Nine Memphis area companies made Inc. magazine's list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the country.

Closest to the top, at 1,309, is Sunshine International, a Memphis-based importer and distributor of construction material.

Others include:

Unister-Sparco Cos. of Millington (1,489);

Pro Tech (1,947);

Plan Express (2,398);

Interactive Solutions (2,793);

Loklon (3,446);

ADC Integrated Systems (3,836);

Vena Tube Building Systems of Collierville (4,059)

and archer>malmo (4,231).

Rankings are based on revenue growth from 2003 to 2006 among companies with at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003 and $2 million last year.