Empactful Advisors Named to 2026 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Strategy and execution advisory firm ranks No. 1,150 nationally, recognizing sustained growth and growing demand for measurable, execution-focused transformation.

Denver, CO – August 11, 2026 – Empactful Advisors, a strategy and execution advisory firm helping organizations turn ambitious plans into measurable results, today announced that it has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000, ranking No. 1,150 among the fastest-growing private companies in America.

The annual Inc. 5000 recognizes the most successful independent businesses in the United States based on percentage revenue growth over a three-year period. For more than four decades, the list has provided a benchmark for entrepreneurial success, with past honorees including Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Patagonia, and other companies that went on to become leaders in their industries.

For Empactful Advisors, the recognition reflects both the firm’s sustained growth and increasing demand from organizations looking to close the gap between strategy and execution.

“Growth like this doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when the right people are aligned around the right mission and relentlessly focused on delivering results,” said Jimmy Leppert, Co-Founder of Empactful Advisors. “This recognition belongs to our entire team and to the clients who trust us to work alongside them on some of their most important challenges. We’re incredibly grateful for what we’ve built together, and even more excited about where we’re going.”

Empactful Advisors was founded on a simple premise: organizations rarely suffer from a lack of good ideas or ambitious strategies. The greater challenge is translating those plans into action and sustaining execution long enough to produce meaningful results.

Rather than advising from the sidelines, Empactful Advisors works alongside leadership teams and frontline employees to identify barriers to execution, build organizational alignment and accountability, and accelerate measurable performance improvement. The firm serves clients across complex and regulated industries where successful execution can have significant financial, operational, and human impact.

“Our place on the Inc. 5000 reinforces something we see every day: organizations are looking for partners who don’t just tell them what to do, but help them actually get it done,” said Justin Wasserman, Co-Founder of Empactful Advisors. “We built Empactful Advisors around the belief that real advising should create real change. Our growth is a reflection of the results our clients are achieving and the trust they continue to place in our team. That’s what makes this recognition particularly meaningful.”

Empactful Advisors’ growth has been fueled by its execution-first approach, combining strategic expertise with hands-on implementation support and a focus on measurable outcomes. Their clients keep returning in part because of their return on consulting spend, which currently sits at an average of 26x. The firm specializes in highly regulated and complex industries, where navigating competing priorities, operational constraints, and organizational change requires more than a traditional advisory approach. Empactful Advisors works alongside leaders and frontline teams to turn strategy into action while accounting for the realities and complexities of the environments in which they operate.

As the firm continues to expand, it remains committed to the principles that have guided its growth: integrity, expertise, accountability, and genuine partnership.

“Being No. 1,150 on the Inc. 5000 is an important milestone, but it’s also motivation,” added Leppert. “We believe there is an enormous opportunity to help organizations turn more of their potential into performance. We’re proud of how far we’ve come, but we still feel like we’re just getting started.”

“Every company on the Inc. 5000 has a story of perseverance, smart decision making, and a refusal to sit still,” says Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Their growth reflects more than

strong financial performance – it reflects creativity, resilience, and the customer focus required to build companies that make a lasting impact. We congratulate all honorees on this significant

achievement.”

About Empactful Advisors

Empactful Advisors partners with leaders from strategy development through execution – bringing empathy, agility, and a disciplined approach to accelerate leadership development, performance, and measurable impact. We don’t just consult; we embed within your team, ensuring that organizations move faster and deliver improved results – quarter-over-quarter. We turn plans into action by embedding momentum, accountability, and structure into every engagement. 

For more information, visit EmpactfulAdvisors.com.

About the Inc. 5000

The Inc. 5000 is an annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth over a three-year period, providing a data-driven look at successful independent businesses and entrepreneurial growth across the United States. For more information and to access the rankings, please visit https://www.inc.com/inc5000.

Inc. 5000 List Methodology

Companies on the 2026 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2022 to 2025. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2025. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2022 is $100,000; the minimum for 2025 is $2 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.

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