 Virginia companies received the fourth @-@ highest amount of venture capital funding in the first half of 2011 after California , Massachusetts , and New York . In 2009 , Forbes magazine named Virginia the best state in the nation for business for the fourth year in a row , while CNBC named it the top state for business in 2007 , 2009 , and 2011 . Additionally , in 2014 a survey of 12 @,@ 000 small business owners found Virginia to be one of the most friendly states for small businesses . Virginia has 20 Fortune 500 companies , ranking the state eighth nationwide . Tysons Corner is one of the largest business districts in the nation . 
