RICHMOND, VA
The Richmond region is home to some of the world's most successful businesses including a national and
international mix of seven Fortune 500 and four Fortune 1000 companies, pharmaceutical, biotech and
medical research, education, finance and insurance enterprises. Nineteen Richmond area businesses are
among the nation’s fastest growing private companies, according to Inc. magazine’s 2011 rankings.
Against the
backdrop of Virginia’s stellar reputation as the “most pro-business state in the country”and “America's Best
State for Business," by CNBC and Forbes, Richmond has also been named the Best Small American City of the
Future. It also ranks as the nation’s third Top Small Cities and fifth Small Cities Business Friendliness in Foreign
Direct Investment Magazine’s North American Cities of the Future.
Some of the regions other accolades
include 13th best of all metros in the number of Fortune 1000 companies per 100,000 residents and a ranking
as one of the nation's 50 Best Places for business and careers by Forbes.com.
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