Nominations Open for Virginia's Fastest Growing Companies

By SHARON REED (Patch Staff)

Nominations are now open for Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Fantastic 50 program to recognize Virginia’s fastest growing businesses.

Now in its 21st year, the Fantastic 50 program is the only annual statewide award recognizing Virginia’s fastest growing business, according to the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Nominations for the 2016 Fantastic 50 program are open and being solicited from local chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, and through the sponsors’ networks; companies may also nominate themselves.

To be eligible, a company must be privately held with headquarters in Virginia, show sales between $200,000 and $200 million, and demonstrate positive revenue growth and positive net income in its most recent fiscal year over the previous year. Companies are judged on four-year sales revenue history.

Application Deadline: January 8, 2016

“For the last twenty years, the Virginia Chamber’s Fantastic 50 program has recognized the success of the fastest-growing businesses in the Commonwealth,” said Barry DuVal, President and CEO of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. “I encourage local chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, and companies throughout Virginia to submit nominations for next year’s Fantastic 50 program as we work together to build a new Virginia economy.”

In the 2015 competition, Northern Virginia companies that won a spot in the Fantastic 50 were:

• Alexandria: RM Advisory Services LLC
• Arlington: Applied Predictive Technologies, Buchanan & Edwards, E3 Federal Solutions, Eagle Hill Consulting LLC, infoLock Technologies, Kitewire Inc., Millennium Corporation, Phacil Inc.
• Ashburn: Arcogent, AutoUpLinkUSA Mid-Atlantic
• Chantilly: Eagle Ray Inc.
• Fairfax: Concept Plus LLC, First Virginia Community Bank, InTec LLC, Sevatec Inc., Technatomy Corporation
• Falls Church: Markon Solutions, Three Wire Systems LLC
• Herndon: Search Technologies
• Leesburg: Amatea LLC
• McLean: Octo Consulting Group Inc.
• Reston: Data Networks Corporation, MetroStar Systems Inc., TeraThink Corporation
• Springfield: MindPoint Group LLC
• Tysons Corner: Zantech IT Services Inc.
• Vienna: Veris Group LLC
• Woodbridge: Fluet Huber + Hoang PLLC

For more information about the Fantastic 50 program, click here.