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wbjournal.com | December 29, 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 9 List toppers Note: These organizations topped their respective lists as published in Worcester Business Journal during calendar year 2025. (a) Includes Framingham-based Jack's Abby Craft Lagers, Everett-based Night Shift Brewing and Worcester-based Wormtown Brewery. Each brewery retains individual locations and branding. (b) Local employee count includes customer fulfillment center in Quincy. Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com These companies were at the top of WBJ's various industry lists in 2025. care as innovative as you List Top ranked Location(s) Ranking criteria Banking & finance Banks Bank of America Multiple locations $6.2 billion in local deposits, June 30, 2024 Credit unions Digital Federal Credit Union Multiple locations $12.9 billion in assets, March 31, 2025 Most frequent SBA lenders Eastern Bank Natick 304 7(a) loans issued in Mass., FY 2024 Education & nonprofits Arts and culture nonprofits Worcester Art Museum Worcester $39.9 million in revenues, FY 2024 Grant-making foundations & nonprofits Mathworks Foundation Natick $424.4 million in assets, FY 2024 Vocation-technical high schools Worcester Technical High School Worcester 1,442 total enrollment, 2024-2025 General interest Certified B Corps Atlas Travel & Technology Group Marlborough 49 local employees Family-owned businesses W.E. Aubuchon Co. Inc. Westminster 1,500 local employees Largest employers UMass Memorial Health Worcester 15,462 employees in Worcester County; 20,812 company-wide Woman-owned businesses Worcester Restaurant Group Worcester 253 employees in Central Mass. Health care Adult day care centers Active Life Adult Day Care Fitchburg 180 client capacity Holistic wellness providers Synergy Wellness Center Hudson 65 local employees Home care providers VNA Care Worcester 519 local employees, full-time and part-time Hospitals UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester 826 licensed beds Manufacturing & technology Breweries Hendler Family Brewing Co. (a) Framingham 86,000 barrels produced in 2024 Incubators WorcLab Worcester 49 incubating companies Life sciences and biotech companies Boston Scientific Corp. Marlborough 2,800 local employees (b) Professional services Accounting firms AAFCPAs Westborough 193 local staff, including 52 local CPAs Co-working and makerspaces Regus, Framingham Center Framingham 650 members IT services providers Boston Technology Corp. Framingham 100 local employees Law firms Mirick Worcester 69 local attorneys Real estate Architectural firms Maugel DeStefano Architects Harvard 6 local architects and 25 local staff Commercial contractors Consigli Building Group Inc. Milford 828 local employees MassDOT projects Route 27 over Route 9 bridge replacement Natick $99,150,927 bid price Tourism & hospitality Hotels Great Wolf Lodge New England Fitchburg 406 guest rooms Meeting venues Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Princeton 3,000-person capacity outdoor tented; 600 indoor Toughest golf courses Shaker Hills Country Club Harvard 145 slope rating Tourist attractions Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Princeton 1 million annual attendance in 2024 Economic Forecast 2026