ConServe Makes 2016 Inc. 5000 List

August 17, 2016

6th Time on Elite List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Rochester, N.Y. – Continental Service Group, Inc., d/b/a ConServe, has been named to the annual Inc. 5000 list for the sixth time - the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list spotlights America's independent small businesses and conveys a unique perspective of the most successful companies within the U.S. economy's most dynamic segment. A ranking on this prestigious list has become a symbol of entrepreneurial success.

"ConServe is proud to once again be recognized on the Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation" states Rich Klein, Chief Financial Officer at ConServe. He continues: "Our organization is committed to doing the right thing, at the right time, the right way, and our team of talented professionals embrace the concept that when we work as a team, together we can accomplish anything. Our passion for ethics, compliance and Client satisfaction, strengthened by our innovative recovery solutions and state-of-the-art technology, provides both our consumers and our valued Clients with superior performance via the ConServe Advantage. We are honored to celebrate our sixth appearance on the prestigious annual list and the tremendous team accomplishment it symbolizes."

The 2016 Inc. 5000, unveiled online at Inc.com and with the top 500 companies featured in the September issue of Inc. is the most competitive crop in the list's history. The average company on the list achieved a mind-boggling three-year growth of 433%. The Inc. 5000's aggregate revenue is $200 billion, and the companies on the list collectively generated 640,000 jobs over the past three years, or about 8% of all jobs created in the entire economy during that period. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.

"The Inc. 5000 list stands out where it really counts," says Inc. President and Editor-In-Chief Eric Schurenberg. "It honors real achievement by a founder or a team of them. No one makes the Inc. 5000 without building something great – usually from scratch. That's one of the hardest things to do in business, as every company founder knows. But without it, free enterprise fails."

About ConServe

ConServe has been ranked as a top-performer by the federal government during specific performance periods. Representing less than 1% of collection agencies nationwide, ConServe has achieved the ACA International Professional Practices Management System (PPMS) certification, representing the collection industry's standard for quality management, and has completed the SSAE 16 Type II Engagement. Accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) with an A+ rating, ConServe is a recipient of the Rochester Business Ethics Award, has recurrently appeared on Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies and has been named a Rochester Top 100 company 13 times in the last 14 years.  ConServe has been voted a Best Place to Work in Collections (for the last four consecutive years) and has been repeatedly recognized as a Top Workplace winner.  Training magazine has named ConServe on its Top 125 list of organizations with the most successful learning and development programs in the world,  Dale Carnegie has awarded ConServe with the Enthusiasm Award for maintaining a dynamic corporate culture and the Greater Rochester Quality Council has presented ConServe with both the Customer Excellence and Operations Excellence Awards.

About Inc. 5000

The Inc. 500|5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Started in 1982, this prestigious list of the nation's most successful private companies has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success.

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today's innovative company builders.  Winner of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in both 2014 and 2012. Total monthly audience reach for the brand has grown significantly from 2,000,000 in 2010 to over 13,000,000 today.

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