7 Fredericksburg Companies Make Fastest-Growing List: Inc.com

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Seven businesses in Fredericksburg are among the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, according to a new list released by Inc.com.

The annual list highlights 5,000 of the country’s fastest-growing companies, which are ranked by overall revenue growth over a three-year period. The top 500 are then featured in the September issue of Inc. Magazine.

Honorees must apply to be selected. In total, this year’s honorees brought in $248 billion in revenue and added more than 2.5 million jobs to the U.S. economy.

The fastest-growing company in Fredericksburg is Aspetto, according to this year’s list. Aspetto focuses on "protective products and services for defense and security professionals, including bullet-resistant clothing and tactical gear."

In all, the company grew more than 550 percent in the past year.

Here’s a look at all the companies in Fredericksburg that made the list:

• Aspetto
  • Rank: 872
  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Overall Growth: 556 percent

• Blue Ridge Mountain Gifts
  
  • Rank: 882
  • Industry: Retail
  • Overall Growth: 551 percent

• Masego
  
  • Rank: 1,051
  • Industry: Government services
  • Overall Growth: 460 percent

• Belcher Real Estate
  
  • Rank: 2,575
  • Industry: Real estate
  • Overall Growth: 161 percent

• Tekla Research
  
  • Rank: 2,840
  • Industry: Government services
  • Overall Growth: 139 percent
• RPI Group
  • Rank: 3,690
  • Industry: Security
  • Overall Growth: 91 percent
• Federal Strategies
  • Rank: 4,636
  • Industry: Government services
  • Overall Growth: 54 percent

At the top of this year’s list is Human Bees, a Lathrop, California-based staffing firm that has found employees for companies including Tesla and FedEx. Overall, the company recorded a year-over-year growth of 48,345 percent.

Companies that have made the list in the past include Pandora, 7-Eleven, Toys R Us, Zipcar and Zappos.com