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Knoxville-Area Distribution Centers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '14	'13	Company	Phone Website County	Local employees Facility sq. ft.	Industries served	Parent company	Top local executive Year founded
1		United Parcel Service (UPS)1 500 Callahan Drive Knoxville, TN 37912	800-742-5877 ups.com Knox	1,450 NA	All	NA Atlanta, GA	Ken Harms Cher Porties Scott Nicley Tim Long President, Mid South district President, Mid-South district Division manager HR Director 1967
2	3	Keurig Dr. Pepper1 1904 Fair Drive Knoxville, TN 37918	865-824-4600 keuriggreenmountain.com Knox	950 355,000	Food and beverage	Keurig Green Mountain Waterbury, Vt.	Bruno Garcia Director of operations 2008
3	4	FedEx Ground1 2560 Bertelkemp Ln. Knoxville, TN 37932	865-4633339 fedex.com Knox	745 208,000	All	NA Memphis	Steve Clemmer Jose Ruiz District manager, Smoky Mountain district Service center manager 1998
4		DeRoyal Industries 200 DeBusk Lane Powell, TN 37849	865-938-7828 deroyal.com Knox	7262 NA	Health care	NA NA	Pete DeBusk Chairman 1973
5	5	Monterey Mushrooms 19748 Highway 72 North Loudon, TN 37774	865-458-4611 montereymushrooms.com Loudon	585 350,000	Retail, food service	NA Watsonville, CA	Ken Long Dirk Cox General Manager Regional general manager 1977
6	7	CVS Pharmacy Distribution Center1 10008 Parkside Drive 3 Knoxville, TN 37922	865-670-1758 cvs.com Knox	500 442,0004	Retail pharmacy	NA Woonsocket, RI	James Collins Director 19675
7	8	Melaleuca1 5301 N. National Drive Knoxville, TN 37914	865-523-6600 melaleuca.com Knox	392 397,0006	Personal care, household cleaning, wellness products	NA Idaho Falls, ID	Teri Williams VP, East Coast operations 1985
8	6	Knoxville Coca-Cola Distribution Center 2200 Leslie Ave. Knoxville, TN 37921	865-546-6020 cokeconsolidated.com Knox	3807 300,000	Beverage	Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Charlotte, NC	Paul Blackstock Dave Shelek Distribution center manager Market unit VP, sales NA
9	10	Pepsi Beverages Co.8 2708 Federal Road9 Knoxville, TN 37914	865-524-0337 pepsico.com Knox	356 NA	Beverage	PepsiCo Purchase, NY	James Eason Kraig Kaiser Plant directors NA
10	11	House-Hasson Hardware Co.10 3125 Water Plant Road Knoxville, TN 37914	865-525-0471 househasson.com Knox	350 400,000	Hardware distribution	NA Knoxville	Don Hasson President 1906
10	NR	Custom Foods of America1 3600 Pleasant Ridge Road Knoxville, TN 37921	865-525-0401 customfoods.net Knox	350 NA	Restaurants, food service	NA Knoxville	Graham Hunter President 1982
12	9	American Book Co. 403 E. Old Andrew Johnson Highway Jefferson City, TN 37760	865-262-0204 americanbookco.com Jefferson	310 900,000	Distributor of closeout, remainder books to bookstores, supermarkets, book fairs	NA Knoxville	Patrick O'Connor President 1997
13	12	The H.T. Hackney Co.1 2500 Buttermilk Road W. Lenoir City, TN 37771	865-717-6800 hthackney.com Roane	250 350,000	Grocery and convenience stores, food service	NA Knoxville	William B. Sansom Chairman 1891
14	13	Sysco Knoxville 900 Tennessee Ave. Knoxville, TN 37921	865-545-5600 syscoknoxville.com Knox	215 353,000	Food service	Sysco Foods Houston, Texas	Lisa Healy President 2008
15	NR	Kelsan 5109 National Drive Knoxville, TN 37919	865-525-7132 kelsan.biz Knox	201 185,000	Janitorial, shipping, packaging, facility supplies & equipment	Keller Group Knoxville	Ken Bodie President 1950
16	16T	Cherokee Distributing Co. 200 Miller Main Circle Knoxville, TN 37919	865-588-7641 cherokeedistributing.com Knox	200 120,000	Wholesale beer distribution	NA Knoxville, TN	George B. Sampson President 1958
17	15	Albahealth 425 N. Gateway Ave., P.O. Box 128 Rockwood, TN 37854	865-354-0410 encompassgroup.net Roane	165 360,000	Health care	Encompass Group McDonough, Ga.	Bill Ott Marty Davidson President VP, GM 1996
18	16T	Performance Foodservice11 5262 Air Park Blvd. Morristown, TN 37813	423-318-8700 pfghale.com Hamblen	130 110,000	Food service	NA Richmond, Va.	Doug Burley Executive vice president 1925

1 Source declined to participate. Information from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; 2 The 2013 employment figures only included Knox & Union Co. operations; 3 Also 3400 Huntington Park, Loudon; 4 267,000 Knoxville, 175,000 Loudon; 5 Knoxville; 2003 Loudon; 6 2 plants; 7 2013 employee counts included manufacturing & administrative employees; 8 Source declined to participate. Information from 2013 survey; 9 Also 3501 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, 37921; phone: 865-523-9145 ; 10 Source declined to participate. Information from 2019 survey; 11 Hale Division
Source: Individual company representatives, Web sites. NA=not available or not applicable. Knoxville-area includes Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Angela Akers at 865-342-6424 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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