Top 20 Private Companies | Rank | Company | Renevue (in mil.) | Employees
| Industry | | 1 | Mars | $15,400 | 30,000 | Food | | 2 | Geico | 6,100 | 17,394 | Insurance | | 3 | Mid-Atlantic Cars (Brown Automotive Group) | 2,750 | 3,100 | Transportation | | 4 | Clark Enterprises | 2,600 | 4,500 | Real Estate | | 5 | Booz-Allen Hamilton | 2,100 | 11,045 | Financial | | 6 | MedStar Health | 1,992.8 | 22,000 | Health care | | 7 | DynCorp | 1,960.4 | 23,000 | Government contracting | | 8 | Goodwill Industries | 1,941 | 144,496 | Retail | | 9 | Discovery Communications | 1,800 | 4,000 | Media | | 10 | Ritz Camera | 1,305 | 12,000 | Retail | | 11 | Inova Health System | 1,154 | 13,000 | Health care | | 12 | B.F. Saul Real Estate Investment Trust | 1,145.4 | none | Financial | | 13 | FHC Health Systems | 1,125.5 | 7,000 | Health care | | 14 | Intelsat | 1,084 | 810 | Telecommunications | | 15 | Rosenthal Automotive | 842.5 | 1,500 | Automotive | | 16 | Feld Entertainment | 776 | 2,300 | Media | | 17 | Ullico | 701.3 | 1,772 | Insurance | | 18 | Veridian | 690.2 | 5,200 | Systems Integration | | 19 | Bureau of National Affairs Inc. | 306 | 2,121 | Business and Public Affairs Publishing | | 20 | Sunburst Hospitality | 150 | N/A | Hospitality | |