BOULDER - The Boulder County Business Report announced Boulder and Broomfield counties fastest-growing private companies at its annual Mercury 100 event Thursday night.

Mercury 100 companies are ranked based on percentage revenue growth from information compiled from a Business Report survey. Companies must be private, locally owned and based in Boulder or Broomfield counties to be considered.

The companies are separated into businesses with revenue $2 million or more and revenue less than $2 million.

The top five fastest-growing private companies with revenue $2 million or more and their percent increase are:

5: Boulder-based Aerosolutions LLC, 268 percent

4: Boulder-based Simple Solar Electric Systems, 319 percent

3: Boulder-based Pangea Organics, 354 percent

2: Boulder-based Cloud 9 Living LLC, 518 percent

1: Boulder-based Eco-Products Inc., 535 percent

The top five fastest-growing private companies with revenue less than $2 million and their percent increase are:

5: Boulder-based SurveyGizmo, 435 percent

4: Boulder-based Stratom Inc., 533 percent

3: Boulder-based Transformance Advisors Inc., 667 percent

2: Boulder-based Boulder's Best Organics, 748 percent

1: Boulder-based Goozmo, 817 percent

To view the entire list of the Mercury 100 companies, visit http://twurl.nl/frxsa4.