Notable Corporations & Firms Founded or Headquartered within Washington, D.C.

The National Capital Region, centered around the city of Washington of the District of Columbia, is significantly more than a federally administered diamond in the rough Mid-Atlantic swamp. DC is a town of towns, a maze of neighborhoods, a bastion of higher education and a vibrant source of the spirit of new business that has long helped define the very nation to whom it serves capital. (Double-entendre intended.)

Consider the bevy of first-rate business entities that call the most powerful city on the planet their humble home: Aerospace giants like Northrup Grumman and General Dynamic…software firms like Blackboard and HelloWallet (bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2014/05/hellowallet-to-expand-in-d-c-keep-brand-after.html)…nationwide beauty boutique Bluemercury...polling standard-bearer Gallup (gallup.com/corporate/212099/washington.aspx)…media giants Vox (washingtonian.com/2013/08/28/an-inside-look-at-vox-media-photos) and Kiplinger.

It used to be said, back in the not-so-halcyon days of the hapless hopeless helpless Washington Senators baseballs team, that Washington was first in war, first in peace and last in the American League. Well, the Washington Nationals have come along to correct that misperception, and the strong DC business community has followed suit.

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