The Great 80

Insurance provider

Chief executive: George C. Schmelzle

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $90 million

2005: $80 million

Employees: 65

Founded: 1989

www.irmsinc.com

Provides business insurance and risk-management solutions, employee benefits, personal insurance, financial planning and performance management. Supports local charities including the Collier County Education Foundation, March of Dimes of Collier and Lee counties, and United Way of Collier and Lee counties.

35: Florida Community Banks Inc.

Collier County

One-bank holding company

Chief executive: Steven L. Price

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $89.5 million

2005: $61.7 million

Employees: 170

Founded: 1923

www.floridacommunitybank.net

Southwest Florida's oldest bank, chartered by Barron Gift Collier, it is headquartered in Collier County and has 10 offices in Collier, Lee, Charlotte and Hendry counties. Analysts called it the nation's second highest performing bank for 2005 with more than $500 million in total assets. Net earnings increased by 25 percent in 2006 over 2005 and exceeded $1 billion. The bank recently broke ground on new headquarters in the town of Ave Maria. It supports Immokalee schools, especially in fundraising for Immokalee High School, and for many years has prepared and served a pre-game meal to the football team before each game.

36: Alico Inc.

Hendry County

Land management and agribusiness

Chief executive: John R. Alexander

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $83.2 million

2005: $75.3 million

Employees: 253

Year founded: 1960

www.alicoinc.com

A publicly-traded agribusiness company with more that 136,000 acres in Collier, Hendry, Lee and Polk counties, it produces citrus, sugar, cattle sod and forest products. It has earned recognition for a million man hours worked from July 2005 through April 2007 without a lost-time accident.

37: Colonial Bank

Lee County

Financial institution

Chief executive: Harlan C. Parrish

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $81.9 million (Florida west coast)

2005: $62 million

Employees: more than 300

Founded: 1981

www.colonialbank.com

Named among Forbes magazine's Best Big Companies in America in 2007 and one of five finalists for the 2006 Uncommon Friends Foundation Business Ethics Awards. Since entering the Southwest Florida market with 10 offices in 1998, Colonial Bank has established 33 full-service offices with total assets of $1.4 billion. It is poised to increase its Southwest Florida region to more than 60 offices in the next six years, expanding to Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee counties.

38: WilsonMiller Inc.

Collier County

Land development

Chief executive: Alan Reynolds

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $78.2 million

2005: $64.3 million

Employees: 619

Founded: 1956

www.wilsonmiller.com

WilsonMiller is a multidisciplinary planning, design, engineering and surveying company providing services for land development, infrastructure, transportation and resource-management projects. With 10 Florida offices, it has worked on more than 100 communities domestically and abroad. The firm's award-winning Rural Land Stewardship program was established in state law by the Florida Legislature in 2004. It ranked 145th on Engineering News-Record's 2006 list of the Top 500 Design Firms in the United States, third in the Multi-Residential Market in that publication's Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook 2006, and 57th on The Zweig Letter's Hot Firms 2006.

39: Bateman Communities of Southwest Florida Inc.

Collier County

Real estate development

Chief executive: Arthur "Al" Bateman

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $71.4 million

2005: $16.4 million

Employees: 15

Founded: 1989

www.batemanhomes.com

Develops coach homes in golf-course communities in five counties. Recipient of 39 industry awards, including 1999 and 2006 Aurora Awards and American Specialties Contractors of Florida's 2004 Developer of the Year. Sponsored the 2007 American Heart Ball and supports various other charities, including American Cancer Society, National Kidney Society and Habitat for Humanity.

40: MDG Capital Corp.

Collier County

Real estate development and finance

Chief executives: Patrick McCuan (national CEO), William Klohn (division president)

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $69.4 million

2005: $76.3 million

Employees: 33

Founded: 1976

www.mdgcompanies.com

Headquartered in Maryland with Florida operations based in Naples, MDG's Southwest Florida projects include award-winning condominium office buildings, marina development in Naples, and residential development and sales, including the Arrowhead development in Immokalee for working families.

41: The Jack Parker Corp.

Lee County

Builder/developer

Chief executive: John Reisman

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $66 million

2005: $151.28 million

Employees: 35

Founded: 1955

www.thejackparkercorporation.com

Just launched the company's newest mixed-use, master-planned community, Pacifico, located in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, consisting of 500 homes and more than 31,000 square feet of commercial space.

42: Elias Brothers Communities Inc.

Lee County

Builder

Chief executive: Roni Elias

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $64 million

2005: $28.4 million

Employees: 25

Founded: 1990

www.elias-brothers.com

Originally known as A.R.M. Development Corp., Elias Brothers Communities' projects include the Victoria Shores condominiums at Victoria Lakes, North Naples, and the Villas of Crown Pointe and Royal Villas in Crown Pointe. Its first stand-alone community, the Villas at Greenwood Lake, sold out in less than two years. Ibis Cove is its largest community, and it also has built high-end custom homes in Naples. Tuscany Cove and Raffia Preserve are the first in its series of new North Naples communities.

43: B & I Contractors Inc.

Lee County

Contractor

Chief executive: Gary H. Griffin

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $53.6 million

2005: $34 million

Employees: 400

Founded: 1961

www.bandicontractors.com

Employee-owned since 1986, B & I is a mechanical, plumbing and electrical contractor that serves commercial, institutional and industrial construction and provides HVAC service.

44: TIB Financial Corp.

Collier County

Bank

Chief executive: Edward V. Lett

Goss annual revenue:

2006: $53.3 million

2005: $45.4 million

Employees: 350

Founded: 1974

www.tibbank.com

The third-largest publicly trades bank headquartered in Florida, TIB opened two new locations in 2007, one on Naples Boulevard in Naples and one in Sebring.

45: Balfour Beatty Construction

Lee County (Southwest Florida Business Unit)

Construction

Chief executive: Alan Silver

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $50.2 million

2005: $29.8 million

Employees: 40

Founded: acquired Centex Commercial 2007

www.balfourbeattyus.com

Balfour Beatty Construction, formerly known here as Centex Construction, is one of Florida's largest construction management and general contracting companies. Primary markets include education, corrections, hospitality, office, multifamily residential, public assembly and other government facilities, such as Charlotte County Public Schools' Baker Center. As Centex Construction, it was a sponsor of the Relay for Life - Cape Coral Cancer Walk. It also supports Make-A-Wish Foundation, Lee Memorial Children's Hospital, March of Dimes and other charitable, civic and professional organizations.

46: The Wallace Group

Lee County

Building, manufacturing, etc.

Chief executive: Kenneth A. Wallace

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $50 million

2005: $50 million

Employees: 175

Founded: 1994

A multifaceted group of common-ownership companies. Seventeen entities include residential and commercial concrete subcontracting, homebuilding, manufacturing and distribution of pre-cast forms, mining, land development, nutritional supplement manufacturing and distribution, and car-wash equipment installation and service.

47: Premier Electric

Collier County

Electrical contractor

Chief executive: Robert Forbis

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $49 million

2005: $40 million

Employees: up to 650

Year founded: 1988

www.premierelectric.com

Last summer, company owner Robert Forbis flew Special Olympics athletes from Alaska in his company jet to and from the Summer Games in Ames, Iowa. The company also is donating electrical materials to a group of Mennonites donating their time to build new homes for people in Pascagoula, Miss., displaced by Hurricane Katrina. As part of ABC TVs Extreme Makeover: Home Edition program, the company donated the electrical wiring for a home WCI built for a family in need. More than 100 Premier electricians participated.

48: Moorings Park Inc.

Continuing-care retirement community

Collier County

Chief executive: Guenther Gosch

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $46.3 million

2005: $40.9 million

Employees: 530

Founded: 1981

www.mooringspark.org

Moorings Park is the only continuing-care retirement community in the nation to receive a Fitch A+ rating. A 30-bed expansion in the Orchid Terrace building was recently completed, and it is launching three new independent-living buildings, scheduled to open in the summer of 2008. Among the philanthropic organizations it supports are the American Heart Association, NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) of Collier County, American Cancer Society and the Education Foundation of Collier County.

49: The Henning Group LLC

Collier County

General contractor

Chief executive: Heather Henning

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $45 million

2005: $38 million

Employees: 33

Founded: 1924

www.henningconstruction.com

A global general contracting and construction management company with offices in Naples and Iowa, it was ranked No. 9 among Women-Led Businesses in Florida by the Center for Leadership at Florida International University. It is active in the National Association of Homebuilders and locally on the Collier Building Industry Association board, Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce and various charities.

50: Naples Lumber & Supply Co. Inc.

Collier County

Retail building supplies

Chief executive: Ron Labbe

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $44.9 million

2005: $53 million

Employees: 121

Founded: 1971

www.napleslumber.com

Supplies windows, millwork, doors and other building supplies, and recently opened a full-service lumberyard in Fort Myers.

51: Rice Insulation & Glass Inc.

Lee County

Contracting

Chief executive: Philip W. Rice

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $40 million

2005: $33.6 million

Employees: 250

Founded: 1990

www.riceinsulation.com

Insulation, closet shelving systems, shower enclosures, windows, acoustical ceilings for new construction and retail. 1999 RSI Insulation Contractor of the Year. Opened Sarasota County branch in 2005. Donated materials and labor to Lifeline Family Center new building in 2006. Donated materials and labor to various churches and Teen Challenge.

52: Johnson Engineering Inc.

Lee County

Engineering

Chief executive: Steven K. Morrison

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $36.3 million

2005: $27.3 million

Employees: 325

Founded: 1946

www.johnsonengineering.com

The oldest full-service civil engineering and consulting firm in Florida, it provides planning, development, transportation, surveying and mapping, utilities, water resources, environmental, landscape architecture and GIS services. It was named the past three consecutive years on ZweigWhite's annual list of "Top 100 Fastest-Growing Engineering/Architectural Firms in America." It created the Support Our Schools grant program, awarding five $5,000 grants to selected Southwest Florida elementary schools yearly, as well as Operation: Christmas Hope, benefiting the needy during the holiday season.

53: Bank of Florida Corp.

Collier County

Bank

Chief executive: Michael L. McMullan

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $35.4 million

2005: $22.4 million

Employees: 208

Founded: 1998

www.bankofflorida.com

Bank of Florida Corp., which recently acquired Fort Myers-based Old Florida Bancshares, is one of five largest publicly-traded bank-holding companies headquartered in Florida. Headquartered in Naples, it provides commercial and private banking and wealth-management services in Broward, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Pinellas counties.

54: Honc Construction Inc.

Construction

Lee County

Chief executive: Dan Honc

Gross annual revenue: