DISCOVER DEFENSE, CYBERSECURITY, & AEROSPACE IN ALEXANDRIA
GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN THE #1 SMALL CITY BUSINESS CLIMATE
Companies don't just grow in Alexandria, Virginia, they thrive. Our rapidly growing city is nationally recognized as one of the best places to work, live, and play in the U.S. Alexandria's highly skilled workforce, location just outside Washington, DC, and business-friendly culture can drive your success. Let our Business Development Team help guide your Alexandria expansion or move.
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#1
State in the U.S. for education
12,000
IT degrees awarded in the region annually
$2B
Commonwealth of Virginia tech talent investment program
#1
State in the U.S. for
high-tech workers
THE HUB OF CYBERSECURITY
With over 500 cybersecurity companies in the region, Alexandria puts you right in the middle of the action. Our talent pipeline, quality of life, and transportation access are just a few of many reasons companies choose to locate in ALX.
The federal government is the largest purchaser of information technology products in the world, but the region is also home to a robust tech ecosystem. Located right outside the nation's capitol- Alexandria gives you easy access to national security customers, federal policymakers, and potential business partners.
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22
National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity
115k+
DC Metro Area Cybersecurity-Related Workforce
ALEXANDRIA PUTS YOU CLOSE TO YOUR CLIENTS
THERE’S ACCESS. AND THEN THERE’S ACCESS.
No other city offers you the same level of access and opportunity to lobby your regulators from the comfort of your (home) office like Alexandria. Whether it’s policies, patents, or RFP’s, Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and many more are all available at Alexandria’s back door.
TALENT PIPELINE
Gain access to diverse, world-class tech talent—for today and tomorrow
61% of our workforce holds a bachelor’s degree or higher. That’s the second-highest rate in the nation, behind only neighboring Arlington. Plus, while major cities have seen equally major brain drains in recent years, our enviable quality of life means we’ve bucked the trend, and our talent is staying put.
- Virginia has the highest concentration of tech talent in the US—and has invested $2 billion into growing that pipeline.
- The Greater Washington region is home to more than 110,000 cybersecurity workers.
- Northern Virginia is home to the largest cybersecurity cluster in the US
- The Greater Washington region produces the most computer science graduates each year
Virginia Tech
Innovation Campus
The Virginia Tech Innovation Campus has set the goal to become the most diverse graduate technology campus in the country.
When completed, the $1 billion, 600,000-square-foot campus will graduate 750 master’s students and host more than 100 doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows annually, providing talent to fill crucial job roles throughout Northern Virginia.
While VTIC’s innovations will be incredible, they’re also building on our city’s already stellar foundation of diversity and growth in tech. Women are twice as likely, and Black engineers are five times more likely, to work in the tech sector here than in Silicon Valley. It’s no wonder we’ve been recognized as the #1 Top Tech Talent Pipeline in the U.S. (Business Facilities, 2022) and #1 for Women in Tech.
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"Metroscope's an EDF group company headquartered in Paris and we're
dedicated to supporting the energy transition through a reduction in power
plant losses and costs. We really love that Alexandria is committed to technology and mobilizing technology talent. This is absolutely key for us as we foster partnerships as we do our own technology development and as we build a local team. We're proud to be a partner."
Eric Helm, General Manager, Metroscope
DEVELOPMENT AREA TO WATCH
North Potomac Yard Innovation District
Just south of where Amazon HQ2 sits, mere minutes from Washington, D.C., and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is North Potomac Yard. Developed initially as a suburban-style strip mall with Target as its primary anchor, it is now an emerging innovation district with the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus well under construction and set to open in 2025. Several large commercial tenants decided to establish their footing in the area. Build-to-suit projects for the National Industries for the Blind, the Institute for Defense Analyses, and the American Physical Therapy Association opened in 2018, 2022, and 2021, respectively. The May 2023 opening of the Potomac Yard-VT Metro station accelerated the City’s vision, creating another connection point for Alexandria and the broader region. As part of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s successful bid to win HQ2, it agreed to bring a graduate-level Virginia Tech computer science and engineering program focused on workforce development and corporate collaboration to Alexandria.
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