The Fulcrum Group Recognized on CRN’s 2025 MSP 500 List in the Pioneer 250 Category

New York, NY, February 10, 2025 — CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named The Fulcrum Group to its 2025 MSP 500 list in the Pioneer 250 category.

CRN’s annual MSP 500 list serves as a comprehensive guide to the top Managed Service Providers (MSPs) across North America. These companies play a crucial role in helping businesses improve operational efficiency, streamline IT management, and maximize returns on technology investments. With an estimated 40,000+ MSPs in the US alone, the list is highly competitive.  

“The whole team is excited to be recognized for the year and especially our client centric efforts in the “No IT Jerks” customer satisfaction and our “Security Officer initiative” providing cybersecurity education for our compliance bound executives.” said Steve Meek, President and CEO of The Fulcrum Group, Inc. “I also think clients and prospects are coming to us from larger rollup firms that pitched size but, felt they lost the intimacy of face-to-face relationships that are important to our mostly Texas clientele” 

The list is more than a popularity contest, with the decision criteria for the Pioneer 250 portion of the list is focused around five main areas:

• Innovation: The Pioneer 250 highlights companies that are at the forefront of technology innovation, often introducing new solutions and services that address emerging market needs.
• Growth: These companies are recognized for their rapid growth and ability to scale their operations effectively, often demonstrating impressive year-over-year revenue increases.
• Customer Focus: The Pioneer 250 companies are known for their strong customer relationships and high levels of customer satisfaction, often providing personalized and responsive service.
• Leadership: Many of the companies on the Pioneer 250 list are led by visionary leaders who are driving change and setting new standards in the industry.
• Community Impact: These companies often have a strong presence in their local communities, contributing to economic growth, corporate giving and job creation.

According to CRN, quickly gaining access to leading-edge information technologies is also a major driver of the ongoing managed services adoption. That’s been especially true as the wave of new AI products and services sweep though the IT industry. Businesses, especially SMBs, local government and non-profits are looking to MSPs to provide AI and its highly anticipated benefits, but without the expected complexity.

“The solution providers on our 2025 MSP 500 list deliver innovative managed service portfolios that enable clients of every size to be more agile and optimize their IT budgets as they grow their business,” said Jennifer Follett, VP of U.S. Content and Executive Editor at CRN, The Channel Company. “These companies anticipate client technology needs and develop groundbreaking services and solutions, allowing businesses to focus on their core operations and accelerate success.”

Mr. Meek added, “We are seeing even our smaller clients take better advantage of Microsoft Office 365 capabilities around their organizations, as they continue to evolve. They are driving into new application areas to help with ongoing staffing challenges. We have helped them push other apps and dashboards into MS Teams for centralized access, take advantage of Viva Learning for their users to self-educate and begin cleanup of their data to ready for AI. Data is fuel for AI, so older data and poor data security can introduce new problems in small organizations that just hold onto their data forever. And they have realized that holding off on an AI standard means their users might start using other riskier AI tools, than Microsoft Copilot.” 

About CRN

CRN, a media brand of The Channel Company, is the No. 1 trusted source for IT channel news, analysis and insight online and in print. The CRN editorial staff provides objective reporting on daily technology and channel news, events and trends, empowering solution providers such as systems integrators, value-added resellers, managed service providers (MSPs), strategic service providers and IT consultants to maintain a competitive advantage and deliver the business outcomes their customers need.

CRN’s Managed Service Provider 500 list recognizes the top technology providers and consultants whose forward-thinking approach to providing managed services is changing the landscape of the IT channel.

About The Fulcrum Group

The Fulcrum Group, Inc. is a Texas-based provider of IT managed services in healthcare, manufacturing, local government, non-profits and other industries. For 20+ years, our processes have enabled businesses and groups to keep their technology running smoothly, while protecting critical data and providing a technology roadmap for the future. With our proven STAR power tool and process, we take organizations from current state to next level, with a technology strategy that works. We align clients’ IT strategies with their business objectives to deliver better IT outcomes through a strategic and results-driven approach.