Ranking #289, direct-to-consumer cleaning product company Dropps was named the fastest-growing private company based in Philadelphia on Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list.

While the sustainability-minded company has seen growth over the past few years, founder and CEO Jonathan Propper attributes a recent bump in the soap business to more people staying at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“There was a big spike in March, and laundry [business] has leveled off to what normal levels are for customers, but dish soap keeps rising,” he told Technical.ly. “People aren’t dressing up as much being at home, so they’re wearing the same outfits all the time. But you’re cooking constantly. The dishwasher that may have run once every three days is running once a day now. That’s been a real paradigm shift.”

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