#3 Fastest Growing Private Company: Advanced Exteriors and Glazing of New England | aeg-ne.com
Three-Year Average Annual Growth: 58%
Founded: 2021
Rank on Private 100: 68
Headquarters: 32 Hampshire Road, Salem
President: David Anzalone
Total Number of Employees: 90
Product/Service: Complete exterior envelope provider
Last year, Advanced Exteriors and Glazing of New England was the fast-growing company on the Private 100 list. This year, the explosive pace of growth ebbed slightly. While the company still expanded—increasing its workforce 200% by 60 people—2025 also provided a much-needed breather for the company and management.
“We’ve had such explosive growth over the past three to four years, [and now] the business has been able to slow down a bit and fine tune,” says President David Anzalone. “Now, moving into ’26 we can put our foot back on the gas pedal.”
Advanced Exteriors and Glazing of New England operates in the commercial construction space, providing and installing air and vapor barrier products, interior and exterior glass, curtainwall and storefront systems, rain screens and finished cladding systems.
This year, the business “got smoked by tariffs,” Anzalone says. A tax on aluminum hit quickly, and Anzalone found that suppliers dealt with uncertainty around tariffs by increasing their prices regardless of whether the levies were in place or not. “They took the uncertainty out of it by just increasing prices,” he says.
Some owners and general contractors worked with Advanced Exteriors and Glazing to handle the unexpected expense, but ultimately the company was contractually obligated to stick to the guaranteed maximum price they’d set for the job. “We had to eat those costs, and it was several hundred thousand dollars,” Anzalone says.
However, the end of the third quarter brought better news, as the Federal Reserve announced a drop in interest rates. Although the drop itself wasn’t significant, Anzalone says, it was enough to inspire confidence in bankers and investors who had put projects on hold amid high interest rates. Because of that, along with projected future interest rates, he expects to see demand for business pick up in the next year or two.
That could help Anzalone reach his goal of reaching $100 million in sales in the next five years. Currently, the business is “about one-third of the way there,” and Anzalone remains confident about the future. “We’ve had an opportunity to build our foundation and strengthen,” he says, “and that will allow us to be able to take the next step.”
