26 Worcester Business Journal | October 6, 2025 | wbjournal.com
F O C U S OUTSTANDING WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Largest woman-owned businesses
Ranked by number of local employees
Company
Local employees/
local offices/ Type of business
Woman owner(s)/
percent owned
WBE certified?/
year founded
1
Worcester Restaurant Group
118 Highland St., Worcester 01609
508-798-3474 • worcesterrestaurantgroup.com
253
1
Restaurants
Madeleine Ahlquist
owner
51%
No
1979
2
Unic Pro Inc.
415 Boston Turnpike, Suite 211B, Shrewsbury 01545
877-881-8642 • unicpro.com
179
1
Commercial cleaning
Beatriz Ramos
president & CEO
100%
Yes
2008
3
Century Homecare LLC
65 Water St., 2nd Floor, Worcester 01604
888-292-1809 • centuryhomecare.com
130
1
Home health care
Milka Njoroge
CEO & administrator
100%
Yes
2012
4
CommCan
730 Main St., Millis 02054
508-533-9333 • commcan.com
92
1
Adult-use and medical
cannabis business
Ellen Rosenfeld
co-owner
51%
Yes
2015
5
Front Line Inc.
58 Mellen St., Hopedale 01747
508-634-6600 • frontlineinc.info
90
1
Construction services
Nancy Salter
president
100%
Yes
1998
6
The Bull Run Restaurant
215 Great Road, Shirley 01464
978-425-4311 • bullrunrestaurant.com
85
1
Restaurant, concert and
function venue
Alison Tocci
co-owner & innkeeper
51%
No
1740
7
Synergy Wellness Center
45 Main St., Suite 403, Hudson 01749 (1)
978-333-7426 • synergy-wellness-center.com
65
2
Holistic wellness, mental
health, lifestyle
Michelle Grasso
owner
100%
No
2018
8
BestPro Cleaning LLC
100 A June St., Worcester 01602
508-310-5406 • bestprollc.com
62
1
Commercial and restoration
cleaning
Diana Gallego
general manager
51%
Yes
1998
9
Prestige Adult Foster Care LLC
286 Lincoln St., Worcester 01605
508-205-6888 • prestige.com
52
1
Adult foster care
Highness Meena
owner
100%
Yes
2015
10
Solidus Technical Solutions
17 Forsythia Road, Lunenburg 01453
866-765-4387 • solidus-ts.com
50
1
Systems engineering and
software development
Carla James
CEO
Darlene Tucker
president
100%
Yes
2001
11
Atlas Travel & Technology Group
200 Donald Lynch Blvd., Marlborough 01752
508-488-1100 • atlastravelandtechnology.com
49
1
Business, vacation and
meeting planning services
Elaine Osgood
CEO
60%
Yes
1986
11
Physical Therapy Innovations
489 Washington St., Suite 200, Auburn 01501
774-696-8309 • physicaltherapyinnovations.com
49
8
Out-patient physical
therapy
Colleen Friesl
owner
100%
N/A
1998
13
Accu-Clean Inc.
210 Park Ave., Suite 337, Worcester 01609
508-755-8166 • accu-cleaninc.com
45
1
Commercial janitorial
cleaning services
Michele Blanchette
president
Robin Booth
vice president
100%
Yes
1987
13
CAC Worcester LLC
255 Park Ave., Suite 412, Worcester 01609
508-756-5400 • cacworcester.org
45
3
Behavioral health clinic
Jennifer J. Hylton
executive director
100%
No
2007
15
B&G Services Inc., dba 1800GOTJUNK
77 South St., Suite C2, Hopkinton 01748
774-233-0380 • 1800gotjunk.com
42
1
Professional junk removal
and recycling
Judith Briggs
owner
100%
Yes
2003
Source: Each company via survey as of Q2-Q3 2025 and company websites. Note: N/A=not available.
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