GCA Services Group Named to DiversityBusiness.com’s Top 100 Large Businesses in America for 2010
CLEVELAND, Ohio – April 2, 2010 – In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading business-to-business internet site, recently named GCA Services Group, Inc. as one of the top businesses in the United States.
This is the 10th annual listing of the nations’ top businesses by DiversityBusiness.com. Companies listed on the Top Business Lists represent the nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a privately held business is small or insignificant. Winners are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with small businesses.
“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
Robert L. Norton, Chairman, President, and CEO of GCA, said: “This award addresses a passion for excellence that embodies GCA’s more than 20,000 associates. We’re honored to receive this award,” Mr. Norton continued, “because it further affirms our ongoing capacity to deliver a superior quality of service while underscoring our commitment to diversity in the workplace.”
The List
This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service, and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small, and women-owned businesses use the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “10th Annual Multicultural Business Conference,” taking place April 27 – 29, 2010 at Gaylord Resorts in Washington D.C.
About GCA Services Group
GCA Services Group, Inc. is a leading national provider of quality facility services, including janitorial/custodial services, facilities maintenance, grounds management, and more. The company currently holds numerous Fortune 100 companies as its clients and maintains an exceptional client retention rate of 94 percent. Its more than 20,000 associates service over 500 million square feet of space every day. GCA clients span numerous industries including higher education, K-12 schools, manufacturing, corporate office buildings, high-tech, bio-pharmaceutical, aviation, nuclear power, and others. For more information, please visit www.gcaservices.com
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness, with over 48,000 members, is the largest organization of diversity owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for “Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America” and others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week, and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness reaches more diverse suppliers and communicates more information on a more frequent basis than all other organizations combined. DiversityBusiness also communicate with mainstream businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions with information related to diversity. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT, founded in 1980.
For additional information, please contact:
Neil Guliano, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development
216.535.4905
nguliano@gcaservices.com
