wbjournal.com | January 27, 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 17
Largest North Central Mass. employers
Ranked by number of local employees ((11))
Organization
Local
employees/
statewide/
companywide Revenue 2023 Type of business Top executive(s) Year founded
1
Heywood Healthcare
242 Green St.
Gardner 01440
978-632-3420• heywood.org
1,673
1,673
1,673
N/A Health care
Rozanna Penney
president & CEO
1907
2
Bristol Myers Squibb
38 Jackson Road
Devens 01434
978-784-6001• bms.com
1,500
N/A
34,000
$45.0 billion Biopharmaeuticals
Christopher Boerner
CEO
1887
3
Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
499 Mountain Road
Princeton 01541
978-464-2300• wachusett.com
1,200
(2)
1,200
1,200
N/A Tourism and recreation
Jeff Crowley
president
1934
4
Fitchburg State University
160 Pearl St.
Fitchburg 01420
978-665-3000• fitchburgstate.edu
1,088
1,088
1,088
$129.3 million Higher education
Donna Souder Hodge
(3)
president
1894
5
AIS
25 Tucker Drive
Leominster 01453
978-562-7500• ais-inc.com
850
850
925
N/A Manufacturing
Nick Haritos
president & CEO
1989
6
Great Wolf Lodge New England
150 Great Wolf Drive
Fitchburg 01420
978-343-9653• greatwolf.com/new-england
750
N/A
N/A
N/A Tourism and recreation
Henry Tessman
general manager
2014
7
Mount Wachusett Community College
444 Green St.
Gardner 01440
978-632-6600• mwcc.edu
655
655
655
N/A Higher education
James Vander Hooven
president
1963
8
RFK Community Alliance
971 Main St.
Lancaster 01523
978-365-7376• rfkcommunity.org
535
N/A
N/A
$43.8 million Services for at-risk populations
Michael W. Ames
CEO
1896
9
Jabil
101 Union St.
Clinton 01510
978-365-9721• jabil.com
500
(4)
N/A
140,000
$34.7 billion (5)
Medical devices
Michael Dastoor
CEO
1966
9
Sterilite Corp.
30 Scales Lane
Townsend 01469
978-597-1800• sterilite.com
500
(6)
N/A
N/A
N/A Manufacturing
David Stone
president
1939
11
Seaman Paper Co.
35 Wilkins Road
Gardner 01440
978-632-1513• seamanpaper.com
486
N/A
1,200
N/A Manufacturing
Ken Winterhalter
CEO
1946
12
The L.S. Starrett Co. (7)
121 Crescent St.
Athol 01331
978-249-3551• starrett.com
450
N/A
1,200
$256.2 million
(8)
Manufacturing
Douglas Starrett
president & CEO
1880
13
Community Health Connections Inc.
326 Nichols Road
Fitchburg 01420
978-878-8100• chcfhc.org
445
445
445
$44.7 million Health care
John DeMalia
president & CEO
2002
Sources: Each employer via survey, annual reports, SEC filings, company websites, fdic.gov and ncua.gov. Notes: N/A=not available. Only employers whose North Central Massachusetts employee counts
could be determined are included on this list. Leominster's United Solutions does not disclose employee counts.
(1) Based on responses to the WBJ surveys, for various lists across industries & economic sectors, in Q1-Q2 2024, unless otherwise noted
(2) Employee figure includes seasonal workers.
(3) Named as successor to Richard Lapidus, upon his retirement in May
(4) Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Jabil did not provide local employee counts on WBJ's 2024 survey;
2023 survey reported 1,000 local and 250,000 worldwide employees.
(5) From fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2023
(6) Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
(7) In 2024, L.S. Starrett became a private company after its merger with private equity firm MiddleGround Capital.
(8) Net sales for fiscal year ended June 30, 2023
-Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com
Proud supporters of
Amy's
first steps
N O R T H C E N T R A L M A S S . F O C U S
