The Washington Business Journal ranked The Long & Foster Companies on its list of largest employers in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., region. Long & Foster came in on the list at No. 30 with more than 5,400 local employees and over 12,700 total employees.

“We’re pleased to be included on the Washington Business Journal’s list of top employers in the Washington, D.C., region,” said Jeffrey S. Detwiler, president and chief operating officer of The Long & Foster Companies. “Our success is due to the hard work and dedication of our real estate agents. Since Long & Foster was founded nearly 50 years ago, we’ve worked diligently to put our agents first, ensuring they have the best technology, tools and training available so they can succeed in this business.”

The Long & Foster Companies is the parent company of Long & Foster Real Estate, the No. 1 private residential real estate company in the United States by sales volume, and is the leading provider of homeownership services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. In addition to its real estate arm, The Long & Foster Companies consist of Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC, Long & Foster Insurance, and Long & Foster Settlement Services, as well as Long & Foster Property Management, Long & Foster Vacation Rentals and Long & Foster Corporate Real Estate Services. Long & Foster Real Estate sold more than $31.2 billion worth of homes and helped people buy and sell homes nearly 88,000 times in 2016. Visit www.LongandFoster.com for more information.