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wbjournal.com | May 10, 2021 | Worcester Business Journal 29 Central Mass. 150 Largest employers in Central Massachusetts, ranked by number of local employees Employer Local employees/ statewide/ worldwide 2020 revenue Industry Top executive Year founded Footnotes 1 UMass Memorial Health 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-334-0496 • www.ummhealth.org 14,600 14,600 14,600 $2.82 billion Health care Eric Dickson 1998 Revenue figure is from 2019. 2 Dell Technologies 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • www.delltechnologies.com 8,800 NA 157,000 $92.14 billion IT hardware, software, solutions and services Michael S. Dell 1984 Corporate headquarters in Austin, Texas; second headquarters in Hopkinton 3 Staples Inc. 500 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702 508-253-5000 • www.staples.com ~5,000 NA 75,000 DND Office supplies Alexander "Sandy" Douglas 1986 Did not respond to 2021 survey. Local employee figure falls between 5,000-9,999, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Worldwide employee data published by Forbes. 4 University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-8989 • www.umassmed.edu 4,701 6,148 6,182 $920 million Higher education Michael F. Collins 1962 5 The TJX Cos. Inc. 770 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 508-390-1000 • www.tjx.com 4,175 9,150 320,000 $32 billion Retail Ernie Herrman 1976 Did not respond to 2021 survey. Local data from 2018 survey. Other data from state and federal filings. 6 Market Basket 875 East St., Tewksbury 01876 978-851-8000 • www.shopmarketbasket.com 3,650 19,000 27,000 $5.8 billion Retail grocery Arthur T. DeMoulas 1917 New location in Shrewsbury is under development. 7 MathWorks 1 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760 508-647-7000 • www.mathworks.com 3,000 3,000 5,000 $1 billion Software Jack Little 1984 8 Walmart 702 SW 8th St., Bentonville, AR 72716 479-273-4000 • www.walmart.com 2,856 11,424 2,200,000 $524 bilion Retail Doug McMillon 1962 Employment figures as of October 2020. Local employment approximate. 9 Reliant Medical Group 100 Front St., Worcester 01608 508-852-0600 • www.reliantmedicalgroup.org 2,807 2,807 2,807 $633.3 million Health care Tarek Elsawy 1929 10 Saint Vincent Hospital 123 Summer St., Worcester 01608 508-363-5000 • www.stvincenthospital.com 2,450 2,450 2,450 NA Health care Carolyn Jackson 1893 11 Shaw's Supermarkets 750 W. Center St., West Bridgewater 02379 508-313-4000 • www.shaws.com 2,206 10,951 300,000 NA Retail grocery Rob Backus 1860 Worldwide employee count for Shaw's and Star Market Division, Albertsons Cos. 12 Cumberland Farms 165 Flanders Road, Westborough 01581 508-270-1400 • www.cumberlandfarms.com 2,038 5,268 8,241 DND Retail George Fournier 1939 13 BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. 25 Research Drive, Westborough 01581 774-512-7400 • www.bjs.com 2,000 4,800 29,900 $15.4 billion Bulk retailer Bob Eddy 1984 Effective in April, Bob Eddy, EVP, chief administrative and financial officer was named first interim CEO and subsequently permanent president and CEO upon the passing of late president and CEO Lee Delaney. 14 CVS Health 1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895 401-765-1500 • www.cvshealth.com 1,900 11,700 300,000 $268.7 billion Retail & health care Karen S. Lynch 1963 15 The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653 508-855-1000 • www.hanover.com 1,750 NA 4,300 $4.8 billion Property and casualty insurance John C. Roche 1852 Employee figures from 2020 survey 16 Milford Regional Medical Center 14 Prospect St., Milford 01757 508-473-1190 • www.milfordregional.org 1,744 NA NA $299.2 million Health care Edward J. Kelly 1903 17 IPG Photonics Corp. 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540 508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com 1,700 1,700 6,200 $1.2 billion Fiber laser technology Valentin Gapontsev 1990 18 Price Chopper/Market 32 461 Nott St., Schenectady, NY 12308 518-355-5000 • www.pricechopper.com 1,589 2,383 18,563 NA Retail grocery Scott Grimmett 1932 Employee figures from 2020 survey 19 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • www.waters.com 1,506 1,670 7,300 $2.4 billion Biotechnology Udit Batra 1958 508-263-2900 • www.hologic.com 6,091 65 Quest Diagnostics Inc. 200 Forest St., Marlborough 01752 866-697-8378 • www.questdiagnostics.com 600 1,710 50,000 $9.44 billion Diagnostic information services Steve Rusckowski 1967 67 AA Transportation Co. Inc. 605 Hartford Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545 508-791-9100 • www.aatransportation.com 575 575 575 NA Transportation Ron E. Ernenwein 1996 68 Worcester County Sheriff's Office 5 Paul X. Tivnan Drive, West Boylston 01583 508-854-1800 • worcestercountysheriff.com 570 NA NA NA Corrections Lewis G. Evangelidis 1973 69 Spectrum Health Systems Inc. 10 Mechanic St., Worcester 01608 508-792-5400 • spectrumhealthsystems.org 559 982 1,170 $102.5 million Specialty health care Kurt A. Isaacson 1969 70 AIS 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453 978-562-7500 • www.ais-inc.com 553 583 753 $212 million Office furniture Bruce Platzman 1989 71 Santander Bank N.A. 75 State St., Boston 02109 617-757-5570 • www.santanderbank.com 549 NA 9,129 NA Full-service retail and commercial bank Timothy H. Wennes 1857 Local employment data estimated. Other data from FDIC. Based on FTE employees. 72 HMEA (Horace Mann Educational Associates) Inc. 8 Forge Parkway East, Franklin 02038 508-298-1100 • www.hmea.org 515 525 635 $42 million Nonprofit Jule Gomes Noack 1961 73 Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton 01536 508-839-5302 • vet.tufts.edu 512 512 512 NA Higher education Alastair E. Cribb 1978 74 Nashoba Valley Medical Center, a Steward Health Care Hospital 200 Groton Road, Ayer 01432 978-784-9000 • www.nashobamed.org 511 NA NA NA Health care Salvatore Perla 1964 75 Masonic Health System of Massachusetts Inc. 88 Masonic Home Road, Charlton 01507 866-753-5429 • www.overlook-mass.org 509 587 589 $51 million Health care & retirement living Tameryn Campbell 1911 76 FLEXcon 1 FLEXcon Industrial Park, Spencer 01562 508-885-8200 • www.flexcon.com 508 510 800 $300 million Manufacturing Lavon Winkler Neil McDonough 1956 77 Babcock Power Services, Babcock Power Environmental 26 Forest St., Suite 300, Marlborough 01752 508-852-7100 • www.babcockpower.com ~500 500 NA NA Power generation James Dougherty 1913 Local employee figure falls within a range of 500-999, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 77 Garelick Farms Inc. 1199 W. Central St., Franklin 02038 508-528-9000 • www.garelickfarms.com ~500 NA 20,000 NA Dairy products Rick Smith 1931 Former owner of Garelick Farms, Texas-based Dean Foods, sold this and other assets to Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) on May 1, 2020. Local employee figure falls within a range of 500-999, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Top executive and worldwide employee count for DFA. 77 Neles 44 Bowditch Drive, Shrewsbury 01545 508-852-0200 • www.metso.com ~500 NA 2,850 NA Manufacturing Patrick Dunn 1950 Formerly Metso Flow Control USA. Local employee figure falls within a range of 500-999, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 77 Philips Lifeline 111 Lawrence St., Framingham 01701 800-380-3111 • www.lifelinesys.com ~500 NA 81,592 NA Manufacturing Frans van Houten 1974 Local employee figure falls within a range of 500-999, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 77 The L.S. Starrett Co. 121 Crescent St., Athol 01331 978-249-3551 • www.starrett.com 500 500 1,607 $201 million Precision tools Douglas A Starrett 1880 82 Family Health Center of Worcester Inc. 26 Queen St., Worcester 01610 508-860-7700 • www.fhcw.org 492 492 492 $50 million Health care Louis Brady 1972 83 Charter Communications 301 Barber Ave., Worcester 01606 877-959-1713 • www.spectrum.com 470 610 96,100 $48 billion Telecommunications Thomas M. Rutledge 1999 84 TD Bank 1701 Route 70 East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 888-751-9000 • www.tdbank.com 462 NA 1,226 NA Bank Steve C. Webb 1852 Local employment data estimated. Other data from FDIC. Based on FTE employees. C E N T R A L M A S S . 1 5 0