It all started in 2003, when Rayvon Anthony Hicks started the company from his den in a 2 bedroom apartment located in Laurel, Maryland. During this time, Metropolitan Office Products only provided toner, copiers, faxes and printers. Business took off rather quickly and almost one year later he moved into a home where he began to expand the business by providing Office Products and Office Furniture. By 2005, Metropolitan had now become a ONE STOP SHOP for all your office needs. In 2006, his wife Sharee Hicks, who worked for the National Institute of Health, resigned from the government to assist with building the company. Friends and family were also hired to assist in maintaining the growth of the company while preserving the quality level of service that customers had become accustom to. Since then, Metropolitan Office Products has steadily grown to become one of the most utilized Small Minority Businesses within the District of Columbia.