Note: Companies in bold are Fortune 500 companies. As of 2009, Circuit City was being liquidated and LandAmerica had sold the majority of its business to Fidelity National Financial. Source: www.fortune.com, April 20, 2009
Rank
Company
Type
Number
of Employees
1
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Health care
7,399
2
Capital One Financial Corp.
Credit cards
6,703
3
HCA Inc.
Health care
6,624
4
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Discount retail
6,238
5
Dominion Resources Inc. (incl. HQ)
Energy
5,761
6
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Health care
5,480
7
Altria Group Inc. (incl. HQ)
Cigarettes
5,460
8
Wells Fargo & Co.
Banking
4,035
9
SunTrust Banks Inc.
Banking
3,825
10
Ukrop's Super Markets Inc. (incl. HQ)
Grocery stores
3,363
11
WellPoint Inc.
Health insurance
3,149
12
DuPont
Chemicals/fibers
3,122
13
Bank of America Corp.
Banking
3,100
14
Verizon Virginia Inc.
Telecommunications
2,680
15
United Parcel Service Inc.
Package distribution
2,355
16
Food Lion LLC
Grocery stores
2,210
17
Qimonda Richmond (closed)
Semiconductors
2,050
18
Circuit City Stores Inc. (closed)
Retail electronics
1,900
19
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Reserve bank
1,744
20
Genworth Financial Inc. (incl. HQ)
Insurance
1,681
21
The Kroger Co.
Grocery stores
1,590
22
University of Richmond
Private university
1,382
23
Honeywell International Inc.
Polymers
1,305
24
Reynolds Packaging Group
Packaging and consumer products
1,300
25
Southside Regional Medical Center
Health care
1,224
26
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Paper products
1,148
27
Media General Inc. (incl. HQ)
Communications
1,132
28
Lowe's Cos. Inc.
Home-improvement stores
1,119
29
Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals
1,102
30
Supervalu Inc.
Wholesale food
1,100
31
BB and T Corp.
Banking
1,072
32
CarMax Inc. (incl. HQ)
Auto sales
1,056
33
The Home Depot Inc.
Home-improvement stores
1,000
34
Target Corp.
Department stores
979
35
MeadWestvaco Corp. (incl. HQ)
Packaging
900
36
J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
Department stores, catalog and Internet sales
835
37
Tyson Foods Inc.
Poultry products
800
38
Estes Express Lines (incl. HQ)
Trucking, air freight
798
39
Comcast
Cable television
795
40
Coventry Health Care Inc.
Managed health care
777
40
Markel Corp. (incl. HQ)
Insurance
777
42
ColonialWebb Contractors (incl. HQ)
Contracting
774
43
Hunton and Williams LLP (incl. HQ)
Legal services
770
44
Mondial Assistance (incl. HQ)
Travel insurance
712
45
7-Eleven Inc.
Convenience stores
705
46
Bostwick Labs (incl. HQ)
Anatomic pathology laboratory
700
47
Southern States (incl. HQ)
Agribusiness cooperative for the farmer, gardener and homeowner
662
48
Macy's
Department stores
644
49
YMCA of Greater Richmond
Health and human services programs
635
50
Northrop Grumman
Global defense and technology
629
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 4, 2009, and Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc.
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