List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia

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.

Communications

 * Iridium Communications (McLean)
 * Morcom International, Inc. (Chantilly)
 * NeuStar (Sterling)
 * NII Holdings (Reston)
 * OneWeb (Arlington)
 * SkyTerra (Reston)
 * SpaceQuest, Ltd. (Fairfax)
 * t/Space (Reston)
 * Transmitter Location Systems (Chantilly)
 * XO Communications (Herndon)

Consumer goods

 * Alpha Industries (Chantilly)
 * Aspetto (Fredericksburg)
 * Bare International (Fairfax)
 * CustomInk (Fairfax)
 * Mars, Incorporated (McLean)
 * ThinkGeek (Fairfax)

Education

 * Stride, Inc. (Herndon)
 * Meridian Knowledge Solutions (Reston)
 * Strayer University (Herndon)
 * The Teaching Company (Chantilly)

Energy

 * AES Corporation (Arlington)
 * Touchstone Energy (Arlington)

Finance

 * Arlington Asset Investment (Arlington)
 * Capital One (McLean)
 * E-Trade (Arlington)
 * FBR Capital Markets (Arlington)
 * Freddie Mac (McLean)
 * Navy Federal Credit Union (Vienna)
 * Strategic Investment Group (Arlington)

Government contractors
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.
 * Academi (Reston)
 * Accenture (Arlington)
 * AeroVironment (Arlington)
 * Alliant Techsystems (Arlington)
 * The Analysis Corporation (McLean)
 * Argon ST (Fairfax)
 * Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. (McLean)
 * CACI (Arlington)
 * Carahsoft (Reston)
 * Computer Sciences Corporation (Falls Church)
 * CSRA (Falls Church)
 * Delta Tucker Holdings, Inc. (owner of DynCorp International) (Falls Church)
 * Edge Technologies (Fairfax)
 * Endgame, Inc. (Arlington)
 * Exelis Inc. (McLean)
 * FedWriters, Inc. (Fairfax)
 * General Dynamics (Falls Church)
 * Kellogg Brown and Root Services (Arlington)
 * Kiewit Federal Group Inc. (Arlington)
 * Leidos Holdings Inc. (Reston)
 * Mandiant (Alexandria)
 * ManTech International (Herndon)
 * Maximus Inc. (Reston)
 * Military Professional Resources (Alexandria)
 * MVM, Inc. (Ashburn)
 * NJVC (Chantilly)
 * Nortel Government Solutions (Fairfax)
 * Northrop Grumman (Falls Church)
 * Optimized Systems & Solutions (Reston)
 * Parsons Corporation (Chantilly, Virginia)
 * Peraton (Herndon)
 * Rannoch Corp. (Alexandria)
 * Salient CRGT (Fairfax)
 * SAIC (McLean)
 * Stanley (Alexandria)
 * System Planning Corporation (Arlington)
 * Technology Service Corporation (Arlington)
 * Triple Canopy, Inc. (Herndon)
 * Vinnell (Fairfax)

Internet technology and software

 * Amazon (Arlington)
 * AppAssure Software (Reston)
 * Appian Corporation (McLean)
 * Applied Predictive Technologies (Arlington)
 * BookLender (Vienna)
 * Capitol Advantage (Fairfax)
 * ComScore (Reston)
 * Cvent (Tysons Corner)
 * Ellucian (Reston)
 * Geeknet (Fairfax)
 * Invincea (Fairfax)
 * Logi Analytics (McLean)
 * MicroStrategy (McLean)
 * Motley Fool (Alexandria)
 * Objective Interface Systems (Herndon)
 * Opower (Arlington)
 * Rosetta Stone (Arlington)
 * ScienceLogic (Reston)
 * StreetShares (Reston)
 * ServInt (McLean)
 * Siteworx (Reston)
 * Sogosurvey (Herndon)
 * ThinkFun (Alexandria)
 * Verisign (Reston)
 * Amazon (Arlington) (HQ2)
 * Vision III Imaging, Inc. (Vienna)
 * Wrong Planet (Fairfax)
 * Walmart Labs (Reston)

Media

 * Alhurra (Springfield)
 * Gannett Company (McLean)
 * Graham Holdings Company (Arlington)
 * Politico (Arlington)
 * Tegna, Inc. (Tysons Corner)
 * USA Today (McLean)
 * Washington Business Journal (Arlington)

Professional services

 * Alcalde & Fay (Arlington)
 * Bloomberg BNA (Arlington)
 * DXC Technology (Ashburn)
 * Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt (Alexandria)
 * Corporate Executive Board (Arlington)
 * Technical Staffing Specialists, Inc. (Arlington)
 * Willis Towers Watson (Arlington)

Real estate and hospitality

 * Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Herndon)
 * Interstate Hotels & Resorts (Arlington)
 * Hilton Worldwide (McLean)
 * Long & Foster (Chantilly)
 * MakeOffices (McLean)
 * NVR, Inc. (Reston)
 * Sunrise Senior Living (McLean)

Transportation

 * Boeing (Arlington)
 * Interstate Van Lines (Springfield)
 * Robinson Terminal (Alexandria)
 * Space Adventures (Vienna)
 * Trailways Transportation System (Fairfax)

Non-profit
Professional/trade organizations
 * Air Force Association (Arlington)
 * Aluminum Association (Arlington)
 * American Anthropological Association (Arlington)
 * American Optometric Association (Alexandria)
 * American Society for Radiation Oncology (Fairfax)
 * Association for Manufacturing Technology (McLean)
 * Consumer Electronics Association (Arlington)
 * Graduate Management Admission Council (Reston)
 * Grocery Manufacturers Association (Arlington)
 * Helicopter Association International (Alexandria)
 * Infectious Diseases Society of America (Arlington)
 * Intelligence and National Security Alliance (Arlington)
 * National Association of Convenience Stores (Alexandria)
 * National Automobile Dealers Association (McLean)
 * National Rifle Association of America (Fairfax)
 * National Science Teachers Association (Arlington)
 * Purple Heart Foundation (Annandale)
 * Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (Arlington)
 * United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (Herndon)

Think tanks

 * American Civil Rights Union (Alexandria)
 * Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (Arlington)
 * Center for Freedom and Prosperity (Alexandria)
 * Center for International Relations (Arlington)
 * Concord Coalition (Arlington)
 * Feminist Majority Foundation (Arlington)
 * George C. Marshall Institute (Arlington)
 * Institute for Defense Analyses (Alexandria)
 * Lexington Institute (Arlington)
 * Mercatus Center (Arlington)
 * National Policy Institute (Arlington)
 * Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (Arlington)
 * State Policy Network (Arlington)
 * Streit Council (Annandale)

Financial

 * In-Q-Tel (Arlington)
 * Navy Federal Credit Union (Vienna)
 * Pentagon Federal Credit Union (McLean)

Internet

 * American Registry for Internet Numbers (Chantilly)
 * Internet Society (Reston)
 * Public Interest Registry (Reston)

Other

 * BBB National Programs (Tysons)
 * CNA Corporation (Arlington)
 * Inova Health System (Falls Church)
 * Legal Aid Justice Center (Falls Church)
 * Mitre Corporation (McLean)
 * National Council on Aging (Arlington)
 * Noblis (Reston)
 * PBS (Arlington)
 * ZERO—The End of Prostate Cancer (Alexandria)

Foreign companies
These are companies based outside the U.S. with a division headquartered in Northern Virginia.
 * Airbus Group, Inc. 🇫🇷 (Herndon)
 * BAE Systems Customer Solutions 🇬🇧 (Arlington)
 * Dynamotive USA 🇨🇦 (McLean)
 * FNH USA 🇧🇪 (Fredericksburg)
 * Heckler & Koch Inc. 🇩🇪 (Ashburn)
 * Intelsat Corporation 🇱🇺 (Tysons)
 * Lafarge North America 🇫🇷 (Herndon)
 * Lidl 🇩🇪 (Arlington)
 * Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc. 🇯🇵 (Arlington)
 * Nestlé USA 🇨🇭 (Arlington)
 * Gerber Products Company (Arlington)
 * NTT DATA 🇯🇵 (Herndon)
 * QinetiQ North America 🇬🇧 (McLean)
 * Rolls-Royce North America 🇬🇧 (Reston)
 * Saab Aerotech of America LLC 🇸🇪 (Sterling)
 * Transurban USA Inc 🇦🇺 (Springfield)
 * Volkswagen Group of America 🇩🇪 (Herndon)

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


 * Accenture
 * Adobe Systems
 * AgustaWestland
 * Amazon Web Services
 * Amdocs
 * Airbus
 * Oath (AOL/Yahoo!)
 * AT&T
 * BAE Systems
 * CA, Inc.
 * Capgemini
 * CDW
 * Charter Communications
 * Cisco Systems
 * Cox Communications
 * Dell
 * Deloitte
 * Discovery, Inc.
 * Warner Bros. Discovery
 * EMC Corporation
 * Equinix
 * ESRI
 * ExxonMobil
 * Fairchild Dornier
 * FireEye
 * Google
 * Harris Corporation
 * Hewlett-Packard
 * Hewlett Packard Enterprise
 * Juniper Networks
 * IBM
 * L-3 Communications
 * Lockheed Martin
 * Microsoft
 * Nestle
 * NEC
 * NetApp
 * Nissan Motors
 * Nutanix
 * Oracle Corporation
 * Palo Alto Networks
 * Perot Systems
 * Raytheon
 * Red Hat
 * Rockwell Collins
 * Rolls-Royce North America
 * Salesforce.com
 * Siemens
 * Sprint Nextel
 * Symantec
 * Tata Communications
 * Terremark
 * Time Warner Cable
 * Unisys
 * Visa Inc.
 * Verizon
 * VMware

History


America Online was headquartered in Northern Virginia during the company's Internet service provider heyday in the 1990s. In the 2000s several Fortune 500 companies relocated from California to Northern Virginia, including Computer Sciences Corporation, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Northrop Grumman, and Science Applications International Corporation.

Active companies formerly headquartered in the region include AOL, Sallie Mae, Sigarms Inc., and US Airways. Defunct companies that were headquartered in the region include BearingPoint, Braddock Dunn & McDonald, Capital Airlines, Erol's, GeoEye, Hecht's, MCI Inc., Mobil, Mythic Entertainment, Nextel, Proxicom, PSINet, TechAmerica, TerreStar Corporation, UUNET, and Voxant.