Company
Type
Rank
Altria Group
Tobacco products
137
Dominion Resources
Electric and gas utility
153
Genworth Financial
Insurance
257
Owens and Minor
Health care wholesaler
283
CarMax
Automotive retailer
323
MeadWestvaco
Packaging
357
Brink's
Security services
620
Massey Energy
Mining
694
Universal
Tobacco wholesaler
719
Markel
Insurance
808
Note: Companies in bold are Fortune 500 companies. Source: www.fortune.com, April 15, 2010.
Rank Company Type
Number of Employees
1 Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Health care
7,244
2 Capital One Financial Corp. Credit cards
6,828
3 HCA Inc. Health care
6,679
4 Dominion Resources Inc. (incl. HQ) Energy
5,721
5 Bon Secours Richmond Health System Health care
5,626
6 Altria Group Inc. (incl. HQ) Cigarettes
4,613
7 SunTrust Banks Inc. Banking
3,815
8 Ukrop's Super Markets Inc. (incl. HQ) Grocery stroes
3,331
9 WellPoint Inc. Health insuracne
3,050
10 Bank of America Corp. Banking
2,900
11 Wells Fargo and Co. Banking
2,858
12 Verizon Virginia Inc. Telecommunications
2,789
13 Food Lion LLC Grocery stores
2,729
14 DuPont Chemicals/fibers
2,679
15 United Parcel Service Inc. Package distribution
2,318
16 Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Reserve bank
1,866
17 The Kroger Co. Grocery stores
1,737
18 University of Richmond Private university
1,380
19 Genworth Financial Inc. (incl. HQ) Insurance
1,313
20 Southside Regional Medical Center Health care
1,250
21 Honeywell International Inc. Polymers
1,249
22 Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Paper products
1,081
23 Supervalu Inc. Wholesale food
1,050
24 B B and T Corp. Banking
1,034
25 Lowe's Cos. Inc. Home-improvement stores
1,007
26 The Home Depot Inc. Home-improvement stores
1,000
27 Media General Inc. (incl. HQ) Communications
991
28 Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
991
29 CarMax Inc. (incl. HQ) Auto sales
987
30 Tyson Foods Inc. Poultry products
900
31 Shamin Hotels (incl. HQ) Hotels
885
32 Target Corp. Department stores
864
33 J.C. Penney Co. Inc. Department stores
844
34 Mondial Assistance (incl. HQ) Travel insurance
800
35 Comcast Cable television
786
36 Markel Corp. (incl. HQ) Insurance
777
37 Estes Express Lines (incl. HQ) Trucking, air freight
758
38 MeadWestvaco Corp. (incl. HQ) Packaging
730
39 Hunton and Williams LLP (incl. HQ) Legal services
728
40 ColonialWebb Contractors (incl. HQ) Contracting
717
40 Northrop Grumman Information technology
669
42 Owens and Minor Medical and surgical supplies
658
43 Southern States Agribusiness cooperative
642
44 Westminster Canterbury Retirement community
614
45 McGuireWoods LLP Legal services
601
46 YMCA of Greater Richmond Health programs
596
47 Alstom Power Turbines and generators
584
48 Bostwick Labs Medical laboratory
556
49 Kraft Foods Food products
551
50 Walgreens Pharmacy
521
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 26, 2010, and Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc.
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