Namifiers Selected as an Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Businesses in America

Local manufacturer, Namifiers LLC, has recently earned national limelight by being selected in the 2007 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the United States. Inc.com ranked Namifiers 39th in the country for Business Services and 717th overall, highlighting its 468% growth curve over the last three years.

The 2007 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based and privately held, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2006, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003, and $2 million in 2006.

"The Inc. 5,000 provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy – the entrepreneurial part," said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. "The expansion of the list has allowed us to tell the stories of larger companies, older companies, and a wealth of companies in industries like Manufacturing and Construction that are underreported in the business media.

Namifiers operates under the direction of CEO and local business phenom, Bryan Welton Jr. Welton is also among the youngest CEO's to enjoy the Inc 5000 honor, having founded the company at the age of 23 and built the growth by the age of 29. The business currently resides in an 80,000 square foot facility in Springville, UT where it produces all types of ad specialties, signs, custom gifts, banners, and imprinted apparel.

“When I set out to do this business back in 2001, I readily accepted that I would never have a glory position,” says Welton. “If you walk up to somebody and say, ‘Hi. My name is Bryan, I’m a doctor (or a dentist, or a CPA),’ there’s an instant respect. When you go up to somebody and say, ‘Hi. My name is Bryan, I make nametags,’ people look at you and smile, and they don’t really understand what you do. So, for me, it is really humbling to know that there are organizations out there such as the Inc. 5000 program that will actually take the time to say, ‘Even though this guy just makes widgets, or just makes little parts and pieces, he’s done an amazing amount of things within his industry or organization that most people wouldn’t realize.’”


Namifiers was founded in 2001 (then known as The Nametag Source) out of a quaint basement office, where Bryan and his wife produced customized name tags and ID accessories for businesses. Since then, Bryan has immersed himself in the task of perfecting new manufacturing techniques and processes. In a few short years, his team has added numerous product lines and has blown past well established competitors with services in digital printing, screen printing, pad printing, laser engraving, hot stamping, sand blasting, and embroidery.

“One day we’d like to be able to put a name on anything in the world, except we probably won’t do permanent tattoos,” said Welton lightheartedly.

Namifiers is rapidly reaching that objective, and has gained the reputation of being able to "name"-ify (personalize an object with a logo or text) anything, as well as offer production times that were 3x faster than any other supplier.

The Inc. 5000 selection adds to the growing string of awards that Namifiers has received in 2007. CEO Bryan Welton Jr. was also selected as the 2007 Reed Smoot Businessman of the Year and as a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.