TribeTokes Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

TribeTokes, the women-founded hemp and cannabis brand, today announced it ranked No. 2,888 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, the annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The company grew revenue 108 percent between 2022 and 2025, and reports it is already up another 50 percent year to date in 2026. It is the only cannabis company on this year’s list headquartered in New York City. Past Inc. 5000 honorees include OLIPOP, Athletic Brewing, Bombas, and Chobani.

Degelis Pilla started TribeTokes in 2017 with a $10,000 check from her savings, and runs it today with co-founder Kymberly Byrnes. The company has never taken outside investment. Growth came from email and organic search rather than the venture funding most of the category raised over the same years.

I started this company with $10,000 out of my own savings, and that is still the only money anyone has ever put in. No investors, no board. The math had to work from month one, and that turned out to be the advantage.Degelis Pilla, Co-Founder and CEO, TribeTokes

TribeTokes has published third-party lab results for every product it sells since its first year. The company added QR codes to its packaging linking to certificates of analysis before the 2019 vape crisis made lab testing a national story, a decision Rolling Stone documented at the time. That standard now covers the full catalog: vape cartridges and disposables, THCa flower and pre-rolls, gummies, tinctures, and topicals.

Customers ask us real questions, and they deserve real answers. Cannabis is personal. We tell people what’s in the product, show them the lab results, answer all the questions and let them make the call. But the experience is bigger than transparency: it’s about actually caring. We want people to feel heard, respected and taken care of. No smoke and mirrors, pun intended. Just real people who genuinely care about the people on the other side of the order.Kymberly Byrnes, Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer, TribeTokes

The brand has been covered by Allure, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, and Vice, which gave its THCa flower an Editor’s Choice pick in April 2026. TribeTokes reaches roughly 100,000 email subscribers and offers a subscription on every product it sells. Subscription revenue has more than tripled so far this year.

The 2026 Inc. 5000 class generated more than $385 billion in revenue in 2025 and added 627,208 jobs over the past three years. Median three-year growth across the list was 130 percent.

Every company on the Inc. 5000 has a story of perseverance, smart decision making, and a refusal to sit still. Their growth reflects more than strong financial performance; it reflects creativity, resilience, and the customer focus required to build companies that make a lasting impact.Mike Hofman, Editor-in-Chief, Inc.