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www.wbjournal.com Book Of Lists 2016 • Worcester Business Journal 109 Top women-owned businesses Ranked by number of local employees Company No. local employees No. local offices Annual revenue Type of business Owner/ Title/ Percent owned Year founded 1 E.T.& L. Corp. 873 Great Road, Stow 01775 978-897-4353 • www.etlcorp.com 160 1 $44,200,000 Site excavation, highway, dam, road, landfill, airport and bridge construction Jennie Lee Colosi president 51% 1945 2 Coghlin Electrical Contractors Inc. & Coghlin Network Services 100 Prescott St., Worcester 01605 508-793-0300 • www.coghlin.com 150 1 $70,000,000 Electrical, telecommunications, design-build, security, AV, IT networking and critical power installations Susan Mailman president 100% 1885 3 P3I Inc. 77 Main St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-7882 • www.p3i-inc.com 121 2 $28,226,268 Systems engineering services and IT support Janice P. Guy president & CEO 77% 2000 4 Atlas Travel & Technology Group 1 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-478-8626 • atlastravel.com 117 1 $235,000,000 Travel management providing business and leisure travel services, meeting planning and incentive programs; travel benchmarking and analytics Elaine J. Osgood CEO 100% 1986 5 Resourcesoft Inc. 33 Boston Post Road West, Suite 230, Marlborough 01752 508-787-0882 • www.resourcesoft.com 98 1 DND IT consulting and professional services Anita Rana executive director 100% 1999 6 The Training Associates 287 Turnpike Road, Westborough 01581 800-241-8868 • www.thetrainingassociates.com 70 1 $34,648,935 Training talent and solutions Maria Melfa president & CEO Judy Melfa treasurer 57% 1994 7 Unic Pro Inc. 415 Boston Turnpike, Suite 211 B, Shrewsbury 01545 877-881-8642) • www.unicpro.com 65 DND DND Commercial cleaning, floor care: strip and wax, carpet shampoo and window cleaning Lilian Radke president 100% 2008 8 Need-A-Lift Medi Van Inc. 123 Crawford St., Leominster 01453 978-534-0041 • needaliftmedivan.com 56 1 DND Chair car service Patti Belliveau co-owner 66% 1990 9 Rainbow Movers 20 Liberty Way, Franklin 02038 774-235-2264 • www.rainbowmovers.com 52 1 $4,000,000 Moving and storage business Erin M. McEnaney president 100% 1918 10 SOS Corp. 331 West St., Milford 01757 508-473-0466 • www.soscorp.net 50 1 $18,000,000 Construction cleaning, window washing and selective interior demolition Cindy Oldfield president 68% 1990 11 Precision Engineering Inc. 29 Industrial Drive, Uxbridge 01569 508-278-5700 • www.precisionengineering.com 46 2 DND Contract manufacturing - custom sheet metal fabrication (enclosures, electro-mechanical assemblies, components, bracketry and panels) Liora Stone president 51% 1988 12 Performance Trans Inc. 70 Benson St., Fitchburg 01420 978-345-5300 • www.performancetransinc.com 45 1 DND Transportation of petroleum products, building materials, steel studding, sand and gravel, water and paving materials Julieann Taylor president 100% 1985 13 Victory Productions Inc. 55 Linden St., Worcester 01609 508-755-0051 • www.victoryprd.com 43 1 DND Full-service K-12 developer of curriculum and digital learning programs Victoria Porras president & CEO 100% 1995 14 Acclaim Home Health Care Inc. 120 Stafford St., Suite 206, Worcester 01603 508-459-6937 • www.acclaimworcester.com 40 1 DND Home health care Chizoma Nosike president 100% 2005 15 BestPro Cleaning LLC 509 Plantation St., Apt. 103, Worcester 01605 508-3105406 • www.bestprollc.com 35 1 DND Commercial cleaning , janitorial service, office cleaning, floor cleaning and carpet cleaning Diana Gallego general manager 51% 1998 16 Accu-Clean Inc. 1102 Pleasant St., Worcester 01602 508-755-8166 • www.accu-cleaninc.com 32 1 $450,000 Commercial cleaning: daily and weekly maintenance accounts; light floor work and light carpet shampooing Michele Blanchette co-owner & president Robin M. Booth co-owner & treasurer 100% 1987 16 Ahearn Equipment Inc. 460 Main St., Spencer 01460 508-885-7085 • www.ahearnequipment.com 32 1 $16,000,000 Light construction equipment sales, parts, service and rentals Donna M. Ahearn corporate secretary 60% 1977 18 Capaccio Environmental Engineering Inc. 293 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough 01752 508-970-0033 • www.capaccio.com 30 1 $4,500,000 Environmental, health and safety consulting and engineering services Lisa F. Wilk president & CEO 100% 1992 18 Primary Colors Inc. 9 Millennium Drive, North Grafton 01536 30 1 DND Manufacturer of color concentrates used in the plastic industry Judy Mickleson owner & president 1994 After 98 years, Rainbow Movers is woman-owned More than 98 years since its founding, Rainbow Movers in Franklin became a certified woman- owned business for the first time in December, as the great grand- daughter of the founder became the sole owner of the company. Erin M. McEnaney (pictured), president and owner of Rainbow Movers, never originally planned to take over the com- pany founded in 1918 by James McEnaney, but her own career path and some ups and downs in the tra- ditionally male-dominated moving industry led her to running the ninth largest women-owned busi- ness in Central Massachusetts. "Having the longevity where I know what I am talking about gives me some credibility," McEnaney said. "Today, a woman coming into the business would have a very difficult time." McEnaney went to school to study geriatrics, but 35 years ago her father asked her to join the fam- ily business. She started as a move coordinator and moved up the lad- der from there. McEnaney – who has five younger brothers and one younger sister – and three of her brothers bought out their father when he decided to retire. When the Great Recession hit, the company suffered, particularly because of its reliance on logistics for trade shows, and ended up fil- ing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which led to two of her brothers leaving the company. As the company is growing now, Rainbow Movers has paid back 80 percent of the ven- dors from its bankruptcy. "I'm proud to say we are going to get them all paid back," McEnaney said. She ended up buying out her remaining brother, got 100-percent ownership of the company and was certified as a woman-owned business by the Massachusetts Operational Services Division in December. Today, McEnaney is focused on growth and keeping a diverse cli- ent portfolio to avoid relying too much on one segment. "We have a very good reputa- tion," McEnaney said. "We have been pretty steady with our growth." - Brad Kane