Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best Kentucky based Hospitality companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Hospitality 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 Hospitality Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Truman’s
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Truman’s is a household company that offers non-toxic products that reduce shipping and plastic waste while effectively cleaning clothes.
Yum!
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Yum! is a quick-service restaurant brand that primarily operates the likes of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell.
EZ Chow
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Branded Digital Ordering SaaS Platform, focused on Point-of-Sale Integration for the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry
Hollison Technologies
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Hollison Technologies provides solutions for ensuring and maintaining food safety and security.
Poplar Level Player’s Plaza
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Poplar Level Player’s Plaza is a sports bar and restaurant.
Fazoli’s
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Novo Capital, LLC
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Private Investment Company. Hospitality, Restaurant Concepts, Technology.
Greer Companies
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Greer Companies is a commercial real estate development and hospitality company.
Columbia Sussex
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Columbia Sussex is a private hotel company.
Creative Lodging Solutions
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Creative Lodging Solutions operates as a lodging provider to businesses with long-term stay travel needs.
Snappy Tomato Pizza Co.
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Snappy Tomato Pizza Co. is a restaurant offering pizzas, hoagies, and salads.
Precision Healthcare Delivery
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Precision Healthcare Delivery is a firm that provides health care services.
Global Food Service
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Global Food Service offers supply chain management services for restaurant & hospitality chain companies.
Club Chef, LLC
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Club Chef is a food production company offering fruits and vegetables.
21c Museum Hotel & Proof on Main
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21c Museum Hotel & Proof on Main is a hospitality company that offers banquet services.
Baptist Life Communities
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Baptist Life Communities is provider of housing, healthcare and a variety of beneficial services.
Carroll County Memorial Hospital
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Carroll County Memorial Hospital provides central scheduling, medical laboratory, physical therapy, and cardiac services.
Schulte Hospitality
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Schulte Hospitality is professional hotel management, and development company.
The Footlighters
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The Footlighters is a non-profit theatre performance venue performed in area high school auditoriums.
Alliance for multispecialty research
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Alliance for multispecialty research is a firm that specialize in clinical analysis.
Harrell Hospitality Group Inc
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Harrell Hospitality Group Inc is hotel management, development, asset management & consulting.
AJS Hotels
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AJS Hotels is a hospitality firm that provides property management, design, marketing, and development services.
Kentucky Kingdom
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Kentucky Kingdom is an amusement park that includes a combination of a water park, wave pools, amusement rides and children’s rides.
BB Riverboats
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BB Riverboats is one of Cincinnati’s top attractions and has served the Greater Cincinnati area for over 3 decades.
Lockbox
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Lockbox is a restaurant that offers fine dining, culinary expertise and hospitality services.
Emerald Isle Resort & Marina
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Emerald Isle Marina offers all the amenities such as fuel, food, supplies, boat rentals, slips, and much more.
Worldgo
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Worldgo provides corporate travel solutions through unparalleled personal service, leading technology, and exceptional value.
Preferred Case Management
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Medical Case Management offers multiple services for workers’ compensation, auto, long-term care, and various other specialties.
Mid-Ohio
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Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course provides professional driving and riding instruction to drivers and motorcyclists.
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
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Jennie Stuart Medical Center is an acute-care hospital. It offers services that include cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and more.
Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky
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Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky provides support and care to who are in the final phase of a life-limiting illness.
MeetNKY
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MeetNKY provides marketing, sales, assistance in events and comprehensive travel information for business and leisure visitors.
Ellis & Badenhausen
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Ellis & Badenhausen provides orthopedic services for the Louisville community.
Tri-Cities Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
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Tri-Cities Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers nursing and rehabilitative services.
Blackridge Hall
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Blackridge Hall offers hospitality and food services.
The Brown Hotel
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The Brown Hotel is a hospitality company specializing in weddings and meetings services.
Carmel Manor
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Carmel Manor provides quality care and a supportive hand for seniors and their families.
The Patty Tipton Company
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The Patty Tipton Company is a full-service staffing firm that specializes in the food and beverage service.
Sweet Surrender Dessert & Cocktail Lounge
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Sweet Surrender Dessert & Cocktail Lounge is a start up gourmet dessert and cocktail restaurant located in Greenville, South Carolina.
Iroquois Amphitheater
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Iroquois Amphitheater is a cutting-edge venue that offers a wide range of performing arts and cultural events.
Studio A Architecture
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Studio A Architecture provides architectural and interior design services for commercial, healthcare, and industrial construction.
