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Fairfax County and Northern Virginia companies dominate the annual Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing privately-owned companies. This year, Fairfax County is home to 113 firms, while the Northern Virginia region is home to 199 companies on the list.

Fairfax County accounts for 57 percent of the listed companies in Northern Virginia and 40 percent of all Virginia companies on the Inc. 5000 list.

Statewide, the 280 Virginia companies on the Inc. 5000 list had a median growth rate of 165 percent and brought in $13.9 billion in total revenue, with 22,053 employees, according to the media outlet.

“Having 199 companies on the Inc. 5000 from Northern Virginia – and more than half of them in Fairfax County – spotlights the strength of the economy here and the assets that this region has for startup and growth companies in many sectors, and that is especially important at a time like this with so many stresses on businesses and the economy,” said Victor Hoskins, president and CEO of the FCEDA. “We congratulate these companies for their achievement, and we stand ready to support their continued growth.”

Seven Fairfax County companies are in the top 500 of the list: Urgently, Saliense Consulting, B3 Group, JDSAT, SmartEdge IT, Numero Data and FreeAlliance.com.

Herndon-headquartered B3 Group, which was ranked no. 303, is a service-disabled veteran-owned health IT and management consulting firm that provides technology support services to the federal government and private-sector customers.

“We are proud to be recognized by Inc. for achieving and maintaining our growth strategy,” said Dwight Hunt, CEO and president of B3 Group. “Over the past four years of being included, we have doubled our growth but not just in dollars – in people, processes, technology as well.”

“We are excited about the rapid growth we have achieved over the past four years. We have cultivated some great relationships and attracted a stable employee base both in Herndon and around the country,” Hunt said.

Here are the Fairfax County–based companies that rank in the top 500 on the Inc. 5000 list (in order of ranking followed by growth percentage):

Rank	Company	Growth	Industry	Location
221	Urgently	1971%	Logistics & Transportation	Tysons
225	Saliense Consulting	1956%	Government Services	Tysons
303	B3 Group	1490%	Government Services	Herndon
328	JDSAT	1385%	Business Products & Services	Tysons
356	SmartEdge IT	1270%	Software	Herndon
368	Numero Data	1236%	Software	Herndon
456	FreeAlliance.com	1001%	Government Services	Tysons

 

The following companies based in the rest of Northern Virginia landed in the top 500:

Rank	Company	Growth		Industry	Location
93	Gravy Analytics		3623%	Software	Sterling
146	Broadleaf		2583%	Government Services	Manassas
150	SNA International		2544%	Government Services	Alexandria
155	Lateetud		2503%	IT System Development	Ashburn
189	Capital Telecom Services		2198%	Telecommunications	Sterling
216	Core One Solutions		2009%	Government Services	Sterling
274	Invictus International Consulting		1629%	Government Services	Alexandria
318	The Building People		1434%	Real Estate	Leesburg
333	Royce Geospatial Consultants		1369%	Government Services	Arlington
358	Objective Area Solutions		1259%	Business Products & Services	Arlington
381	SECURE PLANET INC		1201%	Government Services	Arlington
390	Aptive Resources		1189%	Business Products & Services	Alexandria
408	Pathfinder Consultants		1127%	IT Management	Sterling
428	Capitol Bridge		1069%	Government Services	Arlington
455	Teksky		1004%	IT System Development	Sterling
471	DivvyCloud		970%	Security	Arlington

 

The top 500 companies will be featured in the September issue of Inc.

The 2020 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2016 and 2019. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2016. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2019. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2016 is $100,000; the minimum for 2019 is $2 million, according to Inc. The complete Inc. 5000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority 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, Fairfax County’s largest business district, the FCEDA maintains business investment offices in six important global business centers: Bangalore/Mumbai, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Seoul and Tel Aviv. Follow the FCEDA on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

The FCEDA is a member of the Northern Virginia Economic Development Alliance, which promotes and markets Northern Virginia outside the region and conducts activities and events to build the regional business community. Other members of NOVA EDA are the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, Arlington County, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, Fauquier County, Loudoun County, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park and the Prince William County Department of Economic Development.

August 18, 2020

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