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41 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | DECEMBER 27, 2021 ECONOMY Largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local employees as of March 2021) Largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local employees as of March 2021) Rank Company No. employees Local/ Total Sales FY 2020/ FY 2019 Minority group Description Person in charge/ Year founded 1 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 3466 Main St. Hartford, CT 06120 860-632-5667; www.cobm.net 240 240 NA NA Hispanic (1) Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 1988 2 GM2 Associates Inc. 115 Glastonbury Blvd. Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-659-1416; www.gm2inc.com 75 116 NA $13,000,000 Indian Firm providing comprehensive engineering and survey services to federal, state, municipal and private clients Manish K. Gupta President 1988 3 Garg Consulting Services Inc. 2096A Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-0582; www.gargengineering.com 64 84 NA NA Asian Pacific, American and Pacific Islander Multi-disciplinary engineering firm Eugene Y. Chuang President & CEO 1990 4 Secure Tek Solutions 111 Founders Plaza, Suite 1002 East Hartford, CT 06108 860-760-0313; www.secureteksolutions.com 48 48 NA NA African American Architecture, engineering, construction and manufacturing staffing Javon Overstreet Managing partner 2010 5 Freeman Cos. LLC 36 John St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-251-9550; www.freemancos.com 44 44 $5,671,000 $5,600,000 Black American Surveying, landscape architecture, civil, geotech, transportation, traffic, bridge/structure engineering, environmental sciences, hazardous materials, construction support and owner's representation Rohan A. Freeman President 2009 6 DACRUZ Manufacturing 100 Broderick Road Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-5315; www.dacruzmfg.com 40 40 NA NA Hispanic-Iberian Peninsula Contract manufacturer, precision machined components; serving the automotive, aerospace, industrial hardware and medical metals industries: ferrous, non-ferrous, high temp alloys and plastics Victor P. DaCruz Owner & president 1981 7 Floyd Manufacturing Inc. 5 Pasco Hill Road Cromwell, CT 06416 860-829-1803; www.floydmfg.com 34 34 $4,800.00 $4,900.000 African American Manufacturer of precision-automotive products Edward Floyd Owner 1987 8 Jay's Landscaping 473 Sullivan Ave. South Windsor, CT 06074 860-282-9496; www.jayslandscaping.com 32 32 NA NA Native American Landscape construction Jay Murtha Sole member 1984 9 Interpreters and Translators Inc. 232 Williams St. East Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-647-0686; ititranslates.com 29 30 NA NA Hispanic (1) Multicultural language solution provider for a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, education, government, legal, marketing and corporations Francesco and Elby Pagano President & CEO 1986 10 Springfield Spring & Stamping Corp. 24 Dell Manor Drive Bristol, CT 06010 (2) 860-584-6560; www.springfieldspring.com 26 60 $11,200,000 $10,500,000 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 11 iTech Solutions Inc. (3) 20 Stanford Drive Farmington, CT 06032 860-674-1636; www.itechsolutions.com 22 170 NA NA South Asian (1) Information technology staffing, consulting and recruiting services Ann Ramakumaran CEO 1995 12 Martinez Couch & Associates LLC 1084 Cromwell Ave., Suite A-2 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4364; www.MartinezCouch.com 21 21 NA NA Hispanic Civil, water and waste water engineering, land and construction surveying, asset management, environmental and regulatory compliance and permitting, construction administration services A. Rafael Martinez Managing member 1999 13 Susaya Construction Co. Inc. 79 West Dudley Town Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-7107; www.susayaconstruction.com 18 18 $1,200,000 $988,720 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 13 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 Orissa LLC 45 Andover Drive Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-310-5700; www.orissallc.com 15 15 NA NA Asian American (1) Post-construction and janitorial commercial cleaning services Tejal Vallam Owner 2006 15 Tire City LLC 306 Silver Lane East Hartford, CT 06118 860-895-9166; www.mytirecity.com 15 15 NA NA Black Tires, custom wheels, wheel repair and alignments Michael Gainer Member 2002 17 Russell and Dawson Inc. 1111 Main St. East Hartford, CT 06108 860-289-1100; www.rdaep.com 14 14 NA $1,330,000 South Asian Architecture, space planning, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering, construction administration, programming, interior design, code compliance and historic preservation Chirag Thaker President 1965 18 Cabrera Services Inc. 50 Founders Plaza, Suite 207 East Hartford, CT 06108 860-569-0095; www.cabreraservices.com 12 74 $32,968,963 $37,138,292 Hispanic Environmental characterization, remediation, operations and monitoring, demolition, waste management, transportation and disposal and restoration Lorenzo Cabrera Chairman & CEO 1994 19 The Latino Way 330 Main St., 3rd Floor Hartford, CT 06106 860-770-6071; www.thelatinoway.com 8 8 $1,684,256 $735,431 Latino (1) Hispanic marketing and media Maria J. Lino Principal 2012 20 Maier Design Group LLC 34 Sequassen St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-293-0093; www.mdgai.com 7 7 NA NA Asian Architectural and interior design firm David Arai Owner 1993 21 WireTek Inc. 48 E. Newberry Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-9473; www.wiretekusa.com 7 NA NA NA South Asian Manufacturer of wires and cables to UL or CSA or military standards, custom cables Kuldeep Singh Sandhu President 1997 Source: Each company via survey. Notes: Companies included on this list self-report as minority-owned businesses. Some businesses may not hold current Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification. NA=Not available. Cromwell's The Computer Company was sold and is no longer a minority-owned business. Meriden's HINT Periferals Corp. was sold to Calif.-based Westin Automotive and is no longer included on this list. (1) Also woman-owned. (2) Primary location in East Longmeadow, Mass.; with a second Conn. location at 34 Dell Manor Drive, Bristol. (3) Acquired by Ampcus Inc. of Va. in January 2020; will remain headquartered in Farmington and retain name and brand. —Compiled by Heide Martin.