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Blount County Major Employers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '17	'16	Company	Phone Website	Total employees FT/PT FTE/Seas.	Sector Description	Parent company '16 co.-wide revenue	Top local executive Locally established
1	1	Denso Manufacturing Tennessee 1720 Robert C. Jackson Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-982-7000 densocorp-na-dmtn.com	4,439 3,639 / 800 NA / NA	Manufacturing Automotive supplier of advanced technology, components and systems	Denso Corp. Kariya, Japan $40.3 billion	Jack Helmboldt President, CEO 1988
2	2	Clayton Homes 500 Alcoa Trail Maryville, TN 37804	865-380-3000 claytonhomes.com	2,457 NA / NA NA / NA	Manufacturing, retail, finance, insurance Vertically integrated housing builder and provider	Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, NE	Kevin Clayton CEO 1956
3	3	Blount Memorial Hospital 907 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-983-7211 blountmemorial.org	2,387 NA / NA NA / NA	Medical Hospital	NA NA	Don Heinemann CEO 1947
4	5	Blount County Schools 831 Grandview Drive Maryville, TN 37803	865-984-1212 blountk12.org	1,800 NA / NA NA / NA	Government Public education system	NA NA	Rob Britt Director of schools 1867
5	4	McGhee Tyson ANG Base1 134 Briscoe Drive Louisville, TN 37777	865-336-3205 134arw.ang.af.mil	1,717 NA / NA NA / NA	Government Air and Army National Guard units	National Guard Bureau Arlington, VA	Col. Thomas S. Cauthen2 Lt. Col. Melvin Clawson3 Col. Kerry R. Lovely4 NA 1957
6	6	Newell Brands 1427 William Blount Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-977-5477 newellbrands.com	1,500 535 / NA NA / NA	Consumer Product Manufacturer Manufacturer of Sharpie Markers and highlighters; Paper Mate Sharpwriter, Profile pens 5	Newell Brands Hoboken, NJ, USA $13.3 billion	John Allen Director of Writing North American Operations 1988
7	7	Arconic 2300 N. Wright Road Alcoa, TN 37701	865-977-2977 arconic.com	1,000 NA / NA NA / NA	Manufacturing Aluminum sheet for automotive and packaging industries	Arconic Inc. New York, NY $12.4 billion	Jeffrey Weida Plant manager 1913
8	8	Blount County Government 341 Court St. Maryville, TN 37804	865-273-5700 blounttn.org	733 592 / 141 NA / NA	Government County government	NA NA	Ed Mitchell County mayor 1795
9	9	Accenture Hospitality Services 1965 Hawks Landing Louisville, TN 37777	865-980-4000 marriott.com	541 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Financial services for Marriott International	Accenture Dublin, Ireland $32.9 billion	Michelle Farley Managing director 2000
10	10	Ruby Tuesday6 150 W. Church Ave. Maryville, TN 37801	865-379-5700 rubytuesday.com	485 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Full-service restaurants: Ruby Tuesday	NRD Capital Atlanta, GA $952 million7	Ray Blanchette CEO 1972
11	11	TeamHealth Alcoa Billing Center 3429 Regal Drive Alcoa, TN 37701	865-292-3000 teamhealth.com	451 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Medical billing center	TeamHealth Holdings Knoxville, TN	Jannene Roark Vice president 1996
12	13	Reinhart Foodservice8 4721 Singleton Station Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-7800 rfsdelivers.com	344 NA / NA NA / NA	Distribution Food service distribution	Reyes Holdings Rosemont, IL	Gary Rose Division president 2008
13	14	K129 110 McGhee Tyson Blvd. Alcoa, TN 37701	866-968-7512 k12.com	300 NA / NA NA / NA	Education Support contact center for virtual homeschooling academy	K12 Herndon, VA $872.7 million	Lance Smith Senior director 2014
14	12	Maryville College 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-981-8000 maryvillecollege.edu	255 119 / NA NA / NA	Education Private university	NA NA	William T. "Tom" Bogart President 1819
15	15	Peninsula Hospital -Blount Co. Major Employer only10 2347 Jones Bend Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-9800 peninsulabehavioralhealth.org	242 NA / NA NA / NA	Medical Hospital	Covenant Health Knoxville, TN	Neil Heatherly President, CAO, Parkwest Medical Center 1972
16	17	StandardAero 1029 Ross Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-983-2992 standardaero.com	221 NA / NA NA / NA	Aerospace StandardAero is a leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services including engine R&O, airframe R&O, engine component repair, engineering services, interior completions and paint applications	Veritas Capital New York City, NY, USA	Randy Mengel Vice President & General Manager 1994
17	16	Stepping Stone to Recovery 1214 Topside Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-259-0678 www.steppingstonetn.com	214 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Chemical dependency treatment, addiction treatment	Cornerstone of Recovery Louisville, TN	Steve McGrew President, CEO 2018

1 134 ARW, 119 CACS, ANGTEC, TN Army Nat'l Guard. Source declined to participate. Information from Knoxville Chamber; 2 Base commander; 3 Commander, 1-230 TAB, TN Army National Guard; 4 Commander, I.G. Brown Training and Education Center; 5 Also includes Clearpoint Pencils; EXPO, Mr. Sketch and Prismacolor markers ; 6 In October 2017, NRD Capital bought all Ruby Tuesday shares of common stock. The Altanta-based private equity firm plans to make the restaurant chain a private company after the approval of the sale. Source declined to participate. Information from 2016 survey; 7 2017 revenue, Ruby Tuesday; 8 Source declined to participate. Information from Blount Partnership; 9 Source declined to participate. Information from Knoxville Chamber; 10 Division of Parkwest Medical Center, member of Covenant Health
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.knoxvillebiz.com. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Hayley Choy at 865-342-6494 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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