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ECONOMY BOOK OF LISTS 2020 | 39 LARGEST MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN GREATER HARTFORD (Ranked by number of local employees and then total employees as of July 2019) Largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local employees and then total employees as of July 2019) Rank Company Local employees/ Total employees FY 2018 sales/ FY 2017 sales Minority group Description Person in charge/ Year founded 1 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 1840 Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-632-5667; www.cobm.net 238 238 NA NA Hispanic (1) Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 1988 2 AI Engineers Inc. 919 Middle St. Middletown, CT 06457 860-635-7740; www.aiengineers.com 128 208 $37,200,000 $35,900,000 South Asian Full-service consulting engineering firm specializing in bridge engineering, construction services, civil engineering, building systems engineering and design-build services Abul Islam President & CEO 1991 3 GM2 Associates Inc. 115 Glastonbury Blvd. Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-659-1416; www.gm2inc.com 68 72 $13,000,000 $9,000,000 Indian Consulting engineering and survey firm providing comprehensive services from project conception through construction completion to federal, state, municipal, and private clients Manish Gupta President 1988 4 Garg Consulting Services Inc. 2096 A Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-0582; www.gargengineering.com 56 65 NA NA Asian Pacific, American and Pacific Islander Multi-disciplinary engineering firm Eugene Y. Chuang President & CEO 1990 5 Secure Tek Solutions 111 Founders Plaza, Suite 1002 East Hartford, CT 06108 860-760-0313; www.secureteksolutions.com 42 42 NA NA African American Engineering, construction and manufacturing staffing Javon Overstreet Managing partner 2010 6 Floyd Manufacturing Inc. 5 Pasco Hill Road Cromwell, CT 06416 860-829-1803; www.floydmfg.com 40 40 $6.036,300 $6,300,000 African American Manufacturer of precision-automotive products Alfonso Floyd President 1987 7 Freeman Cos. LLC 36 John St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-251-9550; www.freemancos.com 36 36 $5,500,000 $4,366,000 African American Land surveying, landscaping, hazardous materials investigation, transportation and traffic engineering, utilities engineering, construction engineering and inspectio Rohan A. Freeman President 2009 8 Jay's Landscaping 473 Sullivan Ave. South Windsor, CT 06074 860-282-9496; www.jayslandscaping.com 30 30 NA NA Native American Landscape construction Jay Murtha Sole member 1999 9 Springfield Spring & Stamping Corp. 24 Dell Manor Drive Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-6560; www.springfieldspring.com 28 60 $10,000,000 $10,300,000 Hispanic Manufacturer of precision-engineered compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, stampings and light assemblies; medical and commercial registered quality management Norman L. Rodriques President 1942 10 Martinez Couch & Associates LLC 1084 Cromwell Ave., Suite A-2 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4364; www.MartinezCouch.com 26 26 NA NA Hispanic Civil and wastewater engineering, land surveying, GIS, environmental consulting, construction-phase services A. Rafael Martinez Managing member 1999 11 Orissa LLC 870B Four Rod Road Berlin, CT 06037 860-310-5700; www.orissallc.com 25 25 NA $850,000 Asian American Post-construction and janitorial commercial cleaning services Tejal Vallam Owner 2006 12 Interpreters and Translators Inc. 232 Williams St. East Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-647-0686; ititranslates.com 24 25 NA NA Hispanic Multicultural language solution provider for a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, education, government, legal, marketing and corporations Francesco Pagano President 1986 13 The Computer Co. Inc. 15 Commerce Drive Cromwell, CT 06416 860-635-0500; www.computercompany.net 22 24 NA $2,700,000 Asian (1) IT services, computer networking, MS exchange, server replacements, virtual servers, help desk support, security, programming, web development, design and hosting and data center Eileen Hasson President 1996 14 Zuvic, Carr and Associates Inc. 40 Cold Spring Road Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4901; www.zuvic.com 18 18 NA NA Hispanic (1) Full-service civil and environmental engineering consulting firm Marici Zuvic President 1988 15 Cabrera Services Inc. 50 Founders Plaza, Suite 207 East Hartford, CT 06108 860-569-0095; www.cabreraservices.com 15 80 $38,787,469 $32,480,000 Hispanic Environmental characterization, remediation, operations and monitoring, demolition, waste management, transportation and disposal and restoration Lorenzo Cabrera Chairman & CEO 1994 16 HiNT Peripherals Corp. 46 Gracey Ave. Meriden, CT 06451 203-634-4468; www.hintmounts.com 14 14 NA NA Hispanic Custom designer and manufacturer of mounting systems and electronic accessories for mobile equipment Oscar Gimenez President & CEO 1987 16 Susaya Construction Co. Inc. 79 West Dudley Town Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-7107; www.susayaconstruction.com 14 14 $1,089,929 $1,000,000 Hispanic Commercial and residential concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios, granite curbing, site work, excavation, trucking, decorative stamp concrete and overlay, driveway aprons, handicap ramps and pads Michael James Susaya President 1978 18 Sir Speedy Printing Bloomfield 21 Old Windsor Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-0303; www.sirspeedy.com/bloomfield 13 13 $3,300,000 $3,300,000 African American Offset and digital printing, black and white, full color, copying, mailing services, posters and banners Mark L. Jacobs Owner 1985 19 Tire City LLC 306 Silver Lane East Hartford, CT 06118 860-895-9166; www.mytirecity.com 11 11 NA NA African American Tires, custom wheels, wheel repair and alignments Michael Gainer Member 2002 20 WireTek Inc. 48 E. Newberry Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-9473; www.wiretekusa.com 8 NA NA NA Asian American Manufacturer of wires and cables to UL or CSA or military standards, custom cables Kuldeep Singh Sandhu President 1997 21 The Latino Way 330 Main St., 3rd Floor Hartford, CT 06106 860-816-1783; www.thelatinoway.com 5 5 NA $487,500 Hispanic (1) Hispanic marketing and media Maria J. Lino Principal 2012 22 Native Sons LTD 12 Northwest Drive, Unit B Plainville, CT 06062 860-747-3095; www.nativesons.org 4 30 NA $13,950,000 Native American Building services, construction and maintenance focusing on entertainment, central plant, waste and water, electrical, low-voltage and life-safety systems Frank M. Chapman President 1997 23 Dixon & Co. Inc. 340 Broad St., Suite 302 Windsor, CT 06095 860-688-5818; www.dixon-co.com 4 4 NA NA African American Bookkeeping and financial management Renata Dixon President 1999 Source: Each company via survey. Notes: CSA = Canadian Standards Association, GIS = Geographic Information Systems, IT = information technology, MS = Microsoft, NA = Not available, UL = Underwriters Laboratories. (1) Also woman-owned.—Compiled by Heide Martin.