Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, today revealed that Rackner has been ranked No. 27 on its sixth annual Inc. Regionals: Mid-Atlantic list – the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Mid-Atlantic. The region includes Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
An extension of the national Inc. 5000 list, the Regionals list offers a data-driven look at the independent small businesses driving growth across the Mid-Atlantic economy. Companies on this year’s list demonstrate exceptional revenue expansion, resilience, and job creation during a challenging economic period.
Between 2022 and 2024, these 137 private companies had a median growth rate of 74 percent; by 2024, they’d also added 8,399 jobs and $10.6 billion to the region’s economy.
Complete results of the Inc. Regionals: Mid-Atlantic, including company profiles and an interactive database sortable by industry and metro area, will be available beginning March 31 at: https://www.inc.com/regionals/mid-atlantic.
“The honorees on this year’s Inc. Regionals list achieved exceptional growth at a time when the odds were against them. Amid inflation, supply chain disruptions, and ongoing economic uncertainty, they didn't just persevere – they innovated, adapted, and thrived. Their resilience made them standouts in their industries and true growth engines in their regions,” said Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc.
Rackner is a cloud-native engineering firm that builds cutting-edge software solutions leveraging DevSecOps and artificial intelligence across data centers, public and private clouds, and edge environments. Founded in 2015, the company specializes in delivering AI-enabled “decision advantage” platforms, integrating MLOps, cybersecurity, and modern cloud architectures, to support mission-critical operations. Rackner partners with federal agencies and enterprise organizations to modernize legacy systems, develop scalable cloud infrastructure, and deploy advanced AI capabilities in high-stakes environments where reliability and security are paramount.
Methodology
The Inc. Regionals lists are ranked according to percentage revenue growth over two years. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2024. (Since then, a number of companies on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2022 is $100,000; the minimum for 2024 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
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