LAS VEGAS – (March 27, 2026) – Kenerator, a rapidly scaling platform transforming the home standby generator and backup power market, has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026. This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through innovation. Alongside the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, Fast Company recognizes 720 honorees across 59 sectors and regions. Kenerator has earned the standing of No. 7 in the Emerging Enterprise: 201-999 Employees category.
Kenerator was founded by Ken Goodrich, a seasoned entrepreneur in the HVAC and home services industry who built and successfully exited six companies before launching Kenerator. Recognizing persistent shortcomings in the home standby power market, Goodrich set out to raise the standard. He partnered with industry-leading experts and his business-building team to develop a new generation of home standby power generators.
“This recognition validates what we set out to do from day one, which was to build a modern, scalable platform that brings reliability, professionalism, and innovation to an industry that hasn’t kept pace with demand,” said Goodrich, founder and CEO of Kenerator. “As power outages become more frequent and severe, we’re focused on delivering true energy resilience to homeowners through better systems, better training, and a better overall experience.”
Over the past year, Kenerator has rapidly emerged as a category-defining force in the highly fragmented home generator and backup power market. Through a series of acquisitions and integration strategy, the company unified four regional generator providers in Texas, Florida and South Carolina into a single, high-performing operating platform. Those businesses, which generated approximately $14 million in combined annual revenue at acquisition, are now pacing to exceed $50 million, representing more than 250% growth driven by operational excellence, standardized systems, and a customer-first approach.
Central to Kenerator’s innovation is its proprietary workforce model. Rather than relying on subcontractors, the company employs and trains full-time certified technicians, known as “Kengineers”, through its internal training academy. This approach ensures consistent, high-quality service while addressing a growing skilled labor shortage in the trades. At the same time, Kenerator has invested heavily in customer empowerment, launching a library of more than 100 educational videos that help homeowners better understand, operate, and maintain their backup power systems. An uncommon level of transparency in the industry.
Kenerator is also advancing the future of residential energy resilience through hybrid power solutions that integrate traditional generators with backup battery systems. By combining these technologies into seamless, turnkey offerings, the company is helping homeowners navigate an evolving energy landscape while ensuring reliability during outages. This integrated approach, paired with a proven operating system developed by Goodrich over decades of building home services businesses, positions Kenerator to scale nationally while raising the standard for performance, reliability, and customer experience.
The World’s Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company’s hallmark franchise and one of its most anticipated editorial efforts of the year. To determine honorees, Fast Company’s editors and writers review companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world.
“Our list of the Most Innovative Companies is about spotlighting organizations that don’t just adapt to change—they drive it,” said Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “The companies we honor this year are redefining what leadership looks like in 2026, pairing bold ideas with measurable impact and turning breakthrough innovation into real-world value. They are setting the pace for their industries and offering a blueprint for what sustained innovation can achieve.”
The full list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies honorees can now be found at fastcompany.com. It will also be available on newsstands beginning March 31, 2026.
Fast Company will host the Most Innovative Companies Summit and Gala for honorees on May 19 in New York City. The summit features a day of inspiring content, followed by a creative black-tie gala including networking, a seated dinner, and an honoree presentation.
About Kenerator:
Kenerator is transforming the generator and backup power market by delivering reliable, seamless energy solutions to homeowners in outage-prone regions across the United States. Founded by home services entrepreneur Ken Goodrich, Kenerator combines strategic acquisitions, proprietary operating systems, and a highly trained in-house workforce to modernize a fragmented industry. With a focus on customer experience, workforce development, and hybrid energy solutions, Kenerator is helping families stay safe, connected, and prepared in an era of increasing grid instability.
For more information, visit www.kenerator.com.
About Fast Company:
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow business publication Inc. For more information, please visit fastcompany.com.
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