The Great 80

2005: $20.1 million

Employees: 85

Founded: 1997

Honc Industries this month celebrates 10 years of service to Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties. Formerly known as Honc Septic & Grading, the company has expanded its services to include demolition, land clearing, construction clean-up, dumpster rental, culvert installation and commercial-site development.

55: Fox Electronics

Lee County

Electronic components manufacturer

Chief executive: E.L. Fox Jr.

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $30 million

2005: $32 million

Employees: 70

Founded: 1970

www.foxonline.com

Headquartered in Fort Myers, with sales offices in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Fox Electronics manufactures and distributes a broad range of frequency-control products for applications as diverse as wireless communications equipment and telecommunications devices to aerospace uses. The company was the 2006 winner of the Southwest Florida Blue Chip Community Business Award.

56: Naples Medical Center

Collier County

Physician group

Chief executive: S. Richard Estes

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $29.7 million

2005: $28.2 million

Employees: 180

Founded: 1959

www.naplesmedicalcenter.com

Multi-specialty physician group practice in three clinics in Naples-downtown, north and east Naples.

57: Sunshine Structures Inc.

Lee County

Contracting and construction

Chief executive: Rorie Wilson

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $29.6 million

2005: more than $20 million

Employees: 198

Founded: 1999

www.sunshinestructures.com

Tilt-up design and construction services and exclusive provider of Con/Steel engineered tilt-up buildings, with offices in Lee, Manatee and St. Lucie counties. Awarded six structural design-build contracts in past year for seven schools, correctional facility and a four-story, Class-A office building.

58: J.L. Wallace Inc.

Lee County

Contracting and construction

Chief executive: Jerry Wallace

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $28 million

2005: $24 million

Employees: 38

Founded: 1997

www.jlwallaceinc.com

Based in Fort Myers, J.L. Wallace offers general contracting, design/build and construction management services to a diverse client base and has experience in developing retail, industrial, office, institutional and multifamily environments.

59: Community Bank of Naples

Collier County

Commercial bank

Chief executive: Greg Murphy

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $27.6 million

2005: $21 million

Employees: 80

Founded: 1996

www.cbnaples.com

A locally managed bank in operation for more than 10 years, it offers a full range of personal and commercial banking products and services. Community Bank is headquartered in Naples with five offices in Collier and Lee counties and a new office scheduled to open next year in Estero.

60: Vanderbilt Bay Construction Inc.

Collier County

General contractor

Chief executive: Daniel J. Buhs

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $26 million

2005: $25.6 million

Employees: 18

Founded: 1989

www.vbcnaples.com

Projects include government, commercial and multifamily. Achievements include American Institute of Architects Award-winning Grey Oaks Emergency Services Building in Naples and national Historic Preservation Society recognition for the restoration of the Bonita Springs Elementary School. Vanderbilt recently was awarded and has begun construction on the $15 million Collier County Sheriff's Special Operations Center project at the Naples Airport.

61: Hadinger Flooring

Collier County

Flooring store

Chief executive: Tom Hadinger

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $25.4 million

2005: $22.8 million

Employees: 88

Founded: 1931

www.hadinger.com

With stores in Naples and Fort Myers, Hadinger provides carpeting, tile, wood and other flooring for commercial and residential use.

62: The Worthington Group

Lee County

Real estate development

Chief executive: Jeff Darragh (national), John W. Gnagey (Southwest Florida)

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $25.08 million

2005: $218.2 million

Employees: 75

Founded: 1988

www.worthingtongroup.com

The Worthington Group of companies has grown into one of the largest privately owned real estate and development companies in Southwest Florida, and has created award-winning country club communities including Worthington, Lexington, Vanderbilt and Renaissance. The sale of several properties in 2005, including parcels in Arborwood and Stoneybrook, skewed revenues high. Headquartered in Tennessee with a Florida division based in Fort Myers, it is currently marketing communities in Tennessee and Wyoming and commercial holdings in Florida and Tennessee, and recently expanded its operations into Eastern Europe.

63: O'Donnell Landscapes Inc.

Landscaping and irrigation

Lee County

Chief executive: Albert O'Donnell

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $25 million

2005: $14 million

Employees: 250

Founded: 1981

Received 2006 award of merit in preservation from the Florida chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the Moonlight Garden at the Edison & Ford Winter Estates.

64: Rolsafe International LLC

Lee County

Hurricane protection

Chief executive: Vernon E. "Rick" Collins

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $23 million

2005: $15.6 million

Employees: 150

Founded: 1981

www.rolsafe.com

Storm- and security-shutter manufacturer based in Fort Myers with additional showrooms in Naples and Port Charlotte. Opened Sarasota operation in June, and Tampa operation this month. American Cancer Society Relay for Life sponsor.

65: Philharmonic Center for the Arts

Collier County

Cultural arts

Chief executive: Myra Janco Daniels

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $22.6 million

2005: $25 million

Employees: 420

Founded: 1989

www.thephil.org

The Philharmonic Center Cultural Complex presents world-class performing arts and features the region's only full-scale art museum. The Naples Alliance for Children presented it for the fifth year with the Family Friendly Business Award. The Naples Philharmonic Orchestra gives a free concert each season at Cambier Park, and admission to the Naples Museum of Art is free several times each season for Family Days. More than 58,000 school children take part each season in events sponsored by the Phil and the Naples Museum of Art, including concerts, plays, musicals and Family Days at the Museum.

66: Frey & Son Homes Inc.

Lee County

Homebuilder

Chief executive: Barry E. Frey

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $22.5 million

2005: $33.85 million

Employees: 21

Founded: 1972

www.freyandson.com

This Bonita Springs-based company is a custom-home builder that specializes in luxury homes in Naples, Bonita and on Sanibel. It is expanding into the remodeling sector with a new company called Remodeling Solutions by Frey.

67: Eagle Concrete Systems Inc. (tie)

Lee County

Concrete construction

Chief executive: Michael Leannah

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $22 million

2005: $17.7 million

Employees: 150

Founded: 1991

www.eagleconcretesystems.com

Fort Myers-based Eagle Concrete Systems is a full-service structural concrete company specializing in commercial and industrial construction. Services include layout, structural concrete forming, flatwork placement and finishing, and masonry and tilt-wall construction. In 2001, Michael and Carmel Leannah purchased the company and have focused on mid-sized and large commercial projects.

67: Hole Montes Inc. (tie)

Collier County

Engineering

Chief executive: Thomas M. Taylor

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $22 million

2005: $20 million

Employees: 135

Founded: 1966

www.holemontes.com

A full-service design and engineering firm providing land planning and development, landscape architecture, engineering and environmental engineering services to governments and commercial and residential developers. Headquartered in Collier County with offices in Lee and Sarasota counties, it ranks among Engineering News-Record magazine's Top 500 Design Firms and among Southeast Construction magazine's Top 50 Design Firms. It has more than 2,000 projects to its credit totaling more than $2 billion in construction.

69: Gulf Coast American Fabrication

Collier County

Window coverings

Chief executive: Carlos Diaz

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $20 million

2005: $20 million

Employees: 125

Founded: 1986

www.gcaf.us

Largest independently owned, wholesale fabricator of full-line Hunter Douglas window fashions in the Southeast United States. Located in a new, 60,000-square-foot building near the Naples Airport, the company celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. It supports numerous charitable endeavors and was awarded the Economic Development Council of Collier County's 2003 Excellence in Industry award for employee benefits and civic responsibility.

70: David Lawrence Center

Collier County

Healthcare

Chief executive: David Schimmel

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $19.3 million

2005: $20.3 million

Employees: 329

Founded: 1968

www.davidlawrencecenter.org

A not-for-profit mental health center providing affordable mental-health and substance-abuse services. It provides help to children with behavioral, emotional and substance-abuse challenges as well as counseling and rehabilitative services to adults in crisis and individuals with persistent mental illness. David Lawrence Center has nine locations in Collier County and recently added a new children's medical director, enhanced employee benefits and launched a system to eliminate wait times and appointment no shows.

71: Florida Gulf Bank

Lee County

Bank

Chief executive: William P. Valenti

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $19.2 million

2005: $14 million

Employees: 87

Founded: 2001

www.floridagulfbank.com

Locally owned and managed, this independent community bank has seven branches in Lee County. Charitable organizations it supports include the United Way of Lee County, the March of Dimes, Habitat for Humanity, four chambers of commerce and the Rotary Club of Fort Myers.

72: Lee Mental Health Center Inc.

Lee County

Healthcare

Chief executive: David E. Winters

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $19.1 million

2005: $18.1 million

Employees: 300

Founded: 1969

www.ruthcoopercenter.org

Lee Mental Health, which operates Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services, offers a range of specialized programs focusing on individual, family and community needs in Lee County. It provides in-patient and out-patient mental-health and substance-abuse services.

73: Forestry Resources Inc.

Lee County

Landscape materials

Chief executive: John Cauthen

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $18.5 million

2005: $15.5 million

Employees: 54

Founded: 1983

www.gomulch.com

Forestry Resources Inc. developed an end-use landscape mulching product made exclusively from the invasive melaleuca trees. An industry leader in manufacturing environmentally friendly landscape materials and products for regional wholesale and retail distribution, it consists of Forestry Resources, Forestry Resources Vegetation Management, Forestry Resources Landscape Supply and GoMulch.com. It carries a full line of landscape products at five locations in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, Estero and Bonita Springs, and at major landscape supply retailers.

74: Conditioned Air Corp. of Naples Inc.

Collier County

HVAC service and installation

Chief executive: W. Theodore Etzel III

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $18.1 million

2005: $16.4 million

Employees: 120

Founded: 1962

www.conditionedair.com

Headquartered in Naples, Conditioned Air provides residential and light commercial HVAC service, installation and design-build for new construction. Recognized for several years as one of the Top Residential Contractors in the United States by the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration News magazine, it received Beazer Homes' Outstanding Contractor of the Year for 2006.

75: QRS Music Technologies

Collier County

Music technology

Chief executive: Tom Dolan

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $18.08 million

2005: $20.2 million

Employees: 60

Founded: 1986

www.qrsmusic.com

Manufacturer and distributor of pianos and piano accessories, Pianomation musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) systems for acoustic pianos, and compact discs and music rolls for player pianos.

76: Hammer Services

General contractor

Lee County

Chief executive: Larry Denmark

Gross annual revenue:

2006: $17.99 million

2005: $9.5 million

Employees: 11

Founded: 1986

www.hammerservices.com

Originally a family-owned custom homebuilder, Hammer added a commercial services company in 2004 and has grown, now offering interior finishes, construction management, design/build, project development and property management services. Since 2004, it has had compound revenue growth of more than 250 percent, with most new projects resulting from referrals.