Worcester Business Journal

4 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2018 | wbjournal.com F ifteen years ago, Lilian Radke emigrated from Brazil for a volleyball scholarship at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, where she earned her business degree in 2005. Ten years ago, Radke founded Unic Pro Inc., a Shrewsbury cleaning company with clients like Holy Name Central Catholic High School in Worcester. After starting with one employee in 2008, her company now employs 64 and has about $5 million in annual revenue. One month ago, Radke was honored as the Massachusetts Woman Small Business Owner of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration, which cited Unic Pro's 45-percent growth rate in annual sales, low employee turnover and high client retention rates. Today, Unic Pro occupies three spots in WBJ's Book of Lists: the No. 8 commercial cleaning services company, the No. 12 woman-owned company, and the No. 12 minority- owned company. Book of Lists is designed to be a year-round resource guide. Need a lawyer? Check out page 97. Looking for a loan? The bank list is on page 18, and the SBA lender list is on page 25. Want to know who the power players are in any given indus- try? The entire publication is filled with them. Yet, behind all the lists, the company names, the revenue numbers, the product listings and the CEOs are great stories about the businesses, the industries and the economic trends of Central Massachusetts. Companies mov- ing up the lists are growing their revenues and/or hiring more people; firms dropping down the lists may be ripe for acquisition. Although their exact ranking may change, the players included on entire industry lists can remain unchanged for years (hospitals on page 34; colleges & universities on page 46), while other industry lists wouldn't have existed 10 years ago (breweries on page 92; green buildings on page 55). The entire region's economy is a story of growth and contraction, steadiness and volatility. My hope is this publication will remain around your office until next year, and you will pull it out from time to time, whenever you need to know a fact about the region or need to find a company to help you grow your busi- ness. Just like with Radke and Unic Pro, behind each entry in this publication is the story of someone's struggles and successes, how exactly they ended up as a name in a long list of names. -Brad Kane, editor C O N T E N T S A look at the 8th largest cleaning company BANKING & FINANCE ....................................... 17 Banks ............................................................ 18 Credit unions ................................................. 22 Mergers & acquisitions ................................... 24 SBA lenders .................................................... 25 SBA loans ...................................................... 26 HEALTH CARE ................................................... 29 Urgent care clinics .......................................... 30 Physician groups ............................................ 32 Hospitals ....................................................... 34 Health insurers................................................ 38 Addiction treatment centers ............................. 40 EDUCATION ....................................................... 45 Colleges & universities ................................... 46 Private schools................................................ 48 REAL ESTATE .................................................... 53 Commercial leases .......................................... 54 Commercial sales ........................................... 58 Top taxpayers ................................................. 62 Green buildings .............................................. 63 Architectural firms ........................................... 64 Commercial contractors ................................. 67 Wealthiest Mass. ZIP codes* ........................... 69 Wealthiest CMass. ZIP codes* ......................... 70 MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGY .................. 73 Biomedical companies ................................... 74 Clean energy companies ................................. 77 Manufacturers ................................................ 78 TOURISM & HOSPITALITY ................................ 87 Golf courses ................................................... 88 Hotels ............................................................. 92 Meeting facilities ............................................. 96 Tourist attractions ......................................... 103 Independent caterers .................................... 105 Breweries ..................................................... 106 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ............................. 109 Insurance agencies ....................................... 110 Law firms ..................................................... 111 IT services providers ..................................... 113 Accounting firms ........................................... 115 Advertising & marketing firms ....................... 118 Commercial cleaners* ................................... 122 GENERAL INTEREST ....................................... 125 Chambers of commerce ................................ 126 Incubators ................................................... 128 Highest paid state employees ........................ 130 Highest-paid CEOs ........................................ 131 Highest-paid nonprofit executives .................. 133 Human service nonprofits .............................. 137 Private foundations ....................................... 139 Woman-owned businesses ............................ 140 Minority-owned businesses ........................... 144 * debut list (INDEX BY INDUSTRY CATEGORY) Worcester Business Journal (ISSN#1063- 6595) is published bi-weeky, 24x per year, including 5 special issues in April, July, September, November and December, by New Engand Business Media. 172 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA 01604. 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Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com News Editor, Grant Welker, gwelker@wbjournal.com (Real estate, higher education) Staff Writers Zachary Comeau, zcomeau@wbjournal.com (Manufacturing) Emily Micucci, emicucci@wbjournal.com (Health care) Contributors Susan Shalhoub Livia Gershon Research Director, Stephanie Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Worcester Business Journal 172 Shrewsbury Street • Worcester, MA 01604 508-755-8004 tel. • 508-755-8860 fax www.wbjournal.com Worcester Business Journal WBJ Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Associate Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Matt Majikas, mmajikas@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Senior Special Accounts Manager Mary Lynn Bosiak, mlbosiak@wbjournal.com Marketing & Events Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com Events & Marketing Intern Megan Irish, events@wbjournal.com Distribution and Database Coordinator A Guide to STUFF, a publication of New England Business Media Patty Harris, pharris@nebusinessmedia.com COO, Mary Rogers, mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Manager, Valerie Clark, vclark@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Assistant, Rae Rogers, rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Collections Manager, Raki Zwiebel, rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com Human Resources, Jill Coran, jcoran@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Joseph Zwiebel jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com

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