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78 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2024 | wbjournal.com F O C U S G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T Largest minority-owned businesses Ranked by number of local employees Company Local employees/ local offices Type of business Minority owner(s)/ percent owned MBE certified?/ year founded 1 eClinicalWorks 2 Technology Drive, Westborough 01581 508-836-2700 • eclinicalworks.com 615 1 Healthcare IT Girish Navani co-founder & CEO N/A Yes 1999 2 Always Best Care Senior Services - MetroWest & Worcester County 276 Turnpike Road, Suite 230, Westborough 01581 508-626-8300 • alwaysbestcare.com 200 1 Home health care and senior living placement Kingsley Asare–Mensah director 100% N/A 2020 3 Moura's Cleaning Service Inc. 349 Lunenburg St., Fitchburg 01420 978-562-1839 • mourascleaningservice.com 140 1 Commercial and industrial sanitation David Moura president 100% N/A 1994 4 Century Homecare LLC 65 Water St., 2nd Floor, Worcester 01604 888-292-1809 • centuryhomecare.com 110 1 Home health care Milka Njoroge CEO & administrator 100% Yes 2012 5 Unic Pro Inc. 415 Boston Turnpike, Suite 211B, Shrewsbury 01545 877-881-8642 • unicpro.com 90 1 Commercial cleaning Leia Caminhas president Beatriz Ramos CEO 100% Yes 2008 6 Right at Home - Eastern Worcester County 8 Church St., Westborough 01581 508-599-1122 • rahewc.com 85 1 Private senior and disabled adult home care Amar Patel president 100% No 2007 7 BestPro Cleaning LLC 100 A June St., Worcester 01602 508-310-5406 • bestprollc.com 62 1 Commercial and restoration cleaning D. Gallego general manager 51% Yes 1998 8 Pro Commercial Solutions Inc. 866 Hartford Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545 866-527-7626 • procommercialinc.com 60 1 Commercial cleaning Cleverson Antonio Ozeias Oliveira co-owners 100% Yes 2007 9 CAC Worcester LLC 255 Park Ave., Suite 412, Worcester 01609 508-756-5400 • cacworcester.org 49 3 Behavioral health clinic Jennifer J. Hylton executive director 100% No 2007 10 Atech Turbine Components 1 Saint Mark St., Auburn 01501 508-721-7679 • atechturbine.com 40 1 Aerospace manufacturer Rita Kapur president Amar Kapur CEO 80% Yes 1991 10 Prestige Adult Foster Care LLC 286 Lincoln St., Worcester 01605 508-205-6888 • prestigeafc.com 40 1 Adult foster care Highness Meena owner 100% Yes 2015 10 Talentburst Inc. (1) 679 Worcester Road, Natick 01760 508-628-7500 • talentburst.com 40 1 Staffing, payroll, consulting and IC compliance Bharat (Brad) Talwar founder & CEO 100% Yes 2002 13 Aimtek Inc. 201 Washington St., Auburn 01501 508-832-5035 • aimtek.com 37 1 Manufacturer Rita Kapur CFO Jay Kapur president Amar Kapur CEO 80% Yes 1973 14 Terva Corp. 184 Nathaniel Drive, Whitinsville 01588 401-481-5693 • tervacorp.com 32 1 Construction, design, and engineering services Vamshidhar Thakkallapalli president 51% Yes 2010 15 New Dia dba Cookies (1) 118 Cambridge St., Worcester 01603 774-366-3750 • cookiesworcester.com 25 1 Adult-use cannabis dispensary Ross Bradshaw owner 97% No 2020 16 Fisher Contracting Corp. 11 Webster Place, Worcester 01603 508-421-6989 • fishercontracting.us 23 1 Construction contractor Charran Fisher president 100% Yes 1998 17 Campfire Cannabis 65 W. Boylston St., West Boylston 01583 844-347-3420 • campfirecannabis.com 20 1 Adult-use cannabis dispensary Nita Patel Alpa Patel Anand Patel co-owners 100% N/A 2020 17 Dris Delivery 16 Tech Circle, Natick 01760 401-261-2950 • drisbrands.com 20 1 Cannabis delivery services Lourdharry Pauyo president Christopher Fevry CEO 90% No 2020 17 El Huipil Restaurant Inc. 51R Main St., Maynard 01754 978-298-5302 • elhuipil.com 20 2 Mexican restaurants Alma & Alonso Moreno owners 100% No 2010 17 GVC Construction Inc. (1) 305 Leominster Shirley Road, Lunenburg 01462 978-840-9700 • gvcconstruction.com 20 1 Heavy civil construction Geselle Valenti owner & president 100% Yes 2000 Source: Each company via survey. Notes: IC=independent contractor, IT=information technology, N/A=not available. (1) Data from WBJ's 2023 survey -Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Report: Business owners of color are facing brunt of financing shortfalls Small businesses grappled with a greater rate of financing shortfalls last year compared to before the onset of the COVID pandemic, but the lack of funding was more acute- ly observed among minority-owned businesses and particularly Black- owned businesses, according to an updated analysis from the Boston Foundation. The unmet demand for financing, such as loans, among Massa- chusetts small businesses owned by people of color grew by about 5% from 2019 to 2022, from $574 million to $603 million, said Matthew Brewster, principal at P2 Advisors LLC. He co-authored a report in 2021 about the capital gap for entrepreneurs of color, as well as racial disparities underlying their access to funding. The latest capital gap reflects the rate at which businesses apply for money, how much they're seeking and their outcomes, including the rate they are denied or how much funding they ultimately secure, Brewster said at a forum on Nov. 28. "Entrepreneurs of color continue to have huge unmet demand to both finance and to start and grow their businesses -- the gap persists," M. Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation, said as he also stressed the importance of business ownership and economic growth in communities of color. Black and Latinx households with business owners have a net worth that is five times greater than those without business owners, Pelton said. – Story by Alison Kuznitz from State House News Service One of the challenges facing Daniel Yarnie and the real estate develop- ment business he owns with his wife has been lack of funding for projects.