Long & Foster
Lilian Jorgenson in the McLean office shows a home in Falls Church to potential buyers. (Photo: Juli Verrier / Long & Foster)
About Long & Foster
14501 George Carter Way, Chantilly, Va. 20151
www.longandfoster.com
| 703-653-8500
| Founded: 1968
Industry: Real Estate | Category: Top Private Companies
The area's largest real estate brokerage promoted David H. Stevens to president last year, only to lose him this year to the Obama administration, which named him Federal Housing Administration chief. Long & Foster, the nation's largest privately owned real estate firm, opened a new headquarters in Chantilly in 2008 on a site bought before the real estate market's downturn. The company's profit fell almost 20 percent in 2008.
2008 Financial Data
Revenues: $767,000,000Total employees: 2,292 | Local employees: 970
