Ragan Communications named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies

Diane Schwartz is CEO of Ragan Communications. 

I’m honored to share that Ragan Communications has been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America. This award underscores our commitment to helping communicators lead through complexity, change and opportunity.

Compiled annually by Inc. magazine, the list recognizes privately run businesses that have achieved exceptional revenue growth over the three-year period of 2021-2024. Ragan is ranked 2,828^th on the list of the 5,000 fastest-growing organizations.

This recognition is more than a business milestone. It reflects the trust communicators place in Ragan to help meet the challenges of today’s fast-changing world.

Making the Inc. 5000 is a shared achievement. It belongs to our clients and community, whose stories, strategies and questions push us to innovate every day. It belongs to our partners, who collaborate with us to raise the standard for professional learning. And it belongs to the Ragan team, whose passion for the craft of communications fuels everything we do. I am humbled by our team’s fortitude, passion and diligence.

Ragan as a business has been successful in large part because our customers – communicators, marketers and people leaders – are more influential than ever.  Our mission and focus to educate and connect communicators at all stages of their careers can only be met if communicators invest in their professional development. The Inc. 5000 award is a testament to that.

Past honorees include household names that started small — brands like Microsoft, Patagonia and Chobani. Joining this list puts Ragan among an elite group of entrepreneurial companies driving innovation and impact in their industries.

Today’s communicators are both storytellers and business integrators. They sit at the intersection of strategy, operations, culture and brand. Their role has never been more complex, as they navigate the ripple effects of geopolitical instability, rapidly evolving social issues and the transformative yet uncharted territory of artificial intelligence. The best communicators are not just responding to change; they are helping to shape it.

The Inc. 5000 honor presents an opportunity for our Ragan team to reflect on the mission ahead. In our nearly 60 years serving the community, we’ve never rested on our laurels. The past five years tested every business, and we met each challenge with the resolve to bet on the future. Because we have a job to do for communicators who must move at the speed of news, master new technologies and speak to audiences that are more diverse, informed and demanding than ever.

This recognition also comes with a challenge: to keep growing not just in size, but in impact. We are investing in new products to illuminate emerging technologies, such as Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy.  We are building even stronger peer networks with the Communications Leadership Council. And we’re creating managed learning opportunities for individuals and teams through The Communications Framework that will position comms professionals to lead with confidence.

To the communicators we serve: Thank you for trusting us with your growth, your challenges and your vision for what’s possible. We’re ready for the next chapter, and we’re proud to be in it with you.