Inc. Names Esper to Its 2026 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Pacific

Bellevue, WA, March 31, 2026 – Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, today revealed that Esper has been ranked No. 44 on its sixth annual Inc. Regionals: Pacific list – the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Pacific. The region includes California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska.

An extension of the national Inc. 5000 list, the Regionals list offers a data-driven look at the independent small businesses driving growth across the Pacific economy. Companies on this year’s list demonstrate exceptional revenue expansion, resilience, and job creation during a challenging economic period. 

“The Pacific Coast has long been the epicenter of technology innovation, and the fact that Esper is ranked among the top third of businesses on the Inc. Regionals: Pacific affirms that we’re not just riding that legacy — we're helping define it,” says Esper CEO Yadhu Gopalan. “And we didn't sprint to get here; we’re building momentum deliberately with customer-focused innovation designed for sustained year-over-year growth.“  

Between 2022 and 2024, these 134 private companies had a median growth rate of 94 percent; by 2024, they’d also added 7,503 jobs and $2.5 billion to the region’s economy.

Complete results of the Inc. Regionals: Pacific, including company profiles and an interactive database sortable by industry and metro area, will be available beginning March 31 at: https://www.inc.com/regionals/pacific.

“The honorees on this year’s Inc. Regionals list achieved exceptional growth at a time when the odds were against them. Amid inflation, supply chain disruptions, and ongoing economic uncertainty, they didn't just persevere – they innovated, adapted, and thrived. Their resilience made them standouts in their industries and true growth engines in their regions,” said Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc.

About Esper

Esper is on a mission to help companies transform edge devices into strategic assets that drive business value. With advanced capabilities like remote control & debugging, dev-friendly software deployment integrations, and Esper device SDK and APIs, Blueprints for dynamic configuration, and Seamless Provisioning, plus support for all major operating systems, Esper is leading the market beyond standard MDM practices into the modern era of edge device infrastructure. Recognized as one of Inc. Magazine's 5000 fastest growing private companies in America and on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Esper’s innovative solutions support some of the world’s most innovative restaurants, retailers, logistics, healthcare, education, and more. To learn more visit: www.esper.io.

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Methodology 

The Inc. Regionals lists are ranked according to percentage revenue growth over two years. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2024. (Since then, a number of companies on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2022 is $100,000; the minimum for 2024 is $1 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.

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