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Largest veteran-owned businesses
Ranked by number of local employees
Company
Local
employees/
local offices Type of business Veteran owner(s)
% veteran-owned/
branch of military/
year founded
1
Cinch I.T.
27 West Mountain St., Worcester 01606
508-425-4714 • cinchit.com
75
4
IT services provider
Richard Porter
president
100%
Army
2004
2
Brideau Energy
49 Cobbler Drive, Fitchburg 01420
978-342-9780 • brideauenergy.com
60
3
Retail oil and propane, HVAC service and
installation
Mark Brideau
president
100%
Army
1987
3
NorthStar Construction Services Corp.
200 Mount Laurel Circle, Shirley 01464
978-425-0001 • nstarroofing.com
50
1
Commercial roofing contractor John La Stella
100%
Navy
1992
3
Solidus Technical Solutions
17 Forsythia Road, Lunenburg 01453
866-765-4387 • solidus-ts.com
50
1
Systems engineering and software
development
Darlene Tucker
president
100%
Army
2001
5
Dario Diesel Truck Center
182 SW Cutoff, Worcester 01604
508-753-8177 • dariodiesel.com
35
1
Truck dealership and service center
Dario Sabatini
owner
100%
Army
1959
6
Machado Consulting Inc.
32 Franklin St., Worcester 01608
508-453-4700 • gomachado.com
32
1
Managed IT services & cybersecurity
Helder Machado
CEO
100%
Army
2001
7
Dillon Boiler Services Co. Inc.
380 Crawford St., Fitchburg 01420
978-345-4351 • N/A
25
1
Fabrication and repair of boilers, pressure
vessels reactors, heat exchangers and steel
fabrications
John McNamara
president
100%
Navy
1986
8
Corporate Benefit Plans
195 Park Ave., Worcester 01609
800-417-6353 • corporatebenefitplans.com
20
(1)
4
Corporate benefit plans including medical,
dental, vision and 401(k) retirement plans
Greg Lavelle
president & CEO
100%
Navy
1995
9
P3I Inc.
77 Main St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-7882 • p3i-inc.com
19
1
Systems engineering services and IT support
Janice Guy
president & CEO
77%
Marine Corps
2000
10
Abbess Instruments Inc.
75 October Hill Road, Holliston 01746
508-881-8811 • abbess.com
17
1
Manufacturing
Geoffrey Zeamer
president
100%
Navy
1982
11
A and M Compressed Air Products Inc.
40 Industrial Drive, Uxbridge 01569
508-278-6500 • amcompair.com
15
1
Distributor of air compressors, vacuum
pumps, process chillers and heat
exchangers
John Normandin
CEO
52%
Army
1982
12
The Cleaning Advantage (2)
121 Mill St., Suite 3, Lancaster 01523
978-779-6646 • thecleaningadvantage.com
11
1
House cleaning and maid services
Maurice Goin
co-owner
51%
Coast Guard
2004
13
BSA Security Integrators
40 Mechanic St., Marlborough 01752
508-485-1176 • bsasi.com
10
2
Security systems integrators
James McStay
CEO
100%
Marine Corps
1989
13
Central Mass. Tile & Marble
420 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545
508-842-4599 • centralmasstile.com
10
(3)
1
Commercial floor covering contracting
Robert McGinley
owner
100%
Navy
1990
15
PuroClean Certified Restoration Specialists (2)
482 Southbridge St., Suite 331, Auburn 01501
774-321-3232 • puroclean.com/pcrs-ma
9
2
Property damage clean-up
Nigel Belgrave
owner & president
100%
Air Force
2014
16
Metrowest Mini Splits
3 Main St., Southborough 01772
508-481-1357 • metrowestminisplits.com
8
1
Full service HVAC, heat pump and mini split
sales, service and installation
Jamie Falconi
Alan Diodato
co-owners
51%
Army
(4)
2022
Source: Each company via survey as of Q2 2025. Note: N/A=not available.
(1) Employee counts from WBJ's 2024 survey
(2) Data from WBJ's 2024 survey
(3) Varies between 4 to 10 employees
(4) Branch served by Jamie Falconi
-Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com
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