Top large employers in Massachusetts -- Globe 100 -- Boston Globe

The Globe 100's top large employers

All of the participating companies were placed into one of three size bands, based on the number of employees in Massachusetts. Small workplaces were defined as those with 100 to 249 employees; midsized workplaces were defined as those with 250 to 999 employees; and large workplaces were companies with 1,000 or more workers. More on the methodology.

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Overall rank	Size band rank	Company	Description	Size	Mass. employees	Total US employees	US headquarters	2008 revenue
1	1	Comcast	Cable and communications	Large	4,700	100,000	Philadelphia	$34.2 billion
2	2	Winchester Hospital	Community hospital	Large	2,644	2,644	Winchester	$263 million
7	3	Herb Chambers Cos.	Auto dealer network	Large	1,626	1,700	Somerville	$1.64 billion
9	4	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Health insurance	Large	1,040	1,150	Wellesley	$2.6 billion
11	5	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Family services	Large	1,600	18,000	Watertown	$800 million
13	6	Rockland Trust	Community bank	Large	1,032	1,032	Hanover	$146 million
23	7	Roche Bros. Supermarkets	Supermarket	Large	4,200	4,200	Wellesley	$600 million
32	8	MITRE Corp.	Research and development	Large	1,949	6,630	Bedford & McLean, Va.	$1.24 billion
39	9	Hanscom Air Force Base	Military	Large	2,875	5,664	Bedford	NA
45	10	Benchmark Assisted Living	Senior living	Large	1,293	3,100	Wellesley	NA
48	11	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Life sciences	Large	1,100+	1,300	Cambridge	$176 million
53	12	New England Baptist Hospital	Orthopedic hospital	Large	1,045	1,045	Boston	$181 million
54	13	Children’s Hospital Boston	Children’s hospital	Large	8,800	8,800	Boston	$1.4 billion
59	14	Massachusetts General Hospital	General hospital	Large	21,600	21,600	Boston	$2.5 billion
68	15	Genzyme	Biotechnology	Large	4525	7,257	Cambridge	$4.6 billion
72	16	Whole Foods Market	Supermarket	Large	3,300	51,000	Austin, Texas	$8 billion
74	17	Goodwin Procter	Law firm	Large	1,022	1,703	Boston	$690 million
80	18	Ernst & Young-Boston	Accounting services	Large	1,050	25,000	New York City	NA
82	19	Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates	Health care	Large	4,100	4,100	Newton	$1.1 billion
89	20	Hallmark Health System	Health care	Large	2,122	2,400	Medford	$300 million
91	21	Lowell General Hospital	General hospital	Large	1,896	1,896	Lowell	$189 million
93	22	Staples	Office supplies	Large	5,220	55,375	Framingham	$23.3 billion
94	23	Eastern Bank Corp.	Commercial bank	Large	1,800	1,800	Boston	$287 million
96	24	Deloitte	Accounting services	Large	1,474	42,367	Wilton, Conn.	$10.7 billion
99	25	Partners HealthCare	Hospital group	Large	3,793	3,801	Boston	$7 billion