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20 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | AUGUST 5, 2024 The Lists Privately-held companies in Greater Hartford (1) Ranked by number of local employees Company Local employees/ statewide/ total Local employee range (2) Description Executive(s) Year founded 1 Bozzuto's Inc. (3) Schoolhouse Road, Cheshire 06410 203-272-3511; bozzutos.com N/A N/A 3,500 1,000—4,999 Family-owned wholesale distributor of food and household products Michael A. Bozzuto President & CEO 1945 2 Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness 622 Hebron Ave., Suite 200A, Glastonbury 06033 860-633-5572; healthtrax.com N/A N/A N/A 1,000—4,999 Health and fitness centers Kenneth Navarro CEO 1979 3 DATTCO Inc. 583 South St., New Britain 06051 860-229-4878; dattco.com 900 1,600 2,000 N/A Transportation provider with vehicle sales and service, fleet management, charter services and tours nationwide Donald DeVivo President 1924 4 Data Mail Inc. 240 Hartford Ave., Newington 06111 860-666-0399; data-mail.com 773 773 773 N/A Family-owned direct marketing firm Andy Mandell Owner 1971 5 LEGO Systems Inc. (4) 100 Print Shop Road, Enfield 06082 860-749-2291; lego.com 615 N/A 3,750 (5) N/A Toy manufacturer Skip Kodak President, LEGO Group Americas 1932 6 TRUMPF Inc. 111 Hyde Road, Farmington 06032 860-255-6000; trumpf.com 526 861 1,713 N/A Manufacturer of industrial lasers and fabricating Lutz Labisch President & CEO 1969 7 PwC 185 Asylum St., Hartford 06103 860-241-7000; pwc.com N/A N/A N/A 500—999 Accounting and audit services Keith J. Hubert Office managing partner 1890 8 Manafort Bros. Inc. 414 New Britain Ave., Plainville 06062 860-229-4853; manafort.com N/A N/A N/A 500—999 Family-owned provider of construction and demolition services James A. Manafort Jr. President 1919 9 Benchmark Senior Living 432 Buckland Road, South Windsor 06074 781-786-7745; benchmarkseniorliving.com 431 (6) 2,204 (6) 6,491 (6) 250—499 Senior living communities with independent living, assisted living, respite care, mind and memory care, skilled nursing Tom Grape Founder, chairman & CEO 1997 10 Deloitte LLP and subsidiaries 185 Asylum St., Hartford 06103 860-725-3000; deloitte.com 400 1,483 457,000 N/A Audit, tax, financial advisory and consulting Richard Tavolieri Managing partner 1895 10 Hobson & Motzer Inc. 30 Airline Drive, Durham 06422 860-349-1756; hobsonmotzer.com 400 (7) N/A N/A 250—499 Family-owned manufacturer of precision metal stamping and advanced machining Bruce Dworak President 1912 12 Connecticut Spring & Stamping Corp. 48 Spring Lane, Farmington 06032 860-677-1341; ctspring.com 380 380 380 N/A Family-owned manufacturer of springs, stampings and machined components Peter Youmans CEO 1939 13 Avna Inc. (8) 200 Ellis St., New Britain 06051 860-225-8707; avna.com 340 340 425 N/A Manufacturer of medical devices, surgical components & sub-assemblies for mechanical, precision-powered & robotic applications Jason M. Howey President & CEO 1911 14 PCX Aerosystems (9) 300 Fenn Road, Newington 06111 860-666-2471; pcxaero.com 339 N/A 625 N/A Manufacturer of highly engineered, critical flight components and composite fabrications Thomas Holzthum CEO Aris Fotos President, Connecticut Operations 1900 15 Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc. 1 Dudley Ave., Wallingford 06492 203-239-4481; ulbrich.com 300 350 700 N/A Manufacturer of precision re-roller and distributor of stainless steel & special metals for applications worldwide Chris Ulbrich CEO 1924 16 ebm-papst Inc. 100 Hyde Road, Farmington 06032 860-674-1515; ebmpapst.us 288 288 594 N/A Designer and manufacturer of high efficiency motor Mark J. Shiring CEO, Air Technology Americas 1984 17 Jarvis Products Corp. 33 Anderson Road, Middletown 06457 860-347-7271; jarvisproducts.com 285 (6) N/A 675 (6) N/A Design, engineering, manufacturing and support of power tools and robotic machinery for meat, poultry and fish producers worldwide Jonathan Jarvis President & CEO 1901 18 Ernst & Young LLP 20 Church St., Hartford 06103 860-247-3100; ey.com 252 (6) 702 (6) N/A N/A Audit, assurance and consulting services, tax, strategy and transaction advisory and due diligence, risk advisory Amelia Caporale Managing partner 1918 19 Ferguson 112 Northwest Drive, Plainville 06062 860-747-4566; fergusoncontractors.com 250 270 275 N/A Family-owned specialty contractor Ryan L. Ferguson President 1925 20 S&S Worldwide Inc. 75 Mill St., Colchester 06415 800-243-9232; ssww.com 235 (6) N/A 250 (6) N/A Family-owned manufacturer of toys and educational supplies Hy Schwartz Adam Schwartz Co-presidents 1906 21 CohnReznick LLP 350 Church St., 12th Floor, Hartford 06103 959-200-7000; cohnreznick.com 233 (6) 269 (6) 4,586 (6) N/A Accounting and auditing services Melissa Ferrucci Office managing partner, Conn. offices 1919 22 Shipman & Goodwin LLP One Constitution Plaza, Hartford 06103 860-251-5000; shipmangoodwin.com 232 281 290 N/A Legal services Leander Dolphin Managing partner 1919 23 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 3466 Main St., Hartford 06120 860-632-5667; cobm.net 225 N/A 225 N/A Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 1988 24 Mott Corp. (10) 84 Spring Lane, Farmington 06032 860-747-6333; mottcorp.com 220 N/A 540 N/A Filtration and fluid-control solutions Boris F. Levin President & CEO 1959 25 KPMG LLP 755 Main St., Hartford 06103 860-522-3200; KPMG.com 210 (6) 610 (6) N/A N/A Audit, tax, advisory services for SEC/SOX, private equity and privately held companies Susan Jackson (11) Managing partner 1897 Source: Each company via survey as of Q2-Q3 2024, company websites and Connecticut Department of Labor market research data. Note: Unable to confirm data for New Britain's Merry Employment Group, which reported 1,200 local employees as of Q1 2023; merrystaffing.com lists one office in Putnam. For the following companies, local employee counts fall within a range of 250 to 499, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor market research data as of March 2024: Windsor's Arbon Equipment Corp., a subsidiary of Rite-Hite, New Britain's Creed Monarch, Bloomfield's Deringer-Ney Inc. and North Windham's United Abrasives; HBJ was unable to verify these local employee ranges through a recent survey response or other sources. N/A = Not available or not applicable. (1) Banks, private colleges and employee-owned (ESOP) companies were not considered for this list. (2) Local employee counts fall within this range, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor market research data for March 2024. (3) Ranked #226 on Forbes 2023 list of America's largest private companies with a total employee count of 3,500. (4) In January 2023, announced plans to consolidate North American headquarters in Boston; the move will begin in 2025 and is expected to be completed in 2026. The LEGO Group is privately held and based in Billund, Denmark. (5) U.S. employees; 28,000 total employees worldwide. (6) Data from Q3 2023. (7) Data from hobstonmotzer.com. (8) Formerly Okay Industries. (9) Formerly SPX Precision Components. (10) On July 23, announced agreement to be acquired by Northbrook, Ill.-based and publicly traded IDEX Corp. for $1 billion. Mott will continue to operate under its own brand. (11) On May 15, succeeded Thomas Daugherty. -Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com PRIVATELY-HELD COMPANIES IN GREATER HARTFORD (1) Ranked by number of local employees