Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Kentucky based Social companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Social industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Kentucky Social Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
GoWild
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Social commerce platform driven by a data-driven shopping experience that makes outdoor activities easy to learn & fun to share
Inked Brands
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Inked enables ecommerce by empowering influencers to leverage their social media followers to create a lasting revenue stream
Family Scholar House
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Family Scholar House is a nonprofit organization that offers support programs and services in the field of education, health, and living.
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
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University of Kentucky Research Foundation is a non-equity-seeking pre-seed accelerator program.
Flying Axes
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Flying Axes is an axe-throwing venue for team building, birthdays, bachelor/bachelorette parties, and divorce celebrations.
Plibber
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Plibber is the advertisement service in social media
Earthineer
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Earthineer is a social marketplace connecting members with people, farms, and food nearby.
Churchill Downs Incorporated
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The Evolution of CDI CDI’s history is well known. Its namesake racetrack, Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Ky.
Chef Space
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Chef Space helps entrepreneurs start their food business with location, workspace, equipment.
Brusheezy
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Brusheezy is the place to share your free Photoshop brushes and other Photoshop-related resources.
Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau is a hospitality company providing tourism and event management services.
Alloprof
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Alloprof is a non-profit organization that provides free homework and lesson help to all quebec students and their parents.
InstaMama
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InstaMama provides Real & Active Instagram Followers. Start of Delivery in 8-12 Hours. Boosting Through Bloggers & Influencers.
WebOrigination – Louisville SEO & Web Design
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WebOrigination is a provider of Search Engine Optimisation, website design, web hosting and search engine marketing.
Altitude Trampoline Park
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recreation center, amusement park, trampoline park
WKYT-TV
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WKYT-TV is a television station serving the east-central part of Kentucky.
Dealer Car Search
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Dealer Car Search delivers website design, internet advertising and dealer management services for the car dealership industry.
Goodwill Ambassador Commission
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Civil service commission for diplomats, experts, fellows, officers and public figures designated the honorable title, Goodwill Ambassador.
Hatfield Media
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Hatfield Media is a full-service web design agency based in Louisville Kentucky, specializing in website design, SEO and video production.
The News-Enterprise
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The News-Enterprise publishes news related to local, sports, opinion, business, life, events and obituaries, including classifieds.
Powerhouse
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Powerhouse a rental house on a college campus in the Midwest where they built a makeshift rock poster print shop.
NowSourcing
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We make ideas simple, visual, and influential.
DMN8 Partners Inc
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Digital Marketing Agency that specializes in helping small to medium sized businesses be found in search.
Trifecta Media
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Trifecta Media is a Web Design and Marketing Agency in Lexington KY.
Creekmore Marketing
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Creekmore Marketing offers innovative internet marketing, social media, search engine optimization, and web design solutions.
ESP Inspire
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ESP Inspire is a company that specializes in website design, search engine optimization, and e-commerce solutions.
First30Days
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First30days is an online portal that provides people with advice and guidance for important events in life such as marriage and divorce.
Bullhorn
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Bullhorn is an advertising agency that expertise in branding, copywriting, designing, content writing and social media marketing.
MyTrade
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MyTrade is a customizable investor portal for mainstream and alternative news, market data, portfolio tracking, audio, video and social
Right Place Media
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Right Place Media specializes in strategic marketing services.
Marketplace Earth
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Marketplace Earth offers SEO, e-commerce solutions, video marketing, social media consulting, and web design and development services.
Onstipe
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Onstipe is a social media aggregator tool that helps brands to create a social wall for displaying social media feed on websites and screens
St Nick Media Services
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St Nick Media Services specializes in social media strategy, marketing, public relations, content creation and brand development services.
Fanning Communications, Inc.
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Fanning Communications, Inc., is communication, marketing and advertising & media relations firm utilizing new media technologies.
Clay
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Clay is a social media graphic design application to improve pages and accounts.
Tindell Tech
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We are a Managed Service Provider of IT services and a Certified INBOUND Digital Marketing Firm. We focus on helping businesses grow!
Ojingo Labs
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Ojingo Labs develops digital products and experiences that positively impact daily life, From web/mobile platforms to social apps.
Kentucky Educational Television
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KET is Kentucky’s preeminent public media organization. We
Volunteers of America Mid-States
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Volunteers of America Mid-States creates positive change in the lives of individuals and communities through a ministry of service.
Boone County Public Library
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Boone County Public Library is a library agency that stores various books for the people in society.
Buckhorn Children & Family Services
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Buckhorn provides health, healing, and hope for at-risk children, youth, and families.
Tracker.ly
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Tracker.ly is a service that produces, manages, and tracks social media tracking links, as well as any other kind of tracking link.
Christian Appalachian Project
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Christian Appalachian Project is committed to improving the lives of children and families who are struggling to escape poverty.
Kentucky United Methodist Children’s
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Kentucky United Methodist Children’s is a nonprofit organization that offers independent living, outpatient, and behavioral health services.
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass
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Legal Aid of the Bluegrass is a law firm providing free civil legal assistance to low income persons in 33 Kentucky counties.
Boxcar
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Boxcar is a marketing company for business development.
Harbor House
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Harbor House is a nonprofit organization that offers adult day training, community living support, respite, and transportation services.
Scooter Media
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Scooter Media is a PR agency specializing in social media consulting, influencer relations, special event marketing, and content marketing.
Edwards Brothers Malloy
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Edwards Brothers Malloy is a printing company that provides digital and offset book printing services.
Kentuckiana Real Estate Investors Association
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Kentuckiana Real Estate Investors Association is a non-profit organization that educates and connects real estate investors.
Udeo.Me
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Udeo.me is an app that provides on-demand mobile livestreaming.
Green River Area Development District
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Green River Area Development District offers social, health, community, transportation, economic and workforce development support services.
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
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Mountain Comprehensive Care Center offers support services on behavioural health and intellectual disability for children and adults.
Tanner+West
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Tanner+West is an agency that offers advertising, branding, web, graphic design, digital marketing, media buying, and social media services.
ICM
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ICM is a nonprofit organization that offers food, clothing, home repair services and education settings to poverty-stricken people.
Harlan County Community Action Agency
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Harlan County Community Action Agency is a non-profit organization that offers various programs for the purpose of eliminating poverty.
Poprey
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Poprey offers services for social media platforms.
Bighype Media
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Bighype Media involved in website hosting, design, development solutions that are: affordable, dependable, reliable, and secure.
Zipie
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Zipie is a digital marketing agency that offers advertising, branding, SEO, web design, social media management and consulting services.
Red Mile Entertainment
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Red Mile Entertainment dedicates its services in bet and wagering online platform for bettors for horse betting and horse races.
Harrodsburg Herald
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Harrodsburg Herald is a newspaper that publishes news about sports, obituaries, real estate, videos and photos.
Cromwell Media
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Cromwell Media is a digital marketing service company.
The Voice-Tribune
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The Voice-Tribune offers local events, news, information, business, sports, entertainment, advertising and social media marketing services.
Voronin Studio
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Voronin Studio specializes in web design, web development, social media marketing, SEO and pay-per-click management services.
Herald Ledger
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Herald Ledger is a weekly newspaper that publishes sports and social news.
Brilliant Ideas Group
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Brilliant Ideas is a boutique consulting agency.
High10 Digital
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High10 Digital is a digital marketing firm that offers data driven marketing, SEO, and PPC and social media marketing services.
Red Tag
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Red Tag provides advertising, web design, and social media services.
Pakathon
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Pakathon is a global organization with 85 volunteers organized around eight volunteer chapters in the US, Middle East, and Australia.
VE Websites
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VE Websites is a creative agency that specializes in building custom websites, mobile applications and social media services.
Transforming Jail Ministries
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Transforming Jail Ministries is a non-profit organization offering ecumenical-Christian and interfaith ministry services.
Design Web Louisville
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Design Web Louisville – Affordable and Effective Web Design
Coalition For The Homeless
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Coalition For The Homeless is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy and community education about homelessness.
Holly Hill Child & Family Solutions
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Holly Hill Child & Family Solutions is a welfare program that offers residential treatment, case management, and therapy for children.
TechTAP
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TechTAP provides digital branding and social marketing solutions.
Wiser Strategies
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Wiser Strategies is a communication consulting firm.
Morning Sign Out
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Morning Sign Out is a biomedical publication that publishes the latest biomedical news in a fun & easy language.
RockFort Media
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RockFort Media is a web agency specializing in website development, social media strategy, copy editing, SEO, software development.
Estes Public Relations
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Estes Public Relations is a public relations and social media marketing agency.
The Think Shop
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The Think Shop offers website design, video production, photography, content creation, branding, and social media management services.
Jensen Group
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Jensen Group is a company specializing in the design, development, and production of digital and print media tools.
FlowMingle
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FlowMingle is a online dating that is inherently social and group oriented.
Write Now Marketing
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Write Now Marketing offers marketing services focusing on social media, graphic design, branding, printing, websites, and direct mail.
The Ion Center
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The Ion Center provides hotline, safety planning, advocacy, counseling, emergency shelter and violence prevention education services.
DindyCo
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DindyCo is a public relations and marketing agency.
ACFN
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ACFN is a government organization that supports education, social development, housing, employment and financial services for citizens.
Speech Technology
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Speech Technology is the leading source for current news and events related to speech & voice technology.
Early Learning Coalition
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Early Learning Coalition is a non-profit organization that focuses on child care resources and early learning services.
Bright Design Solutions
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Bright Design Solutions offers web design, software development, SEO and graphic design services.
Williams Advertising
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Williams Advertising provides digital strategy, graphic design, public relations, branding, social media, and digital marketing services.
Scottsville-Allen County
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Scottsville-Allen County is a non-profit group that focuses on economic development, historic preservation, and employment opportunity.
Mashfolio
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Mashfolio is a digital agency that offers web development, graphic design, search engine marketing and social media management services.
CrowdSouth
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CrowdSouth is a digital marketing agency that offers social media marketing, website designing, and search engine marketing services.
Anawim House
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Anawim encourages personal growth, participation in a 12-step program, professional assistance, education, and re-entry into the workforce.
bloc MKTG
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bloc MKTG is a branding, design, creative, and marketing agency.
Covington Business Council
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Covington Business Council business networking NGO that promotes and builds business environment and offers consulting services.
Kentucky Indiana Web Group
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Kentucky Indiana Web Group offers SEO Marketing, Web Design, and Social Media Marketing services.
