With a total worth of 23.6 Billion dollars and over 60,000 jobs created, the
Black Enterprise BE 100 lists the top 100 black owned business of 2015.
With 12 companies on the list, Michigan ranked first among states with companies
on the list. Certified MBEs, Bridgewater Interiors and Piston Automotive, both placed
in the top 5, at #3 and #5 respectively.
We would like to congratulate all of our Michigan MBEs on their continued success.
| THIS YEAR | LAST YEAR | COMPANY | LOCATION | CHIEF EXECUTIVE | STAFF | TYPE OF BUSINESS | REVENUE (IN MILLIONS) | MICHIGAN COMPANY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | World Wide Technology Inc. | St. Louis, MO | David L. Steward | 3,200 | IT products/services | 6,800.000 | |
| 2 | 2 | ACT-1 Group | Torrance, CA | Janice Bryant Howroyd | 2,800 | Staffing services | 2,200.000 | |
| 3 | 3 | Bridgewater Interiors L.L.C. | Detroit, MI | Ronald E. Hall Sr. | 1,900 | Automotive parts | 2,170.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 4 | 4 | Modular Assembly Innovations L.L.C. | Dublin, OH | Billy R. Vickers | 285 | Automotive parts | 1,114.507 | |
| 5 | ‒ | Piston Automotive L.L.C. | Redford, MI | Vincent Johnson | 650 | Automotive parts | 839.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 6 | 5 | Manna Inc. | Louisville, KY | Ulysses Bridgeman Jr. | 18,000 | Quick service restaurants | 748.000 | |
| 7 | 6 | The Anderson-DuBose Co. | Lordstown, OH | Warren E. Anderson | 423 | Food and paper product distribution | 614.271 | |
| 8 | 7 | Global Automotive Alliance L.L.C. | Detroit, MI | William F. Pickard | 1,520 | Automotive parts | 539.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 9 | 8 | Thompson Hospitality Corp. | Reston, VA | Warren M. Thompson | 6,000 | Food and facilities management, quick service restaurants | 499.000 | |
| 10 | 9 | Radio One Inc.* | Silver Spring, MD | Catherine L. Hughes/Alfred C. Leggings III | 1,011 | Multimedia | 441.387 | |
| 11 | 11 | Fair Oaks Farms L.L.C. | Pleasant Prairie, WI | Michael L. Thompson | 273 | Food services | 377.356 | |
| 12 | 12 | Hightowers Petroleum Co. | Middletown, OH | Stephen L. Hightower | 31 | Petroleum products distribution | 338.741 | |
| 13 | 14 | Millennium Steel Service L.L.C. | Princeton, IN | Henry L. Jackson | 63 | Automotive steel processing and warehousing | 285.000 | |
| 14 | 13 | H. J. Russell & Co. | Atlanta, GA | Michael B. Russell | 1,260 | Construction, real estate, and food concessions | 236.926 | |
| 15 | 21 | Adams Communication & Engineering Technology Inc. | Waldorf, MD | Charles M. Adams | 450 | IT and security system services | 224.832 | |
| 16 | 17 | Millennium Steel of Texas L.P. | San Antonio, TX | Henry L. Jackson | 74 | Automotive steel processing and warehousing | 200.086 | |
| 17 | 16 | Mays Chemical Co. Inc. | Indianapolis, IN | Kristin Mays-Corbitt | 210 | Chemical distribution and management | 190.600 | |
| 18 | 18 | Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. | Frankfort, IL | Eric G. Johnson | 295 | Food services | 184.000 | |
| 19 | 20 | Harpo Inc. | Chicago, IL | Oprah Winfrey | 209 | Multimedia | 175.000 | |
| 20 | 24 | The Gourmet Cos. | Atlanta, GA | Nathaniel R. Goldston III | 1,100 | Food services, facilities management, concessions | 170.000 | |
| 21 | 23 | Health Resources Inc. | Owings Mills, MD | David L. Dalton | 67 | Pharmaceutical products/services | 160.528 | |
| 22 | 22 | TV One L.L.C. | Silver Spring, MD | Alfred C. Liggins III | 115 | Media | 157.100 | |
| 23 | 19 | Urban Lending Solutions | Pittsburgh, PA | Charles S. Sanders | 1,696 | Business services to the banking/mortgage industry | 150.432 | |
| 24 | 28 | G & C Equipment Corp. | Gardena, CA | Gene Hale | 20 | Construction materials, equipment supplier | 150.000 | |
| 25 | 27 | Benton-Georgia L.L.C. | Douglasville, GA | Dale LeFebvre | 679 | Construction materials and equipment supplier | 148.752 | |
| 26 | 25 | The Lewis Group L.L.P. | Houston, TX | Sherman L. Lewis lll | 983 | Quick service restaurants, gas stations, and convenience stores | 138.129 | |
| 27 | 30 | Systems Automotive Interiors L.L.C. | Mantachie, MS | Toni D. Cooley | 130 | Automotive parts | 133.800 | |
| 28 | 26 | James Group International Inc. | Detroit, MI | John A. James | 156 | Supply chain management | 133.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 29 | 59 | Trillion Communications Corp. | Bessemer, AL | Brian C. Hamilton | 15 | Telecommunications products/services | 120.000 | |
| 30 | 32 | Systems Electro Coating L.L.C. | Madison, MS | Toni D. Cooley | 61 | Automotive parts | 118.400 | |
| 31 | ‒ | Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill | Bronx, NY | Lowell Hawthorne | 305 | Quick services restaurants, food services | 113.000 | |
| 32 | 33 | K. Neal International Trucks Inc. | Hyattsville, MD | Stephen W. Neal | 92 | Commercial truck dealership | 110.598 | |
| 33 | 29 | Devon Industrial Group | Detroit, MI | David Burnley Sr. | 30 | Contracting and construction management | 109.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 34 | 34 | Sun State International Trucks L.L.C. | Tampa, FL | Oscar J. Horton | 200 | Commercial truck dealership | 108.300 | |
| 35 | 31 | Calhoun Enterprises | Montgomery, AL | Gregory B. Calhoun | 60 | Supermarkets, telecommunications, and food distribution | 106.560 | |
| 36 | 40 | PRWT Services Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | Willie F. Johnson/Malik Majeed | 1,013 | Business process solutions, facilities management | 99.000 | |
| 37 | ‒ | Bird Electric | Eastland, TX | Dale LeFebvre | 553 | Electrical contracting services | 97.054 | |
| 38 | 36 | Jackmont Hospitality Inc. | Atlanta, GA | Daniel J. Halpern | 1,000 | Quick service restaurants, food services | 96.000 | |
| 39 | 44 | SENTEL Corp. | Alexandria, VA | Russell T. Wright | 443 | Engineering and IT services | 94.000 | |
| 40 | 40 | Diversant L.L.C. | Red Bank , NJ | Gene C. Waddy | 139 | IT Staffing | 92.400 | |
| 41 | 35 | New Horizons Baking Co. | Norwalk, OH | Tilmon F. Brown | 375 | Food services | 91.689 | |
| 42 | 40 | V & J Holding Cos. Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | Valerie Daniels-Carter | 4,500 | Quick service restaurants | 90.000 | |
| 43 | 45 | Facility Interiors Inc. | Carrollton, TX | Charles Griggsby | 55 | Office furniture and facility services | 89.000 | |
| 44 | 39 | Raven Transport Co. Inc. | Jacksonville, FL | W. Randolph Lee | 530 | Truckload freight transportation | 88.333 | |
| 45 | 53 | ChemicoMays L.L.C. | Southfield, MI | Leon C. Richardson | 221 | Chemical management services | 85.800 | MICHIGAN |
| 46 | 49 | All American Meats Inc. | Omaha, NE | Shawn Buchanan | 30 | Food manufacturing | 82.000 | |
| 47 | 48 | Beauchamp Distributing Co. | Compton, CA | Patrick L. Beauchamp | 162 | Beverage distribution | 81.647 | |
| 48 | 46 | The Peebles Corp. | Coral Gables, FL | R. Donahue Peebles | 71 | Real estate development/management | 80.632 | |
| 49 | 37 | THOR Construction Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | Richard Copeland/Ravi Norman | 150 | Contracting, construction management | 80.000 | |
| 50 | 43 | Ozanne Construction Co. | Cleveland, OH | Dominic L. Ozanne | 55 | Contracting, construction management | 79.000 | |
| 51 | 52 | Summus Industries | Sugar Land, TX | Rodney L. Craig | 19 | Supply chain solutions | 72.428 | |
| 52 | 56 | SoBran Inc. | Fairfax, VA | Amos L. Otis | 841 | Biomedical and environmental research support, security support | 65.233 | |
| 53 | 51 | World Pac Paper L.L.C. | Cincinnati, OH | Edgar L. Smith Jr. | 25 | Paper and packaging distribution and solutions | 63.492 | |
| 54 | 54 | NDR Energy Group L.L.C. | Charlotte, NC | Ken Harris | 5 | Energy management, products, services | 62.481 | |
| 55 | 72 | B & S Electric Supply Co. Inc. | Atlanta, GA | Clarence W. Robie | 25 | Electrical equipment supplier | 61.384 | |
| 56 | 58 | Tolston Holdings L.L.C. | Timmonsville, SC | James R. Tolston III | 64 | Automotive parts | 60.750 | |
| 57 | 55 | Parrish Restaurants Ltd. | Dallas, TX | Roland G. Parrish | 891 | Quick service restaurants | 59.992 | |
| 58 | 60 | VMS365 Inc. | Troy, MI | Rumia Ambrose-Burbank | 113 | Materials and inventory management, strategic sourcing | 59.485 | MICHIGAN |
| 59 | 57 | C. D. Moody Construction Co. Inc. | Lithonia, GA | C. David Moody Jr. | 26 | Contracting, construction management | 56.000 | |
| 60 | 61 | TAG Holdings L.L.C. | Wixom, MI | Joseph B. Anderson Jr. | 140 | Mechanical parts supplier, warehousing | 54.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 61 | 64 | The Client Base Funding Group Inc.** | Los Angeles, CA | Bill Richardson | 37 | Security equipment leasing, sales, installation, financial services | 53.000 | |
| 62 | 65 | Miles-McClellan Construction Co. Inc. | Columbus, OH | Lonnie L. Miles | 118 | Contracting, construction management | 50.889 | |
| 63 | 73 | Devon Facility Management | Detroit, MI | David Burnley Sr. | 280 | Janitorial, facilities maintenance | 50.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 64 | 70 | Advanced Systems Development Inc. | Alexandria, VA | Richard L. Bennett | 275 | IT products/services | 49.944 | |
| 65 | 71 | DKW Communications Inc. | Washington, DC | Darryl K. Washington | 220 | IT and security services | 44.000 | |
| 65 | 92 | W3R Consulting | Southfield , MI | Eric Hardy | 375 | IT consulting | 44.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 67 | 81 | Neta Scientific Inc. | Hainesport, NJ | Winfred Sanders/Garnetta Sanders | 30 | Distributor of laboratory supplies and equipment | 43.827 | |
| 68 | 83 | Engineering Design Technologies Inc. | Marietta, GA | Anthony Taylor | 107 | Construction, energy, healthcare, transportation/warehousing | 42.783 | |
| 69 | 73 | Systems Application & Technologies Inc. (SA-TECH) | Largo, MD | Timothy J. Adams | 320 | Engineering and technology services, facilities management, logistics | 42.000 | |
| 70 | 88 | Ag Trucking Inc. | Goshen, IN | Dale LeFebvre | 191 | Transportation services | 39.006 | |
| 71 | 67 | MCL Jasco Inc. | Detroit, MI | Louis E. James | 247 | Metal processing, logistics, and energy management services | 39.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 71 | 50 | Harvey Industries L.L.C. | Livonia, MI | George Jerome Harvey | 270 | Aluminum foundry, machining and assembly management services | 39.000 | MICHIGAN |
| 73 | 78 | Alpha Office Supplies Inc.*** | Philadelphia, PA | Chester A. Riddick Jr. | 49 | Office furniture supplies and energy management | 37.400 | |
| 74 | 68 | Zycron Inc. | Nashville, TN | Darrell S. Freeman Sr. | 234 | IT solutions and staffing | 37.392 | |
| 75 | 86 | TME Enterprises 1 Ltd. | Smyrna, GA | Michael E. Melton | 669 | Quick service restaurants | 36.734 | |
| 76 | 63 | Capstone Corp. | Alexandria, VA | William J. Moore III/Richard L. White | 250 | Defense support services, IT products/services | 36.400 | |
| 77 | ‒ | CarterBrothers Security Services | East Point, GA | John F. Carter | 250 | Electronic security systems | 36.000 | |
| 78 | 89 | Victory Personnel Services Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | Joseph A. Tucker Sr. | 12 | Staffing services | 35.718 | |
| 79 | 85 | On-Target Supplies & Logistics Ltd. | Dallas, TX | Albert C. Black Jr. | 140 | Logistics services and supply chain management | 34.926 | |
| 80 | 91 | Megen Construction Co. Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | Evans N. Nwankwo | 29 | Contracting, construction management | 34.800 | |
| 81 | ‒ | Premier Management Corp. | Columbia, MD | Marcus Board | 205 | Financial management services, linguistics, IT solutions | 34.000 | |
| 82 | 66 | Powers & Sons Construction Co. Inc. | Gary, IN | Mamon Powers Jr. | 55 | Contracting, construction management | 32.856 | |
| 83 | 79 | American Product Distributors Inc. | Charlotte, NC | C. Ray Kennedy | 50 | Office products distribution | 32.000 | |
| 84 | 80 | IAP Cos.† | Columbus, OH | Thomas G. Banks | 10 | Contracting, construction management | 31.827 | |
| 85 | 95 | The Will Group | Wheaton, IL | Stephen L. Davis | 55 | Electrical Equipment | 31.360 | |
| 86 | 15 | Manufacturers Industrial Group L.L.C. | Lexington, TN | Andre Gist | 182 | Auto parts | 31.200 | |
| 87 | 84 | InScope International | Reston, VA | Michael Bruce | 99 | Staffing, engineering, and information services solutions | 30.063 | |
| 88 | 76 | Cimarron Express Inc. | Genoa, OH | Glenn G. Grady | 65 | Transportation services and truckload carrier | 29.560 | |
| 89 | 99 | Diverse Facility Solutions Inc. | Chicago, IL | Mark S. Wright Sr. | 720 | Facilities management | 29.000 | |
| 89 | 97 | ChaseSource L.P. | Houston, TX | Anthony Chase | 45 | Paper and packaging services | 29.000 | |
| 91 | ‒ | Signature Packaging and Paper L.L.C. | Jackson, MO | Dennis Vinson | 55 | Full service manufacturer of corrugated packaging (boxes) and displays, providing CAD Design, Testing lab and warehousing | 28.977 | |
| 92 | ‒ | ENVIRO AgScience Inc. | Columbia, SC | Louis B. Lynn/Krystal Conner | 65 | Contracting, construction management | 28.803 | |
| 93 | 94 | Keystone Electrical Manufacturing Co. | Des Moines, IA | Frederick V. Buie | 75 | Manufacturing | 28.000 | |
| 94 | ‒ | JMA Solutions L.L.C. | Washington, DC | Janice M. Adams | 135 | Air traffic control and engineering | 27.000 | |
| 95 | 98 | Logistics Systems Inc. | Washington, DC | Lawrence Wilkerson | 312 | Logistics management | 26.924 | |
| 96 | 87 | Che International Groups L.L.C. | Cincinnati, OH | Christopher Che | 115 | Paper and packaging, printing | 25.800 | |
| 97 | 93 | Earl G. Graves Ltd. | New York, NY | Earl G. Graves Jr. | 58 | Multimedia, business conferences | 25.545 | |
| 98 | 69 | Roberts Brothers Properties | St. Louis, MO | Steven C. Roberts/Michael V. Roberts Sr. | 25 | Real estate and hotel development/management | 25.000 | |
| 99 | ‒ | Alexander Mechanical Contractors Inc. | Kansas City, MO | William H. Alexander | 67 | Mechanical contractor, plumbing and piping | 24.000 | |
| 100 | ‒ | VETS etc. L.L.C. | Seaside, CA | John Nash Sr. | 118 | Logistics services | 22.337 | |
| IN MILLIONS, AS OF DEC. 31, 2014. PREPARED BY B.E. RESEARCH. | ||||||||
| *PUBLICLY TRADED. MAJORITY OWNERSHIP OF VOTING CLASS STOCK HELD BY AFRICAN AMERICANS. | ||||||||
| **D.B.A. AMERICUS CREDIT GROUP AND U.S. SECURITY SYSTEMS | ||||||||
| ***D.B.A. ALPHA ENTERPRISE GROUP | ||||||||
| †FORMERLY IAP GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROUP | ||||||||