| Rank | Companies |
| 1 | Southwest Airlines |
| 2 | Kingston Technology |
| 3 | SAS Institute |
| 4 | Fel-Pro |
| 5 | TDIndustries |
| 6 | MBNA |
| 7 | W.L. Gore & Associates |
| 8 | Microsoft |
| 9 | Merck |
| 10 | Hewlett-Packard |
| 11 | Synovus Financial |
| 12 | Goldman Sachs |
| 13 | Moog |
| 14 | Deloitte & Touche |
| 15 | Corning |
| 16 | Wegmans Food Markets |
| 17 | Harley-Davidson |
| 18 | Federal Express |
| 19 | Procter & Gamble Company |
| 20 | PeopleSoft |
| 21 | First Tennessee Bank |
| 22 | J.M. Smucker |
| 23 | Graniterock |
| 24 | Patagonia |
| 25 | Cisco Systems |
| 26 | Erie Insurance Group |
| 27 | Marriott International |
| 28 | Four Seasons Hotels |
| 29 | Rosenbluth International |
| 30 | American Management Systems |
| 31 | S.C. Johnson |
| 32 | Intel Corporation |
| 33 | UNUM |
| 34 | Whole Foods Market |
| 35 | 3M |
| 36 | L.L. Bean |
| 37 | REI |
| 38 | Acxiom |
| 39 | USAA |
| 40 | CMP Media |
| 41 | Eddie Bauer |
| 42 | Life Technologies |
| 43 | Lands' End |
| 44 | J.P. Morgan & Company |
| 45 | Publix Super Markets |
| 46 | Gillette |
| 47 | Medtronic |
| 48 | Worthington Industries |
| 49 | BE&K |
| 50 | Baldor Electric |
| 51 | Herman Miller |
| 52 | Morrison & Foerster |
| 53 | Great Plains Software |
| 54 | Timberland |
| 55 | Compaq Computer Corporation |
| 56 | Adobe Systems |
| 57 | A.G. Edwards & Sons |
| 58 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 59 | Xerox |
| 60 | Lucas Digital |
| 61 | Hallmark Cards |
| 62 | Interface |
| 63 | Ohio National Financial Services |
| 64 | Mattel |
| 65 | Bureau of National Affairs |
| 66 | St. Paul Companies |
| 67 | Valassis Communications |
| 68 | Quad/Graphics |
| 69 | Sun Microsystems |
| 70 | Analog Devices |
| 71 | Nordstrom |
| 72 | Steelcase |
| 73 | Security Benefit |
| 74 | Amgen |
| 75 | Johnson & Johnson |
| 76 | Fannie Mae |
| 77 | Texas Instruments |
| 78 | General Mills |
| 79 | Bright Horizons |
| 80 | Lowe's Companies |
| 81 | Starbucks |
| 82 | Mary Kay Cosmetics |
| 83 | H.B. Fuller Company |
| 84 | Deere |
| 85 | Odetics |
| 86 | McCormick & Company |
| 87 | Honda of America Manufacturing |
| 88 | Motorola |
| 89 | Baptist Health South Florida |
| 90 | William Beaumont Hospital |
| 91 | Donnelly Corporation |
| 92 | W.W. Grainger |
| 93 | Alagasco |
| 94 | Apogee Enterprises |
| 95 | Shell Oil Company |
| 96 | AlliedSignal |
| 97 | Tennant |
| 98 | Merrill Lynch |
| 99 | American Cast Iron Pipe Company |
| 100 | Glaxo Wellcome |
