Several industries tied to construction also top the list of industries with the highest sales growth rates in 2017, based on a financial statement analysis of privately held companies. “There are some repeat winners here as well as new entrants to this list of fastest-growing industries,” said Sageworks analyst Libby Bierman. “For the past few years, we have seen construction-related industries really dominating several spots, but now there is a lot more diversity. SageworksSeven of the 10 fastest-growing industries on Sageworks’ list last year were tied to construction, while fewer made it onto this year’s list. Building finishing contractors, on average, had 15.5 percent sales growth in 2017, and offices of real estate agents and brokers grew sales 15.1 percent.

Source: Forbes May 13, 2018 10:18 UTC