Worcester Business Journal

34 Worcester Business Journal | May 2, 2022 | wbjournal.com 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 126 Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital 150 Flanders Road, Westborough 01581 508-870-2222 • www.whittierhealth.com 299 DND DND Specialty health care Rebecca Roman 1997 127 Hospital for Behavioral Medicine 100 Century Drive, Worcester 01606 844-319-0000 • hospitalforbehavioralmedicine.com 297 DND DND Behavioral health care Randall Hines 2018 128 HMEA (Horace Mann Educational Associates) Inc. 8 Forge Parkway East, Franklin 02038 508-298-1100 • www.hmea.org 290 390 540 Human service provider Jule Gomes Noack 1961 129 Johnson Controls 27 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 978-731-2500 • www.jci.com 272 894 100,000 Manfacturing George R. Oliver 1894 130 AAFCPAs 50 Washington St., Westborough 01581 508.366.9100 • www.aafcpa.com 270 270 270 Financial services Carla M. McCall 1973 130 Primetals Technologies USA LLC 93 Gilmore Drive, Sutton 01590 508-755-6111 • www.primetals.com 270 DND 920 Manufacturing Ralf Hanneken 2015 132 UniBank for Savings 49 Church St., Whitinsville 01588 508-234-8112 • www.unibank.com 263 263 263 Financial services Michael W. Welch 1870 133 Lenze Americas 630 Douglas St., Uxbridge 01569 508-278-9100 • www.Lenze.com 260 DND 300 Manufacturing Tom Mathias 1983 133 nirvanaHealth/RxAdvance 136 Turnpike Road, Southborough 01772 508-804-6900 • www.rxadvance.com 260 DND 260 Healthcare technology Ravi Ika 2013 135 Avidia Bank 42 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-562-2222 • www.avidiabank.com 256 256 256 Financial services Mark R. O'Connell 1869 136 Deluxe Corp. 12 South St., Townsend 01469 978-448-6111 • www.deluxe.com 250 250 5,900 Technology Barry McCarthy 1915 Employee figures from 2021 survey 136 Dexter-Russell Inc. 44 River St., Southbridge 01550 508-765-0201 • dexter1818.com 250 DND 250 Cutlery manufacturing Alan Peppel 1818 136 EATON Corp. 160 Gold Star Blvd., Worcester 01606 508-852-4300 • www.eaton.com 250 250 85,000 Manufacturing Craig Arnold 1911 136 FedEx Ship Center 84 New York Ave., Framingham 01701 508-000-1111 • www.fedex.com 250 DND DND Shipping $84 billion Frederick W. Smith 1973 Local employee figure falls between 250-499, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Effective June 1, 2022, Frederick W. Smith will become executive chairman, and Raj Subramaniam, current president and COO, will be promoted to president and CEO. 140 St. Patrick's Manor 863 Central St., Framingham 01701 508-879-8000 • www.stpatricksmanor.org 245 DND 245 Health care Elisabeth Woolf 1953 141 Elder Services of Worcester Area Inc. 67 Millbrook St., Worcester 01606 508-756-1545 • www.eswa.org 240 240 240 Home care and elder services $34.1 million Lisa Kippax 1974 142 Cresco Labs 1764 Main St., Leicester 01524 312-929-0993 • www.crescolabs.com 235 DND DND Marijuana Charles Bachtell 2013 142 Workers Credit Union 119 Russell St., Littleton 01460 978-345-1021 • www.wcu.com 235 DND 326 Financial services Douglas J. Petersen 1914 Number of local employees estimated. 144 Revolutionary Clinics 1 Oak Hill Road, Unit B, Fitchburg 01420 617-430-6699 • revolutionaryclinics.org 234 339 339 Marijuana Keith Cooper 2016 145 David Clark Co. 360 Franklin St., Worcester 01615 508-751-5800 • www.davidclark.com 225 DND 250 Manufacturing Richard Urella 1935 146 Atlas Distributing 44 Southbridge St., Auburn 01501 508-791-6221 • www.atlasdistributing.com 200 DND 200 Beer and beverage distribution Joe Salois 1933 146 Care Central VNA & Hospice 34 Pearly Lane, Gardner 01440 978-632-1230 • www.carecentralvnahospice.org 200 DND 200 Health care Holly Chaffee 1906 146 Cogmedix, a Coghlin Co. 127 Hartwell St., West Boylston 01583 800-640-3760 • www.cogmedix.com 200 DND 200 Medical device engineering and manufacturing Chris Coghlin 2008 In February 2022, Cogmedix broke ground on a new $8.7-million facility, which will double its headquarters and create 200 new jobs over next five years. 146 SCHOTT North America Inc. Lighting and Imaging and Electronic Packaging 122 Charlton St., Southbridge 01550 508-765-9744 • www.schott.com 200 300 16,500 Specialty glass manufacturing Jim Gareau 1884 There are two SCHOTT locations in Southbridge. 150 Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine 9 Technology Drive, Westborough 01581 508-756-1212 • www.astellas.com/en/science/ innovation-hub 190 250 17,000 Manufacturing Masahide Goto 1994 Source: Each firm via survey. Other organizations were surveyed, but have not responded recently. If you would like to be surveyed for this or other lists, please contact Lead Researcher Timothy Doyle. -Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com, and Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Get access to WBJ for your entire team. WBJ Purchase a group subscription for your team or entire organization. Email circulation@wbjournal.com for more information.

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