Andrew Lamb's Sober Living Company Named America's No. 7 Fastest-Growing Real Estate Company on the 2026 Inc. 5000

The company I built around our sober living homes has been named America’s No. 7 fastest-growing real estate company on the 2026 Inc. 5000. We also ranked No. 395 across every industry in America after growing revenue 891% from 2022 to 2025.

I’m proud of the No. 7 ranking because our growth came from opening sober living homes for people who needed somewhere safe to live after treatment or a hospital stay.

When we opened our first homes, making the Inc. 5000 wasn’t on our minds. We kept meeting people who were ready to move forward but couldn’t safely return to their previous living situations. The need already existed, but there simply weren’t enough good homes.

Leaving treatment or a hospital is hard enough without having to wonder where you’ll sleep that night. A safe and supportive home gives people somewhere stable to continue rebuilding their lives. Demand for that housing has driven our growth across California. We now operate 18 homes, and we’ve kept building because counties, hospitals, health plans, treatment providers, and families are still looking for safe places to send people.

What the Inc. 5000 ranking actually means

The Inc. 5000 ranks privately held American companies by revenue growth over three years. Our company grew 891% from 2022 to 2025, which placed us No. 7 among real estate companies and No. 395 overall.

The median company on the 2026 list grew 130% during the same period. Our ranking put us in the top 8% of the 5,002 companies recognized that year. The North Bay Business Journal and The Press Democrat also reported that we were the highest-ranked company in California’s North Bay.

Real demand drove the growth

A company doesn’t grow revenue 891% by inventing demand. Our growth came from meeting a housing need that already existed.

SAMHSA reported that 44.6 million Americans had a substance use disorder in 2025. The best national estimate identified 17,943 recovery homes, serving an estimated 274,528 people over a year. Those figures were measured in different years, so we shouldn’t divide them into a neat percentage. They still show the size of the gap: tens of millions of people are affected by substance use, while the recovery-housing system has room for only a small fraction of them.

We see that gap at the local level every day. A treatment center has someone completing a program. A hospital has a patient who is medically ready to leave. A family has someone who wants to stay sober but can’t safely return to the same environment. They aren’t searching for a business opportunity. They’re searching for a bed.

That’s why we teach people to understand their market before choosing a property. The opportunity isn’t simply opening a house and calling it sober living. It starts with finding out exactly what kind of home is missing, building relationships with the organizations already helping people, and opening a home they can trust.

What the ranking proves and what it doesn’t

I don’t want to overstate what an Inc. ranking means. It doesn’t mean every sober living home will work in every market. A house doesn’t fill itself, and the ranking can’t predict what another operator will earn. A poorly chosen or poorly run home can still struggle.

The ranking does show that sober living and supportive housing can become a serious, durable real estate operation when they are built around real demand. Sober living isn’t a fringe use for a few spare bedrooms. It’s housing infrastructure that communities need, and good operators can build meaningful companies by meeting that need well.

Our work expanded as demand increased. We grew from sober living into recuperative care, Enhanced Care Management, and other housing support services. Each part of the company answers the same basic problem: too many people leave care without a safe and stable home waiting for them.

We’re still operating sober living homes every day

My team and I still deal with referrals, properties, staffing, residents, compliance, and the everyday decisions that come with running 18 homes. I built Sober Living Riches so other people wouldn’t have to piece this business together through trial and error.

The Inc. recognition matters because it independently verifies the size and growth of the operation behind what we teach. The lessons inside our community come from work we’re doing now, not from a business I ran years ago and turned into a course.

If you’re researching this model, start with our guide to starting a sober living home, see how we approach demand before property, or review more than 600 documented member wins and detailed case studies.

The Inc. 5000 ranking is based on company revenue growth. It does not represent typical member results or predict the results of any sober living home. Individual results vary and are not guaranteed.