| Rank | Companies |
| 1 | Container Store |
| 2 | SAS Institute |
| 3 | Cisco Systems |
| 4 | Southwest Airlines |
| 5 | Charles Schwab |
| 6 | TDIndustries |
| 7 | Fenwick & West |
| 8 | Synovus Financial |
| 9 | Edward Jones |
| 10 | Plante & Moran |
| 11 | CDW Computer Centers |
| 12 | BORN Information Services |
| 13 | Frank Russell |
| 14 | Xilinx |
| 15 | Goldman Sachs |
| 16 | WRQ |
| 17 | Graniterock |
| 18 | Continental Airlines |
| 19 | Vision Service Plan |
| 20 | American Century Investments |
| 21 | Pella Corporation |
| 22 | Enron |
| 23 | J.M. Smucker |
| 24 | Alston & Bird |
| 25 | International Data Group |
| 26 | Valassis Communications |
| 27 | Republic Bancorp |
| 28 | MBNA |
| 29 | Beck Group |
| 30 | Adobe Systems |
| 31 | Third Federal Savings and Loan |
| 32 | Deloitte & Touche |
| 33 | Kingston Technology |
| 34 | Alcon Laboratories |
| 35 | W.L. Gore & Associates |
| 36 | East Alabama Medical Center |
| 37 | Microsoft |
| 38 | American Skandia |
| 39 | Merck |
| 40 | First Tennessee Bank |
| 41 | Whole Foods Market |
| 42 | Intel Corporation |
| 43 | Vanguard Group |
| 44 | American Management Systems |
| 45 | SEI Investments |
| 46 | Agilent Technologies |
| 47 | Bright Horizons |
| 48 | LensCrafters |
| 49 | MFS Investment Management |
| 50 | Publix Super Markets |
| 51 | J.M. Family Enterprises |
| 52 | Capital One Financial |
| 53 | Immunex |
| 54 | Timberland |
| 55 | David Weekley Homes |
| 56 | Cerner |
| 57 | Amgen |
| 58 | Patagonia |
| 59 | A.G. Edwards & Sons |
| 60 | Sun Microsystems |
| 61 | AFLAC |
| 62 | Duncan Aviation |
| 63 | Hewlett-Packard |
| 64 | Acxiom |
| 65 | REI |
| 66 | Wegmans Food Markets |
| 67 | Arthur Andersen |
| 68 | Nordstrom |
| 69 | American Cast Iron Pipe Company |
| 70 | Griffin Hospital |
| 71 | QUALCOMM |
| 72 | SRA International |
| 73 | MicroStrategy |
| 74 | USAA |
| 75 | Kinko's |
| 76 | Genentech |
| 77 | American Express |
| 78 | Four Seasons Hotels |
| 79 | Eli Lilly |
| 80 | Wal-Mart Stores |
| 81 | Tellabs |
| 82 | Valero Energy |
| 83 | Medtronic |
| 84 | Brobeck |
| 85 | Texas Instruments |
| 86 | Barton Protective Services |
| 87 | Federal Express |
| 88 | Applied Materials |
| 89 | National Instruments |
| 90 | Marriott International |
| 91 | EMC |
| 92 | Harley-Davidson |
| 93 | Fannie Mae |
| 94 | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco |
| 95 | Men's Wearhouse |
| 96 | Ukrop's Super Markets |
| 97 | McCutchen |
| 98 | Ernst & Young |
| 99 | Rodale |
| 100 | VHA |
