February 28, 2023

Washington D.C., February 28, 2023 – Inc. magazine today revealed that Expression is No. 78 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000 Regionals: Mid-Atlantic list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing Mid-Atlantic private companies, based in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the Mid-Atlantic economy’s most dynamic segment–its independent small businesses. 

The companies on this list show a remarkable rate of growth across all industries in the Mid-Atlantic region. Between 2019 and 2021, these private companies had an average growth rate of 381 percent and, in 2021 alone, they added 14,439 jobs and $2.66 billion to the Mid-Atlantic region’s economy. Companies based in the Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. areas had the highest growth rates overall.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Mid-Atlantic, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, metro area, and other criteria, can be found at inc.com/mid-Atlantic.

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Washington DC, Expression is a leader in providing AI-enabled data fusion and analytics, software engineering, information technology, and electromagnetic spectrum management solutions to National Security missions. With a deliberate strategic approach, leveraging their modular open-source platform, Expression designs technical solutions tailored to optimize customer’s environments and meet the most complex of needs

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000 Regionals  

The 2023 Inc. 5000 Regionals are ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2019 and 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2019. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2019 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.   

About Inc. Media  

The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent.  The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.  

About Expression

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Washington DC, Expression is a leading software company providing AI-enhanced data fusion and analytics, engineering, information technology, and electromagnetic spectrum management solutions to National Security missions. Expression makes sense of complex and diverse data challenges, provides insights to support critical decision-making, and advances joint operability through clear direction in high-risk operations. The Expression team responds quickly based on real-time data analysis and predictive modeling, enabling customers to stay ahead of threats and proactively address emerging challenges. With a deliberate strategic approach that leverages a modular open-source platform, Expression designs and tailors technical solutions to optimize the customer’s environment and meet the most complex of needs. To learn more about Expression, please visit https://expr.ai/.