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Largest MetroWest employers
Ranked by number of Central Massachusetts employees
F O C U S M E T R O W E S T
Largest MetroWest employers
Ranked by number of Central Massachusetts employees
Employer
Local
employees/
statewide/
worldwide 2016 revenue Industry Top executive
Year
founded Footnotes
1
Dell Technologies (EMC Corp.)
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000 • www.emc.com
9,000
NA
145,000
$72 billion Network storage hardware,
software and services
Michael Dell 1979 1979 is the year EMC was founded.
2
Staples Inc.
500 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702
508-253-5000 • www.staples.com
~5,000
NA
72,000
$18 billion Office supplies Shira Goodman 1986 N.Y.-based Sycamore Partners closed
its $6.9-billion acquisition of Staples
Inc. in Sept. 2017. Local employee
figure falls within a range of
5,000-9,900, according to data
published by the Executive Office of
Labor and Workforce Development;
revenue is for the fiscal year ended
Jan. 28, 2017.
3
The TJX Cos. Inc.
770 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701
508-390-1000 • www.tjx.com
4,060
15,428
235,079
$33 million Retail Ernie Herrman 1976
4
MathWorks
3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760
508-647-7000 • www.mathworks.com
2,500
2,500
3,500
$850 million Software Jack Little 1984
5
MetroWest Medical Center
115 Lincoln St., Framingham 01702
508-383-1000 • www.mwmc.com
2,130
2,130
2,130
NA Health care Denise Schepici 1992
6
Sanofi Genzyme
15 Pleasant St. Connector, Framingham 01701
508-872-8400 • www.sanofigenzyme.com
2,000
5,000
12,000
5 billion EUR
$4.7 billion
Biotechnology David Meeker 1981 Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care
global business unit of Sanofi;
conversion of revenue into dollars by
the 2016 yearly average exchange rate
of .94 used by the IRS; founding year
for Genzyme Corp.
7
Emerson Hospital
133 Old Road, Concord 01742
978-369-1400 • www.emersonhospital.org
1,850
1,850
1,850
$504 million Health care Christine Schuster 1911
8
Milford Regional Medical Center
14 Prospect St., Milford 01757
508-473-1190 • www.milfordregional.org
1,799
NA
NA
$263 million Health care Edward J. Kelly 1903
9
Waters Corp.
34 Maple St., Milford 01757
508-482-2000 • www.waters.com
1,500
1,775
6,900
$2.2 billion Analytical science
technologies
Christopher J. O'Connell 1958
10
Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com
1,471
2,800
27,000
$8.4 billion Medical devices Michael F. Mahoney 1979
11
Kronos Inc.
297 Billerica Road, Chelmsford 01824
978-250-9800 • www.kronos.com
1,384
1,484
5,066
$1.2 billion Workforce management and
human capital management
software
Aron J. Ain 1977 A four-phase move to a new
500,000-square-foot headquarters at
the Cross Point towers in Lowell began
in January 2017, expected completion
fall 2017.
12
National Grid
55 Bearfoot Road, Northborough 01532
508-389-2000 • www.nationalgridus.com
1,293
5,593
25,068
$22.2 billion Electric & natural gas Dean Seavers
Marcy Reed
1961 Seavers is U.S. president & executive
director; Reed is president for National
Grid, Massachusetts.
Sources: Each employer via survey, federal filings, company websites and news reports. Notes: NA = Not available. Data for Boxborough's Advanced Micro Devices, Foxborough's TeamOps, Babcock Power Services of Marlborough, Salmon Health
and Retirement of Westborough and Verizon could not be confirmed.
- Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com
Sources: Each employer via survey, federal filings, company websites and news reports. Notes: NA = Not
available. Data for Boxborough's Advanced Micro Devices, Foxborough's TeamOps, Babcock Power
Services of Marlborough, Salmon Health
and Retirement of Westborough and Verizon could not be confirmed.
- Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com
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