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8 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | 2026 BOOK OF LISTS E C O N O M Y LARGEST FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES Ranked by number of statewide employees, then year founded Largest family-owned businesses Ranked by number of statewide employees, then year founded Business Conn.-based employees/ companywide Generations active (1) Type of business Head(s) of company Year founded 1 SMG Corporate Services 25 Controls Drive, Shelton 06484 800-688-1707 • smgcorporateservices.com 3,001 4,000 3rd, 4th Cleaning, janitorial and property maintenance services, security guard service, training and background screening services Scott Weintraub President 1924 2 DATTCO Inc. (2) 583 South St., New Britain 06051 860-229-4878 • dattco.com 1,795 2,525 3rd T charter services and tours nationwide Donald DeVivo President 1924 3 O&G Industries Inc. 207 Main St., Suite 200, Hartford 06106 860-489-9261 • ogind.com 827 834 4th Building and road construction services, mason products and construction materials David Oneglia President 1923 4 Data Mail Inc. 240 Hartford Ave., Newington 06111 860-666-0399 • data-mail.com 800 800 2nd Dir Bruce Mandell CEO & owner 1971 5 Connecticut Spring & Stamping Corp. 48 Spring Lane, Farmington 06032 860-677-1341 • ctspring.com 400 400 2nd, 3rd Manufacturer of springs, stampings, four slide and machined components Peter Youmans CEO 1939 6 Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc. 1 Dudley Ave., Wallingford 06492 203-239-4481 • ulbrich.com 350 800 3rd, 4th Manufacturer of precision re-r ound and shaped wire of stainless steel & special metals Chris Ulbrich Chairman of the board Jonathan Ulbrich CEO 1924 7 The Lyman Farm Inc. 7 Lyman Road, 06455 860-349-6000 • lymanorchards.com 330 330 8th Farm with corn maze, pick your own, the Apple Barrel, Lyman Golf, 1741 Pub & Grill John Lyman III Executive vice president 1741 8 Siemon Co. 101 Siemon Company Drive, Watertown 06795 860-945-4200 • siemon.com 250 500 5th Design and manufacture of high-performance connectivity solutions for data centers and smart buildings Henry Siemon President & CEO 1903 9 Ferguson 112 Northwest Drive, Plainville 06062 860-747-4566 • fergusoncontractors.com 250 (3) 275 (3) 4th, 5th Specialty contractor Ryan Ferguson President 1925 10 TOMZ Corp. 47 Episcopal Road, Berlin 06037 860-829-0670 • tomz.com 250 250 2nd Manufacturer of medical devices Tom Matulaniec CEO 1988 11 S&S Worldwide Inc. 75 Mill St., Colchester 06415 800-243-9232 • ssww.com 235 250 5th Toys and educational supplies Adam Schwartz Hy Schwartz Co-presidents 1906 12 Creed Monarch 1 Pucci Park, New Britain 06051 860-826-4000 • creedmonarch.com 230 230 3rd Manufacturer of CNC-machined components and assemblies for commercial and industrial applications Andrew Creed President 1953 13 FCP Euro LLC 155 Hill St., Suite 7, Milford 06460 860-388-9001 • fcpeuro.com 223 347 2nd Online auto-parts retailer serving owners of European cars Scott Drozd CEO Nick Bauer President & founder 1986 14 Specialty Printing LLC 123 Day Hill Road, Windsor 06088 877-901-7732 • specialty.inc 215 N/A N/A Manufacturer of labeling solutions William Bailey CEO 1978 15 Birk Manufacturing Inc. 14 Capitol Drive, East Lyme 06333 860-739-4170 • birkmfg.com 175 175 1st, 2nd e sensors, controllers and thermal systems for medical, semiconductor, aerospace and defense Norman Birk CEO 1989 16 Earthlight Technologies LLC 128 West Road, Ellington 06029 860-871-9700 • earthlighttech.com 140 175 2nd Commercial & residential solar solutions Sam Schneider Co-founder & CEO 2008 17 International Cordage East, dba InCord 226 Upton Road, Colchester 06415 860-537-1414 • incord.com 115 115 2nd, 3rd Textile manufacturing, safety netting Meredith Ritz Shay CEO & owner Robin Ritz VP, Sales & marketing 1995 18 Har-Conn Chrome Co. 603 New Park Ave., West Hartford 06110 860-236-6801 • har-conn.com 105 N/A 3rd, 4th Aer Tim Backus President & CEO 1948 19 Goodway Technologies 420 West Ave., Stamford 06902 203-359-4708 • goodway.com 105 139 2nd, 3rd Specialty maintenance and sanitation services for HVAC, manufacturing, food and beverage energy and more Tim Kane President & CEO 1966 20 All State Construction Inc. 449 Cooke St., Farmington 06032 860-678-0678 • allstateconstructioninc.com 100 100 3rd Construction management, general & mechanical contractor, sitework, underground utilities, steel & pipe fabrication, mobile boiler rental Marc Pare CEO Pete Pare President 1973 21 Bishop's Orchards Winery 1355 Boston Post Road, Guilford 06437 203-453-2338 • bishopsorchards.com/winery 100 100 5th, 6th Agriculture, apple cider and apple cider donuts, full kitchen and bakery, agri-tainment at the Little Red Barn and Big Red Barn, catering Keith Bishop Founding winemaker Mike Costa Wine & cider maker Ryan Bishop Fruit production manager 2005 (4) 22 HORST Engineering 141 Prestige Park Road, East Hartford 06108 860-289-8209 • horstengineering.com 96 96 3rd Manufacturer of machined components for aerospace and other high-technology industries Scott Livingston President & CEO 1946 23 Phoenix Manufacturing Inc. 250 South Road, 06082 860-745-2080 • phoenix-mfg-inc.com 90 90 2nd Precision-machined aerospace components Krystyna Paluch President & CEO 1989 Source: Hartford Business Journal 2025 surveys, annual reports, press releases and company websites. ess time for Bozzuto's Inc. in Cheshire or Plainville's Manafort Bros. N/A = Not available. (1) Some businesses changed ownership throughout their history, but have remained family-owned. (2) School bus division shuttles over 140,000 students across Conn. and R.I. daily. Subsidiaries are DeVivo Cos., Thermo King Northeast, Northeast Tool and New England Truckmaster. (3) Data from HBJ's 2024 survey. (4) Farm goes back to 1871. -Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com