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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Alan Fogg,
Director of Communications
afogg@fceda.org, 703-790-0600
More Fairfax County Businesses Make Lists of Top U.S. Minority Firms
Fairfax County, Virginia, September 22, 1998— Fairfax County is the home of an increasing number of the nation's top-ranked African-American and Hispanic-owned companies.
The latest ranking of the 1998 Hispanic Business High-Tech 50 in Hispanic Business magazine shows seven Hispanic-owned companies located in Fairfax County, up from five companies last year.
Black Enterprise also recently ranked seven Fairfax County businesses among its top 100 African-American-owned firms, up from five companies in 1997.
"We're delighted that more and more minority-owned companies are locating in Fairfax County," said Patricia M. Woolsey, chairman of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Commission. "The County is a wonderful place for any emerging information technology company that wants to start and grow a business."
The seven Fairfax County firms in the "1998 Hispanic Business High-tech 50" are:
- Sherikon Inc. of Chantilly (#8)
- GCI Information Services Inc. of McLean (#28)
- Technautics Inc. of Falls Church (#40)
- Comprehensive Technologies Intl. Inc. of Fairfax (#44)
- Kemron Environmental Services, Inc. of Vienna (#48)
- Geologics Corp. of Alexandria (#49)
- BRTRC Inc. of Fairfax (#50)
Black Enterprise ranked these Fairfax County companies among the nation's 100 largest African-American-owned businesses:
- Innovative Logistics Techniques Inc. of McLean (#51)
- Thompson Hospitality Corp. of Reston (#54)
- Metters Industries Inc. of McLean (#56)
- Universal Systems & Technology Inc. (UNITECH) of Fairfax (#65)
- Intellisys Technology Corp. of Fairfax (#75)
- United Communications Systems, Inc. of McLean (#86)
- Jil Information Systems, Inc. of Vienna (#92)
The increase in African-American- and Hispanic-owned businesses in Fairfax County is part of a national trend. The latest data from the Census Bureau lists 771,708 Hispanic-owned companies, up by 83 percent from 422,373 companies in 1987. In Fairfax County, the Hispanic-owned companies almost tripled, zooming to 3,110 from 1,076 in 1987.
Nationally, the number of African-American-owned companies soared to 620,912, up by 46 percent from 424,165 companies in 1987. The number of black-owned businesses in Fairfax County rose to 2,264, up from 1,322 firms in 1987.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) provides services and information designed to promote Fairfax County as a business location for domestic and international companies and organizations. FCEDA assists businesses by identifying possible sites and facilities and is a source for up-to-date demographic and economic statistics. For more information, visit the FCEDA's Web page at www.FairfaxCountyEDA.
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