For Immediate Release
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015
CONTACT:
Paul Logan
703-403-6464
p.logan@vachamber.com
Nominations Open for Fastest Growing Companies in Virginia – the “Fantastic 50”
Application Deadline: January 8, 2016
RICHMOND – Nominations are now open for the 2016 Fantastic 50 program recognizing Virginia’s fastest growing business. The Fantastic 50 award program is a signature event of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, now in its 21st year.
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. The public accounting and advisory firm Dixon Hughes Goodman verifies all award entries. More information about the Fantastic 50 program and the nomination form is available at http://www.dhgllp.com/about-us/locations/virginia/fantastic-50
“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. “To see where Virginia will be in the next twenty years, we must look where our workforce pipeline is taking us and how well-aligned it is with these rapidly expanding enterprises. 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.”
The Fantastic 50 award program is sponsored by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Cox Communications, Inc., Avison Young, Virginia Business Magazine, Dixon Hughes Goodman, SunTrust Bank, Capital One, Williams Mullen, Leidos and the Westfields Marriott.
For questions about the application form, please call or email Shannon Jameson at Dixon Hughes Goodman: 703-970-0422, shannon.jameson@dhgllp.com
A list of the most recent Fantastic 50 awards winners is available below.
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
2015 Virginia Fantastic 50 Winners
- Patriot Group International Inc., Warrenton (Virginia Vanguard – Highest Overall Growth)
- Marathon TS, Kilmarnock (Virginia Vanguard – Technology)
- New Bell Truck Lines Inc., Chester (Virginia Vanguard – Service)
- WillowTree ®, Charlottesville
- Arcogent , Ashburn
- Eagle Ray Inc., Chantilly
- Technatomy Corporation, Fairfax
- Kitewire Inc., Arlington
- MindPoint Group LLC, Springfield
- Reed Integration Inc., Suffolk
- Zantech IT Services Inc., Tysons Corner
- Marton Technologies Inc., Newport News
- Eagle Hill Consulting LLC, Arlington
- E3 Federal Solutions, Arlington
- Morooka USA, Ashland (Virginia Vanguard – Retail/Wholesale)
- Team Henry Enterprises LLC, Newport News
- Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Nelson County (Virginia Vanguard – Manufacturing)
- TeraThink Corporation, Reston
- Three Wire Systems LLC, Falls Church
- Grow, Norfolk
- Markon Solutions, Falls Church
- Fluet Huber + Hoang PLLC, Woodbridge
- RM Advisory Services LLC, Alexandria
- InTec LLC, Fairfax
- SimVentions Inc., Fredericksburg
- Phacil Inc., Arlington
- Applied Predictive Technologies, Arlington
- Prevailance Inc., Virginia Beach
- Concept Plus LLC, Fairfax
- Millennium Corporation, Arlington
- Data Networks Corporation, Reston
- Veris Group LLC, Vienna
- Marstel Day LLC, Fredericksburg
- KidMed Inc., Glen Allen
- Sevatec Inc., Fairfax
- Image Business Interiors (ibi), Virginia Beach
- First Virginia Community Bank, Fairfax
- Valkyrie Enterprises LLC, Virginia Beach
- SOLitude Lake Management, Virginia Beach
- infoLock Technologies, Arlington
- MetroStar Systems Inc., Reston
- AutoUpLinkUSA Mid-Atlantic, Ashburn
- Buchanan & Edwards, Arlington
- Octo Consulting Group Inc., McLean
- Search Technologies, Herndon
- Amatea LLC, Leesburg
- Insignia Technology Services LLC, Newport News
- Dominion Equipment Parts LLC, Ashland
- JES Foundation Repair, Virginia Beach
- Cortek Inc., Fredericksburg
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is the largest business advocacy organization in the Commonwealth, with more than 22,850 members. The Chamber is a non-partisan, business advocacy organization that works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to act as the catalyst for positive change in all areas of economic development and competitiveness for Virginia.
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