This week, October 15-19, 2012, is Economic Development Week across Maryland, initiated and sponsored by the Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA). In recognition, the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (DED) announces eleven local companies making the 2012 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, key events taking place this week to support local businesses and several mixed-use development projects coming soon to the County.
Eleven of Maryland’s twenty companies making the Inc. 500 list are located in Montgomery County. The list ranks companies using several criteria, namely growth over the previous three years and amount of sales in 2011.
The Montgomery County companies making the list, in rank order, are:
- #174 Blue Corona, Gaithersburg
- #241 E-SAC, Rockville (Rockville Innovation Center)
- #252 MBL Technologies, Rockville
- #253 TISTA Science & Technology, Rockville
- #265 RainKing Solutions, Bethesda
- #269 Special Operations Solutions, Silver Spring (Silver Spring Innovation Center)
- #309 WeddingWire, Bethesda
- #387 Digital Management, Bethesda
- #439 Standard Solar, Rockville
- #451 Sonatype, Silver Spring
- #489 LongView International Technology Solutions, Bethesda