List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia

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Tysons Corner has more Fortune 500 company headquarters than Washington, D.C.

This is a list of notable companies headquartered in Northern Virginia. The majority of the following companies are located in Fairfax County and Loudoun County the most populous jurisdictions in Northern Virginia, Virginia state, and the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Companies with a McLean or Vienna address are often located in Tysons Corner; "Tysons Corner" was not available as a postal address until 2011.

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Communications

Consumer goods

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M&M's, one of several lines of snacks made by Mars, Incorporated

Education

Energy

Finance

The Capital One Tower in Tysons is the tallest habitable building the Washington region. Capital One Tower, Tysons under construction.jpg
The Capital One Tower in Tysons is the tallest habitable building the Washington region.

Government contractors

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The General Dynamics F-16, originally designed in the 1970s, is still in use by air forces around the world.
Northrop Grumman is the primary contractor for the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope. James Webb Space Telescope Mirror37.jpg
Northrop Grumman is the primary contractor for the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope.

Government contracting companies (including defense contracting companies) may be involved in various fields, such as financial services, healthcare, information technology, mercenaries, science, and space technology, sometimes all within the same company. Some of the following companies may only derive a minority of their income from government contracting, but are listed here for organizational purposes.

Internet technology and software

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.com is one of several top-level domains operated by Verisign.

Media

Gannett Company is the largest newspaper publisher in the nation, and the largest owner of CBS and NBC affiliate TV stations. USA Today building.jpg
Gannett Company is the largest newspaper publisher in the nation, and the largest owner of CBS and NBC affiliate TV stations.

Professional services

Real estate and hospitality

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Hilton Worldwide manages over 750,000 hotel rooms.

Transportation

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Headquarters of Boeing in Crystal City, Virginia

Non-profit

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Many of the region's non-profit organizations are based in Arlington.

Professional/trade organizations

Think tanks

Financial

Internet

Other

Foreign companies

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Intelsat's administrative headquarters in Tysons

These are companies based outside the U.S. with a division headquartered in Northern Virginia.

Regional Offices

The following companies have major regional offices located in the Dulles Technology Corridor:

References

  1. ↑ O'Connell, Jonathan. "Tysons to D.C.: How's life as our suburb?" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.

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