Written by Laura Figi for the Austonia.

Austin is living up to its “boomtown” reputation, and the proof is in the numbers.

Inc. Magazine measured businesses all over the U.S. for its annual Inc. 5000 list, ranking a whopping 5,000 American businesses and dividing them into categories.

As expected, the city shone in tech- but even more companies came from the advertising and products and services industries. Overall, Austin flaunted 107 local businesses that made the cut.

Here’s a list of all of the businesses helping Austin’s boom:

Health Category

Two companies made it in the health sphere. Medical products distributor Empowering a Billion Women came in highest out of all the Austin companies in 28th place, while at-home medical test provider EverlyWell was 219th.

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