With 2,772% Revenue Growth Since 2021, Brightside ranks No.137 on the list
Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, today announced that Brightside is No.137 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list provides a data-driven snapshot of the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Past honorees include companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Under Armour, Timberland, Oracle, and Patagonia.
“This recognition is great evidence that employers recognize that improving employees’ financial health is not only tremendously valuable to both employees and shareholders, but also that doing so for the vast majority of workers living paycheck to paycheck requires the different approach and thinking that only Brightside delivers.
We are so grateful to our employer customers that are seeing how Financial Care can transform lives, reduce stress, and drive real business outcomes. We’re proud to lead this movement, we’re committed to our mission of improving the financial health of working families, and we’re just getting started,” said Tom Spann, co-founder and CEO of Brightside.
This year’s Inc. 5000 honorees have demonstrated exceptional growth while navigating economic uncertainty, inflationary pressure, and a fluctuating labor market. Among the top 500 companies on the list, the median three-year revenue growth rate reached 1,552 percent, and those companies have collectively added more than 48,678 jobs to the U.S. economy over the past three years.
For the full list, company profiles, and a searchable database by industry and location, visit: www.inc.com/inc5000.
“Making the Inc. 5000 is always a remarkable achievement, but earning a spot this year speaks volumes about a company’s tenacity and clarity of vision,” says Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “These businesses have thrived amid rising costs, shifting global dynamics, and constant change. They didn’t just weather the storm—they grew through it, and their stories are a powerful reminder that the entrepreneurial spirit is the engine of the U.S. economy.”
Inc. will celebrate the honorees at the 2025 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, taking place October 22–24 in Phoenix, and the top 500 will be listed in the Fall issue of Inc. magazine.
About Brightside
Brightside created Financial Care, a new category in employee benefits, to help make paychecks go farther for the seven in 10 Americans who are not financially healthy. Since 2018, Brightside’s Financial Assistants, proprietary AI agents, and innovative partner products have helped thousands of families save an average of more than $1,200 annually while improving emergency savings and reducing debt. In turn, employers who use Brightside see improved productivity, greater workforce diversity, and lower healthcare costs.
Brightside is located in San Francisco, CA, Chandler, AZ, and Philadelphia, PA.
Methodology
Companies on the 2025 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2021 to 2024. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2021. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2024. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2021 is $100,000; the minimum for 2024 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
About Inc.
Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com.