Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best District Of Columbia based Retail companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top District Of Columbia Retail Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Optoro
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Optoro is a technology company that provides a way to liquidate returned, overstock, and damaged-box products.
Framebridge
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Framebridge is a custom framing startup that provides an online custom framing service.
TuckerNuck
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Tuckernuck is an online boutique that puts a fresh spin on classic American style.
Bark Social
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Experiential Pet Retail Concept – off-leash dog park with beer garden, coffee house, and boutique retail.
Poppy
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Poppy is a tech-enabled, managed marketplace that connects customers, event florists, and flower farms.
South Moon Under
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South Moon Under offers a unique mix of fashions while remaining true to its laid back
Refac Holdings
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Refac Holdings retails optical products and services in the United States.
GetUpside
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GetUpside is a retail tech company using personalized cash back to bring users more value, and proven profit to brick & mortar businesses.
Datasembly
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Datasembly collects product data and provides real-time pricing, promotions, assortment and availability data to the clients.
Camber Creek
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Camber Creek is a venture capital firm that offers capital and advisory services for real-estate businesses.
United for Respect Education Fund
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United for Respect Education Fund is a multiracial nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the lives of people who work in retail.
Ruck.us
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Ruck.us is a local political fundraising platform.
Compass Coffee
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Compass Coffee is a retail company providing coffee and roastery services.
Bluemercury
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Bluemercury is widely recognized as the nation’s largest and fastest growing luxury beauty products and spa retail chain.
Fahrney’s Pens
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Fahrney’s Pens is an online gift, pens and ink products company.
MAJOR
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MAJOR is a retailer of apparel, footwear, headwear and accessories.
U.S.- India CEO Forum
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Department of Commerce finalizes antidumping and countervailing duty investigation determinations against chinese chemical companies.
World of Snacks
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World of Snacks is an eCommerce firm that provides snacks.
Kellogg Collection
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Kellogg Collection provides classic furniture, home accessories, and interior design services
dcliquorstore
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Best Liquor Store in Washington Dc, Liquor Store in Penn Quarter Dc, Liquor Store Next to Macy’s, Liquor Store on Metro Center,
Postage Meter Supplies Online
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Postage Meter Supplies Online produces supply meters and delivers them online across the U.S.
Electronic Retailing Association
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ERA is the one trade association for companies who use the power of DR to sell goods and services to the public on television.
bAbsorbed
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bAbsorbed is a technology that enables a business to create immersive experiences while interacting with physical objects in the world.
Retail Gift Card Association
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Trade association of diverse, closed loop gift card retailers committed to promoting and protecting the use of gift cards.
Dochter & Alexander
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Dochter & Alexander provides tailored marketing, retail strategy, brand awareness and advisory services to property owners & retail tenants.
Sprig and Sprout
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Pho and Viet Sandwich Shop. Authentic Viet cuisine delivered in a modern American style.
Superdik
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Model, Actress, Singer, Brand, Business Woman, Fashion Designer, Author, Philanthropist and Empire.
RunwayStop
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RunwayStop improves the in-store shopping experiences and helps people achieve their aspirational looks.
Furniture World
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Furniture World is an online shop and retailer of household furniture and home accessories.
CitySwing
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CitySwing is Washington DC’s first indoor golf facility.
Braggur
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Braggur is building applications that make it easier for consumers to leverage their social sharing of purchasing experiences – essentially
Metropolitan Optical
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Metropolitan Optical offers eyewear products and eye care services.
Washington Justice
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Washington Justice is an esports team that retails jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies, press posters, armbands, arm sleeves, and mousepads online.
Jenni Bick
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Jenni Bick specializes in the manufactures of customized journals, gift cards, notebooks, stationery, photo albums, planners and calendars.
Kalaa
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Fashion that energizes and empowers Kalaa is a women’s contemporary designer clothing line.
Mintwood Home
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Mintwood Home is an online marketplace for custom pillows and home decor + a daily destination for design advice and inspiration.
Alchimie Forever
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Alchimie Forever is an anti-aging skincare line by a Swiss dermatologist.
Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center
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The R-CISC journey began in March 2014when more than 30 retail companies came together with retail trade associations to discuss developing.
Union Station
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Union Station is a shopping center that specializes in various types of shops, restaurants, cafes, events and e-club services.
SommPicks
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SommPicks is an alcoholic beverage retailer in the State of California.
DCanter A Wine Boutique
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The Nordstrom of wine retail with a Trunk Club-like personalized wine shopping service. Our mission is to help you enjoy life with wine!
Consumer Bankers Association
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Consumer Bankers Association provides banking services for consumers and small businesses in the retail banking industry.
J Street Companies
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J Street Companies offers property management, office leasing and investment sales, retail & land brokerage services.
MKT
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MKT (“market”) creates shoppable clubs serving the world’s most passionate communities.
Berg Bites
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Berg Bites provides nutritious, clean label products that consumers can understand and feel good about eating.
Little Bipsy
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Little Bipsy is an online store that sells tops, bottoms, dresses, jackets and accessories to kids and adults.
XBRL US
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XBRL US offers business reporting, government reporting, SEC reporting, data quality, taxonomy development, and corporate actions services.
NetstarSoft LLC
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VR based virtual try-on software service provider bring in-store like shopping experience to online buying
National Retail Federation
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NRF is a retail trade association representing department specialty stores, grocers, wholesalers, chain restaurants and internet retailers.
Retail Industry Leaders Association
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The Retail Industry Leaders Association is the US trade association for leading retailers.
Blinq
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BLINQ is the new way to get great deals on the products you love.
SCOUT Bags
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SCOUT bags is a casual lifestyle brand offering stylish and cute tote bags, cooler bags, insulated lunch bags.
HousePouch.com
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HousePouch is a home furnishing platform that simplifies and personalizes home goods shopping for millennials based on personal preferences.
EDENS
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EDENS is a retail real estate service provider company.
Amazon – UK
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Sign up to Amazon Prime for unlimited free delivery. Low prices at Amazon products.
Anaphora
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Anaphora develops software for the automotive industry and provides them on a subscription basis.
The Outrage
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Activist apparel company with retail and social spaces for the resistance
Softek
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Softek Services provides information technology services such as software development, training and database programming services.
Paul Stuart
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Paul Stuart is a retail company located in Washington.
Blue Circle Foods
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Blue Circle Foods is an online store that offers a range of fish, smoked salmon, shrimp and seafood portions with subscription services.
Retail Dive
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Our mission is to provide busy professionals like you with a bird’s-eye-view of the Retail industry in 60 seconds.
Firehook
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Firehook is a bakery that bakes and distributes different kinds of bread, cakes and pastries.
Hugh & Crye
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Hugh & Crye is a menswear company based in Washington, DC. We make clothing for lean and athletically built guys.
