Nominations Are Now Open for The Top 50!

Who will make the 2011 list of The Lagniappe Imperial Calcasieu Top 50 Privately Held Businesses? Lagniappe Magazine and First Federal Bank are now seeking those prestigious businesses that will be featured in our Top 50 issue, published June 1st.

Last year's Imperial Calcasieu Top 50 Privately Held Businesses:

  1. Central Crude
  2. Superior Supply & Steel
  3. Billy Navarre
  4. Stine Lumber
  5. Paramount Automotive
  6. Solar Supply
  7. All Star Buick GMC
  8. Autoplex Group
  9. Bubba Oustalet Automotive Group
  10. Port Aggregates
  11. Aeroframe Services
  12. R & R Construction
  13. Bessette Development Corp.
  14. Southland Coins and Collectibles
  15. Alfred Palma General Contractor
  16. Brask, Inc.—IEE
  17. Henderson Implement & Marine
  18. Lee Dee Wholesale
  19. McDonald's of Calcasieu Parish
  20. Levingston Engineers
  21. ReCon Management Services
  22. Health Systems 2000
  23. Lake Charles Auto Auction
  24. Freshko Foodservice
  25. Calcasieu Mechanical Contractors
  26. Louisiana Radio Communications
  27. M & C Oilfield Services
  28. Sabine Pools, Spas and Furniture
  29. Generator Power Source
  30. Insignia Hotel Management
  31. Ken Conner's Service Tire and Auto
  32. Lake Charles Office Supply
  33. Landscape Management
  34. Lloyd Lauw Collision Repair
  35. NorthFork Enterprises
  36. Pumpelly Tire
  37. Wilkerson Transportation/Wilkerson Waste
  38. AAA Drive-In Cleaners
  39. Bentley's Country Club Auto Repair
  40. Cal-Cam Termite & Pest Control
  41. Final Touch Collision Repair
  42. Gulf Coast Carpet and Decorating
  43. Harlow Lawn Mower Service
  44. Kenny Fuselier and Co.
  45. Lake Area Office Products
  46. Lonnie G. Harper and Assoc.
  47. S & M Family Outlet
  48. Tulco II Industrial Storage
  49. Turf Grass Farms
  50. United Office Supply & Equipment

To be eligible for nomination to the Top 50, businesses must be privately held within the 5-parish Imperial Calcasieu region (Cameron, Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, and Jefferson Davis). Companies that are owned by national or international concerns are not eligible (e.g. Citgo, Conoco-Phillips, Home Depot, etc....) Similarly, financial institutions owned by larger companies, or if there is a public market, however limited, in the stock of the bank, are also ineligible. Savings and loans and other mutual associations are also ineligible.

Nominate your business on-line by filling out the questionnaire below. You can report a gross revenue range for 2011 or use actual revenue figures. Please note, we compile the "Top 50" according to actual revenue figures and continue the list by in alpha order within each revenue range.