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Arlington is home to over 300 nonprofit organizations employing close to 8500 people; a key industry sector in Arlington.

Bidscale is a software solution focused on accelerating innovation across the Federal Government. Bidscale breaks down the barriers of the modern federal procurement process to help contracting officers deliver contracts faster, smarter, and easier.

While Q2 2022 showed some headwinds in venture capital raises and the IPO market, Arlington-based companies continued to raise venture capital at a steady rate to launch and grow their innovative products and services. In total, Arlington-based companies saw eight venture capital raises totaling $166 million in funding.

Arlington County has once again been recognized as a top county for technology performance and innovation. For a fifth year, Arlington was named the No. 1 Digital County in its category in the annual Top Digital Counties Survey.

With Arlington ranking No. 1 on the American Fitness Index for the fifth year in a row and many ARLnow readers saying that they feel less fit than they were before the pandemic in an online poll, we thought this was an opportunity to highlight one of Arlington’s many fitness companies.

GroupSense is a digital risk protection services company that delivers customer-specific intelligence that dramatically improves enterprise cybersecurity and fraud-management operations. GroupSense is based in Arlington, Va., with a growing customer base that includes large enterprises, state and municipal governments, law enforcement agencies and more.

Temporary Outdoor Seating Areas (TOSAs) are newly created or expanded exterior spaces at restaurants, bars, or cafés.

In a previous Small Business Focus, we presented information from our market research database Demographics Now. In this month’s Small Business Focus, we wanted to revisit those databases and highlight another report that business owners can access called Consumer Expenditure Food, Beverage, Grocery Detail Comparison.

International business means real opportunity for the economy not just in Arlington, but throughout the region, and Arlington Economic Development (AED) took advantage of that opportunity at the recent SelectUSA 2022 Investment Summit at National Harbor.

Arlington has stepped to the summit in the world of walking. The County has been named one of five Walk Friendly Platinum Communities in the U.S. this year, joining an exclusive group comprised of much-larger New York City, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.