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For Immediate Release
Alan Fogg,
Director of Communications
afogg@fceda.org, 703-790-0600 (o) or 571-213-5065 (m)
Seven Fairfax County tech companies
make annual Black Enterprise 100 list
Fourteen from Washington, D.C., area on list of largest African-American firms
Fairfax County, Virginia, May 26, 2003—Seven technology companies based in Fairfax County are among the 100 largest African American-owned service/industrial firms in the country, according to Black Enterprise magazine. The magazine ranks the companies by revenue and features the 2003 list in its June edition.
The seven Fairfax County companies primarily are federal contractors and represent half of the 14 Washington, D.C.-area companies on the BE 100 list. Eleven of the 14 are from northern Virginia and three are from suburban Maryland.
The only locality in the United States with more companies on the list than Fairfax County is Detroit (nine). The only states with the same number or more companies on the list than Fairfax County are Michigan (19), California and Illinois (eight each) and Ohio (seven).
The seven Fairfax County companies ranked on the 2002 BE 100 list are:
"Our proximity to the federal government makes this a great location for anyone to start a business. We have always felt Fairfax County is the best place in America for minority and woman-owned companies to locate and grow. These companies have been able to grow thanks to federal contracts so this is one more confirmation of that belief," said Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority.
On October 8-10, 2003, Fairfax County will host the third annual Emerging Business Forum (www.emergingbusinessforum.org), a conference that helps culturally diverse entrepreneurs accelerate the growth of their businesses through access to partners and customers, mentors and sources of capital. The FCEDA created and developed the Forum.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org) promotes Fairfax County as a business and technology center. The FCEDA assists businesses by identifying possible sites and facilities, and is a source for up-to-date demographic and economic statistics. The FCEDA has a program to assist small, minority and woman-owned firms. The FCEDA also maintains marketing offices in London, Frankfurt and Tokyo.
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