It is published by the Rochester Business Alliance, a regional chamber of commerce whose members include area companies such as Bausch & Lomb, Constellation Brands, Eastman Kodak, Genesee Brewing Company, and Xerox.
[3] The number of companies in the Rochester Top 100 devoted to manufacturing doubled in 2011, to 22 from just 11 in 2010.
[4] To be eligible for inclusion, companies must be independently owned and have at least $1 million in revenue for each of the three most recent fiscal years.
They must be headquartered one of the following counties in New York State: Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Livingston, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Seneca or Yates.
Rankings take into account both dollar and percentage growth over the three most recent fiscal years.