TIME Recognizes Cytek® Biosciences as One of America's Growth Leaders of 2026
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spectral flow cytometry leader Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTKB) today announced its inclusion on TIME's 2026 list of America's Growth Leaders. Presented in partnership with global data firm Statista, the inaugural ranking recognizes the top-performing publicly listed companies in the United States that have demonstrated exceptional growth, financial stability, and stock performance over the past five years.
According to TIME and Statista, thousands of businesses are founded in the United States each month, but only a select few sustain growth and deliver long-term value. This list honors companies that are standing the test of time – and leading their industries into the future. Cytek's inclusion underscores its strong financial foundation, sustained business expansion, and continued success in delivering innovative, high-parameter cell analysis solutions to the global research and clinical communities.
"At Cytek, our mission is clear: to make high-parameter cell analysis more accessible, intuitive, and cost-effective for laboratories of all sizes," said Wenbin Jiang, Ph.D., CEO of Cytek Biosciences. "We are honored to be recognized by TIME and Statista as one of America's Growth Leaders. This achievement reflects the dedication of our global team, the trust of our customers, and our ongoing commitment to enabling discoveries that advance human health and scientific understanding."
Through its Full Spectrum Profiling™ (FSP®) technology, Cytek is leading the industry forward by transforming what innovation in flow cytometry means, setting a new standard. The company's innovations directly address some of society's most urgent challenges – helping researchers fight cancer, advance cell and gene therapies, develop vaccines, and respond to emerging diseases.
Today, Cytek FSP systems are cited in more than 3,200 peer-reviewed publications, highlighting their impact on research worldwide. These innovations advance Cytek's mission of empowering every lab – regardless of size, budget, or location – with the tools and support to unlock cellular insights that drive progress in health, science, and society.
Being named to TIME's America's Growth Leaders of 2026 list places Cytek among an elite group of companies that have demonstrated resilience, sustained performance, and a forward-looking approach in an ever-evolving market landscape.
The full list of America's Growth Leaders of 2026 is available here.
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About Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
Cytek Biosciences (NASDAQ:CTKB) is a leading cell analysis solutions company advancing the next generation of cell analysis tools by delivering high-resolution, high-content and high-sensitivity cell analysis utilizing its patented Full Spectrum Profiling™ (FSP®) technology. Cytek's novel approach harnesses the power of information within the entire spectrum of a fluorescent signal to achieve a higher level of multiplexing with precision and sensitivity. Cytek's platform includes: its core FSP instruments, the Cytek Aurora™, Northern Lights™, Cytek Aurora™ CS and Cytek Aurora™ Evo systems; the Cytek Orion™ reagent cocktail preparation system; the Enhanced Small Particle™ (ESP™) detection technology; the flow cytometers and imaging products under the Amnis® and Guava® brands; and reagents, software and services to provide a comprehensive and integrated suite of solutions for its customers. Cytek is headquartered in Fremont, California with offices and distribution channels across the globe. More information about the company and its products is available at www.cytekbio.com.
Cytek's products are for research use only and not for use in diagnostic procedures (other than Cytek's Northern Lights-CLC system and certain reagents, which are available for clinical use only in China and the European Union).
Cytek, Full Spectrum Profiling, FSP, Cytek Aurora, Northern Lights, Enhanced Small Particle, ESP, Cytek Orion, Amnis and Guava are trademarks of Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are subject to the "safe harbor" created by those sections. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," or "would" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding Cytek's mission, business plans and strategies. These statements are based on management's current expectations, forecasts, beliefs, assumptions and information currently available to management. These statements also deal with future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include global geopolitical, economic and market conditions; Cytek's ability to manage the impacts of recent and future export controls and licensing requirements, tariffs and NIH funding policies on its business; Cytek's ability to evaluate its prospects for future viability and predict future performance; Cytek's ability to accurately forecast customer demand and adoption of its products; Cytek's ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of collaborations; Cytek's dependence on certain sole and single source suppliers; competition; market acceptance of Cytek's current and potential products; Cytek's ability to manage the growth and complexity of its organization, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and hire and retain key employees; Cytek's ability to manufacture its products in high-quality commercial quantities successfully and consistently to meet demand; Cytek's ability to increase penetration in its existing markets and expand into adjacent markets; Cytek's ability to secure additional distributors or maintain good relationships with its existing distributors; Cytek's ability to successfully develop and introduce new products; Cytek's ability to maintain, protect and enhance its intellectual property; Cytek's ability to continue to stay in compliance with its material contractual obligations, applicable laws and regulations; and foreign currency exchange impacts. You should refer to the section entitled "Risk Factors" set forth in Cytek's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2025 with the SEC, and other filings Cytek makes with the SEC from time to time for a discussion of important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by Cytek's forward-looking statements. Although Cytek believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot provide any assurance that these expectations will prove to be correct nor can it guarantee that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Cytek as of the date hereof, and Cytek disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements provided to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Cytek's as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
Media Contact:
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Investor Contact:
Paul Goodson
Head of Investor Relations
Cytek Biosciences
pgoodson@cytekbio.com
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