265 Va. companies make 2024 Inc. 5000 list

This year, 265 Virginia companies made the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies, released Tuesday by Inc. magazine.

Ranking at No. 53 overall, Ashburn IT services firm Blu Omega, a woman-owned small business founded in 2020, was the highest-ranking Virginia company on the list. Blu Omega’s clients include federal agencies as well as small and medium-size businesses. This was the first year Blu Omega made the list. 

Two other Virginia companies ranked among the top 100 companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list: Fortreum, a Lansdowne firm providing cybersecurity and cloud assessment services, ranked No. 78; and Servos, a Richmond technology consulting company, ranked No. 99. This was the first year on the list for both companies. 

Last year, 275 Virginia companies made the list and Leesburg’s Goldschmitt and Associates, an information technology company, was Virginia’s top-ranked company, coming in at No. 34. Three other Virginia companies ranked within the top 100 in 2023. 

Virginia companies on the 2024 list had a median three-year growth rate of 194% and added a total of 32,868 jobs. Of the Virginia companies that made the list, 186 are repeat winners. 

North Carolina had 126 companies on the list, and Maryland had 116.

To apply to make the list, companies had to be privately held, for profit and not a subsidiary or division of another company. They also had to generate a minimum of $100,000 in revenue in 2020 and a minimum of $2 million in 2023. 

Companies from every state and Puerto Rico made the 2024 Inc. 5000. They range in size from one employee up to 262,079 employees and had made from about $2 million revenue in 2023 to $15.5 billion. Reston’s Carahsoft Technology made that whopping sum. The company, which provides IT services, ranked No. 4,650 on the list. It’s the 17th time Carahsoft has made the Inc. 5000. 

Ranked by three-year average growth, these are the top 25 Virginia companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list:

53) Blu Omega, 5,218%, IT services, Ashburn

78) Fortreum, 3,831%, IT services, Lansdowne

99) Servos, 3,249%, IT services, Richmond

119) Cynet Health, 2,848%, human resources, Sterling

123) National Consulting Partners, 2,797%, government services, Woodbridge

138) Black Canyon Consulting, 2,479%, IT services, Fairfax

145) KlariVis, 2,395%, software, Roanoke

202) Melone Hatley, 1,998%, legal, Virginia Beach

221) Agile Rebuilt, 1,825%, construction, Round Hill

232) Bespoke Technology, 1,765%, business products and services, Aldie

240) BarTrack, 1,704%, food and beverage, Ashburn

245) Piedmont Global Language Solutions, 1,667%, business products and services, Arlington

246) ThinkTek, 1,656%, government services, Fairfax

288) Andworx, 1,490%, software, Falls Church

294) Aalis Management Consulting, 1,439%, government services, Woodbridge

381) DNA Logistix Management, 1,156%, logistics and transportation, Ashburn

495) Zen Strategics, 892%, government services, Vienna

536) Summit Human Capital, 829%, business products and services, Richmond

589) OneZero Solutions, 771%, government services, Alexandria

591) Business GPS, 765%, business products and services, Warrenton

600) Solvere Technical Group, 754%, business products and services, Virginia Beach

607) Top Line Growth Partners, 749%, business products and services, Richmond

615) MovementX, 741%, health services, Alexandria

674) Integrated Management Strategies, 699%, business products and services, Vienna

680) Dedrone, 695%, security, Sterling