Top 50 Richmond Area Employers

Finance edged by health care as top employer

When it comes to top employers, health care is taking the place of financial firms that once dominated the local scene.

Just as the Richmond area is growing, so is its need for teachers, librarians, police officers, dispatchers and other municipal workers.

Working from home earns positive results

Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie Bowen oversees a teleworkforce of 616. Working from home gets results Send your employees home so they can get some work done. It's the way to go, said Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie Bowen, who oversees a teleworkforce of 616 -- or 62 percent of the Department of Taxation's nearly 1,000 statewide employees.

How the rankings were attained

The Times-Dispatch's list of the top area employers was compiled by the business news staff using information provided by the employers and the Virginia Employment Commission. Except for federal government figures, the Top 50 rankings compare work-force levels by full-time equivalency. Federal government figures are based on head counts.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

Where the jobs are
The area's largest private employers had the equivalent of 110,625 full-time workers, up 2.3 percent or 2,540 employees, from 2007. By adding federal, state and local government employees, the workforce among the area's top 50 public and private employers soars to 184,400, up 1.7 percent from a year ago.
RANK		PRIVATE EMPLOYERS	2008 FTEs	2007 FTEs	RANK		PUBLIC & PRIVATE EMPLOYERS	2008 FTEs	2007 FTEs
'08	'07	PRIVATE EMPLOYERS	2008 FTEs	2007 FTEs	'08	'07	PUBLIC & PRIVATE EMPLOYERS	2008 FTEs	2007 FTEs
1	2	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	7,082	6,990	1	1	State government *^1**	27,124	26,463
2	1	HCA Inc. *^a**	6,941	6,418	2	2	Federal Government *^2**	15,100	15,300
3	1	Capital One Financial Corp.	6,474	7,389	3	3	Chesterfield County	11,067	10,826
4	5	Wal-Mart Stores Inc. *^b**	6,173	5,862	4	4	Henrico County	10,372	10,124
5	4	Philip Morris USA *^c**	5,630	6,100	5	5	Richmond City *^3**	8,445	8,542
6	7	Dominion Resources Inc.	5,362	5,114	6	8	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	7,082	6,990
7	6	Wachovia Corp.	5,345	5,349	7	6	HCA Inc.	6,941	6,418
8	8	Bon Secours Richmond Health System	5,292	5,021	8	7	Capital One Financial Corp.	6,474	7,389
9	9	SunTrust Banks Inc.	3,596	3,674	9	10	Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	6,173	5,862
10	10	Ukrop's Super Markets Inc.	3,545	3,563	10	9	Philip Morris USA	5,630	6,100
11	11	DuPont *^d**	3,198	3,043	11	12	Dominion Resources Inc.	5,362	5,114
12	12	Bank of America Corp.	3,100	3,100	12	11	Wachovia Corp.	5,345	5,349
13	13	WellPoint Inc.	3,091	3,028	13	13	Bon Secours Richmond Health System	5,292	5,021
14	14	Food Lion LLC	2,795	2,553	14	14	Hanover County	4,017	3,960
15	18	Verizon Virginia Inc. *^e**	2,697	2,311	15	15	SunTrust Banks Inc.	3,596	3,674
16	15	Circuit City Stores Inc.	2,689	2,552	16	16	Ukrop's Super Markets Inc.	3,545	3,563
17	17	Qimonda Richmond	2,500	2,390	17	17	DuPont	3,198	3,043
18	16	United Parcel Service Inc.	2,498	2,497	18	18	Bank of America Corp.	3,100	3,100
19	20	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Inc. *^e**	1,717	1,611	19	19	WellPoint Inc.	3,091	3,028
20	19	Genworth Financial Inc.	1,640	1,681	20	20	Food Lion LLC	2,795	2,553
20	25	The Kroger Co.	1,640	1,269	20	24	Verizon Virginia Inc.	2,697	2,311
22	21	University of Richmond	1,464	1,490	22	21	Circuit City Stores Inc.	2,689	2,552
23	22	Honeywell International Inc.	1,302	1,368	23	23	Qimonda Richmond	2,500	2,390
24	24	Reynolds Packaging Group	1,300	1,300	24	22	United Parcel Service Inc.	2,498	2,497
25	23	Media General Inc.	1,247	1,303	25	27	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Inc.	1,717	1,611
26	26	Wyeth	1,200	1,254	26	25	Genworth Financial Inc.	1,640	1,681
27	NR	Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. *^f**	1,190	640	27	32	The Kroger Co.	1,640	1,269
28	30	Southside Regional Medical Center *^g**	1,177	1,160	28	26	Petersburg City	1,593	1,645
29	31	CarMax Inc.	1,165	1,018	29	28	University of Richmond	1,464	1,490
30	27	Lowe's Cos. Inc.	1,100	1,215	30	29	Honeywell International Inc.	1,302	1,368
31	28	Supervalu Inc. Eastern Region	1,053	1,194	31	31	Reynolds Packaging Group	1,300	1,300
32	29	BB&T Corp.	1,039	1,078	32	30	Media General Inc.	1,247	1,303
33	NR	Northop Grumman	1,038	625	33	33	Wyeth	1,200	1,254
34	32	The Home Depot Inc.	1,022	1,010	34	NR	Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.	1,190	640
35	37	LandAmerica Financial *^h**	930	934	35	38	Southside Regional Medical Center	1,177	1,160
36	36	ColonialWebb Contractors	914	871	36	40	CarMax Inc.	1,165	1,018
37	35	MeadWestvaco Corp.	900	879	37	34	Lowe's Cos. Inc.	1,100	1,215
38	38	Target Corp.	890	800	38	37	Prince George County	1,092	1,069
39	39	Tyson Foods Inc.	800	780	39	35	Supervalu Inc. Eastern Region	1,053	1,194
39	44	Comcast Metro Richmond	800	725	39	39	Hopewell City	1,041	1,039
41	41	Markel Corp.	790	753	41	36	BB&T Corp.	1,039	1,078
42	43	Coventry Health Care	786	726	42	NR	Northop Grumman	1,038	625
43	42	Estes Express Lines	776	746	43	41	The Home Depot Inc.	1,022	1,010
44	34	7-Eleven Inc.	754	915	44	43	Louisa County	941	917
45	40	Hunton & Williams LLP	749	766	45	49	LandAmerica Financial	930	934
46	47	World Access	709	652	46	46	ColonialWebb Contractors	914	871
47	NR	Southern States *^i**	643	487	47	45	MeadWestvaco Corp.	900	879
48	46	Westminster Canterbury	632	663	48	NR	Target Corp.	890	800
49	NR	Performance Food Group	627	608	49	47	Dinwiddie County	868	848
50	NR	YMCA of Greater Richmond	623	610	50	50	Powhatan County	844	827
NR: Not ranked last year * Ranking last year not valid
a HCA's 2007 figure has been restated downward because the company provided headcount and not full time equivalent. b Wal-Mart employment data in 2006 for its distribution center in Dinwiddie County should have been higher. The company didn't provide a restatement. c Altria Group Inc., the parent company of Philip Morris USA, moved its corporate headquarters to Henrico County in April 2008. d DuPont's 2007 figures have been restated downward because the numbers included contract employees. e Verizon's 2008 figure include employees at Verizon Wireless, Verizon Telecom, and Verizon Business. Those employees were not included in the 2007 data. f Smurfit-Stone's 2008 FTE is significantly higher compared with 2007 because last year the data did not include its plant in West Point. g Southside Regional Medical Center FTEs for 2007 have been increased. The company provided no explanation. h LandAmerica's 2007 figures have been restated upward because of a reporting error. *i Southern States is new to the 2008 list. The company said its 2007 FTEs was not a complete number.
1 State figures do not include hourly workers, or those working at the VCU Health System, State Corporation Commission,Virginia Retirement System, or judiciary agencies. Included in the state figure are the 6,350 full-time equivalent employees at Virginia Commonwealth University's academic campus. 2 Federal government number for 2007 has been revised. *3 City government and school numbers have been restated downward for 2007.