Business: Snowplowing service that focuses on large corporate and commercial clients and offers everything from weather forecasting services to lengthy "snow management plans" to expensive snow-melting equipment to ease the chore of finding dump sites for the snow it plows.
Founded: 1999
Headquarters: Plymouth
Website: www.tcossnow.com
Executives: Founder and CEO Steve Bartz and sales and marketing vice president and minority partner Rich Byrne
Employees: 19 full-time, 600-plus seasonal
Fiscal 2009 revenue: $7.98 million for year ended June 30
Quote: "With us, every customer is No. 1; our success is built on that idea." -- Bartz, discussing his company's policy of assigning separate sidewalk and plowing crews to each client to assure prompt service.