| Rank, Company | Headquarters | Revenue | Employees |
| 1. Ris Paper Co. Inc. | Florence | $600 | 700 |
| 2. Columbia Sussex Corp. and Affiliates | Fort Mitchell | $397.4 | 6,400 |
| 3. Belcan Corp. Inc. | Cincinnati | $362 | 4,000 |
| 4. The Drees Co. | Fort Mitchell | $346.2 | 400 |
| 5. Hickman, Williams & Co. | Cincinnati | DND | 172 |
| 6. Contech Construction Products Inc. | Middletown | $340 | 974 |
| 7. Kenwood Dealer Group Inc. | Mason | $320.8 | 520 |
| 8. Jeff Wyler Automotive Family | Cincinnati | DND | 550 |
| 9. United Dairy Farmers Inc. | Norwood | DND | 2,800 |
| 10. Performance Automotive Network | Fairfield | $275 | 375 |
| 11. Kerry Auto Group | Cincinnati | $269.2 | 405 |
| 12. Standard Textile Co. Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 1,130 |
| 13. CBS Personnel Services | Cincinnati | $252.5 | 700 |
| 14. Rumpke Consolidated Cos. Inc. | Cincinnati | $252 | 1,774 |
| 15. Totes Isotoner Corp. | Cincinnati | DND | 1,000 |
| 16. Baker Concrete Construction Inc. | Monroe | $247 | 2,500 |
| 17. Griffin Industries Inc. | Cold Spring | $240 | 1,100 |
| 18. Frank Messer & Sons Construction Co. | Cincinnati | $240 | 450 |
| 19. Corporex Family of Cos. | Cincinnati | $221 | 1,500 |
| 20. G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc. | Cincinnati | $202 | 1,350 |
| 21. Jake Sweeney Automotive Inc. | Cincinnati | $199.9 | 347 |
| 22. Akers Packaging Service Inc. | Middletown | $160.8 | 723 |
| 23. Beechmont Automile Dealerships | Cincinnati | DND | 315 |
| 24. Miami Systems Corp. | Cincinnati | $160 | 1,400 |
| 25. John R. Jurgensen Co. | Cincinnati | $141 | 715 |
| 26. Cincinnati Cordage and Paper Co. | Cincinnati | DND | 219 |
| 27. McCluskey Chevrolet/Auto Nation USA | Cincinnati | $135 | 225 |
| 28. Towne Properties | Cincinnati | $130 | 600 |
| 29. Budco Group Inc. | Cincinnati | $129.5 | 1,300 |
| 30. 32 Ford-Mercury Inc. | Batavia | $122 | 165 |
| 31. United States Playing Card Co. | Norwood | DND | 850 |
| 32. Mike Castrucci Automotive | Milford | $112.1 | 175 |
| 33. Fischer Homes | Crestview Hills | $110.8 | 225 |
| 34. Lykins Cos. Inc. | Milford | $110.6 | 208 |
| 35. Mutual Manufacturing & Supply Co. | Cincinnati | DND | 300 |
| 36. Habegger Corp. | Cincinnati | $105.5 | 200 |
| 37. ENERFAB Inc. | Cincinnati | $105 | 1,100 |
| 38. Aurora Casket Co. | Aurora | $103.5 | 785 |
| 39. J.W. Harris Co., Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 350 |
| 40. Hubert Enterprises | Harrison | $100.3 | 450 |
| 41. LaRosa's Inc. | Cincinnati | $100 | 550 |
| 42. Sabin Robbins Pper Co. | Cincinnati | DND | 250 |
| 43. Bell Furniture Industries Inc. | Loveland | $95 | 155 |
| 44. STOROpack Inc. | Cincinnati | $91.8 | 300 |
| 45. Carlisle Construction Co. Inc. | Wilder | $90 | 420 |
| 46. Champion Window Manufacturing & Supply Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 650 |
| 47. Clarke Detroit Diesel-Allison Inc. | Cincinnati | $88.6 | 255 |
| 48. Nielsen Co. | Florence | $82.5 | 710 |
| 49. Phillips Supply Co. & Affiliates | Cincinnati | $82.1 | 4,003 |
| 50. Steelox Systems Inc. | Mason | DND | 479 |
| 51. Dugan & Meyers Construction Co. | Cincinnati | $75 | 260 |
| 52. Portman Equipment Co. | Cincinnati | $74 | 380 |
| 53. ILSCO Corp. | Cincinnati | $73.9 | 605 |
| 54. F.D. Lawrence Electric Co. | Cincinnati | $73 | 150 |
| 55. Bistro Group | Cincinnati | $72.3 | 2,200 |
| 56. OKI Systems Ltd. | Cincinnati | $72 | 335 |
| 57. Monarch Construction Co. | Cincinnati | $71.3 | 150 |
| 58. Xtek Inc. | Cincinnati | $69.4 | 355 |
| 59. Hamilton Fixture | Hamilton | DND | 600 |
| 60. Al Neyer Inc. | Cincinnati | $68.5 | 150 |
| 61. Remke Markets Inc. | Covington | DND | 400 |
| 62. Pease Industries Inc. | Fairfield | DND | 380 |
| 63. Hawkstone Associates Inc. | Harrison | $67 | 90 |
| 64. Thomson MacConnell Cadillac Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 83 |
| 65. Williams Ford Sales Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 110 |
| 66. F&W Publications Inc. | Cincinnati | $64.5 | 300 |
| 67. John Nolan Ford Inc. | Cincinnati | $63.5 | 105 |
| 68. Harper Co. | Hebron | DND | 391 |
| 69. Restaurant Management Inc. | West Chester | DND | 1,800 |
| 70. AluChem Group of Companies | Reading | $58.9 | 219 |
| 71. Sibcy Cline Inc. & Affiliated Companies | Cincinnati | $58.6 | 142 |
| 72. Southern Ohio Fabricators Inc. | Batavia | $57.3 | 375 |
| 73. Paper Manufacturers Co. | Cincinnati | DND | 189 |
| 74. Rogers Ltd. Inc. | Middletown | DND | 450 |
| 75. H. Dennert Distributing Corp. | Cincinnati | $54.3 | 100 |
| 76. Planes Inc. | Cincinnati | $53.8 | 224 |
| 77. Richards Electric Supply Co. Inc. | Cincinnati | $52 | 125 |
| 78. Cast-Fab Technologies Inc. | Cincinnati | $52.9 | 385 |
| 79. Data Processing Sciences Corp. | Cincinnati | $50.5 | 170 |
| 80. BSH | Cincinnati | $52 | 255 |
| 81. Entek IRD International Corp. | Milford | DND | 370 |
| 82. Kaeser & Blair Inc. | Batavia | $50 | 118 |
| 83. Hamilton Foundry & Machine Co. | Harrison | DND | 600 |
| 84. Gold Medal Products Co. | Cincinnati | $49.7 | 289 |
| 85. Connector Manufacturing Co. | Hamilton | $48.9 | 485 |
| 86. Superior Label Systems Inc. | Mason | $47.8 | 320 |
| 87. Magnode Corp. | Trenton | $47.5 | 325 |
| 88. Jay Industrial Technologies Group Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 250 |
| 89. Cincinnati United Contractors Inc. | Loveland | $45 | 100 |
| 90 Deerfield Construction Co., Inc. | Loveland | $44.8 | 85 |
| 91. Richard Goettle Inc. | Cincinnati | $44 | 100 |
| 92. Humbert Markets Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 92 |
| 93. Robbins Inc. | Cincinnati | DND | 296 |
| 94. Tiger Machinery Co. Inc. | Cincinnati | $42.7 | 85 |
| 95. Floturn Inc. | Fairfield | $42.1 | 230 |
| 96. KDI Precision Products Inc. | Cincinnati | $41.1 | 310 |
| 97. Viox Services Inc. | Cincinnati | $40 | 680 |
| 98. Tape Product Company | Cincinnati | $38.6 | 173 |
| 99. The Cincinnati Belting and Transmission Co. | Cincinnati | DND | 90 |
| 100. Riemeier Lumber Co. | Cincinnati | DND | 110 |
DND — Did not disclose 
