Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Washington, DC Area

Each year, Inc. magazine produces the Inc. 500, a list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The companies were chosen based on revenue growth from 2001 through 2004. These businesses have had at least four full years of sales, and are U.S.-based, privately held, and are not subsidiaries of other firms.

These fast growing companies are probably good places to search for a job in the Washington, DC Area.

Ten companies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area were in the top 100. Here is the list in order by rank.

8 Object Sciences (Recently acquired by SAIC) - Kingstowne, VA
17 iDirect Technologies - Herndon, VA
28 Telesis - Rockville, MD
35 LanceSoft - Reston, VA
36 Convergenz - McLean, VA
38 Intellimar - Sykesville, MD
45 Petron Pacific - Chantilly, VA
55 CustomInk.com - Falls Church, VA
80 STG International - Alexandria, VA
87 Liquidity Services - Washington, DC

113 Orizon - Rockville, MD
116 GlobeNet - Alexandria, VA
134 Video Networks - Gaithersburg, MD
144 InfoReliance - Fairfax, VA
147 Strategic Business Systems - Herndon, VA
154 New Media Strategies - Arlington, VA
166 Advanced Patient Advocacy - Annapolis, MD
176 Westwood Group, The - Washington, DC
182 Innovative Solutions Consulting - Hollywood, MD
189 Primescape Solutions - Arlington, VA
197 Argotek - South Riding, VA
200 HSU Development - Rockville, MD


219 Arrowhead Global Solutions - Falls Church, VA
241 ECS - Fairfax, VA
221 SM Consulting - Linthicum, MD
225 SP Systems - Greenbelt, MD
250 CITI - Arlington, VA
260 Netconn Solutions - Hagerstown, MD
266 SiloSmashers - Fairfax, VA
273 CBay Systems - Annapolis, MD
282 Access Systems - Reston, VA


310 Artel - Reston, VA
323 Authsec - Columbia, MD
325 Thomas & Herbert Consulting - Silver Spring, MD
353 Integrity Applications - Chantilly, VA
355 Science & Engineering Services - Columbia, MD
356 Milestone Group - Arlington, VA
358 Cascades Technologies - Sterling, VA
387 Metier - Washington, DC
391 McDonald Bradley - Herndon, VA


407 Welocalize - Frederick, MD
444 Plateau Systems - Arlington, VA
448 21st Century Systems - Herndon, VA
449 Automation Technologies - Vienna, VA
451 Gray Hawk Systems - Alexandria, VA
457 Executive Management Associates - Darnestown, MD
467 WebSurveyor - Herndon, VA
493 MicroPact Engineering - Herndon, VA
495 Fieldstone Investment - Columbia, MD

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