Annual Channel Partners MSP 501 Identifies Best of the Best in the Managed Services Industry
JUNE 2025: Velocity IT has been named as one of the world’s top-performing managed service providers in the prestigious 2025 Channel Partners MSP 501 rankings.
What Is the MSP 501 List?
For the past 18 years, managed service providers around the globe have applied to be included on the Channel Partners MSP 501 list.
The list is a technology industry benchmark that ranks companies based on a wide range of metrics, including above-industry average revenue growth, recurring revenue, high-margin services, and innovation, including monetizing AI services. It is a milestone achievement for any managed services organization to be included.
How Do Companies Qualify?
The Channel Partners MSP 501 survey uses a quantitative methodology to rank companies based on their annual revenue, profitability measured by EBITDA, and recurring revenue.
MSPs that qualify for the list must also pass a rigorous review conducted by the Channel Partners research team and editors that weighs financial performance according to long-term health and viability, commitment to recurring revenue, and operational efficiency.
This methodology is based on confidential data collected and analyzed by the Channel Partners team, which works closely with a wide range of industry experts to ensure the most pertinent data on managed services performance is collected. Companies are asked to provide their actual calendar 2024 financials, and data was collected online from February to May 2025.
Kelly Danziger, Informa Channels GM, commented on the wide scope of qualifications for the MSP 501 list: “Making the MSP 501 isn’t just about performance metrics— it’s about leadership, vision, and the ability to drive meaningful outcomes for customers. This recognition places these MSPs among an elite group shaping the future of technology services worldwide.”
What Does It Really Mean to Be an MSP 501 Company?
The MSP 501 represents the best in the technology services industry, delivering outstanding vendor and platform-neutral advice and value to small, midsized, and enterprise customers. This year, the average revenue per MSP 501 is $29.4 million with an average recurring revenue of $16 million. These are truly the best of the best.
Many of their services and technology offerings focus on customer needs in the areas of AI, cloud, security, collaboration, networking, help desk, and remote monitoring and management. The Channel Partners MSP 501 is responsible for keeping their global customers safe, connected and efficient.
As Robert DeMarzo, Sr. Director of Informa Channels events and digital content, put it, “The MSP 501 is more than a ranking—it’s a reflection of the innovation, operational excellence, and customer-first mindset that drives the world’s top managed service providers forward. Earning a place on this list signals to customers, partners, and the broader tech community that these MSPs are setting the pace for the industry and defining what success looks like in today’s complex technology landscape.”
What Makes Velocity IT a MSP 501 Company?
This year’s list is one of the most competitive in the survey’s history, further emphasizing the significance of securing a spot among the top.
At Velocity IT, we pride ourselves on adopting cutting-edge solutions while maintaining a steadfast commitment to operational excellence. Our client-first approach and dedication to prompt, proactive service has allowed us to help businesses achieve their goals and excel in an increasingly-technological business environment for 15 years.
We look for the opportunities we have to continue serving Texas businesses and promoting high-quality service and tools in the tech industry through our recent achievement of the MSP 501 list.
“The MSP 501 is the channel industry’s unofficial GPS. Customers use it to navigate the over 300K MSP ecosystem, and vendors use it to find the right partners for their GTM strategy,” said Devan Adams, principal analyst at Canalys (now part of Omdia). “Being an MSP 501er puts your business on the map while steering new opportunities to you.”
We are honored to be recognized among the MSP 501 winners on the Channel Partners and Channel Futures websites and honored during a special ceremony at MSP Summit, which will take place on September 15-17, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.
What Is Channel Partners?
Channel Partners is a media and events destination for the information technology and communications industry. We provide information, perspective, and connection for the entire channel ecosystem, including solution providers (SPs), managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), cloud service providers (CSPs), value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors, technology solutions brokerages, subagents, and agents, as well as leading technology vendor partners and communication providers.
Channel Partners properties include awards programs such as the Channel Partners MSP 501, a list of the most influential and fastest-growing providers of managed services in the technology industry; the Channel Circle of Excellence, which honors innovative leaders from top channel vendors and distributors; and Channel Partners events, which delivers unparalleled in-person events including Channel Partners, Conference & Expo, and MSP Summit.
Channel Partners is part of Informa Connect, a leading provider of live events, digital content and training for the global business technology community. Through in-depth expertise and an engaged audience community, Informa Connect helps business professionals make better technology decisions and marketers reach the most powerful tech buyers and influencers in the world. Informa Connects portfolio includes more than 450 annual events attended by 12,000 business professionals.
