12 Fairfax Companies On List Of Startups To Watch

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Twenty-three startups with roots in Fairfax are worth keeping an eye on as they respond to some of the nation’s most vexing problems, Inc. magazine said with the release of its 2023 Inc. 5000 list.

The startup companies were ranked by revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. To be considered, they had to have earned at least $100,000 in 2019 and grown that to at least $2 million by the end of 2022. To be considered, the companies must have been up and generating revenue by March 31, 2019.

Companies in Fairfax included in the ranking are:

• LOTO, a business products and services company based in Fairfax, grew by 791 percent during the three years and ranked 745 nationally.
• ThinkTek, a government services company based in Fairfax, grew by 533 percent during the three years and ranked 1,112 nationally.
• Aretec, an IT services company based in Fairfax, grew by 477 percent during the three years and ranked 1,239 nationally.
• Star Cypress Partners, a business products and services company based in Fairfax, grew by 379 percent during the three years and ranked 1,518 nationally.
• G2 Innovative Solutions, an IT services company based in Fairfax, grew by 340 percent during the three years and ranked 1,651 nationally.
• Inalab Consulting, a government services company based in Fairfax, grew by 277 percent during the three years and ranked 2,017 nationally.
• Partner Forces, an IT services company based in Fairfax, grew by 268 percent during the three years and ranked 2,093 nationally.
• PJI LAw, a legal company based in Fairfax, grew by 202 percent during the three years and ranked 2,663 nationally.
• Plateau Software, an IT services company based in Fairfax, grew by 179 percent during the three years and ranked 2,938 nationally.
• FedWriters, a business products and services company based in Fairfax, grew by 170 percent during the three years and ranked 3,046 nationally.
• ITC Federal, an IT services company based in Fairfax, grew by 161 percent during the three years and ranked 3,185 nationally.
• MarCom Group, an advertising and marketing company based in Fairfax, grew by 92 percent during the three years and ranked 4,488 nationally.

The Inc. 5000 companies had combined revenues of $358.2 billion, added nearly 1.2 million jobs and grew at a median rate of 219 percent. The list featured 638 newly founded companies and 3,047 repeat honorees.