Top 50 employers
The Top 50 Employers are Massachusetts-based public companies ranked by total worldwide work force.
| Rank |
Company |
Employees
worldwide |
| 1 | TJX Cos. | 89,000 |
| 2 | Raytheon Co. | 76,400 |
| 3 | Staples | 57,816 |
| 4 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 50,000 |
| 5 | Gillette Co. | 30,300 |
| 6 | State Street Corp. | 19,501 |
| 7 | EMC Corp. | 17,400 |
| 8 | BJ's Wholesale Club | 15,800 |
| 9 | Friendly Ice Cream Corp. | 15,000 |
| 10 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 15,000 |
| 11 | Boston Scientific Corp. | 13,900 |
| 12 | Iron Mountain | 11,800 |
| 13 | Thermo Electron Corp. | 10,900 |
| 14 | PerkinElmer | 10,700 |
| 15 | Talbots | 10,400 |
| 16 | Analog Devices | 8,600 |
| 17 | John Hancock Financial Services | 7,962 |
| 18 | UniFirst Corp. | 7,800 |
| 19 | Reebok International Ltd. | 7,400 |
| 20 | Keane | 7,331 |
| 21 | Teradyne | 7,200 |
| 22 | Five Star Quality Care | 6,873 |
| 23 | Allmerica Financial Corp. | 5,300 |
| 24 | Charles River Laboratories International | 5,000 |
| 25 | Parexel International Corp. | 4,930 |
| 26 | Cabot Corp. | 4,500 |
| 27 | Millipore Corp. | 4,310 |
| 28 | Clean Harbors | 4,007 |
| 29 | Skyworks Solutions | 4,000 |
| 30 | Parametric Technology Corp. | 3,803 |
| 31 | Tweeter Home Entertainment Group | 3,771 |
| 32 | Watts Industries | 3,765 |
| 33 | New England Business Service | 3,611 |
| 34 | Waters Corp. | 3,587 |
| 35 | Yankee Candle Co. | 3,500 |
| 36 | Nstar | 3,300 |
| 37 | Perini Corp. | 3,200 |
| 38 | Manufacturers' Services Ltd. | 3,129 |
| 39 | American Biltrite | 3,000 |
| 40 | Brooks Automation | 3,000 |
| 41 | Mestek | 2,865 |
| 42 | Quaker Fabric Corp. | 2,816 |
| 43 | Biogen | 2,633 |
| 44 | Investors Financial Services Corp. | 2,591 |
| 45 | Steinway Musical Instruments | 2,552 |
| 46 | CMGI | 2,414 |
| 47 | L.S. Starrett Co. | 2,309 |
| 48 | Stride Rite Corp. | 2,300 |
| 49 | Kronos | 2,200 |
| 50 | Aspen Technology | 2,200 |
| Data compiled by Compustat. |
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2003 Globe 100
