Every month, thousands of businesses are established in the U.S., but not all of them endure. The most successful enterprises anticipate and adapt to evolving economic conditions and consumer preferences. To spotlight the U.S. companies that are proving their longevity—and pioneering their industries into the future, TIME and Statista are unveiling the inaugural ranking of America’s Growth Leaders. This compilation features the leading publicly listed companies in the U.S., distinguished by both revenue expansion and financial stability.
Responding to the AI surge that has propelled markets in recent years, the demand for chips and computing infrastructure has dramatically escalated. California-based hardware technology firm (no. 1), which specializes in gaming-oriented chips known as GPUs, successfully identified and cultivated a market that did not previously exist, allowing it to generate substantial profits from innovative, industry-shaping agreements. In an , the company reported a 56% increase in revenues year-over-year, reaching $46.7 billion. While its gaming division still contributed approximately $4.3 billion, the bulk of its current revenue now comes from its data centers business, which includes sales of its GPU chips, servers, , software tools, and other AI cloud infrastructure. “The robust year-on-year and sequential growth was driven by demand for our accelerated computing platform utilized for large language models, recommendation engines, and generative and agentic AI applications,” Nvidia’s CFO Colette Kress . As an indicator of its leadership in this domain, it has also been investing in experimental initiatives like .
Elsewhere, as consumers started prioritizing fitness, health, and wellness, Florida-based Celsius (no. 4) is new energy drinks to the market, capitalizing on the . “The shift towards zero-sugar, functional energy drinks is fueling one of the fastest-growing segments in Beverage, and Celsius Holdings is defining it,” CEO John Fieldly stated in a . Its expanding collaboration with (similar to the agreement between Monster and Coca-Cola), and its extensive promotion at festivals, sporting events, and with athletes, are also helping cement its presence among consumers. “Recent industry reports indicated double-digit category growth in 2025, with momentum stemming from new-to-category consumers, specifically females, Gen Z, and the increasing number of consumers transitioning to functional energy drinks from other energy sources like [ready-to-drink] cold coffee.”
As global leaders contend with the impending climate crisis and pursue shifts towards sustainability, California-based Tesla (no. 10) experienced revenue surges from $31.5 billion in 2020 to $96.7 billion in 2023, emerging as one of the significant beneficiaries of the U.S. government’s . It concluded with $97.6 billion in revenue. According to , compliance credits were pivotal to Tesla’s first profitable year in 2020. In Q3 2025, the company’s after an initial dip in the first half, with CEO Elon Musk declaring on the October earnings call that Tesla’s “updated mission” would expand beyond sustainable energy to a greater focus on AI, robots, and robotaxis, despite its June robotaxi launch in Austin encountering a . “We operate in a cyclical industry that is susceptible to changing consumer trends, political and regulatory uncertainties, including those pertaining to trade and the environment, all of which can be amplified by inflationary pressures, rising energy costs, interest rate fluctuations, and the liquidity of enterprise customers,” Tesla’s . “The long-term success of this business relies on incremental volume growth. We continue to enhance the production and capabilities of our energy storage products to meet high levels of demand, including the introduction of Powerwall 3 in 2024, and the ramp-up of our Megafactories in Shanghai and Lathrop, California.”
Missouri-based Build-A-Bear Workshop (no. 15) is an unexpected high-performing stock, surpassing companies like Palantir, Visa, and Costco in terms of stock growth, based on analysis by . In a presentation to investors , the company announced that fiscal year 2024 was their most profitable year to date, marking their fourth consecutive year of record growth. Build-A-Bear has sustained its appeal by tapping into current trends, leveraging nostalgia, and broadening its audience to include teens and adults (now comprising 40% of sales) through its occasion-based and seasonal product releases, as well as an ever-growing list of collaborations featuring Swarovski, Paddington, RuPaul, Ted Lasso, Dungeons and Dragons, and KFC— not to mention its , part of Build-A-Bear “,” the age-restricted adult section on their website. It’s also worked to .