REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT BOARD OF HAMPDEN COUNTY, INC.

Hampden County’s Ten Largest Employers 2009-2010

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

Springfield1,000Communications 
7.  Smith & WessonSpringfield 810Manufacturing 

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