According to "Business West", a business journal for Western Massachusetts, Hampden County’s ten largest private sector employers, based on full-time employees, in 2009-10, are as follows:
Hampden County’s ten largest employers, based on full-time employees: | |||
Company | Location | F/T Employees | Sector |
1. Baystate Health System | Springfield | 6,898 | Health Services |
2. MassMutual Financial Group | Springfield | 6,000 | Financial Services |
3. Big Y Supermarkets | Springfield | 2,800 | Retail |
4. Sisters of Providence Health System | Springfield | 2,277 | Health Services |
5. Hasbro Games/Milton Bradley | East Longmeadow | 1,130 | Manufacturing |
6. Verizon | Springfield | 1,000 | Communications |
| 7. Smith & Wesson | Springfield | 810 | Manufacturing |
8. Peter Pan Bus lines | Springfield | 700 | Transportation |
9. Friendly Ice Cream Corporation | Wilbraham | 623 | Retail/Distribution |
10. Holyoke Medical Center | Holyoke | 558 | Health Services |