|
| Rank |
Company |
Type |
Number
of Employees |
|
| 1 |
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System |
Health care |
7,082 |
| 2 |
HCA Inc. |
Health care |
6,941 |
| 3 |
Capital One Financial Corp. |
Credit cards |
6,474 |
| 4 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
Discount retail |
6,173 |
| 5 |
Philip Morris USA (incl. HQ & RD; parent company Altria Group inc.) |
Cigarettes |
5,630 |
| 6 |
Dominion Resources Inc. (incl. HQ) |
Energy |
5,362 |
| 7 |
Wachovia Corp. |
Financial services |
5,345 |
| 8 |
Bon Secours Richmond Health System |
Health care |
5,292 |
| 9 |
SunTrust Banks Inc. |
Banking |
3,596 |
| 10 |
Ukrop's Super Markets Inc.(incl. HQ) |
Grocery stores |
3,545 |
| 11 |
DuPont |
Chemicals/fibers |
3,198 |
| 12 |
Bank of America Corp. |
Banking |
3,100 |
| 13 |
WellPoint Inc. |
Health insurance |
3,091 |
| 14 |
Food Lion LLC |
Grocery stores |
2,795 |
| 15 |
Verizon Virginia Inc. |
Telecommunications |
2,697 |
| 16 |
Circuit City Stores Inc.(incl. HQ) |
Retail electronics |
2,689 |
| 17 |
Qimonda Richmond |
Semiconductors |
2,500 |
| 18 |
United Parcel Service Inc. |
Package distribution |
2,498 |
| 19 |
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Inc. |
Reserve bank |
1,717 |
| 20 |
Genworth Financial Inc. (incl. HQ) |
Insurance |
1,640 |
| 20 |
The Kroger Co. |
Grocery stores |
1,640 |
| 22 |
University of Richmond |
Private university |
1,464 |
| 23 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Polymers |
1,302 |
| 24 |
Reynolds Packaging Group (incl. HQ) |
Packaging and consumer products |
1,300 |
| 25 |
Media General Inc. (incl. HQ) |
Communications |
1,247 |
| 26 |
Wyeth |
Pharmaceuticals |
1,200 |
| 27 |
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. |
Paper products |
1,190 |
| 28 |
Southside Regional Medical Center |
Health care |
1,177 |
| 29 |
CarMax Inc. (incl. HQ) |
Auto sales |
1,165 |
| 30 |
Lowe's Cos. Inc. |
Home-improvement stores |
1,100 |
| 31 |
Supervalu Inc. Eastern Region |
Wholesale food |
1,053 |
| 32 |
BB&T Corp. |
Banking |
1,039 |
| 33 |
Northop Grumman |
Global defense and technology |
1,038 |
| 34 |
The Home Depot Inc. |
Home-improvement stores |
1,022 |
| 35 |
LandAmerica Financial (incl. HQ) |
Insurance |
930 |
| 36 |
ColonialWebb Contractors (incl. HQ) |
Contracting |
914 |
| 37 |
MeadWestvaco Corp. (incl. HQ) |
Packaging |
900 |
| 38 |
Target Corp. |
Department stores |
890 |
| 39 |
Tyson Foods Inc. |
Poultry products |
800 |
| 39 |
Comcast Metro Richmond |
Cable television |
800 |
| 41 |
Markel Corp. (incl. HQ) |
Insurance |
790 |
| 42 |
Coventry Health Care |
Managed health care |
786 |
| 43 |
Estes Express Lines (incl. HQ) |
Trucking, air freight |
776 |
| 44 |
7-Eleven Inc. |
Convenience stores |
754 |
| 45 |
Hunton & Williams LLP (incl. HQ) |
Legal services |
749 |
| 46 |
World Access (incl. HQ) |
Travel insurance |
709 |
| 47 |
Southern States (incl. HQ) |
Agribusiness cooperative for the farmer, gardener and homeowner |
643 |
| 48 |
Westminster Canterbury |
Retirement community |
632 |
| 49 |
Performance Food Group (incl. HQ) |
Foodservice distributor |
627 |
| 50 |
YMCA of Greater Richmond |
Health and human services programs |
623 |
|
| Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 20, 2008, and Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc. |
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