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14 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | 2026 BOOK OF LISTS E C O N O M Y MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN GREATER HARTFORD Ranked by number of local employees, then number of total employees Minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford Ranked by number of local employees, then number of total employees Company Local employees/ total employees Description Minority owner(s)/ % ownership minority af year founded 1 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 3466 Main St. Hartford, CT 06120 860-632-5667 • cobm.net 254 254 Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 51% Yes Hispanic (1) 1988 2 AI Engineers Inc. 919 Middle St. Middletown, CT 06457 860-635-7740 • aiengineers.com 173 346 Consulting engineering for bridges, transportation, construction, civil, water & wastewater, building systems, survey and mapping; design-build & technology Abul Islam President & CEO 99% Yes South Asian 1991 3 R&D Dynamics Corp. 49 W. Dudley Town Road CT 06002 860-726-1204 • rddynamics.com 125 125 Designer, developer and manufacturer of foil air & gas bearing supported high-speed turbo-machinery and systems Giri Agrawal President 100% Yes Indian 1990 4 Aquastone Graphic Arts & Print 20 Church St., Mezzanine Floor 2 Hartford, CT 06103 860-206-4935 • aquastone.us 110 110 Brand design, publication design, web design and commercial printing; machine learning and AI Dyshann Anderson Owner 100% Yes Undisclosed 2006 5 Harriott Home Health Services 10 Love Lane Hartford, CT 06112 860-904 9045 • harriotthomehealth.com 72 72 Medical and non-medical home health services to individuals recovering from illness, surgery or managing chronic health conditions Sasa Harriott CEO 100% Yes African American 2012 6 Garg Consulting Services Inc. 2096A Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-0582 • gargengineering.com 70 98 Eugene Y. Chuang President & CEO 100% Yes Islander 1990 7 Budr Cannabis 1037 Blvd. West Hartford, CT 06119 860-816-8225 • budrcannabis.com 54 140 Adult-use cannabis retailer Derrick Gibbs (2) 13% Yes Black 2023 8 Interpreters and Translators Inc. 628 Hebron Ave., Suite 500 Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-647-0686 • ititranslates.com 50 60 Multicultural language solution provider for healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, education, government, legal, marketing and more Francesco Pagano President 49% (3) Yes Hispanic 1986 9 DACRUZ Manufacturing 100 Broderick Road Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-5315 • dacruzmfg.com 45 45 Contract manufacture of precision machined components for automotive, aerospace, industrial hardware and medical metals industries Victor P. DaCruz Owner & president -- (4) Yes Hispanic-Iberian Peninsula 1981 9 Freeman Cos. LLC 36 John St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-251-9550 • freemancos.com 45 45 Surveying, landscape architecture, civil, geotechnical, transportation, traf onmental sciences, hazardous materials, construction support and owner's representation Rohan A. Freeman President & CEO 100% Yes Black American 2009 11 100 Peters Road CT 06002 860-216-2785 • servpr 45 N/A Fire and water cleanup restoration services Noemi T. Garcia Owner 100% No Hispanic (1) 2012 12 Martinez Couch & Associates LLC 1084 Cromwell Ave., Suite A-2 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4364 • MartinezCouch.com 40 40 Civil engineering, water & wastewater engineering, land and construction surveying, asset management and GIS services, regulatory compliance, subsurface utility engineering, construction phase services A. Rafael Martinez Managing member 51% Yes Hispanic 1999 12 Secure Tek Solutions 969 Hebron Ave. Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-760-0313 • secureteksolutions.com 40 40 Architecture, engineering, construction and manufacturing staf Javon Overstreet Managing partner 100% Yes African American 2010 14 Infowave Systems Inc. (5) 10 Waterchase Drive, 3rd Floor Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-760-7600 • infowavesystems.com 35 135 Information technology solutions and services focused on healthcare industry Ravi Obbu (6) CEO 30% Yes South Asian 1998 15 Jay's Landscaping 473 Sullivan Ave. South Windsor, CT 06074 860-282-9496 • jayslandscaping.com 32 32 Landscape construction Jay Murtha Sole member 100% Yes Native American 1984 16 Corp. (7) 24 & 34 Dell Manor Drive Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-6560 30 65 Manufacturer of compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, stampings and light assemblies; medical and commercial registered quality management Norman L. Rodriques President 51% Yes Hispanic 1942 17 Tri State Materials Testing Lab LLC 60 Woodlawn Road Berlin, CT 06037 203-949-7733 • tristate-testing.com 25 25 Construction materials testing and special inspections Habib A. Chaudhary Principal 51% Yes 2012 18 Orissa LLC 124 Woodlawn Road Berlin, CT 06037 860-310-5700 • orissallc.com 22 22 Post-construction and janitorial commercial cleaning services Tejal Vallam Owner 100% Yes Asian American (1) 2006 19 iTech Solutions Inc. 20 Stanford Drive Farmington, CT 06032 860-674-1636 • itechsolutions.com 20 126 Information technology staf ecruiting services Ann Ramakumaran CEO 100% Yes South Asian (1) 1995 20 Anderson Electrical Contractors LTD 111 Roberts St., Suite A East Hartford, CT 06108 860-560-0091 • andersonelec.com 19 19 Electrical contractors for institutional, educational and hospital settings; airport lighting, car charging systems, electronic security and video surveillance, TeleData infrastructur Hector Anderson President & owner 100% Yes African American 1984 21 Russell and Dawson Inc. 60 Darlin St. East Hartford, CT 06108 860-289-1100 • rdaep.com 18 22 Architecture, engineering and planning in new construction, renovation and comprehensive management; primarily in New England Chirag Thaker President 100% Yes Undisclosed 1965 22 Susaya Construction Co. Inc. 79 West Dudley Town Road CT 06002 860-242-7107 • susayaconstruction.com 12 12 Commercial and residential concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios, granite curbing, site work, excavation, trucking, decorative stamp concrete, driveway aprons, handicap ramps and pads Michael J. Susaya (8) President 50% Yes Hispanic 1978 Source: Each company via survey as of Q3-Q4 2025. N/A = Not available (1) Also woman-owned. (2) Also Crystal Foster with 50% ownership. (3) Other minority shareholder's percent ownership undisclosed. (4) Majority shareholder; percentage undisclosed. (5) Data from HBJ's 2024 survey. (6) Also, Sai Alahari and Srinivas Pendyala each with 30% ownership. (7) Headquarters in East Longmeadow, Mass. (8) Also, Roger Susaya, vice president, with 50% ownership. -Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com.