobs and nearly $4.9 billion to the Southeast region's economy.

"We currently offer 11 add-on technologies uniquely developed to complement direct mail, with an outlook to add 2-3 more in 2022," Kugler said. "We've always been a believer in integrating offline mail with online technology, and our growth year after year is a testament to that."

"This year's Inc. 5000 Regional winners represent one of the most exceptional and exciting lists of America's off-the-charts growth companies. They're disrupters and job creators, and all delivered an outsize impact on the economy. Remember their names and follow their lead. These are the companies you'll be hearing about for years to come," said Scott Omelianuk, Editor-in-Chief of Inc.

DirectMail2.0 (DM20) partners with printers, direct mail service providers and agencies to provide white-label digital add-on services that bring direct mail into the 21st century with a suite of nearly a dozen digital integrations.

Since being founded in 2016, DM20 has executed and tracked more than 40,000 digitally integrated direct mail campaigns on behalf of its clients.

DM20 has been featured in Forbes, Printing News, Yahoo! Finance, and ranked No. 1,203 on the Inc. 5000 list in 2021.