Metro Awards



View an article about iFurn® Stores (formerly Norris Enterprises) from the Wichita Metro Awards for any of these years:
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006


 Wichita Metro Awards

Each year many south-central Kansas companies compete for the popular Metro Awards. The annual Metro Awards competition recognizes not only the #1 fastest growing company in the region, but also many others with lesser but nonetheless stellar growth rates.

The competition is sponsored by Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C., the Wichita Business Journal, and Wichita State University's Center for Entrepreneurship. The competition's WSU Center for Entrepreneurship mission is to honor Greater Wichita's fastest-growing, privately held businesses and their contributions to the growth and success of the region.

To be eligible for the competition, a company:
  • must be an independent, privately held corporation, proprietorship or partnership.
  • cannot be a subsidiary or division of any other company.
  • cannot be a utility or a regulated financial institution.
  • must be headquartered in one of the following counties: Sedgwick, Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Sumner, Lyons, Chase, Marion or Pratt.
  • must have fiscal revenues of at least $250,000.
  • must have a three-year sales history, ending in fiscal.