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wbjournal.com | May 2, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 27 C E N T R A L M A S S . 1 5 0 Central Mass. 150 Largest employers in Central Massachusetts, ranked by number of local employees Employer Local employees statewide worldwide Industry 2021 revenue Top executive(s) year founded Footnotes 1 UMass Memorial Health 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-334-0496 • www.ummhealth.org 14,600 14,644 14,644 Health care Eric Dickson 1998 Employee figures are from 2021. Data for 2022 was still pending as of press deadline. 2 Dell Technologies 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • www.delltechnologies.com 6,500 6,500 130,000 IT hardware, software, solutions and services $94.2 billion Michael S. Dell 1984 3 Staples Inc. 500 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702 508-253-5000 • www.staples.com 5,000 DND DND Office supplies John Lederer 1986 Did not respond to 2022 survey. Local employment figure fall between 5,000-9,999 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 4 UMass Chan Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-5801 • www.umassmed.edu 4,811 DND 6,352 Higher education $991.3 million Michael F. Collins 1962 5 The TJX Cos. Inc. 770 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 508-390-1000 • www.tjx.com 4,175 18,900 340,000 Retail $48.5 billion Ernie Herrman 1976 Company does not supply regional data. Local employment data from 2018. 6 Walmart 702 SW 8th St., Bentonville, AR 72716 479-273-4000 • www.walmart.com 3,800 13,833 2,200,000 Retail $559.2 billion Doug McMillon 1962 Employment figures as of October 2021. Local employment approximate. 7 CVS Health 1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895 401-765-1500 • www.cvshealth.com 3,350 15,400 325,000 Retail and health care $292.1 billion Karen S. Lynch 1963 8 MathWorks 1 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760 508-647-7000 • www.mathworks.com 3,000 3,000 5,000 Developer of mathematical computing software $1.3 billion Jack Little 1984 9 Reliant Medical Group 100 Front St., Worcester 01608 508-852-0600 • www.reliantmedicalgroup.org 2,635 DND 2,635 Health care $702 million Tarek Elsawy 1929 10 Milford Regional Medical Center 14 Prospect St., Milford 01757 508-473-1190 • www.milfordregional.org 2,377 DND 2,377 Health care $330.5 million Edward J. Kelly 1903 11 Cumberland Farms 165 Flanders Road, Westborough 01581 508-270-1400 • www.cumberlandfarms.com 2,038 5,268 8,241 Retail and energy George Fournier 1939 12 BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. 25 Research Drive, Westborough 01581 774-512-7400 • www.bjs.com 2,000 4,800 29,900 Bulk retailer $16.7 billion Bob Eddy 1984 Employee figures are from 2021 survey. 13 Shaw's Supermarkets 750 W. Center St., West Bridgewater 02379 508-313-4000 • www.shaws.com 1,961 10,951 300,000 Retail grocery Rob Backus 1860 Worldwide employee count is for the Shaw's and Star Market division of Albertsons. 14 Saint Vincent Hospital 123 Summer St., Worcester 01608 508-363-5000 • www.stvincenthospital.com 1,864 1,864 1,864 Health care Carolyn Jackson 1893 15 Price Chopper/Market 32 461 Nott St., Schenectady, NY 12308 518-355-5000 • www.pricechopper.com 1,800 2,300 17,300 Retail grocery Blaine Bringhurst 1932 In November 2021, Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets merged, forming parent company Northeast Grocery Inc. (NGI). Former president and CEO of Price Chopper/Market 32 Scott Grimmett retired. Blaine Bringhurst serves as president of Price Chopper/Market 32 and former Tops Market CEO Frank Curci serves as CEO of NGI. 16 The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653 508-855-1000 • www.hanover.com 1,675 DND 4,400 Property and casualty insurance $5.2 billion John C. Roche 1852 17 IPG Photonics Corp. 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540 508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com 1,600 DND 6,500 Fiber laser manufacturing $1.5 billion Eugene Shcherbakov 1990 17 Market Basket 875 East St., Tewksbury 01876 978-851-8000 • www.shopmarketbasket.com 1,600 17,000 27,500 Retail grocery $5.9 billion Arthur T. DeMoulas 1917 17 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • www.waters.com 1,600 DND 7,500 Life sciences $2.7 billion Udit Batra 1958 20 Bose Corp. The Mountain, Framingham 01701 508-879-7330 • www.bose.com 1,500 1,500 6,000 Manufacturer/seller audiotechnology Lila Snyder 1964 20 Heywood Healthcare 242 Green St., Gardner 01440 978-632-3420 • www.heywood.org 1,500 DND 1,500 Health care Winfield S. Brown 1907 22 Seven Hills Foundation and Affiliates 81 Hope Ave., Worcester 01603 508-755-2340 • www.sevenhills.org 1,463 2,822 3,293 Human services $262.9 million David A. Jordan 1953 Employee figures are as of year-end 2021. 23 Hannaford Supermarkets 145 Pleasant Hill Road, Scarborough, ME 04074 800-442-6049 • www.hannaford.com 1,363 2,348 30,000 Retail grocery Michael Vail 1883 24 National Grid 55 Bearfoot Road, Northborough 01532 508-389-2000 • www.nationalgridus.com 1,309 DND 23,683 Electric and gas utility $19.8 billion Steve Woerner 1961 25 Saint-Gobain 1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606 508-795-5000 • www.saint-gobain.com 1,300 DND 170,000 Abrasives, ceramics and plastics manufacturer $48 billion Benoit Bazin 1885 26 MetroWest Medical Center 115 Lincoln St., Framingham 01702 508-383-1000 • www.mwmc.com 1,297 1,297 1,297 Health care Ava Collins 1992 27 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road, Worcester 01609-2280 508-831-5000 • www.wpi.edu 1,283 DND 1,283 Higher education $305 million Laurie Leshin 1865 Leshin will be stepping down from her position at WPI to become the director of Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the end of the 2021-22 academic year. 28 Advocates 1881 Worcester Road, Framingham 01701 508-628-6300 • www.advocates.org 1,271 1,613 1,613 Human services Diane Gould 1975 29 Wachusett Mountain Ski Area 499 Mountain Road, Princeton 01541 978-464-2300 • www.wachusett.com 1,259 1,259 1,259 Ski resort Jeff Crowley 1934 30 Insulet Corp. 100 Nagog Park, Acton 01720 978-600-7000 • www.insulet.com 1,145 1,145 2,248 Medical device technology $904.4 million Shacey Petrovic 2000 91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507 508-248-9011 • www.karlstorz.com 8,500 1989 46 Open Sky Community Services 4 Mann St., Worcester 01602 508-755-0333 • www.openskycs.org 901 1,204 1,204 Human services $85 million Kenneth J. Bates 1973 47 The New England Center for Children 33 Turnpike Road, Southborough 01772 508-481-1015 • www.necc.org 886 886 970 Human services $114 million Vincent Strully, Jr. 1975 48 Bank of America 306 Turnpike Road, Westborough 01581 508-366-1780 • bankofamerica.com 857 DND 133,812 Financial services $89.1 billion Edwin Thomas Shea Jr. 1904 Number of local employees estimated. 49 Wegmans Food Markets Inc. 9102 Shops Way, Northborough 01532 508-936-1900 • www.wegmans.com 843 2,638 52,577 Retail grocery Colleen Wegman Danny Wegman 1916 50 Worcester State University 486 Chandler St., Worcester 01602 508-929-8000 • www.worcester.edu 835 DND 988 Higher education $107.2 million Barry M. Maloney 1874 51 eClinicalWorks 2 Technology Drive, Westborough 01581 508-836-2700 • www.eclinicalworks.com 825 825 5,428 Healthcare IT Girish Navani 1999 52 Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co. 27 Otis St., Westborough 01581 508-753-2354 • www.columbiatech.com 800 800 800 Manufacturing Chris Coghlin 1992 52 Cytiva 350 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-475-2000 • www.cytiva.com 800 1,200 10,000 Biotechnology Emmanuel Ligner 2004 52 Polar Beverages 1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com 800 1,100 2,000 Food manufacturing Ralph D. Crowley, Jr. 1882 55 Securitas Security Services USA 134 Flanders Road, Suite 300, Westborough 01581 508-898-9333 • www.securitasinc.com 780 3,600 90,000 Security Greg Anderson 1850 56 Clark University 950 Main St., Worcester 01610 508-793-7711 • www.clarku.edu 750 DND 750 Higher education $127.1 million David Fithian 1887 56 The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC 1385 Hancock St., Quincy 02169 800-767-7772 • www.stopandshop.com 750 DND DND Retail grocery Gordon Reid 1914 56 YMCA of Central Massachusetts 766 Main St., Worcester 01610 508-755-6101 • ymcaofcm.org 750 DND 750 Health and social services $24.5 million David Connell 1864 59 South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) Inc. 7 Bishop St., Framingham 01702 508-872-4853 • www.smoc.org 738 DND DND Human services Susan Gentili 1965 60 Great Wolf Lodge New England 150 Great Wolf Drive, Fitchburg 01420 978-343-9653 • www.greatwolf.com/new-england 715 715 6,000 Hospitality Henry Tessman 2014 61 Consigli Building Group 72 Sumner St., Milford 01757 508-473-2580 • www.consigli.com 703 DND 1,420 Construction Anthony Consigli 1905 62 Mount Wachusett Community College 444 Green St., Gardner 01440 978-632-6600 • www.mwcc.edu 661 DND 661 Higher education James Vander Hooven 1963 Did not respond to 2022 survey. Data from 2021. 63 Framingham State University 100 State St., Framingham 01701 508-620-1220 • www.framingham.edu 647 DND 647 Higher education $124 million F. Javier Cevallos 1839 Cevallos will retire in August and be replaced by Nancy Niemi. 64 Fitchburg State University 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg 01420 978-665-3000 • www.fitchburgstate.edu 620 620 620 Higher education Richard S. Lapidus 1894 Did not respond to 2022 survey. Data from 2021. 65 AA Transportation Co. Inc. 605 Hartford Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545 508-791-9100 • www.aatransportation.com 600 600 600 Transportation Ron E. Ernenwein 1996 65 AIS 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453 978-562-7500 • www.ais-inc.com 600 600 800 Furniture manufacturing $212 million Bruce Platzman 1989 Platzman will step down as CEO on June 1, 2022 when current President Nick Haritos will take over the role. 67 Venture Community Services 1 Picker Road, Sturbridge 01566 508-347-8181 • www.venturecs.org 582 755 755 Human services $35.5 million Mike Hyland 1975 68 Nashoba Valley Medical Center, a Steward Health Care Hospital 200 Groton Road, Ayer 01432 978-784-9000 • www.nashobamed.org 570 DND 43,000 Health care Salvatore Perla 1964 68 Worcester County Sheriff's Office 5 Paul X. Tivnan Drive, West Boylston 01583 508-854-1800 • worcestercountysheriff.com 570 DND 570 Corrections Lewis G. Evangelidis 1973 70 Spectrum Health Systems Inc. 10 Mechanic St., Worcester 01608 877-697-3422 • www.spectrumhealthsystems.org 561 984 1,087 Health care $105.6 million Kurt A. Isaacson 1969 71 Eversource Energy 157 Cordaville Road, Southborough 01772 800-592-2000 • eversource.com 544 4,276 9,227 Energy utility $9.9 billion Joseph Nolan 1966 72 Big Y Foods Inc. 2145 Roosevelt Ave., Springfield 01102 413-504-4000 • www.bigy.com 541 5,468 10,455 Retail grocery Charles L. D'Amour 1936 73 Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton 01536 508-839-5302 • vet.tufts.edu 537 DND 537 Higher education $104.3 million Alastair E. Cribb 1978 74 Masonic Health System of Massachusetts Inc. 88 Masonic Home Road, Charlton 01507 866-753-5429 • www.overlook-mass.org 524 135 659 Retirement community Tameryn Campbell 1911 75 Assumption University 500 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609 508-767-7000 • www.assumption.edu 509 509 509 Higher education Francesco C. Cesareo 1904 Cesareo will retire at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year. 76 Babcock Power Services, Babcock Power Environmental 26 Forest St., Suite 300, Marlborough 01752 508-852-7100 • www.babcockpower.com 500 DND DND Energy services and consulting Tom Price Michael Leclair 1913 Did not respond to 2022 survey. Local employment figure falls between 500-999 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 76 Cognex Corp. 1 Vision Drive, Natick 01760 508-650-3000 • www.cognex.com 500 DND 2,200 Technology Robert Willett 1981 76 Garelick Farms Inc. 1199 W. Central St., Franklin 02038 508-528-9000 • www.garelickfarms.com 500 DND DND Dairy products Rick Smith 1931 Local employee figure falls within 500-999 according to data provided by Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 76 Jewish Healthcare Center Inc. 629 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609 508-798-8653 • jewishhealthcarecenter.com 500 500 500 Health care Steven Willens 1916 76 Philips Lifeline 111 Lawrence St., Framingham 01701 500 DND Manufacturer of monitoring devices Frans van Houten Local employee figure falls within 500-999 according to data provided by Mass. Executive