| Greater
Richmond's Largest Private Employers |
| 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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