The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority worked with 194 companies and organizations that added nearly 7,500 jobs to the Fairfax County economy in 2016, according to the agency.
Businesses in a wide range of professional-services and information-technology sectors dominated the year’s announcements.
“The number of companies we worked with, and the number of jobs they are creating here, is impressive, but so is the incredible diversity of the businesses themselves,” said Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the county government’s economic-development arm. “We are a great location for businesses serving the federal market, but we are seeing a great number of businesses in a range of innovative industry sectors that target the private sector and are here because of the business opportunities and quality of the workforce.”
