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2026 BOOK OF LISTS | HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM 17 E C O N O M Y WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN GREATER HARTFORD Ranked by number of local employees, then number of total employees Women-owned businesses in Greater Hartford Ranked by number of local employees, then number of total employees Company Local employees/ total employees Local of total of Description Woman owner(s)/ % ownership WBE year founded 1 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 3466 Main St. Hartford 06120 860-632-5667 • cobm.net 254 254 1 1 Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 51% Yes 1988 2 Euro-American Connections & Homecare 1436 Berlin Turnpike, Suite 1-A Berlin 06037 860-829-0208 • homecare4u.com 140 140 1 1 Home care agency and registry Maggie Drag Owner 100% Yes 1989 3 International Cordage East, dba InCord 226 Upton Road Colchester 06415 860-537-1414 • incord.com 115 115 1 1 Textile manufacturing, safety netting Meredith Ritz Shay CEO & owner N/A Yes 1995 4 Phoenix Manufacturing Inc. 250 South Road 06082 860-745-2080 • phoenix-mfg-inc.com 90 90 1 1 Precision-machined aerospace components Krystyna Paluch President & CEO 51% (1) No 1989 5 Nursing Services Inc. 21 High St. East Hartford 06118 860-568-8881 • nursingservicesinc.com 65 65 1 1 Family owned and operated healthcare services including visiting nurses, therapists and home health aides Melissa Roming Executive vice president Yvette Roming President 100% (2) No 1980 6 Adams & Knight Inc. 80 Avon Meadow Lane Avon 06001 860-676-2300 • adamsknight.com 60 65 1 1 Branding and marketing agency Jill M. Adams CEO 51% Yes 1988 7 Avid Marketing Group (AMG) 100 Corporate Place, Suite 200 Rocky Hill 06067 860-436-3004 • avidinc.com 52 60 1 1 Digital shopper marketing for CPG brands DeAnna Drapeau Managing partner 51% Yes 1986 8 M. Frank Higgins & Co. Inc. 199 White Oak Drive Berlin 06037 860-953-6826 • mfhiggins.com 50 85 1 1 Commer e specialist Kathleen Cloud President 51% Yes 1952 9 Infoshred 3 Craftsman Road East Windsor 06088 860-627-5800 • infoshred.com 50 51 1 2 ecords storage, e- recycling and logistics Stacey J. Lombardo President & founder 100% Yes 1997 10 Caring Solutions LLC 5104 Bigelow Commons 06082 860-745-4026 • CTcaringsolutions.com 50 50 1 1 Home health care Sandra Sergeant Owner 100% No 2000 10 Connecticut Valley Brewing Co. 765 Sullivan Ave. South Windsor 06074 860-644-2707 • ctvalleybrewing.com 50 50 1 1 Brewery, restaurant, bakery, cafe and roastery Loretta Palauskas Member 52% No 2012 10 Hopewell Health Solutions 300 Hebron Ave. Suite 203 Glastonbury 06073 860-377-7627 • hopewellhealthsolutions.com 50 50 9 9 Multi-specialty mental health group practice Kristine Schlichting Owner 100% Yes 2013 13 New England Flagger Services LLC 661 Windham Road South Windham 06266 860-560-6963 .com 48 48 1 1 Traf ol Kristine Jones Owner 100% Yes 2008 14 Andrew Associates Inc. 6 Pearson Way 06082 860-253-0000 • andrewdm.com 45 45 1 1 Direct marketing and advertising with execution and creative services for health car services, utilities, education, nonpr nment Judith Knapp CEO 51% Yes 1985 15 100 Peters Road 06002 860-216-2785 • servpr 45 N/A 4 N/A Fire and water cleanup restoration services Noemi T. Garcia Owner 100% Yes 2012 16 Marketing Solutions Unlimited LLC 109 Talcott Road West Hartford 06110 860-523-0670 • msuprint.com 31 31 2 2 Commercial print and direct mail union vendor Heidi Buckley CEO & founder 100% Yes 1991 16 Sandair Systems Inc. dba Mainfreight USA 551 Marshall Phelps Road Windsor 06095 860-687-6946 • sandairsystem.com 31 31 1 1 Global logistics including ocean, air, rail and truck with customs brokerage and warehousing Joann Sandler Owner 100% Yes 1991 18 Flavor Smart Beverage Group 1-3 Revay Road East Windsor 06088 860-627-7003 28 59 1 4 Manufacturer and distributor of fountain soft drinks Marjorie Feldman Wood Owner 58% N/A 1996 19 Richards Machine Tool Co. Inc. 187 Stamm Road Newington 06111 860-436-2938 • richardscnc.com 26 26 1 1 Aerospace manufacturing and engineering Ashley Bartkowitz Lillian Bartkowitz Dorothy Weber Co-owners 75% (3) Yes 1980 20 Advanced Scaffold Services of New England LLC 620 Oakwood Ave. West Hartford 06110 860-542-2222 • advscaffold.com 23 23 1 1 Scaffold products and access for commercial construction, new or rehab, along with labor to construct and dismantle Laura Trinks Owner & partner 51% Yes 2011 21 Orissa LLC 124 Woodlawn Road Berlin 06037 860-310-5700 • orissallc.com 22 22 N/A Post-construction and janitorial commercial cleaning services Tejal Vallam Owner 100% Yes 2006 22 iTech Solutions Inc. 20 Stanford Drive Farmington 06032 860-674-1636 • itechsolutions.com 20 126 1 3 Information technology staf ecruiting services Ann Ramakumaran CEO 100% Yes 1995 Source: Each company via survey as of Q3-Q4 2025. Note: N/A = Not available. (1) (2) Each 50% ownership. (3) Each 25% ownership. --Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com.