Commerce - Notable - Washington, DC, USA

Large or well-known companies with headquarters or major operations in the Washington area; sales figures, where shown, are from hoovers.com

• AES: Energy; Arlington, Virginia; 2005 sales $11 billion
• American Red Cross: National Headquarters; relief to victims of disaster; health and safety training; 2005 sales $3.9 billion
• Amtrak: National Railroad Passenger Corporation; government-owned rail passenger service; 2005 sales $1.8 billion (never profitable)
• Capital One: Credit cards; McLean, Virginia; 2005 sales $12 billion
• Fannie Mae: Federal National Mortgage Association; home mortgages; government-owned; DC
• Freddie Mac: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp; home mortgages; government-owned; McLean, Virginia; 2005 sales $36.3 billion
• Gannett: Newspapers USA Today and others; 2005 sales $7.5 billion; McLean, Virginia
• General Dynamics: Defense; Falls Church, Virginia; 2005 sales $21.2 billion
• Goodwill: Goodwill Industries International; employment services to those with barriers to employment; thrift stores; Rockville, Maryland; 2005 sales $17.8 million
• Interstate H&R: Interstate Hotels & Resorts; Lodging: Embassy SUites, Hampton Inn, Hilton, Holiday Inn, Marriott, Radisson, Sheraton, Westin, etc.; 2005 sales $1.1 billion; Arlington
• Lockheed Martin: Defense; Bethesda, Maryland; 2005 sales $37.2 billion
• Marriott Hotels: Marriott International; Lodging; Marriott, Courtyard, Fairfield Inn; 2005 sales $11.5 billion
• Mars: Candy; M&M's, Snickers, Mars bar, 3 Musketeers, Dove, Milky Way, Skittles, Twix, Starburst, Combos, Kudos; 2005 sales $18 billion; McLean, Virginia
• NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Space exploration; government-owned
• Salvation Army: Salvation Army National Corporation; humanitarian assistance through human services, disaster relief; Alexandria, Virginia; unit of Salvation Army, based in London, England
• Sodexho: Food service; 2005 sales $6.1 billion; Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Sprint Nextel: telecommunications; Reston, Virginia; 2005 sales $34.6 billion
• Unicor: Federal Prison Industries; products made by prison labor; government agency, part of Justice Department; 2005 sales $833 million
• USA Govt: United States of America Federal Government; services including national defense; federal republic based on a constitution; headquarters in Washington, DC; 2006 spending was $2.6 trillion
• USMD: University System of Maryland; Higher education; Adelphi, Maryland

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