About Torch Technologies

Torch is a 100% employee-owned business dedicated to quality technical services, competitive costs and ethical business practices. Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and ensures our customers experience a stable workforce. Torch has received both national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. Most recently, in 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureaus Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region, also winning in 2015, 2009, and 2005. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the countrys Best Workplaces for Parents in 2020, and Torch was also named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the fifth consecutive year by Great Place to Work. Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the countrys 2020 Best Workplaces for Millennials, with previous recognition in 2018. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its annual Top 100 Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year, and Bloomberg Government listed Torch in its annual Top 200 ranking for the fourth consecutive year in 2020. Further, Torch was selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal Best in Business award and was also named one of the Best Workplaces in Colorado Springs by The Colorado Springs Gazette in 2020. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Additionally, Torch was recognized as the 2018 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award, marking Torchs fifth time to receive this honor, with previous wins in 2017, 2016, 2012, and 2008. In 2016, Torch was named one of Americas Best Small Companies by Forbes. In 2013, Torch was recognized by the Small Business Administration as Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year representing the eight southeastern states in SBA Region IV. Torch was selected by Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces as a winner in the 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces national competition. In 2008, the Alabama Information Technology Association selected Torch as Large Business of the Year Leadership in Technology award, and the Principal Group named Torch one of the Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security nationwide. Torch won the 2007 Huntsville Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award in the Technology Category. Also in 2007, Inc. 5000 ranked Torch as the No. 1 Fastest Growing Privately-Held Defense Contractor in the Southeast Region. Torch was nationally recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine in July 2006 as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in America.