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| Rank | Co. | CEO(s) |
| 1 | The Drees Co. | David G. Drees, Ralph A. Drees |
| 2 | Joseph Auto Group | Ronald G. Joseph |
| 3 | Columbia Sussex Corp | William J. Yung III |
| 4 | Jeff Wyler Automotive Family, Inc. | John Schaefer |
| 5 | Contech Construction Products Inc. | Patrick M. Harlow |
| 6 | Cornerstone Brands, Inc. | Richard Gyde |
| 7 | Standard Textile Co., Inc. | Gary Heiman |
| 8 | United Dairy Farmers, Inc. | Alan B. Lindner |
| 9 | Messer Construction Co. | Peter S. Strange |
| 10 | Kenwood Dealer Group, Inc. | Robert C. Reichert |
| 11 | Griffin Industries, Inc. | John M. Griffin |
| 12 | Performance Automotive Network | Michael L. Dever |
| 13 | CBS Personnel Services, LLC | Frederick L. Kohnke |
| 14 | Belcan Corp. | Ralph G. Anderson P. E. |
| 15 | Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. | "
William J. Rumpke Sr." |
| 16 | F & W Publications, Inc. | Stephen J. Kent |
| 17 | totes Isotoner Corp. | Douglas P. Gernert |
| 18 | Baker Concrete Construction | Daniel L. Baker |
| 19 | ENERFAB, Inc. | David F. Herche, Wendell R. Bell |
| 20 | Champion Window Manufacturing | Edward Levine, Bernard Barbash |
| 21 | Lykins Companies, Inc. | Donald F. Lykins |
| 22 | Jake Sweeney Automotive, Inc. | Jake Sweeney Jr. |
| 23 | Petro Acquisitions, Inc. | Don Bloom |
| 24 | G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. | Stanley M. Kaplan M.D. |
| 25 | Fischer Homes | Robert Hawksley |
| 26 | Hickman, Williams & Co. | Paul C. Kjelstrom |
| 27 | Corporex | William P. Butler |
| 28 | John R. Jurgensen Co. | James P. Jurgensen |
| 29 | Budco Group, Inc. | Otto M. Budig Jr., George J. Budig |
| 30 | Cohen Brothers, Inc. | Ken Cohen, Wilbur Cohen |
| 31 | Beechmont Automobile Group | William F. Woeste Jr. |
| 32 | ELS Human Resource Solutions | Ronald E. Heineman |
| 33 | 32 Ford Mercury | Clarence F. Warren |
| 34 | The Habegger Corp. | "
John Dorr" |
| 35 | The Sabin Robbins Paper Co. | Thomas H. Roberts |
| 36 | Aurora Casket Co., Inc. | William D. Bachman III |
| 37 | Lormar Ltd | Mark Williams |
| 38 | Ampac Packaging, LLC | John Q. Baumann |
| 39 | Clarke Detroit Diesel-Allison, Inc. | Mark M. Andreae |
| 40 | PowerNet Global Communications | Bernie Stevens |
| 41 | Miami Systems Corp. | Samuel L. Peters |
| 42 | LaRosa's, Inc. | T. D. Hughes |
| 43 | Empower MediaMarketing | William C. Price |
| 44 | BlueStar | Steven G. Cuntz |
| 45 | Hawkstone Associates, Inc. | Ronald H. Wittekind |
| 46 | Towne Properties | "
Neil K. Bortz" |
| 47 | TOPICZ | Marvin H. Schwartz |
| 48 | The Bistro Group | Lou Lintereur |
| 49 | McCluskey Chevrolet Inc. | Keith P. McCluskey |
| 50 | Storopack, Inc. | John D. Mellott |
| 51 | Remke Markets, Inc. | William R. Remke, Eric Rabe |
| 52 | Dittman-Adams Co. | Garry Adams |
| 53 | Hoge-Warren-Zimmermann Co. | Robert C. Hoge |
| 54 | West Chester Holdings, Inc. | Tim Fogarty, David F. Herche |
| 55 | Reece-Campbell, Inc. | Peter W. Chronis |
| 56 | The BMW Store | Tom Schwartz |
| 57 | Mae Holding Co. | GeorgeThurner III |
| 58 | J. W. Harris Co., Inc. | Robin R. Harris |
| 59 | Bob Sumerel Tire Group | Craig Sumerel, Todd Sumerel |
| 60 | Monarch Construction Co. | Ronald A. Koetters |
| 61 | ProFill Holdings LLC | Richard Mouty |
| 62 | Gold Medal Products Co | J. C. Evans Sr., Dan Kroeger |
| 63 | Borcherding Enterprises | Kim Borcherding |
| 64 | Al Neyer, Inc. | David F. Neyer |
| 65 | Galerie | Richard Ross |
| 66 | Inverness Homes | Allan Goldstein |
| 67 | Rogers Ltd, Inc. | Jeffrey W. Lazarow |
| 68 | TSS Technologies, Inc | Brent Nichols, Leila Nichols |
| 69 | Connector Manufacturing Co | William J. Boehm, Joe Klenk |
| 70 | Sibcy Cline, Inc. & Affiliated Companies | Robert N. Sibcy |
| 71 | ILSCO Corp. | David J. FitzGibbon |
| 72 | Planes Incorporated | John J. Planes |
| 73 | Fath Properties | Harry J. Fath |
| 74 | OKI Systems Limited | David M. Reder |
| 75 | Klosterman Baking Co. | Kenneth Klosterman Jr. |
| 76 | Kaeser & Blair Inc. | Kurt Kaeser |
| 77 | Thomson MacConnell Cadillac, Inc. | Christopher J. MacConnell, Timothy J. MacConnell, Daniel R. MacConnell |
| 78 | The F. D. Lawrence Electric Co. | Dennis P. O'Leary |
| 79 | Terry Lee Chevrolet | Terry Lee |
| 80 | Dugan & Meyers Construction Co. | Francis R. Dugan, Jerome E. Meyers Jr. |
| 81 | Hamilton Fixture | John H. Schlegel |
| 82 | Restaurant Management, Inc. | J. Grant Troja |
| 83 | Diversified Ophthalmics, Inc. | Ronald Cooke O.D. |
| 84 | Verst Group Logistics, Inc | Paul T. Verst |
| 85 | Richards Electric Supply Co., Inc. | Ivan S. Misrach |
| 86 | Xtek, Inc. | Kyle H. Seymour |
| 87 | Floturn, Inc. | Michael G. North, Robert Glutting |
| 88 | Total Quality Logistics, Inc. | Ken Oaks, Ryan Legg |
| 89 | Loveland Pet Products | Rodger Johannigman |
| 90 | Frank J. Catanzaro Sons & Daughters, Inc. | Frank C. Catanzaro |
| 91 | Deerfield Construction Co., Inc. | Steven W. Bitzer, Joseph F. Bitzer |
| 92 | John Nolan Ford, Inc. | Robert T. Nolan |
| 93 | Richard Goettle, Inc. | Larry Rayburn |
| 94 | H. Dennert Distributing Corp | Ronald J. Plattner |
| 95 | S. Rosenthal & Co., Inc. | Donald J. Rahilly |
| 96 | Joseph-Beth Booksellers | Neil J. Van Uum |
| 97 | Robbins, Inc. | James H. Stoehr III |
| 98 | Cincinnati Belting & Transmission Co. | James E. Stahl, Jr. |
| 99 | The Fisher Investment Group | Bobby Fisher, David Fisher, Marc Fisher |
| 100 | Tape Products Co. | Janet F. Fette |
