45 Companies That Use Gusto [2024]

Updated: May 21st, 2022

Gusto's people platform helps businesses like yours onboard, pay, insure, and support your hardworking team. Payroll, benefits, and more.

We put together a list of the biggest companies that use Gusto, along with some Gusto testimonials and Gusto case studies.

Here's the list:

1. Starter Story

Starter Story is a niche blog started by Pat Walls in 2017. Starter Story uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$250K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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How I Turned A Crappy Idea Into A $3M/Year Business

Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and millions in annual revenue by sharing the stories of entrepreneurs. Pat breaks down the early days and how he grew the business into something that changed his life.

Read by 78,046 founders

2. Tortuga

Tortuga is a backpack line started by Fred Perrotta in 2010. Tortuga uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$300K / month
Team
2 founders / 9 employees
Location
Remote

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How We Started A $300K/Month Business Selling Carry On Travel Backpacks

How Tortuga bootstrapped their way to seven figures in revenue, by solving a problem for travelers with their carry-on sized travel backpacks, after overcoming challenges in design, manufacturing, and advertising.

Read by 12,978 founders

3. SmartyPits

SmartyPits is a deodorant brand started by Stacia Guzzo in 2014. SmartyPits uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$183K / month
Team
2 founders / 13 employees
Location
Bend, OR, USA

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How Stacia Guzzo Pivoted and Started A $58K/Month Deodorant Product

SmartyPits is a fast-growing deodorant company that has gone from making under $100,000 in 2016 to making over $500,000 by Q3 2018, after the founder's experience as a breast cancer survivor led to developing an aluminum-free deodorant.

Read by 14,366 founders

4. Outlaw

Outlaw is a soap business started by Danielle Vincent in 2013. Outlaw uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$380K / month
Team
2 founders / 13 employees
Location
Sparks, NV, USA

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Leaving The Cubicle To Start A $23K/Month Soap Company

Outlaw Soaps, a soap company that started with just $13.72 of supplies, now makes an average of $23,000/month, with 46% of website orders from repeat customers who are loyal to the company's unique products and top-notch customer service.

Read by 25,243 founders

5. Danielle Oakey Shop

Danielle Oakey Shop is a bedding company started by Danielle Oakey in 2015. Danielle Oakey Shop uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$45K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Irvine, CA, USA

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Danielle Oakey Created A Business Selling Pillow Cases On Instagram

Danielle Oakey built a successful online pillow cover store with a projected $400,000 sales in 2018, using Instagram as her main marketing tool and bootstrapping to create her business with only $1,300.

Read by 21,276 founders

6. Sene

Sene is a women's clothing line started by Ray Li in 2017. Sene uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$40K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

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I Started A $40K/Month Custom Tailored Clothing Line

Sene founder Ray Li used data science to replace the tailor, developing custom-fit clothing's luxury experience with a digital platform for men and women, generating $800,000 annual recurring revenue through Shopify and adjusting marketing tactics to opt for influencer campaigns focusing on visual photo and video content.

Read by 12,762 founders

7. DetraPel

DetraPel is a cleaning products business started by David Zamarin in 2013. DetraPel uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$600K / month
Team
1 founders / 24 employees
Location
Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

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DetraPel: A Stain Preventor Product That Got On Shark Tank

DetraPel is a company that manufactures and distributes eco-friendly liquid repellent sprays designed to protect fabric and leather belongings, which has made over $512,000 in sales last year and has successfully partnered with Shark Tank.

Read by 11,414 founders

8. Brazyn Life

Brazyn Life is a foam roller business started by Nate Lawrie in 2015. Brazyn Life uses Gusto for their business.

Team
1 founders / 4 employees
Location
Santa Barbara, California, USA

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9. Woodies

Woodies is a sunglasses business started by Cory Stout in 2012. Woodies uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$190K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Santa Monica, CA, USA

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Woodies Sunglasses: $3.5 Million Per Year With One Employee

Woodies, a wood sunglasses brand founded by Cory Stout, reached over $3.5M in revenue in 2018, despite starting with only $15K from a failed business and has succeeded through Amazon sales, spending $50K monthly on PPC and keeping ACOS at 30%.

Read by 22,857 founders

10. Badger Maps

Badger Maps is a city maps business started by Steven Benson in 2012. Badger Maps uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$417K / month
Team
3 founders / 42 employees
Location
San Francisco, California, USA

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Badger Maps: Building A Sales Route Planning App To $3.3M ARR

Badger Maps founder and CEO Steve Benson created a complete field sales app to help sales teams save time by combining Google Maps, CRM data, route optimization, schedule planning, and lead generation, resulting in the company earning $3.3 million annually and employing 60 people.

Read by 5,619 founders

11. ZBiotics

ZBiotics is a beverage company started by Zack Abbott in 2016. ZBiotics uses Gusto for their business.

Team
2 founders / 6 employees
Location
San Francisco, California, USA

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12. Hallow Inc.

Hallow Inc. is a christian faith based business started by Alex Jones in 2018. Hallow Inc. uses Gusto for their business.

Team
3 founders / 12 employees
Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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How We Started The First Ever Catholic Meditation App

Hallow, the audio-guided Catholic meditation and prayer app, has earned $6,500 every month in its third month since launch, offering a freemium model of daily prayers for free, $8.99 per month subscription and $59.99 for an annual subscription, while aiming to attract customers through partnerships, content marketing, ambassadors and in-person events.

Read by 12,696 founders

13. Populum

Populum is a CBD business started by Gunhee Park in 2016. Populum uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$220K / month
Team
1 founders / 7 employees
Location
Tempe, Arizona, USA

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How I Started And Grew My CBD Oil Company To $3M ARR

CBD oil brand Populum grew from $650K to $1.4M in annual revenue in just one year, with monthly sales of $220K and an ARR of $3M, due to investing in high-quality, trustworthy hemp products and stellar customer service.

Read by 9,421 founders

14. The Blog Proofreader

The Blog Proofreader is a proofreader started by Lenny Bron in 2016. The Blog Proofreader uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$2K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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How I Added $2,000 To My Monthly Income Proofreading Blog Posts

A proofreader was able to build a consistent income of ~$2,000 per month from scratch with zero experience in the field, no expenses, and barely any upfront costs by targeting bloggers and content creators who want their content to be copy edited and proofread.

Read by 15,013 founders

15. ReGrained

ReGrained is a food startup started by Daniel Kurzrock in 2012. ReGrained uses Gusto for their business.

Team
2 founders / 5 employees

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16. Keto Chow

Keto Chow is a keto meal business started by Chris Bair in 2015. Keto Chow uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$2 / month
Team
2 founders / 5 employees
Location
Draper, Utah, USA

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17. Quirk

Quirk is a therapy business started by Koby Conrad in 2019. Quirk uses Gusto for their business.

Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
San Francisco, California, USA

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18. Payment for Stripe

Payment for Stripe is a payment app started by Ryan Scherf in 2015. Payment for Stripe uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$60K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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How I Created A $60K/Month App That Collects In-Person Payments Through Stripe

Payment.co, an app built on top of the Stripe payment gateway for creating card-present charges, has grown to process over $70M in volume annually since launching in 2015, with the app collecting a 1% service fee on every single charge.

Read by 23,496 founders

19. Romans Tide

Romans Tide is a niche accessories brand started by Nick and Angelica in 2015. Romans Tide uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$100K / month
Team
2 founders / 5 employees
Location
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

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How I Started A Private Label Small Business Generating Six Figures A Month

Founder grows Amazon arbitrage business to over $1 million annual revenue before transitioning to private label products and becoming a distributor for his own and other brands, with a full-scale countrywide retail arbitrage operation generating six figures a month and gross profit margins of 20-27%.

Read by 14,941 founders

20. Results Imagery

Results Imagery is a mobile photography business started by Kyle Nelson in 2017. Results Imagery uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$110K / month
Team
2 founders / 8 employees
Location
Chico, California, USA

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How We Started A $45K/Month Product Photography And Video Company

Results Imagery co-founders Kyle Nelson and Eli Libby launched their digital agency that focused solely on media creation for brands and product companies, helping clients monetize their conversion-centric media, with their current monthly revenue at $45,000.

Read by 9,913 founders

21. Approyo

Approyo is a sap services started by Christopher Carter in 2018. Approyo uses Gusto for their business.

Team
1 founders / 21 employees
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, USA

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22. Private Label Extensions

Private Label Extensions is a hair product line started by Mikey Moran in 2013. Private Label Extensions uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$650K / month
Team
2 founders / 20 employees
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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How I Started A $650K/Month Hair Extensions And Products Business

Private Label Extensions is a hair distribution and technology company that builds hair brands from A to Z for entrepreneurs, achieving over $650,000 in monthly sales and ranked #278 of the fastest-growing companies by Inc Magazine for 2018.

Read by 37,839 founders

23. No Cold Feet LLC

No Cold Feet LLC is a socks business started by Mari & Matt McNamara in 2016. No Cold Feet LLC uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$20K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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How We Started A $18K/Month Fun And Colorful Groomsmen Socks Company

No Cold Feet is a gifting company founded by Mari and Matt McNamara that focuses on fun and colorful sock designs for groomsmen gifts and has cumulatively sold over 10k orders in the last three years, passing $200k in revenue last year.

Read by 10,700 founders

24. Parker Baby Co.

Parker Baby Co. is a children's clothing business started by Kirsten and Sam in 2015. Parker Baby Co. uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$500K / month
Team
2 founders / 2 employees
Location
Colorado, USA

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How We Started A $325K/Month Practical Baby Products Brand

Husband and wife team from Colorado started Parker Baby Co. in 2015, specializing in practical baby products that experienced rapid sales growth of 300%, 87%, and 48% in 2017-2019 and is expecting more than 65% growth in 2020, with $325k monthly earnings.

Read by 12,359 founders

25. MamaSuds

MamaSuds is a cleaning products business started by Michelle C. Smith in 2012. MamaSuds uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$35K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Michigan, USA

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How I Started A $18K/Month Non-Toxic Household Cleaners Brand

MamaSuds, a natural cleaning and soap company created by Michelle Smith, has an impressive monthly revenue of $18k, has sold products to 9 countries and all 50 US states, and has just undergone a rebrand that contributed to significant traffic growth.

Read by 8,275 founders

26. A4E

A4E is a bookkeeping service started by Yarty in 2018. A4E uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$8K / month
Team
2 founders / 2 employees

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How We Started A $8K/Month Bookkeeping, Tax And CFO Service

A4E, a full-service accounting business, grew five times from when it started about a year ago when it was only offering tax services, and its current MRR is around $8k with a targeted MRR of $13k, providing 100% done-for-you accounting solutions that combine bookkeeping, taxes and CFO services under one roof and for an amazing value for US-based businesses in tech-related industries and services.

Read by 10,133 founders

27. FilterGrade

FilterGrade is an online video editing business started by Michael Moloney in 2013. FilterGrade uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$30K / month
Team
2 founders / 2 employees
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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How We Created A $30K/Month Marketplace Of Photo Filters And Digital Assets For Creatives

FilterGrade is an eCommerce platform offering digital assets such as photo filters and video templates; attracting over 450,000 monthly users and generating approximately 30k a month, the founders worked hard to build a valuable marketplace for creators while focusing on digital marketing, partnerships, and content creation.

Read by 11,055 founders

28. Less is More Organizing Services

Less is More Organizing Services is a home decor business started by Sarah Giller Nelson in 2010. Less is More Organizing Services uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$8K / month
Team
1 founders / 2 employees

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How I Started A $8K/Month Home Organizing Service

Less is More Organizing Services, founded by Sarah Giller Nelson, is a home organizing service that operates in two states, serving an average of 95 households per year with an 85% repeat customer rate, offering services by the hour with a 4-hour minimum, and using a guided decluttering process to help customers achieve their goals.

Read by 16,559 founders

29. The Content Direction Agency

The Content Direction Agency is a content writing company started by Lacy Boggs in 2011. The Content Direction Agency uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$24K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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I Make $300K/Year With A Team Of Ghostwriters That Create Content For Brands

Content strategist Lacy Boggs leveraged her love of blogging and desire for a more flexible schedule to grow her business from a solo "Ghost Blogger" to a full agency with four writers and a cabal of contractors that helps businesses create bespoke content strategies and consistent traffic, yielding over a ($300k) year in revenue.

Read by 4,861 founders

30. Kairos Digital

Kairos Digital is a website builder started by Stephen Freeman in 2019. Kairos Digital uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$65K / month
Team
2 founders / 5 employees

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How I Started An $18K/Month Digital Marketing And Websites Business

Two brothers started Kairos Digital, a marketing agency that focuses on clear messaging, and closed out 2020 with over $230,000 in sales, utilizing retainer marketing work as their most profitable kind of service, and utilizing WordPress, Asana, Quickbooks, and Google Ads for their operations.

Read by 5,694 founders

31. Cantilever Web Design & Development

Cantilever Web Design & Development is a web development business started by Ty Fujimura in 2011. Cantilever Web Design & Development uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$148K / month
Team
1 founders / 9 employees

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How I Started A $750K/Year Web Development Agency

Cantilever Web Design and Development, with clients including IBM and small businesses, reached a revenue of over $750k last year with a gross margin of 50% by prioritizing Digital Hospitality, fostering high-quality relationships, and constantly improving their process and philosophy.

Read by 42,592 founders

32. The Clunker Junker

The Clunker Junker is a vehicle exporter started by Eric Mitz in 2009. The Clunker Junker uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$491K / month
Team
2 founders / 4 employees

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How We Built A Platform To Buy Used Cars And Grew It To A $6M/Year Business

The Clunker Junker founders built a modern platform that has enabled the purchase of hundreds of thousands of cars across the US, generating almost $6 million in revenue in 2020 and changing their lives forever.

Read by 9,633 founders

33. Achievable

Achievable is an educational technology product started by Tyler York in 2016. Achievable uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$20K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees

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How We Launched A $1K/Month FINRA SIE And FINRA Series 7 Test Prep Tool For Professionals

Achievable is a test prep company that provides rich textbook content, reviews backed by a memory science algorithm, and full practice exams to help students prepare for their exams, with a focus on career-advancing professional exams such as the FINRA SIE and FINRA Series 7.

Read by 7,408 founders

34. Ditto Transcripts

Ditto Transcripts is a digital agency started by Ben Walker in 2010. Ditto Transcripts uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$100K / month
Team
1 founders / 5 employees

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How We Started A $100K/Month Company That Provides Transcription Services

How this founder started a $100K/month guaranteed transcription service for medical, legal, law enforcement, financial, academic and general business industries, winning the NASPO ValuePoint transcription services contract over 26 other companies and learning valuable lessons about getting a coach and getting as much PR as possible.

Read by 13,465 founders

35. Ironmaster

Ironmaster is a fitness equipment company started by Matt Dawson in 2003. Ironmaster uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$771K / month
Team
1 founders / 13 employees

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How I Turned My Father's Side Venture Into A $9.25M/Year Home Gym Equipment Brand

Ironmaster, a multi-million dollar company, manufactures and sells their brand of home gym fitness equipment domestically and in over 20 international markets, with their top-selling product being a patented adjustable dumbbell system called Quick-Lock Dumbbells, providing quality strength training gear for individuals who want to have their gym at home.

Read by 5,365 founders

36. ChipMonk Baking

ChipMonk Baking is a food startup started by David Downing in 2019. ChipMonk Baking uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$90K / month
Team
2 founders / 10 employees

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How We Started A $25K/Month Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Desserts Business

ChipMonk co-founders built a mail-order bakery selling low carb, gluten-free desserts, making around $25,000 a month with growth through e-commerce, and plans to tighten budgets and conserve cash in challenging times.

Read by 14,152 founders

37. EOFire LLC

EOFire LLC is a publishing business started by John Lee Dumas in 2012. EOFire LLC uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$150K / month
Team
1 founders / 5 employees

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The Story Of John Lee Dumas: From Tank Commander In Iraq To Starting A $100K/Month Entrepreneurship Podcast

John Lee Dumas launched Entrepreneurs On Fire, a daily podcast interviewing successful entrepreneurs, and went on to create multiple successful products and services including Podcasters' Paradise, which has consistently generated over $100,000 in net revenue every month for 89 months in a row.

Read by 7,828 founders

38. CardNow

CardNow is a gift cards selling business started by Matthew Frye in 2020. CardNow uses Gusto for their business.

Team
3 founders / 4 employees

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39. Intellitonic

Intellitonic is a digital agency started by Courtney in 2016. Intellitonic uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$135K / month
Team
3 founders / 12 employees

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How We Started A Digital Marketing Agency And Grew It To $90K/Month And A Team Of 11 People

Intellitonic is a digital marketing agency that grew from 3 to 11 people in less than 5 years without investment, earning $90k/month in revenue, with over 97 clients through a combination of referrals, relationships, and online ads.

Read by 6,500 founders

40. Miventure

Miventure is a crowdfunding platform started by Jason Crystal and Luiggi Pera in 2020. Miventure uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$5K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees

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How We Created A $15K/Month Equity Crowdfunding Platform To Invest In Startups

Miventure, an equity crowdfunding app, has raised over $500,000 in funding from 2,000 potential investors since launching a month ago, with one campaign already reaching its minimum funding goal and six campaigns remaining active.

Read by 4,921 founders

41. SKNMUSE

SKNMUSE is a luxury brand started by Ezinne Adeoye in 2020. SKNMUSE uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$15K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees

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I Created A $120K/Year Skincare Brand For Black Women Recommended By Beyoncé

SKNMUSE, a premium beauty brand dedicated to elevating the beauty experience for Black Women, has a 40% customer retention rate, achieved a 169% increase in revenue, and made $30,000 in Q1 alone.

Read by 3,791 founders

42. ReputationStacker

ReputationStacker is an online reputation management business started by Ian Kirby in 2016. ReputationStacker uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$300K / month
Team
1 founders / 5 employees

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I Bootstrapped A $3.6M/Year Online Review Software In 180 Days

ReputationStacker is a subscription software that simplifies and automates the process of getting more online reviews, helping businesses to manage their online reputation and grow their customer base; currently generating over $300k monthly revenue with low churn rates and a strong customer support team.

Read by 11,494 founders

43. Mango Life Media

Mango Life Media is a find iPhone app business started by Hal Goldstein in 2008. Mango Life Media uses Gusto for their business.

Team
4 founders / 18 employees

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44. Thulisa Naturals

Thulisa Naturals is a body care products started by Anusha Moodley in 12017. Thulisa Naturals uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$29K / month
Team
1 founders / 2 employees

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How I Started a $348K/Year Natural Bath and Body Products Business

Thulisa Naturals founder, Anusha Moodley, shares the journey of building her natural bath and body product company, which boasts a 25% post-tax profit after generating $29k in monthly revenue and expanding into 123 retail stores across the US.

Read by 4,792 founders

45. OTW Shipping

OTW Shipping is a fulfillment business started by Nick Malinowski in 2020. OTW Shipping uses Gusto for their business.

Revenue
$400K / month
Team
2 founders / 20 employees

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How Two Broke College Students Built A $1M/Year eCommerce Fulfillment Center

OTW Shipping co-founders Nick and Parker hit $1M in revenue in their first year of operations, providing eCommerce brands with best-in-class fulfillment and shipping out over 120,000 packages, with plans to triple that number in the next 12 months.

Read by 6,614 founders

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