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Six Fairfax County companies named to 2009 Black Enterprise 100 list

Fairfax County, Virginia USA, Thursday, June 25, 2009 -

Black Enterprise magazine’s 2009 ranking of the 100 largest African American-owned industrial/service businesses in the nation includes six Fairfax County-based companies, five of them federal contractors in information technology sectors. The magazine bases the BE 100 on company revenue. The list is in the magazine’s June issue.

The six Fairfax County companies constitute more than half of the 10 Virginia companies on the BE 100 service/industrial list this year, and one-third of the 18 businesses on the list from the Washington, D.C., region. Only six states have more than six companies on the list: Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.

“We are extremely proud to be the home of more top African-American owned and operated companies than 44 states,” said Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA, www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org). “Fairfax County is such a unique community. Everyone has opportunity and everyone can contribute to our overall economic success.”

The six Fairfax County companies on the 2009 BE 100 service/industrial list:

 

Time magazine called Fairfax County, just outside Washington, D.C., “one of the great economic success stories of our time.” Business growth helps Fairfax County fund the nation’s top-rated school system and library, park, public safety and human services that contribute to the quality of life of residents. Fairfax County offers businesses a state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure, access to global markets through Washington Dulles International Airport and a well-educated workforce.

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org) promotes Fairfax County as a business and technology center. The FCEDA offers site location and business development assistance, and connections with county and state government agencies, to help companies locate and expand in Fairfax County. In addition to its headquarters in Tysons Corner, Fairfax County’s largest business district, the FCEDA maintains marketing offices in five important overseas business centers: Bangalore, Frankfurt, London, Seoul and Tel Aviv.


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