Shapard Research Honored for Second Consecutive year at Metro 50

ShapardResearch, LLC has been honored as one of the top 50 fastest-growing private companies in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.The Metro 50 Awards are given out each year to emerging and well established companies who have demonstrated positive growth in revenue, number of employees, and size of customer base. Qualified companies are required to have revenues of at least one million dollars.ShapardResearch was named the 15th fastest-growing private company in 2009 at the awards banquet held Wednesday night.“It is really rewarding to be recognized for our hard work,” Bill Shapard, CEO of ShapardResearch said. “The fact that we have been able to expand our client base despite the recent economic downturn is something that I am really proud of and a testament to both the quality of our work and the importance of research.”The Metro 50 win was the second for ShapardResearch which ranked 13th in the 2008 fiscal year. ShapardResearch was the only market research firm or polling firm to make the Metro 50 list in 2009 or 2008.Congratulations to all of the other companies honored in this year’s Metro 50.