Image credit: Washington, D.C. (Sept. 26, 2003) -- Aerial view of the Washington Monument with the Capitol in the background. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway.
Each year, Inc. magazine turns a spotlight on the top 5,000 fastest growing privately-owned companies in its Inc 5000 list.
This year, the big unveiling came today, and the Washington, D.C. metro area had 324 companies make the list — the second highest of all metro areas listed.
Of those in the metro area that made the list, nine cracked the top 100: DGC International, TechAnax, Interactive Government Holdings, Enhanced Veterans Solutions, ByteCubed, FedBiz IT Solutions, Associated Veterans, A. Prentice Ray & Associates and Harbinger.
The 2017 list is determined based on the revenue growth percentage between 2013 and 2016. Companies must be based in the U.S. and have been generating revenue by March 31, 2013.
So, without further adieu, here's who made the 2017 Inc. 5000 list in the DMV—
*Editor's note: The list sent to DC Inno only includes the 44 in Washington, D.C. specifically. To find companies in surrounding cities, head to Inc's list and search by metro area.
| Account Name | Year Founded | Inc. 5000 2017 Ranking | Edited Profile | No. of employees in 2013 | No. of employees in 2016 |
| A. Prentice Ray & Associates | 2005 | 86 | Provides IT, app development, cyber security, administrative support, real property management, and acquisitions and communications services to government and industry. | 3 | 75 |
| Harbinger | 2013 | 97 | Plans and executes high-profile events, such as papal visits and political debates, and brand experiences, including a self-driving Uber demo. | 4 | 21 |
| TalEx | 2012 | 143 | A boutique staffing firm that offers contract, contract-to-hire, and right-to-hire placement as well as full outsourced payroll for companies. | 16 | 280 |
| RWD Consulting | 2007 | 158 | Offers expertise in logistics and supply chain management, facility operations and management, administrative services, research, project management, and technical support. | 10 | 77 |
| TrackMaven | 2012 | 183 | Develops a marketing analytics platform that integrates with all the tools marketers are already using to measure their performance. | 9 | 47 |
| CleanChoice Energy | 2013 | 367 | Supplies clean renewable energy to residential and commercial customers. | 15 | 43 |
| SoapBox | 2010 | 472 | Sells personal care products online and through major retailers, donating a bar of soap to a person in need for each sale. | 5 | 9 |
| Contactually | 2011 | 513 | Makes software that imports and organizes a user's contacts and makes them available on all devices. | 7 | 60 |
| Elevated | 2013 | 566 | Provides writing, strategy, and consulting for nonprofits' grant programs. | 6 | 39 |
| Creative Business Solutions | 2007 | 838 | A management and IT consulting firm offering financial management, program and project management, logistics, and risk management to the military and government agencies. | 28 | 200 |
| Cradle Systems | 2012 | 866 | Provides information security, business technology consulting, and systems integration services. | 8 | 26 |
| Atlas Research | 2008 | 1024 | An award-winning consulting firm, Atlas Research was founded in 2008 by senior executives from various health and social service companies with the intent to provide strategic advisory and applied research services to these agencies. | 40 | 168 |
| Gordon James Realty | 2011 | 1148 | Provides property management, brokerage, and real estate development services. | 3 | 11 |
| New Vision Properties | 2008 | 1220 | Acquires, develops, sells, and manages single- and multi-family and commercial properties. | 5 | 14 |
| vTech Solution | 2006 | 1285 | A provider of private cloud, cloud hosting and hybrid cloud services to its governmental clients. Offers IT consulting and staffing services. | 15 | 67 |
| Black Spoke | 2012 | 1614 | Specializes in systems engineering for large government agencies. | 5 | 23 |
| Thycotic | 1996 | 1739 | Offers smart and reliable IT security services that help companies control their account credentials and identity access points. The company also offers end-user password management services. Clients include government agencies, tech firms, universities and Fortune 500 companies. | 30 | 125 |
| Bully Pulpit Interactive | 2009 | 1744 | A marketing, communications and ad agency. Founded by the digital marketers who were responsible for the historic 2008 Presidential campaign of Barack Obama. | 39 | 90 |
| Apprio | 1998 | 1772 | Federal, defense and NGO agencies look to this technology and management services company for health informatics, emergency management and financial management tools. | 62 | 213 |
| Solar Solution | 2009 | 1789 | A provider of clean, reliable and efficient solar power installations to government, commercial and residential clients in several states ? Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Washington DC. | 11 | 39 |
| BayFirst Solutions | 2002 | 1821 | Based in Washington DC, they offer consulting and technology services to both the private and public sector. Their clients include both state governments and the Federal government. | 76 | 196 |
| The Kaizen Company | 2004 | 1913 | A consultancy that helps businesses in governance, economic growth, environment and water, energy, and global law enforcement improve their performance. | 10 | 67 |
| Taoti Creative | 1996 | 1941 | Provides mobile and Web app development, managed hosting, marketing and PR, and strategy consulting for non-profit, NGO, government, and commercial clients. | 11 | 24 |
| OpenWater Software | 2007 | 2056 | Provides awards management software that the TONY and James Beard awards, among others, use to collect entries, manage judging, and prepare for awards shows. | 7 | 19 |
| Evans & Chambers Technology | 2003 | 2111 | A customer-driven software development company that works with the federal government and commercial enterprises. Helps agencies meet critical mission objectives through applied expertise in software development and program management. | 15 | 51 |
| Kupanda Capital | 2012 | 2147 | An investment and advisory firm that creates, capitalizes, and scales pan-African companies. | 4 | 7 |
| Be The Change Revolutions | 2012 | 2204 | A digital marketing agency that specializes in building and engaging communities around clients' causes. | 15 | 26 |
| Maga Design Group | 2005 | 2232 | Through visual information mapping, they help organizations that are in the tech, government and aerospace industry with solving their business challenges. | 27 | 62 |
| Rigil | 2005 | 2266 | Provides change management, business process management and portfolio management services, while also offering human capital and training services out of their DC offices. | 32 | 143 |
| Human Solutions | 1997 | 2283 | Provides technical and management services to air traffic control providers, aviation planners and airport operators. They have a strong focus on engineering, human factors, air traffic system support and organizational development. | 103 | 149 |
| eTERA Consulting | 2004 | 2324 | Offers technology, forensics and security-related litigation and legal management consulting services to law firms and corporations through their DC, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, New York and LA offices. They also have a presence in France and Italy. | 25 | 50 |
| Macro Solutions | 2000 | 2378 | Assists federal customers with the selection, implementation, integration, and maintenance of critical business solutions. | 84 | 160 |
| Zippy Shell | 2010 | 2605 | A storage and moving company that helps deliver containers right to a customer?s front door. Customers can request storage and moving services through the company?s website. | 30 | 80 |
| United Fray | 2010 | 2632 | Organizes adult social sport leagues and special events. | 5 | 11 |
| Nomadic Real Estate | 2007 | 2921 | Provides leasing, management, and sales services to the residential metro area market. | 9 | 21 |
| Corner Alliance | 2007 | 3382 | Offers cloud services, grants management, organizational assessments and program management to help companies better communicate with employees and customers in the digital world. | 19 | 36 |
| JMA Solutions | 2005 | 3827 | A veteran-owned company that offers management services to government clients. Helps the government with program management, engineering, financial management, air traffic management and training services. Company is run by Jan Adams, a 24-year veteran of the Air Force. | 112 | 169 |
| DKW Communications | 2001 | 4093 | 120 | 200 | |
| The Midtown Group | 1989 | 4144 | Offers federal legal services, government services, IT services and operations services. Provides temp, contract and direct-hire placements in these sectors. | 32 | 35 |
| HWC | 2005 | 4163 | A management consulting firm that deals in the areas of homeland security and defense, emergency management and public health. Works with the government to deal with threats that are both natural and man-made. | 35 | 103 |
| Greystones Group | 1999 | 4191 | 38 | 54 | |
| Keller Williams Capital Properties | 2006 | 4287 | A real estate firm that offers education, coaching and other tools to its residential and commercial clients. Based in the DC area. | 558 | 909 |
| NGP VAN | 1997 | 4793 | Provides technology services and tools to assist progressive campaigns and organizations with fundraising, organizing and social media networking. Its clients have included President Obama's campaign, labor unions and the Democratic National Committee. | 81 | 190 |
| Long Story Short Media | 2009 | 4869 | A creative consulting and production firm specializing in multi-use, short-form content. It advises, films and produces content for broadcast, social media, live events, conferences, long-term issue campaigns and online & broadcast programs. Its clients include broadcast networks, corporate partners, government institutions, foundations and non-profits. | 5 | 15 |
