In Brief: Cogwheel Marketing & Analytics, a firm specializing in the hospitality sector, has secured the 32nd position on the 2026 Inc. List, highlighting the fastest-growing private companies in the Rocky Mountains region.
Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, today revealed that Cogwheel Marketing & Analytics has been ranked No. 32 on its sixth annual Inc. Regionals: Rocky Mountains list – the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Rocky Mountains. The region includes Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
An extension of the national Inc. 5000 list, the Regionals list offers a data-driven look at the independent small businesses driving growth across the Rocky Mountains economy. Companies on this year’s list demonstrate exceptional revenue expansion, resilience, and job creation during a challenging economic period.
“Being recognized on the Inc. Regionals list is an incredible honor and a reflection of the trust our hotel partners place in us every day,” said Stephanie Smith, CEO of Cogwheel Marketing & Analytics. “Our growth has been driven by a relentless focus on helping hotels connect marketing performance to real business outcomes through SEO/GEO, paid media, benchmarking, and strategy. As the hospitality industry continues to evolve, we’re committed to elevating strategy coupled with smarter technology that empowers hotel teams to make confident decisions and drive revenue.”
Between 2022 and 2024, 69 private companies in the Rocky Mountain region had a median growth rate of 118 percent. Cogwheel Marketing and Analytics saw 137% growth rate during the same time period, resulting in a ranking of 32 out of 69.
Complete results of the Inc. Regionals: Rocky Mountains, including company profiles and an interactive database sortable by industry and metro area, will be available beginning March 31 at: https://www.inc.com/regionals/rocky-mountain.
“The honorees on this year’s Inc. Regionals list achieved exceptional growth at a time when the odds were against them. Amid inflation, supply chain disruptions, and ongoing economic uncertainty, they didn’t just persevere – they innovated, adapted, and thrived. Their resilience made them standouts in their industries and true growth engines in their regions,” said Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc.
About Cogwheel Marketing & Analytics
Cogwheel Marketing™️ is a digital marketing agency specializing in branded and soft branded hotels, leveraging each brand’s capabilities and coupling that with supplemental strategies to maximize total online presence through digital marketing and advertising. The process starts with identifying gaps in a hotel’s online presence, aligning hotel and revenue goals, and then developing a strategy with tactics to close those gaps. Their reporting and business intelligence tool, Cogwheel Analytics™️, aggregates data across the customer booking journey to identify trends and benchmark marketing data across hundreds of hotels.
More about Inc. and the Inc. Regionals
Methodology
The Inc. Regionals lists are ranked according to percentage revenue growth over two years. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2024. (Since then, a number of companies on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2022 is $100,000; the minimum for 2024 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
About Inc.
Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
