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18 Worcester Business Journal | January 26, 2026 | wbjournal.com care as innovative as you Largest publicly traded companies based in Central Mass. Ranked by market capitalization ((11)) Company Ticker/ market capitalization on Jan. 12, 2026 Revenue 2024/ net income 2024/ (2) earnings per share 2024 (3) Local employees/ companywide CEO 1 The TJX Cos. Inc. Framingham 01701 508-390-1000• tjx.com NYSE: TJX $174.8 billion $56.4 billion (4) $4.9 billion (4) $4.33 (4) 1,000 (5) 364,000 Ernie Herrman 2 Boston Scientific Corp. Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670• bostonscientific.com NYSE: BSX $138.9 billion $16.7 billion $1.9 billion $1.26 2,800 (6) 53,000 Michael F. Mahoney 3 Waters Corp. Milford 01757 508-482-2000• waters.com NYSE: WAT $23.2 billion $3.0 billion $637.8 million $10.75 1,450 7,600 Udit Batra 4 Insulet Corp. Acton 01720 978-600-7000• insulet.com Nasdaq: PODD $19.8 billion $2.1 billion $418.3 million $5.97 1,108 3,900 Ashley McEvoy 5 Hologic Inc. (7) Marlborough 01752 508-263-2900• hologic.com NYSE: HOLX $16.7 billion $4.1 billion (8) $565.7 million (8) $2.50 (8) 766 (9) 7,070 Stephen P. MacMillan 6 BJ's Wholesale Club Marlborough 01752 774-512-7400• bjs.com NYSE: BJ $12.2 billion $20.5 billion (4) $534.4 million (4) $4.04 (4) N/A 33,000 Bob Eddy 7 Cognex Corp. Natick 01760 508-650-3000• cognex.com Nasdaq: CGNX $6.6 billion $914.5 million $106.2 million $0.62 556 2,914 Matthew Moschner (10) 8 The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. Worcester 01653 508-855-1000• hanover.com NYSE: THG $6.1 billion $6.2 billion $426.0 million $11.85 1,600 4,900 John C. Roche 9 IPG Photonics Corp. Marlborough 01752 508-373-1100• ipgphotonics.com Nasdaq: IPGP $3.3 billion $977.1 million -$181.5 million -$4.09 1,365 4,740 Mark Gitin 10 Ameresco Inc. Framingham 01701 866-263-7372• ameresco.com NYSE: AMRC $1.7 billion $1.8 billion $56.8 million $1.08 157 (11) 1,498 (11) George P. Sakellaris 11 AMSC (12) Ayer 01432 978-842-3000• amsc.com Nasdaq: AMSC $1.5 billion $222.8 million (13) $6.0 million (13) $0.16 (13) 100 (14) 569 Daniel P. McGahn 12 Kopin Corp. Westborough 01581 508-870-5959• kopin.com Nasdaq: KOPN $536.1 million $50.3 million -$43.9 million -$0.33 N/A 181 Michael Murray 13 Avidia Bancorp Inc. (15) Hudson 01749 978-562-2222• avidiabank.com NYSE: AVBC $336.6 million $86.0 million (16) $11.5 million $0.57 250 250 Robert Cozzone 14 Aspen Aerogels Inc. Northborough 01532 508-691-1111• aerogel.com NYSE: ASPN $282.2 million $452.7 million $13.4 million N/A 159 (11) 554 (11) Don Young Source: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission filings, Yahoo Finance and company websites and press releases. Note: Billerica-based Quanterix Corp. completed its acquisition of Akoya Biosciences Inc. on July 8, 2025. N/A=not available or not applicable. (1) As of Jan. 12, 2026 (2) Net income to common shares (3) Basic earnings per share (4) For fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2025 (5) Local employee count falls within a range of 1,000 to 4,999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; last response to WBJ survey was in 2018 with 4,175 local employees, but TJX no longer discloses regional data. (6) Local employee count includes customer fulfillment center in Quincy. (7) In October 2025, announced plans to be acquired for up to $18.3 billion by multinational alternative asset managers Blackstone of New York City and TPG of San Francisco; the manufacturer will continue to operate out of Marlborough and under the name Hologic. (8) For fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2025 (9) Local employee count from WBJ's 2023 survey (10) In June 2025, succeeded Robert Willett, upon his retirement (11) Employee counts from WBJ's 2024 survey (12) Formerly known as American Superconductor Corp. (13) For fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (14) Local employee count falls within a range of 100 to 249, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. (15) In August 2025, closed its initial public offering in connection with its conversion from a mutual community bank (16) Combined net interest income and non-interest income -Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com THE LIST