Air Compressor Services Makes the Inc. 5000 for the Fifth Consecutive Year

Air Compressor Services Ranks No. 2,575 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, Marking Fifth Consecutive Appearance

ACS has earned a place among America’s fastest-growing private companies five years in a row—and improved its national ranking every year

Air Compressor Services (ACS) today announced that it has been ranked No. 2,575 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, the annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

This marks the fifth consecutive year ACS has earned a place on the Inc. 5000. The company achieved 126% revenue growth from 2022 through 2025, more than doubling its revenue during the three-year period.

Even more notably, ACS has improved its national ranking every year it has appeared on the list:

• 2026: No. 2,575
• 2025: No. 2,645
• 2024: No. 2,673
• 2023: No. 3,077
• 2022: No. 3,718

In 2026, ACS also ranked No. 7 among Greenville-area companies, No. 31 in South Carolina and No. 72 among manufacturing companies nationwide.

The Inc. 5000 is one of the most prestigious rankings of the nation’s successful independent and entrepreneurial businesses. It recognizes companies that have achieved significant growth while creating jobs, driving innovation and contributing to the U.S. economy. Past honorees include companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Oracle and Patagonia.

“Making the Inc. 5000 once is exciting. Earning a place five years in a row—and improving our ranking every single year—tells us we are building something durable,” said Neal Shade, founder and president of Air Compressor Services. “As the company gets bigger, continued growth gets harder. Our team has more than doubled revenue in three years while adding the people, inventory, technology and infrastructure needed to serve customers better. I’m proud of the growth, but I’m even prouder of how we’ve achieved it. We’ve stayed focused on earning trust, creating opportunity and becoming our customers’ number one vendor. This recognition belongs to our entire team, and we are nowhere close to finished.”

For ACS, five consecutive appearances represent more than a single period of rapid expansion. Each new Inc. 5000 qualification has required the company to generate significant additional growth from an increasingly larger revenue base while continuing to build the systems and infrastructure necessary to support that growth.

To meet increasing customer demand, ACS has added six warehouses during the past two years. The expanded footprint allows the company to stock more air compressor parts and lubricants, source difficult-to-find products and make more of what customers need available when they return.

Founded in Greenville, South Carolina in 2012, ACS provides compressed air parts, lubricants, equipment and service to customers throughout the United States and around the world. The company has continued to expand its team, operations and capabilities while investing heavily in customer experience, technology and its people.

This year’s Inc. 5000 recognizes companies across industries that have continued to grow through economic uncertainty, technological change and an increasingly competitive business environment. Collectively, the 2026 honorees added more than 627,000 jobs to the U.S. economy during the past three years.

For the complete Inc. 5000 list, honoree profiles and a searchable database organized by industry and location, visit www.inc.com/inc5000.

“Every company on the Inc. 5000 has a story of perseverance, smart decision making, and a refusal to sit still,” said Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Their growth reflects more than strong financial performance; it reflects creativity, resilience, and the customer focus required to build companies that make a lasting impact. We congratulate all honorees on this significant achievement.”

Inc. will celebrate the honorees at the 2026 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, taking place Oct. 14 through 16 in Dallas, Texas. The top 500 companies will also be featured in the fall issue of Inc. Magazine.

Inc. 5000 Methodology

Companies on the 2026 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2022 through 2025. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022.

Companies must also have been U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit and independent, rather than subsidiaries or divisions of other companies, as of Dec. 31, 2025. Since then, some companies on the list may have gone public or been acquired.

The minimum required revenue was $100,000 for 2022 and $2 million for 2025. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.

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