International Profit Associates Ranked 6th Largest Management/IT Consultants by Crain’s Chicago Business

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Jennifer Valencia
International Profit Associates
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Buffalo Grove, Ill. (December 28, 2005) - International Profit Associates (IPA-IBA) was recently ranked the 6th Largest Management Consultants by Crain’s Chicago Business in their November 28, 2005 edition.

Crain’s reported that International Profit Associates had firm wide revenues of $203.6 million for the 12 month reporting period ending June 30, 2005, an increase over 2004 when IPA-IBA reported $192.8 million for the reporting period ending June 30, 2004. Crain’s also ranked IPA-IBA as the 6th Largest Management Consultants in the Chicago area in 2004. There were a total of 1,623 Chicago headquartered employees for the company in 2005 for the reporting period ending June 30, 2005. In addition, firm wide employees for the same reporting period were 1,801.

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International Profit Associates, Inc. (IPA-IBA), the largest privately-held business development company for small and medium size businesses in North America, is a leading authority on small business. With an excess of $200,000,000 in annual revenues, IPA is the 6th largest management consulting company in Chicago and the 61st largest consulting company in the world. IPA offers a wide range of proven and innovative methodologies to help businesses grow and prosper in both good economic times and bad. IPA and its related companies, including Integrated Business Analysis, Inc. (IBA), International Tax Advisors, Inc. (ITA) and IPA Advisory & Intermediary Services, LLC (IPA A&I), provide comprehensive business advisory services and tax strategies to companies in the United States, Canada and other locations worldwide. The Public Relations Department may be contacted at: telephone (847) 495-6786; facsimile (847) 495-6773; email pr@ipa-iba.com.