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wbjournal.com | December 25, 2023 | Worcester Business Journal 9 L I S T T O P P E R S Note: These organizations and people topped their respective lists as published in Worcester Business Journal during calendar year 2023. (a) Assisted living and special care units; does not include independent living units (b) Local employee count includes customer fulfillment center in Quincy; Marlborough headquarters employed 1,800 at its opening in 2014. (c) Local employee count from 2022. Announced a 5% global workforce reduction in February 2023; unable to confirm local impact by press time (d) Includes real estate taxes and personal property taxes Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Top ranked companies across industry sectors from WBJ's lists in 2023 FOR ANY SIZE BUSINESS We have you covered Simply Beter. Member FDIC Member DIF Call one of our experienced commercial lenders at 800-649-3036 or email us at commercial@saversbank.com. List Top ranked Location(s) Ranking value Banking & finance Banks Bank of America Multiple locations $7.7 billion in local deposits, as of June 30, 2022 Credit unions Digital Federal Credit Union Multiple locations $11.5 billion in assets, as of March 31, 2023 Small Business Administration lenders Eastern Bank Natick 231 7(a) loans issued in Mass., in fiscal 2022 Education & nonprofits Arts and culture nonprofits Groton Hill Music Center Groton $41.2 million in revenues, in fiscal 2022 Colleges and universities Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester 5,971 full-time students, in fall 2022 Human services nonprofits Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates Worcester $374.5 million in assets, in fiscal 2022 General interest Veteran-owned businesses Solidus Technical Solutions Lunenburg 63 local employees Largest employers UMass Memorial Health Worcester 16,352 employees in Central Mass. Woman-owned businesses Unic Pro Inc. Shrewsbury 266 employees in Central Mass. Health care Hospitals UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester 818 licensed beds National Institutes of Health grant winners UMass Chan Medical School Worcester 349 awards and $180 million total funding, fiscal 2022 Physical therapy providers Reliant Medical Group Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Worcester 90 employees specific to department Senior care communities The Communities at Golden Pond Hopkinton 173 care units (a) Manufacturing & technology Breweries Jack's Abby Brewing Framingham 52,000 barrels produced in 2022 Life science and biotech companies Boston Scientific Marlborough 2,200 local employees (b) Manufacturers Dell Technologies Hopkinton 6,500 local employees (c) Marijuana companies NETA, a Parallel Co. Franklin 335 local employees Professional services Accounting firms CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Worcester 379 local staff, including 119 local CPAs IT services providers ICS Auburn 62 local employees Law firms Bowditch & Dewey LLP Worcester 63 local attorneys Advertising & communications firms Davis Advertising Worcester 30 local employees Real estate Architectural firms Maugel DeStefano Architects Harvard 8 local architects and 35 local staff Commercial contractors Consigli Building Group Inc. Milford 783 local employees Worcester property taxpayers National Grid - Mass. Electric Multiple locations $13.9 million in total taxes, in 2023 (d) Tourism & hospitality Hotels Great Wolf Lodge New England Fitchburg 406 guest rooms Meeting venues Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Princeton 3,000 person capacity outdoor tented; 600 indoor Tourist attractions New England Sports Center Marlborough 3 million annual attendance in 2022 ECONOMIC FORECAST 2024