{"id":48742,"date":"2025-01-14T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hingemarketing.com\/?p=48742"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:10:13","slug":"high-growth-study-2025-insights-into-todays-best-performing-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hingemarketing.com\/blog\/story\/high-growth-study-2025-insights-into-todays-best-performing-firms","title":{"rendered":"High Growth Study 2025: Insights into Today\u2019s Best-Performing Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re excited to announce the release of Hinge\u2019s 2025 High Growth Study\u2014the 10th edition of this landmark publication. We began researching High Growth firms way back in 2008, and in 2016 we published our first study in this series. A lot has changed in a decade!<\/p>\n

Most of that change was driven by the maturation of digital tools and techniques that gave firms unprecedented access to new markets and an extraordinary ability to measure marketing performance. Today those technologies continue to evolve, especially AI, which has emerged as a central theme in this year\u2019s study.<\/p>\n

For the first time in four years, growth across the professional services industry declined, returning to pre-pandemic levels. The best performing firms, however, maintained their elevated growth rates and continue to significantly outpace the rest of the field. How do they do it, year after year?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s dive in!<\/p>\n

How We Conducted the Study<\/h2>\n

This year, 770 firms across 6 core industry groups participated in the study. Our sample represented over $87 billion in combined revenue and almost 440,000 employees. We survey professional services firms of all sizes, and they conduct business on six continents.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. <\/strong> Composition of Sample by Industry<\/p><\/div>\n

During our data analysis, we grouped the participating firms into three categories:<\/p>\n