Drive Social Media Ranks on Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest, With a Two-Year Revenue Growth of 46 Percent

In its fifth consecutive year on the list, Drive Social Media, headquartered in St. Louis, continues to place among the Midwest region’s fastest-growing private companies

Inc. Magazine today revealed that Drive Social Media, a leading national marketing agency, has been named to the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list. The annual list represents a data-driven overview of the top-performing companies within the Midwest economy’s most dynamic segment – its independent small businesses.

“It’s an honor to earn a spot on this year’s Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list, recognizing the region’s fastest-growing private companies that are driving sustainable business growth and creating valuable job opportunities. This recognition is a reflection of our unwavering commitment to the success of people and the businesses we serve,” said Josh Sample, Founder and CEO, Drive Social Media. “We look forward to continuing to raise the standards of excellence and leadership in our industry and empower businesses across the region.”

Marking the company’s fifth consecutive year to make the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list, Drive Social Media ranked No. 129 in 2024, after ranking No. 192 on the same list in 2023.

The recognition underscores the agency’s substantial rate of growth and contribution to the health of the region’s economy. The Midwest region accounts for 42 percent of Drive Social Media's total workforce, and the company increased its full-time employment positions in the region by 31 percent in 2023.

Drive Social Media is an integrated digital-first marketing and social media agency that creates custom marketing solutions and provides customer insights through its bespoke analytics platform. With six locations nationwide, Drive Social Media is headquartered in St. Louis, MO and currently works with more than 500 businesses across the Midwest region.

“The honorees in our Inc. 5000 network are the Who’s Who of private companies. They’re energizing regional economies as they engineer the future of their industries. Learn who they are and what they do — they’ll be impacting things for a while,” said Eric Hagerman, Special Projects Editor at Inc. Media.

About Drive Social Media

Established in 2012, Drive Social Media is a full-service digital marketing and social media agency headquartered in St. Louis, MO. Drive Social Media develops custom marketing solutions, including social media strategy, creative content, comprehensive branding, and web development, and provides customer insights and analytics through its bespoke analytics platform, Marketing Milk. Drive Social Media currently exceeds $35M in annual revenue and serves nearly 2,000 clients across industries. Drive Social Media operates from six national locations, including St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA; Tampa, FL; Miami, FL; and Dallas, TX; and employs 250 employees. Drive Social Media has been honored as a two-time Adweek Fastest Growing Agencies awardee, featured in the Inc. 500, and included six times in the Inc. 5000 list.

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000 Regionals

Methodology

The 2024 Inc. 5000 Regionals are ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2020 and 2022. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2020. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2022. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2020 is $100,000; the minimum for 2022 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.

About Inc. Media

The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent.

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