wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 5
Who's Number 1?
LARGEST COLLEGE
Worcester
Polytechnic
Institute
5,143
full-time students
LARGEST EMPLOYER
UMass Memorial
Health Care
Worcester
12,906
employees
HIGHEST-PAID CEO
(public companies only)
Ernie Herrman
TJX Cos., Framingham
$20.2M
LARGEST
ARCHITECTURAL FIRM
Lamoureux, Pagano
& Associates
Worcester
8
local licensed architects
LARGEST MANUFACTURER
Dell EMC Corp.
Hopkinton
LARGEST SBA
LENDER
Eastern Bank
Natick
LARGEST
BREWER
Wachusett
Brewing Co.
Westminster
LARGEST
PRIVATE SCHOOL
St. John's
High School
Shrewsbury
9,000
798
loans issued in FY 2016
51,239
barrels produced
970
students
LARGEST PRIVATE
FOUNDATION
George I. Alden
Trust
Worcester
LARGEST HUMAN
SERVICE NONPROFIT
Seven Hills Foundation
Worcester
LARGEST CREDIT UNION
Digital Federal
Credit Union
Marlborough
LARGEST CATERER
Firefly's BBQ
Marlborough
$195M
in 2016 revenue
$7.9B
in assets
100
employess
$179.8M
2015 reported assets
Which organizations are at the top of the lists in this book?
Here are some of them.
LARGEST INCUBATOR
Massachusetts
Biomedical Initiatives
Worcester
LARGEST
INSURANCE
AGENT
Eastern Insurance
Group LLC
Natick
LARGEST COMMERCIAL
CONTRACTOR
Consigli
Construction
Co. Inc.
Milford
LARGEST
WOMAN-OWNED
BUSINESS
Federal Concrete
Inc.
Hopkinton
300
Central Mass. employees
70
producers
27
incubating companies
655
Central Mass. employees
LARGEST BANK
Bank of
America
Worcester
LARGEST
PHYSICIAN GROUP
UMass Memorial
Medical Group
Worcester
MOST VISITED
TOURIST ATTRACTION
Great Wolf Lodge
New England
Fitchburg
LARGEST MEETING
FACILITY
DCU Center
Worcester
$4.7B
in local deposits
1,037
participating physicians
500,000
visitors
Accommodates
2,520
banquet attendees
Central Mass. employees
