Twelve Fairfax County Companies Named to Annual Hispanic Business List.

Listed County Businesses Outnumber Maryland and D.C. Totals Combined

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. -- Twelve Fairfax County-based companies, including 11 in technology fields, are among the 500 largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the nation, according to

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Twelve Fairfax County companies were on the 2006 list, but this year's list includes two firms that weren't on it last year: SCI Consulting Services Inc. and MicroTech LLC.

The Fairfax County companies are among 19 from Virginia and are more than the number of companies from Maryland (seven) and the District of Columbia (four) combined. Virginia is fifth in the number of Hispanic businesses in the top 500.

"Our Fairfax County location is critical to our success," said Jose "Pepe" Figueroa, founder and president of Priority One Services Inc., which provides facility management, transportation and animal science projects. "Even in the Internet age, a business needs to be located near clients and near amenities that are attractive to employees. Fairfax County provides this kind of combination for our company."

Ranked by revenue, here are the 12 Fairfax County companies on the 2007 Hispanic Business 500 and their location in the county:

36. MVM Inc., Vienna

91. Geologics Inc., Alexandria

99. Tessada & Associates, Springfield

137. Preferred Systems Solutions Inc., Fairfax

142. Priority One Services Inc., Alexandria

172. Kemron Environmental Services Inc., Vienna

173. COmputing TechnologieS Inc., Fairfax

309. Engineering Management & Integration Inc., Herndon

337. Cairo Corporation (now Citizant), Chantilly

442. SCI Consulting Services Inc., Vienna

461. MAC Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly

479. MicroTech LLC, Vienna

"The number and type of Fairfax County companies on the Hispanic Business list every year underscore the diversity of the business community here and our economy," said Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA).

Business growth helps Fairfax County, just outside Washington, D.C., fund public services such as a top-ranked public school system and library, public safety, social services and park systems that improve the quality of life. Fairfax County will host the 2007 National Conference on the Creative Economy (www.creativeeconomies.org) in October.

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org) promotes Fairfax County as a business and technology center. The FCEDA maintains marketing offices in Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Frankfurt, London, Seoul and Tel Aviv.