| Rank | Companies |
| 1 | Container Store |
| 2 | Southwest Airlines |
| 3 | Cisco Systems |
| 4 | TDIndustries |
| 5 | Synovus Financial |
| 6 | SAS Institute |
| 7 | Edward Jones |
| 8 | Charles Schwab |
| 9 | Goldman Sachs |
| 10 | MBNA |
| 11 | CDW Computer Centers |
| 12 | Scitor |
| 13 | Frank Russell |
| 14 | QUALCOMM |
| 15 | Great Plains Software |
| 16 | Finova Group |
| 17 | Plante & Moran |
| 18 | AFLAC |
| 19 | Graniterock |
| 20 | Pfizer |
| 21 | Microsoft |
| 22 | J.M. Smucker |
| 23 | Continental Airlines |
| 24 | Enron |
| 25 | Republic Bancorp |
| 26 | Valassis Communications |
| 27 | Amgen |
| 28 | WRQ |
| 29 | Kingston Technology |
| 30 | Timberland |
| 31 | Deloitte & Touche |
| 32 | Genentech |
| 33 | David Weekley Homes |
| 34 | Alcon Laboratories |
| 35 | Janus |
| 36 | Alston & Bird |
| 37 | A.G. Edwards & Sons |
| 38 | Merck |
| 39 | First Tennessee Bank |
| 40 | American Century Investments |
| 41 | Fenwick & West |
| 42 | Adobe Systems |
| 43 | Hewlett-Packard |
| 44 | Lucent Technologies |
| 45 | Vision Service Plan |
| 46 | Third Federal Savings and Loan |
| 47 | Pella Corporation |
| 48 | Four Seasons Hotels |
| 49 | J.M. Family Enterprises |
| 50 | Wegmans Food Markets |
| 51 | America Online |
| 52 | VHA |
| 53 | J.D. Edwards |
| 54 | Griffin Hospital |
| 55 | Eli Lilly |
| 56 | BMC Software |
| 57 | Northern Trust |
| 58 | Microstrategy |
| 59 | Federal Express |
| 60 | Capital One Financial |
| 61 | Men's Wearhouse |
| 62 | Tellabs |
| 63 | SRA International |
| 64 | W.L. Gore & Associates |
| 65 | Intel Corporation |
| 66 | Lucas Digital |
| 67 | Rodale |
| 68 | Johnson & Johnson |
| 69 | REI |
| 70 | Marriott International |
| 71 | Ukrop's Super Markets |
| 72 | Whole Foods Market |
| 73 | Publix Super Markets |
| 74 | American Management Systems |
| 75 | Nokia |
| 76 | American Express |
| 77 | National Instruments |
| 78 | Guidant |
| 79 | American Cast Iron Pipe Company |
| 80 | Patagonia |
| 81 | Dell Computer |
| 82 | LensCrafters |
| 83 | Sun Microsystems |
| 84 | Cabela's |
| 85 | Orlando Regional Healthcare |
| 86 | Ernst & Young |
| 87 | Lands' End |
| 88 | Starbucks |
| 89 | Kinko's |
| 90 | General Mills |
| 91 | Bureau of National Affairs |
| 92 | Chubb & Son |
| 93 | Valero Energy |
| 94 | Nordstrom |
| 95 | MFS Investment Management |
| 96 | Odetics |
| 97 | Barton Protective Services |
| 98 | USAA |
| 99 | Quantum |
| 100 | Nortel Networks |
