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41 Virginia companies made the 2025 Fortune 1000
Forty-one companies headquartered in Virginia made the grade in Fortune magazine’s 71st annual Fortune 1000 list, and 25 Virginia companies are on this year's elite Fortune 500.
Compound growth
As U.S. stocks hit bear market territory last year, Virginia’s largest publicly traded companies weathered rising interest rates, inflation and continued supply chain and labor challenges. Rising home mortgage rates drove a slowdown in new business at McLean-based Freddie Mac. Plunging prices for used cars caused Goochland County-based CarMax to focus on controlling costs. As […]
Bowman Consulting Group acquires Fla. firm
Reston-based civil engineering company Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has acquired Pensacola, Florida-based Fabre Engineering Inc., the company announced Monday. Bowman financed the acquisition with a combination of cash and seller financing but did not disclose the financial details. “Frank and the extended Fabre team have a long history in the Gulf Coast,” Bowman CEO Gary […]
Thinking big
At Virginia’s largest publicly traded companies, the past year has been a constant exercise in challenging the status quo. Some major changes could be seen at the consumer level, as Dollar Tree Inc. raised its namesake base price point to $1.25, and Capital One Financial Corp. eliminated overdraft fees for its banking customers. And the […]
