Annandale Company In Top 100 Of Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing List

ANNANDALE, VA — The Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies is out, and an Annandale-based company was the highest-ranked Fairfax County company.

Annandale's PingWind was ranked 75th on the list. It's one of five firms in the top 500 and one of 128 on the Inc. 5000 list from Fairfax County. The business provides IT and management consulting services to the federal government and is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. It is the third-fastest growing company in the category of government services as well as the third-fastest growing company in Virginia with 5,118 percent three-year growth.

"The whole PingWind team is incredibly proud to be recognized in the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the country and is looking forward to continued success," stated Aaron Moak, CEO and co-founder of PingWind. "Moving our corporate headquarters to Fairfax County in 2019 has put us in a fantastic ecosystem to support growth including access to tremendous employees and resources, such as the Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center at George Mason University."

The Inc. 5000 list ranks companies by percentage revenue growth from 2017 to 2020. Companies can qualify if they were founded and producing revenue by March 31, 2017 and are U.S. based. On average, companies on the list have 167 percent growth. The list contains 529 newly founded companies and 2,560 past honorees.

Overall, 331 companies on the list hail from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Other Fairfax County companies in the top 500 are Herndon's Centurion Consulting Group, Springfield's Black Bear Technology Solutions, Fairfax's Kreative Technologies and Reston's Old Dominion Strategies.

"The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority congratulates all the Fairfax County and Northern Virginia firms on the Inc. 5000 list this year," said Victor Hoskins, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. "These companies represent a wide array of industry sectors and are excellent examples of the kind of success that businesses of all kinds and sizes can achieve in our region."

Companies on the Inc. 500 will be in Inc.’s September issue. See the full list or companies by metro region or state at www.inc.com/inc5000.