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Largest woman-owned businesses
Ranked by number of local employees
Company
Local employees/
local offices/
revenue Services
Woman owner(s)/
percent owned
WBE
certified?/
year
founded
1
Savvy Staffing Solutions LLC
45 Linden St., Worcester 01609
508-799-7171 • www.savvystaffing.com
350
(1)
3
N/A
Staffing of temporary and permanent employees
Karen DeMichele
president
65%
Y
2001
2
Unic Pro Inc.
415 Boston Turnpike, Suite 211B, Shrewsbury 01545
877-881-8642 • www.unicpro.com
190
1
N/A
Commercial cleaning and post-construction cleanup
Lilian Radke
president
100%
Y
2008
3
CommCan
730 Main St., Millis 02054
508-533-9333 • www.commcan.com
150
1
N/A
Adult-use recreational and medical marijuana cultivation,
manufacturing and sales
Ellen Rosenfeld
co-owner
51%
Y
2015
4
E.T.& L. Corp.
873 Great Road, Stow 01775
978-897-4353 • www.etlcorp.com
132
1
N/A
Highway, bridge, site, airport, landfill and bike path construction
Kerry Maynard
vice president
Jennie Lee Colosi
president
88%
Y
1945
5
Century Homecare LLC
65 Water St., 2nd Floor, Worcester 01604
888-292-1809 • www.centuryhomecare.com
120
1
N/A
Skilled nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, case
managers, master of social work, home health aides, personal
care, homemaking, errands, companionship, accompaniment
services, respite care, private duty, Medicaid and Medicare
certified
Milka Njoroge
CEO & administrator
55%
Y
2012
6
Solidus Technical Solutions
17 Forsythia Road, Lunenburg 01453
866-SOLIDUS • www.solidus-ts.com
92
1
N/A
Multi-disciplined engineering and software services
Darlene Tucker
founder & CEO
100%
Y
2001
7
Always There Homecare LLC
75 Great Road, Acton 01720
978-386-7556 • www.alwaystherehomecarema.com
66
1
N/A
Non-medical home health care
Deirdre Vendetta
co-owner
100%
N
2008
8
CAC Worcester LLC
51 Union St., Suite G02, Worcester 01609
508-756-5400 • www.cacworcester.org
63
3
N/A
Mental health clinic serving children and adults
Jennifer J. Hylton
executive director
100%
N
2007
9
BestPro Cleaning LLC
100 A June St., Worcester 01602
508-310-5406 • www.bestprollc.com
62
1
N/A
Cleaning and disinfection services, commercial cleaning of floors,
carpets, green cleaning and facility maintenance
Diana Gallego
general manager
51%
Y
1998
10
Seasonal Food Brands Inc.
580 Main St., Suite 1, Bolton 01740
978-897-0660 • www.seasonalfoodbrands.com
60
1
N/A
Contract food service management, café services, school feeding
programs, catering services, event planning and micro market
services
Laurie Watson
president
100%
Y
2008
11
Bisousweet Confections
2 Shaker Road, Shirley 01464
978-425-5627 • www.bisousweet.com
55
1
$4,800,000
Wholesale bakery
Karen Collins
owner
85%
N
2009
12
Performance Trans Inc.
70 Benson St., Fitchburg 01420
978-345-5300 • www.performancetransinc.com
50
1
N/A
Transportation of petroleum products, building materials, steel
studding, sand and gravel, water and paving materials
Julieann Taylor
president
90%
Y
1985
13
Acclaim Home Health Care Inc.
120 Stafford St., Suite 206, Worcester 01603
508-459-6937 • www.acclaimworcester.com
40
1
N/A
Home health care
Chizoma Nosike
president
100%
N
2005
13
Primary Colors Inc.
9 Millennium Drive, North Grafton 01536
508-887-8789 • www.primarycolorsinc.com
40
1
N/A
Manufacturer of color concentrates
Carrie Ann Brown
principal
51%
Y
1994
15
Front Line Inc.
58 Mellen St., Hopedale 01747
508-634-6600 • www.frontlineinc.info
35
1
N/A
Construction labor services, demolition, post-construction
cleaning, construction progress cleaning, mold and water
remediation
Nancy Salter
president
100%
Y
1998
15
GVC Construction Inc.
305 Leominster Shirley Road, Lunenburg 01462
978-840-9700 • www.gvcconstruction.com
35
1
N/A
Site work, excavation, road construction, asphalt paving,
underground utilities and concrete construction
Geselle Valenti
owner & president
100%
Y
2000
Source: Each company via survey and company websites. Note: DND=did not disclose. Contact research@nebusinessmedia.com to be surveyed for this or other lists.
(1) Figure from 2021 survey
-Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com
