Tysons Corner is Fairfax County's central business district with the largest concentration of office space in Northern Virginia. Tysons had 46 million sq ft (4.3 million m²) of office and retail space as of 2008. As of 2013, Tysons Corner had 14 million sq ft (1.3 million m²) of office and retail space approved or under construction, approximately one-third of a 45 million sq ft backlog of projected urban development in close proximity to the area's four Metro Silver Line stations.
The corporate headquarters of Booz Allen Hamilton, MITRE Corporation, Capital One, Freddie Mac, Gannett Company, Hilton Worldwide, Exelis, MicroStrategy, Primus Telecom, SAIC, Space Adventures, Spacenet,Sunrise Senior Living, and USA Today are located in Tysons Corner
The area is home to Tysons Corner Center – the largest shopping mall in the state and in the Baltimore-Washington area – and two upscale shopping centers, Tysons Galleria (also one of the largest malls in the region) and Fairfax Square, which neighbor it to the north and south respectively. The average household income within a 5 mile (8 km) radius of Tysons Corner Center is $174,809. Every weekday, Tysons Corner draws 55,000 shoppers from around the region.
