Macomb County hard to be found on list of fastest-growing companies

Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel routinely refers to Macomb County as the state’s fastest-growing county but new rankings compiled by Crain’s Detroit Business suggest that Mark is far off the mark.

Crain’s list of the fastest-growing companies in the tri-county area includes no Macomb County firms in the top 10 and just four from Macomb on the entire list of 52 employers. Not surprisingly, Oakland County companies dominate the list.

While housing construction and real estate have revived across the county, it appears that dozens of companies across the region have benefited more from the auto industry renaissance than those in Macomb County. Crain’s list, which is heavily auto-related, is based on a company’s revenue growth from 2009 to 2012.

Of the four Macomb firms on the list, three are located in Warren: Universal Truckload Services, U.S. Manufacturing and SET Enterprises. The fourth name on the list is Key Safety Systems of Sterling Heights.

What that means is that large communities and towns that traditionally depend on industry – such as Clinton Township, St. Clair Shores, Roseville, Shelby Township, Fraser and Chesterfield Township – are largely off the radar.