The 2007 Globe 100 | The Best of Massachusetts Business

All-time best performers in Globe 100

Ranked by total points accumulated over 19 years. Points are awarded by rank in Globe 100 each year; a first-place ranking earns 100 points, second place 99 points, and so on.

2007 rank	2006 rank	Company	Total points	Highest rank	Year of highest rank	Globe 100 appearances
1	1	TJX Cos.	1,550	1	1997	19
2	2	State Street Corp.	1,467	2	2003	19
3	3	Eaton Vance Corp.	1,287	1	2000	19
4	4	Staples	1,280	6	2002, 2003	17
5	5	EMC Corp.	1,204	1	1994, 1995	14
6	6	Gillette Co.	1,136	3	2005	14
7	7	Reebok International Ltd.	1,065	1	1992	15
8	9	Analog Devices	1,052	2	2000, 2001	18
9	8	FleetBoston Financial Corp.	1,045	3	2004	15
10	11	Raytheon Co.	1,018	8	1990	19
11	12	Millipore Corp.	1,003	7	2001	16
12	10	Keane	989	1	1990, 1999	18
13	13	Thermo Fisher Scientific	955	27	1992	18
14	16	Watts Water Technologies	941	18	2007	16
15	14	Parametric Technology Corp.	909	2	1993	10
16	15	New England Business Service	889	7	1990	14
17	22	Stride Rite Corp.	813	2	1990	16
18	19	Biogen Idec	800	4	1998	12
19	21	PerkinElmer	797	11	1999	14
20	20	Kronos	792	9	2003	14
21	17	Cognex Corp.	791	6	1991	12
22	18	Cabot Corp.	772	14	1996	15
23	23	UniFirst Corp.	760	28	1991	19
24	--	Waters Corp.	721	11	1997, 2000, 2003	9
25	--	Investors Financial Services Corp.	694	4	2002	9