KEY TAKEAWAYS: Downtown FabWorks reported $5.4 million in 2025 revenue, marking 115% growth since 2023. The company completed 11 Super Bowl LIX-related projects across New Orleans. Downtown FabWorks moved into a new 40,000-square-foot headquarters in the Bywater. The company expanded from 14 e mployees to 42 while investing in HR, marketing, and operations.   2025 was a landmark year for Downtown FabWorks — marked by record revenue, a new 40,000-square-foot headquarters, 11 completed Super Bowl projects, and the successful execution of other large-scale events for local, regional, and national clients. “We were building the airplane while we were flying it,” said Downtown FabWorks President and Founder Dan Krall. “It was a very successful year, and we are proud of the high quality of service and finished projects that we have delivered to our clients while we continue to grow.”   Downtown FabWorks reported $5.4 million in revenue in 2025, representing a 115% three-year growth from $2.5 million in revenue in 2023. The company also posted a 74% year-over-year increase from its 2024 revenue of $3.1 million. “Our growth over the last few years has really come from making serious investments in our team, our leadership structure, and the systems that support quality as we scale,” Krall said. “We’ve grown from 14 employees to 42 in just a few years, and that kind of growth only works if you invest heavily in your core team, your standards, and your quality control processes.” Krall, a former scenic carpenter, welder and fabrication project manager for Solomon Group, founded Downtown FabWorks in 2019. From conceptualization to execution, the New Orleans-based company specializes in crafting high-quality, immersive experiences for live events, broadcast television, brand activations, immersive exhibits, and themed environments. Downtown FabWorks has completed projects for national brands including Live Nation Entertainment, Culver’s, Tito’s Vodka, Meta, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Capital One, Coca-Cola, Lowe’s, Amazon Prime Video, Under Armour, Spotify, Pandora, Marriott Bonvoy, Ashley Furniture, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, among others. Local clients include The National World War II Museum, Audubon Nature Institute, Louisiana Children’s Museum, New Orleans African American Museum, and WWL-TV, among others.   “In 2025, we were able to work on a wide range of high-impact and high-profile projects, from Super Bowl activations, Live Nation work around the country, to local projects like the TEP Center in the Lower Ninth Ward and the Robin Roberts Newsroom at Southeastern,” Krall said. “What’s exciting is the diversity of the work. We’re doing meaningful local projects, national entertainment work, and brand activations for major companies, all at the same time.” Krall added: “A lot of that national work comes through the relationships we’ve built with the firms that produce these large-scale events and activations. Those relationships have given us access to bigger brands and opportunities across the country.” The Super Bowl was a major test in early 2025, and Downtown FabWorks not only passed, but did so while managing additional local and national large-scale events and the move to its new corporate headquarters. During Super Bowl LIX, Downtown FabWorks worked on 11 events across the city. These projects ranged from the construction of a three-story Cabildo replica façade at Saints owner Gayle Benson’s Super Bowl party at City Park to the entry arch at the Gameday Experience, the stage for the NFL State of Inclusion Conference at Ashe Cultural Arts Center, and brand activations for Frito’s, High 5 Casino, and Pandora/Sirius XM at the Chris Stapleton concert at The Fillmore. “The Super Bowl was a huge test for us. We were handling 11 overlapping local projects in the first quarter while also executing major national work at the same time, and it really became a proof of concept for what our team and our new facility could handle,” Krall said. “One of our proudest accomplishments was proving we could manage a high volume of major local event work while continuing to deliver on overlapping national projects.” In the first quarter of 2025, Downtown FabWorks completed its move from its original Chalmette operations into a 40,000-square-foot facility in the Bywater at 2800 N. Johnson St. The facility includes three dock-high loading docks for improved logistics and delivery, a dedicated storage bay for the company’s growing event rental inventory, and ample space for departments including sales and estimation, production and technical design, project management, and metalworks, millwork, CNC, finishing and installation. Downtown FabWorks also invested heavily in marketing in 2025, hiring its marketing team, revamping its website, and using employee spotlight stories to showcase the team behind the work. Krall said that messaging effort was designed to reinforce the company’s culture and creative identity as it grew. The company also brought HR in-house, hiring a director of people and culture in Q4. “One of the biggest internal milestones for us in 2025 was building out an HR function for the first time. That was a major step in supporting the size and pace of the company we’ve become,” Krall said. “Culture has always been central to this company, and having a dedicated people and culture department is a big part of making sure we continue to be a place that takes care of its team as we grow.” Businesses that want to be considered for the Fastest Growing Companies and Top Private Companies lists should contact Market Research Director Jessica Greenlee Maldonado at [email protected]. ...read more read less