Lake Homes Realty Honored by Inc. 5000 and Auburn University for Growth

Inc. magazine announced the annual Inc. 5000 list earlier this week, and Lake Homes Realty has been named one of the fastest-growing companies in the country for the seventh consecutive year. Lake Homes Realty ranked No. 4,625 on its annual list. Additionally, Auburn University recently named Lake Homes Realty as one of the Top Tigers recipients for the sixth consecutive year.

Inc. 5000 Recognition

Lake Homes Realty is one of 13 Birmingham- Hoover area companies on the list and 42 in Alabama. For 2023, 153 real estate companies made the list nationally. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.

Inc. 5000 Rankings for Lake Homes Realty

  • 2023 – 4,625
  • 2022 – 3,481
  • 2021 – 2,711
  • 2020 – 3,156
  • 2019 – 2,491
  • 2018 – 1,582
  • 2017 – 927

“Lake Homes Realty offers a unique focus on niche real estate in 34 states,” said Glenn Phillips, CEO and Chief Economic Analyst at Lake Homes Realty. “We help people find, buy, and sell lake homes and land across the country in a way not offered by any other companies,” Phillips said. “Making the Inc. 5000 list once is quite an honor. Making the list seven consecutive years is a testament to our innovative approach to real estate, an exceptional team, and thinking outside the box while selling the lake lifestyle,” he said. A complete list of winners is online at www.inc.com/inc5000.

Auburn’s Top Tigers

Auburn University named Lake Homes Realty a Top Tiger in May for the sixth consecutive year. This year Lake Homes Realty moved up to the large-revenue group of honorees. Recipients must be led by an Auburn alum, have been in business for at least four full years, have more than $500,000 in revenue, and operate in a manner consistent with The Auburn Creed. Top Tigers are evaluated on year-over-year growth. The companies are ranked in order of their growth rate. Lake Homes Realty was ranked 10th in the Large Company category for companies with revenue over $30,001. Here is the complete list of large companies.

Top Tiger honorees for 2022-2023 by category are:

Large companies (Revenue of $30,000,001 and above) listed in the order of their growth rate are  Veryable Inc., Global K9 Companies, Columbia Care, Newline Interactive, Cobbs Allen (CAC Specialty), Park & Eleazer Construction LLC, Stone Martin Builders LLC, Pearce Services LLC, Lewis M. Carter, Lake Homes Realty, Wilson Lumber, RPF Emergency Services LLC, River Bank & Trust, Star Market and Discount Pharmacy, Simulations Plus Inc., Progress Bank, Oakworth Capital Bank, Fulcrum Construction, SEA Wire and Cable Inc., Rogers & Willard, and Scott Contracting LLC.

“Auburn University taught me a great deal about business and life in general,” said Phillips. “To be honored as a Top Tiger six years in a row is the result of hard work and an innovative approach to lake real estate,” he said. For a complete list, visit https://harbert.auburn.edu/news/2022-23-top-tiger-companies-recognized.html

Lake Homes Realty Honored by Auburn for 4th Consecutive Year

Glenn S. Phillips could be spotted playing the tuba with the Auburn University Marching Band when not taking computer engineering classes. Today, he is CEO of Lake Homes Realty, the nation’s largest lake-focused real estate company. The Harbert College of Business at Auburn University named Lake Homes Realty one of Auburn’s “Top Tigers” for the fourth consecutive year. The 2021 Top Tigers awards recognize the fastest-growing companies founded, owned, or led by Auburn University alumni.

“Auburn University taught me a great deal about business and life in general,” said Glenn Phillips, CEO and Lead Economic Analyst at Lake Homes Realty. “To be honored as a Top Tiger four years in a row is the result of hard work and an innovative approach to lake real estate. Lake Homes Realty provides full-service, multi-state real estate brokerage services in 32 states with more states on the way. LakeHomes.com has more than 70,000 lake properties listed, totaling $30 billion.” In addition to the Top Tiger recognition from Auburn University, Inc. Magazine also has ranked Lake Homes Realty as one of the fastest-growing companies for the past four years.  www.lakehomes.com.

Lake Homes Realty was honored as one of the top medium-revenue companies in the Top Tigers awards. Honorees must be led by an Auburn alumnus, been in business for at least four full years, have revenue of more than $500,000, and operate in a manner consistent with The Auburn Creed. Top Tigers are evaluated on year-over-year growth.

Lake Homes Realty CEO Honored by Auburn University

Lake Homes Realty CEO Glenn S. Phillips has received an Auburn University “Top Tiger” award for the second year in a row.

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Top Tiger designations are presented by the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business to Auburn alumni who own, lead or have founded successful companies and entrepreneurial ventures.

“Not only do I live by the Auburn creed, but also the members of our team do, too,” said Phillips who graduated with a computer engineering degree from Auburn. “We all believe in work, hard work, and it’s rewarding to have our success recognized by the University.”

To be eligible to receive a Top Tiger honor, alumni-led companies are evaluated on revenue growth over a minimum of four years.

Last year was the first year Lake Homes Realty was eligible for consideration. Both years the brokerage has been named to the list of award-winners in the medium-sized company class, those honorees whose revenue is between $5 million and $35 million.

Lake Homes Realty is one of three real estate brokerages in the Birmingham area named to the list. Fifty Top Tigers were named nationwide.

Other industries represented include landscaping, architecture, dermatology, digital marketing services, insurance and veterinary medicine.

Honorees were recognized at the 2019 Auburn University Entrepreneurship Summit, held March 28-29.

About Lake Homes Realty/LakeHomes.com

Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Lake Homes Realty is a full-service, multi-state real estate brokerage, and the nation’s largest lake-focused real estate company.

Leveraging the power of technology with the power of people, Lake Homes Realty uses data from nearly 100 MLSs to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date database of lake-access, lakeview and lakefront properties available today through its website LakeHomes.com.

The website also connects home buyer and sellers with lake expert real estate agents who live, and play, in their local markets.

Lake Homes Realty is currently a licensed brokerage in 24 states and is rapidly expanding its market footprint. Most recently, the brokerage opened its first western U.S. operation in Idaho.