Worcester Business Journal

42 Worcester Business Journal | May 19, 2025 | wbjournal.com C E N T R A L M A S S . 1 5 0 Central Mass. 150 Largest employers in Central Massachusetts, ranked by number of local employees Employer Local employees (1) statewide worldwide Industry 2024 revenue Top executive(s) year founded Footnotes 1 UMass Memorial Health 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01605 508-334-1000 • ummhealth.org 15,462 19,174 20,812 Health care $4.3 billion Eric Dickson 1998 Local employee count for Worcester County 2 Dell Technologies 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • delltechnologies.com 5,000 N/A 108,000 IT solutions and services $95.6 billion Michael S. Dell 1984 Local employee count falls within a range of 5,000 to 9,999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Last response to WBJ's survey was in 2022 with 6,500 local and 123,000 worldwide employees; unable to confirm local impact of 5% global workforce reduction in 2023 or 10% global workforce reduction in 2024, by press time. Revenue for fiscal year end Jan. 31, 2025 2 Staples Inc. 500 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702 508-253-5000 • staples.com 5,000 N/A 12,000 Office supplies $8 billion John Lederer 1986 Local employee count falls within a range of 5,000 to 9,999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; additional 19,000 associates in more than 1,000 retail locations. Revenue is from Forbes 2024 list of best private companies. 4 Global Partners LP 800 South St., Suite 500, Waltham 02453 781-894-8800 • globalp.com 4,846 4,846 4,846 Liquid energy supplier and retail operator Eric Slifka 1933 5 UMass Chan Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-5801 • umassmed.edu 4,748 N/A 6,715 Higher education $1.1 billion Michael F. Collins 1962 3% of the workforce was laid off or furloughed in April 2025. 6 Market Basket Demoulas Supermarkets 875 East St., Tewksbury 01876 978-851-8000 • shopmarketbasket.com 4,198 21,121 33,458 Retail grocery $7.8 billion Arthur T. DeMoulas 1917 7 MathWorks 1 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760 508-647-7000 • mathworks.com 3,500 3,500 6,500 Software $1.5 billion Jack Little 1984 8 Boston Scientific Corp. 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670 • bostonscientific.com 2,800 2,800 53,000 Medical devices $16.7 billion Michael F. Mahoney 1979 Local employee count includes customer fulfillment center in Quincy. 9 Walmart 702 SW 8th St., Bentonville, AR 72716 479-273-4000 • walmart.com 2,698 11,864 2,100,000,000 Retail $681 billion Doug McMillon 1962 Revenue for fiscal year end Jan. 31, 2025 10 Reliant Medical Group 100 Front St., Worcester 01608 508-852-0600 • reliantmedicalgroup.org 2,410 N/A 2,410 Health care Thad Schilling 1929 11 Shaw's Supermarkets 750 W. Center St., West Bridgewater 02379 508-313-4000 • shaws.com 2,296 11,610 19,546 Retail grocery Ken Rinaldi 1860 12 National Grid 55 Bearfoot Road, Northborough 01532 508-389-2000 • nationalgridus.com 2,000 7,193 31,645 Energy utility Lisa Wieland 1961 13 Seven Hills Foundation and Affiliates 81 Hope Ave., Worcester 01603 508-755-2340 • sevenhills.org 1,923 3,289 4,018 Health and human services $466.3 million Kathleen M. Jordan 1953 14 Advocates Inc. 1881 Worcester Road, Framingham 01701 508-628-6300 • advocates.org 1,898 2,537 2,555 Health and human services Diane Gould 1975 15 Bristol Myers Squibb 38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 978-784-6001 • bms.com 1,680 N/A 34,000 Biopharmaeuticals $48.3 billion Christopher Boerner 1887 16 Heywood Healthcare 242 Green St., Gardner 01440 978-632-3420 • heywood.org 1,670 N/A 1,756 Health care Rozanna Penney 1907 17 The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653 508-855-1000 • hanover.com 1,600 1,600 4,900 Insurance $6.2 billion John C. Roche 1852 17 Saint Vincent Hospital 123 Summer St., Worcester 01608 508-363-5000 • stvincenthospital.com 1,600 N/A N/A Health care Denten Park 1893 Denten Park succeeded Carolyn Jackson upon her resignation in February 2025. 19 Price Chopper/Market 32 461 Nott St., Schenectady, N.Y. 12308 518-355-5000 • pricechopper.com 1,509 1,962 15,531 Retail grocery Blaine Bringhurst 1932 20 Bose Corp. The Mountain, Framingham 01701 508-879-7330 • bose.com 1,500 N/A 6,000 Manufacturing Lila Snyder 1964 Employee counts from WBJ's 2024 survey 21 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • waters.com 1,450 1,600 7,600 Manufacturing & life sciences $3 billion Udit Batra 1958 22 Wachusett Mountain Ski Area 499 Mountain Road, Princeton 01541 978-464-2300 • wachusett.com 1,400 N/A N/A Tourism and recreation Jeff Crowley 1934 23 IPG Photonics Corp. 1,365 508-366-1780 • bankofamerica.com 137,857 number of local branches. 56 Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co. 27 Otis St., Westborough 01581 508-753-2354 • columbiatech.com 740 N/A 900 Manufacturing Chris Coghlin 1992 57 Great Wolf Lodge New England 150 Great Wolf Drive, Fitchburg 01420 978-343-9653 • greatwolf.com/new-england 720 N/A N/A Tourism & recreation Alex Matthews 2014 58 Big Y Foods Inc. 2145 Roosevelt Ave., Springfield 01102 413-504-4000 • bigy.com 695 5,204 10,150 Retail grocery Michael P. D'Amour 1936 59 The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC 1385 Hancock St., Quincy 02169 800-767-7772 • stopandshop.com 664 22,245 69,066 Retail grocery Roger Wheeler 1914 60 Spectrum Health Systems Inc. 149 Oak St., Westborough 01581 508-752-5400 • spectrumhealthsystems.org 656 971 1,060 Health care Kurt A. Isaacson 1969 61 Mount Wachusett Community College 444 Green St., Gardner 01440 978-632-6600 • mwcc.edu 655 N/A 655 Higher education James Vander Hooven 1963 62 AA Transportation Co. Inc. 605 Hartford Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545 508-791-9100 • aatransportation.com 638 638 650 Transportation Ron E. Ernenwein 1996 63 AIS 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453 978-567-5122 • ais-inc.com 632 718 908 Manufacturing Nick Haritos 1989 64 Olympus Corp. of the Americas 800 West Park Drive, Westborough 01581 508-804-2600 • olympusamerica.com 581 N/A 28,838 Medical devices $6.3 billion Julien Sauvagnargues Mike Noyes 1968 65 Eversource Energy 157 Cordaville Road, Southborough 01772 800-592-2000 • eversource.com 567 4,847 10,329 Energy utility Joseph Nolan 1966 Local employee count from WBJ's 2024 survey 66 Cognex Corp. 1 Vision Drive, Natick 01760 508-650-3000 • cognex.com 556 N/A 2,914 Manufacturing Robert Willett 1981 67 TD Bank 370 Main St., Worcester 01608 508-368-6529 • tdbank.com 533 N/A 27,559 Financial services Steve C. Webb 1852 Local employee count is approximation based on average number of employees per branch and number of local branches. 68 Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton 01536 508-839-5302 • vet.tufts.edu 527 527 527 Higher education Alastair E. Cribb 1978 Employee counts from WBJ's 2024 survey 69 VNA Care 67 Millbrook St., 500 North, Worcester 01606 800-521-5539 • vnacare.org 520 N/A 753 Health care $84.6 million Todd D. Rose 1886 70 Assumption University 500 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609 508-767-7000 • assumption.edu 508 508 508 Higher education Greg Weiner 1904 71 Clark University 950 Main St., Worcester 01610 508-793-7711 • clarku.edu 506 N/A 930 Higher education $160.2 million David Fithian 1887 72 Babcock Power Services, Babcock Power Environmental 26 Forest St., Suite 300, Marlborough 01752 508-852-7100 • babcockpower.com 500 N/A N/A Energy & consulting Wade Shephard Michael Leclair 1913 Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 72 Davis Farmland and Davis Mega Maze 145 & 142 Redstone Hill Road, Sterling 01564 978-422-6666 • davisfarmland.com; davismegamaze.com 500 N/A N/A Agriculture & recreation Laurence Davis 1846 Seasonal workforce 72 DuPont Electronics and Imaging 455 Forest St., Marlborough 01752 508-481-7950 • dupont.com 500 N/A 24,000 Manufacturing $12.4 billion Lori D. Koch Ellen Jansen Mager 1897 Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 72 Garelick Farms Inc., a Dairy Farmers of America brand 1199 W. Central St., Franklin 02038 508-528-9000 • garelickfarms.com 500 N/A N/A Dairy products $24 billion Dennis Rodenbaugh 1931 Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; revenue for Dairy Farmers of America. 72 Jabil 101 Union St., Clinton 01510 978-365-9721 • jabil.com 500 N/A 140,000 Medical devices $28.9 billion Michael Dastoor 1966 Jabil no longer provides local data; local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Revenue from fiscal year end Aug. 31, 2024 72 The L.S. Starrett Co. 121 Crescent St., Athol 01331 978-249-3551 • starrett.com 500 N/A 1,200 Manufacturing Roger N. Amrol Jr. 1880 In 2024, L.S. Starrett became a private company after its merger with private equity firm MiddleGround Capital. 72 Milton CAT 100 Quarry Drive, Milford 01757 508-634-3400 • miltoncat.com 500 N/A 1,000 Caterpillar machines and generators Chris Milton 1960 Includes MC2 Renewable Energy Services, a full- service renewable energy division within Milton CAT; local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 72 Philips Lifeline 200 Donald Lynch Blvd., Suite 200, Marlborough 01752 800-451-0525 • lifeline.philips.com 500 N/A N/A Manufacturing Janet Dillione Kathy Silvestri 1974 Acquired by Penn.-based ConnectAmerica in May 2021; local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 72 Sanofi Genzyme 15 Pleasant St. Connector, Framingham 01701 508-872-8400 • sanofigenzyme.com 500 N/A 82,878 Manufacturing & life sciences $47.9 billion Paul Hudson Brian Foard 1981 Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Revenue converted from Euros based on IRS yearly average exchange rate for 2024. Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi; additional manufacturing facility at 8 New York Ave., Framingham. 72 Sterilite Corp. 30 Scales Lane, Townsend 01469 978-597-1800 • sterilite.com 500 N/A N/A Manufacturing David M. Stone 1939 Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 72 Tegra Medical 16 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038 508-541-4200 • tegramedical.com 500 700 1,300 Medical devices Walter Kobler 2007 72 Workhuman 100 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702 508-229-1500 • workhuman.com 500 N/A 1,000 Software Eric Mosley Tom Libretto 1999 84 Wegmans Food Markets Inc. 9102 Shops Way, Northborough 01532 508-936-1900 • wegmans.com 492 2,564 54,710 Retail grocery Colleen Wegman Nicole Wegman 1916 85 Community Health Connections Inc. 485 485 Health care John A. DeMalia "True power lies in the ability to inspire, connect, create, and act with integrity, adding lasting value for both my business and our community." - Amy Chase, Crompton Collective

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