www.wbjournal.com Book Of Lists 2016 • Worcester Business Journal 103
Central Mass. 100
Top employers ranked by number of Central Massachusetts employees
Employer
Local
employees/
statewide/
worldwide Revenue Industry Top executive
Year
founded Company footnotes
1
UMass Memorial Health Care Inc.
306 Belmont St., Worcester 01604
508-334-0496 •
www.umassmemorialhealthcare.org
13,473
13,473
13,473
NA Health care Eric Dickson 1998 Employee data cover the four
Central Mass. hospitals that
are part of the system: UMass
Memorial Medical Center,
Marlborough Hospital, Clinton
Hospital and HealthAlliance
Hospital.
2
EMC Corp.
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000 • www.emc.com
9,000
9,000
70,000
$24 billion Network storage
hardware, software
and services
Joseph M. Tucci 1979 The acquisition by Texas-
based Dell Inc. received
Federal Trade Commission
approval on Feb. 22, 2016;
shareholder vote pending;
combined company would be
private and led by current
chairman and CEO of Dell Inc.,
Michael Dell.
3
Staples Inc.
500 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702
508-253-5000 • www.staples.com
~5,000
NA
42,554
$21 billion Office supplies Shira Goodman 1986 Ronald Sargent stepped down
as CEO on June 14, 2016; local
employee figure falls within a
range of 5,000-9,999
according to data published by
the Executive Office of Labor
and Workforce Development.
4
University of Massachusetts Medical
School
55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655
508-856-8989 • www.umassmed.edu
4,741
6,056
6,083
$774 million Medical school Michael F. Collins 1962 Number of employees in
Central Mass. was updated
since this list's latest printing
on May 23, 2016.
5
The TJX Cos. Inc.
770 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701
508-390-1000 • www.tjx.com
3,536
14,277
216,000
$30.9 billion Retail Ernie Herrman 1976
6
Walmart
702 SW 8th St., Bentonville, AR 72716
479-273-4000 • www.walmart.com
3,000
11,940
2,200,000
$482.1 billion Retail Doug McMillon 1962
7
Reliant Medical Group
630 Plantation St., Worcester 01605
508-852-0600 • www.reliantmedicalgroup.org
2,600
2,600
2,600
$670 million Health care Tarek Elsawy 1929
8
Stop & Shop New England Division
1385 Hancock St., Quincy 02169
800-767-7772 • www.stopandshop.com
2,313
21,000
227,000
NA Grocery retailer Mark McGowan 1914 $10.4 billion acquisition of
Hannaford Supermarkets
(Delhaize) by Stop & Shop's
parent company, Royal Ahold
NV, pending.
9
MetroWest Medical Center
115 Lincoln St., Framingham 01702
508-383-1000 • www.mwmc.com
2,300
NA
NA
NA Hospital Barbara Doyle 1992 Address for Framingham
Union Hospital. MetroWest
Medical Center includes one
other campus at Leonard
Morse Hospital in Natick.
10
Saint Vincent Hospital
123 Summer St., Worcester 01608
508-363-5000 • www.stvincenthospital.com
2,269
NA
NA
NA Hospital Steven
MacLauchlan
1893
11
Shaw's Supermarkets
750 W. Center St., West Bridgewater 02379
508-313-4000 • www.shaws.com
2,101
10,714
19,079
NA Retail grocery Paul Gossett 1860
12
MathWorks
3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760
508-647-7000 • www.mathworks.com
2,100
2,100
3,500
$800 million Software Jack Little 1984
13
MAPFRE USA
211 Main St., Webster 01570
508-943-9000 • www.mapfreinsurance.com
2,050
2,050
38,405
NA Insurance Jaime Tamayo 1972
14
Genzyme Corp.
200 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702
508-271-2080 • www.genzyme.com
2,000
5,000
12,000
$4.14 billion Biotechnology
company
David Meeker 1981
15
Milford Regional Medical Center
14 Prospect St., Milford 01757
508-473-1190 • www.milfordregional.org
1,853
NA
NA
$250 million Hospital Edward J. Kelly 1903
16
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc.
440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653
508-855-1000 • www.hanover.com
1,850
1,900
4,800
$5 billion Property & casualty
insurer
Frederick H.
Eppinger
1852 Joseph M. Zubretsky will take
over as president and CEO in
June 2016.
17
CVS Health
1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895
401-765-1500 • www.cvshealth.com
1,800
11,000
243,000
$153.3 billion Retail & health care Larry Merlo 1963
18
Price Chopper Market 32 1,706 $3.48 billion Retail grocery Scott Grimmett 1932
93
115 Northeast Cutoff, Worcester 01606
508-853-5000 • www.allegromicro.com
NA
3,588
Fitzgerald, who retired as
president & CEO on May 20,
2016.
94
Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital
150 Flanders Road, Westborough 01581
508-870-2222 • www.whittierhealth.com
329
NA
NA
NA Specialty hospital Rebecca Roman 1997
95
Doctor Franklin Perkins School
971 Main St., Lancaster 01523
978-365-7376 • www.perkinsprograms.org
327
327
327
$19.9 million Education and human
services
Michael W. Ames 1896
96
Imperial Distributors Inc.
33 Sword St., Auburn 01501
508-756-5156 • www.imperialdistributors.com
325
475
750
NA Distributes
supermarket non-foods
Michael D. Sleeper 1939
97
Becker College
61 Sever St., Worcester 01609
508-791-9241 • www.becker.edu
304
371
419
$43.3 million College Robert E. Johnson 1784 Campuses in Worcester and
Leicester
98
PerkinElmer Inc.
68 Elm St., Hopkinton 01748
781-663-6900 • www.perkinelmer.com
300
870
8,000
$2 billion Instruments, software
and services to improve
human and
environmental health
Robert Friel 1937
98
Quabaug Vibram Innovation LLC
(VibramUSA)
18 School St., North Brookfield 01535
508-867-7731 • www.vibram.com
300
NA
900
NA World's leading
supplier of Vibram
soles
Mike Gionfriddo 1937 Quabaug Corp. was acquired
by Vibram in June 2015.
100
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health
Center Inc.
650 Lincoln St., Worcester 01605
508-854-2122 • kennedychc.org
279
332
332
$31.5 million Community health
center
Antonia G. McGuire 1972
Sources: Each employer via survey, federal filings, websites and news reports. Note: NA = Not available. Intel's microchip plant in Hudson is in the process of being closed. Data for Cumberland
Gulf Group of Companies of Framingham, IBM's Mass Lab in Littleton, Nypro of Clinton, Salmon Health and Retirement of Westborough & Verizon could not be confirmed.
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