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Blount County Major Employers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '21	'20	Company	Phone Website	Total employees FT/PT FTE/Seas.	Sector Description	Parent company '20 co.-wide revenue	Top local executive Locally established
1	1	Clayton 5000 Clayton Road Maryville, TN 37804	865-380-3000 claytonhomes.com	5,436 5,391 / 45 NA / NA	Home building Offers traditional on/off site-built homes, including modular homes, manufactured homes1	Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, NE $8.6 billion	Kevin Clayton CEO 1966
2	2	DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. 1720 Robert C. Jackson Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-982-7000 denso.com/us-ca/en2	4,500 NA / NA NA / NA	Manufacturing Automotive supplier of advanced technology, components and systems	DENSO Corporation Kariya, Japan	Shinichi Nakamizo President, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. 1988
3	3	Blount Memorial Hospital 907 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-983-7211 blountmemorial.org	2,722 NA / NA NA / NA	Medical Hospital	NA NA $299.4 million	Don Heinemann CEO 1947
4	4	Blount County Government 341 Court St. Maryville, TN 37804	865-273-5700 blounttn.org	2,492 1,881 / 611 NA / NA	Government County Government, Blount County Schools, Blount County Highway Department	NA NA	Ed Mitchell County mayor 1795
5	5	Blount County Schools 831 Grandview Drive Maryville, TN 37803	865-984-1212 blountk12.org	1,694 1,184 / 510 NA / NA	Government Public education system	NA NA $149 million	Rob Britt Director of schools 1867
6	6	McGhee Tyson ANG Base3 134 Briscoe Drive Louisville, TN 37777	865-336-3205 ang.af.mil	1,609 NA / NA NA / NA	Government Air and Army National Guard units	National Guard Bureau Arlington, VA	Col. M. Lee Hartley Jr. Wing commander 1957
7	8	Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. 500 Alcoa Trail Maryville, TN 37804	1-866-701-0467 vmf.com	994 NA / NA NA / NA	Originations, servicing Finance and servicing	Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, NE	Eric Hamilton President 1974
8	7	Newell Brands 1427 William Blount Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-977-5477 newellbrands.com	900 600 / 3004 NA / NA	Consumer product manufacturer Manufacturer of writing products: Sharpie, EXPO, Mr. Sketch, Paper Mate products5	Newell Brands Atlanta, GA $9.4 billion	John Allen Director, North American operations 1988
8	9	Arconic Tennessee Operations 2300 N. Wright Road Alcoa, TN 37701	865-977-2100 arconic.com	900 900 / NA 900 / NA	Manufacturing Aluminum for the can sheet, automotive and industrial markets.	Arconic Corp. Pittsburgh, PA $5.7 billion	Jeffrey Weida Plant manager 1913
10	11	Accenture 1965 Hawks Landing Louisville, TN 37777	865-980-4000 accenture.com	500 500 / NA NA / NA	Professional services Strategy, consulting, interactive, technology and operations services	Accenture Dublin, Ireland $44.3 billion	Cliff Brown Michelle Farley Knoxville advanced operations center lead Managing director 2000
11	10	Ruby Tuesday6 150 W. Church Ave. Maryville, TN 37801	865-379-5700 rubytuesday.com	402 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Full-service restaurants: Ruby Tuesday	NRD Capital Atlanta, GA	Marty Ritson President, COO 1972
12	12	Maryville College 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-981-8000 maryvillecollege.edu	361 263 / 98 NA / NA	Education Private university	NA NA	Dr. Bryan F. Coker President 1819
13	13	Peninsula Hospital7 2347 Jones Bend Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-9800 peninsulabehavioralhealth.org	326 251 / 75 NA / NA	Medical Hospital	Covenant Health Knoxville, TN $1.5 billion	Neil Heatherly President, CAO, Parkwest Medical Center 1972
14	14	StandardAero 1029 Ross Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-983-2992 standardaero.com	275 275 / 0 275 / 0	Aerospace Maintenance, repair, overhaul services, engine/airframe R&O, engineering services, interior, paint applications	The Carlyle Group NA	Randy Mengel Vice president, general manager 1994
15	15	K126 110 McGhee Tyson Blvd. Alcoa, TN 37701	866-968-7512 k12.com	265 NA / NA NA / NA	Education Support contact center for online public schools	K12 Herndon, VA	Lance Smith Senior director 2014
16	17	Cornerstone of Recovery8 4726 Airport Highway Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-7747 cornerstoneofrecovery.com	230 NA / NA NA / NA	Health care provider Alcohol, drug addiction treatment center	NA NA	Steve McGrew Webster Bailey President, CEO Executive director of marketing and business development 1989
17	15	Performance Foodservice9 4721 Singleton Station Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-7800 performancefoodservice.com/knoxville	205 NA / NA NA / NA	Distribution Food service distribution	Performance Food Group Richmond, VA	Gary Rose Division president 2008

1 Also CrossMod homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks, apartments; 2 denso.com/us-ca/en/about-us/company-information/dmtn/; 3 134 ARW, 119 CACS, ANGTEC, TN Army Nat'l Guard. Information from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; 4 temporary, contract; 5 Also includes Sharpwriter, Clearpoint Pencils, Profile pens, Sharpie gel Pen, Elmer’s Glue.; 6 Source declined to participate. Information from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; 7 Division of Parkwest Medical Center, member of Covenant Health; 8 Source declined to participate. Information from 2020 survey; 9 Formerly Reinhart Foodservice
Source: Individual company representatives, individual company websites. NA=not applicable or not available. This list and other Knoxville-area market data are available as Excel spreadsheets at www.knoxvillebookoflists.com. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Hayley Choy at 865-342-6494 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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