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Blount County Major Employers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '15	'14	Company	Phone Website	Total employees FT/PT FTE/Seas.	Sector Description	Parent company '14 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	3,800 NA / NA NA / NA	Manufacturing Automotive supplier of advanced technology, components and systems	DENSO Corp. Kariya, Japan $39.8 billion	Jack Helmboldt President, CEO 1988
2	2	Clayton Homes 500 Alcoa Trail Maryville, TN 37804	865-380-3000 claytonhomes.com	2,845 NA / NA NA / NA	Manufacturing, Retail, Finance Vertically integrated housing provider	Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, NE $194.7 billion	Kevin Clayton CEO 1966
3	3	Blount Memorial Hospital 907 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-983-7211 blountmemorial.org	2,418 2,015 / 403 2,050 / 0	Medical Hospital	NA NA	Don Heinemann CEO 1947
4	4	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 $99.9 million	Rob Britt Director of schools 1867
5	5	McGhee Tyson ANG Base1 134 Briscoe Drive Louisville, TN 37777	865-336-3205 134arw.ang.af.mil	1,717 781 / 936 NA / NA	Government Air and Army National Guard units	National Guard Bureau Arlington, VA	Col. Thomas S. Cauthen2 Lt. Col. Melvin Clawson3 Col. Jessica Meyeraan4 NA 1957
6	12	Newell Brands5 1427 William Blount Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-977-5477 newellbrands.com	1,200 500 / 7006 NA / NA	Manufacturing Manufacturer of Sharpie markers and highlighters, Paper Mate Sharpwriter; Expo, Mr. Sketch markers and Prismacolor markers	Newell Rubbermaid Newell Brands Atlanta, GA Maryville, TN $5.7 billion	John Allen Director, Tennessee operations 1988
7	6	Alcoa Inc.7 2300 N. Wright Road Alcoa, TN 37701	865-977-2977 alcoa.com	1,160 1,160 / NA NA / NA	Manufacturing Aluminum sheet for packaging and automotive industries	Alcoa Inc. New York, NY $23.9 billion8	Leigh Ann Fisher Ken McMillen CFO9 Location manager10 1913
8	7	Ruby Tuesday11 150 W. Church Ave. Maryville, TN 37801	865-379-5700 rubytuesday.com	696 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Full-service restaurants: Ruby Tuesday	NA NA $1.1 billion12	Lane Cardwell Interim president, CEO 1972
9	8	Blount County Government13 341 Court St. Maryville, TN 37804	865-273-5700 blounttn.org	591 NA / NA NA / NA	Government County government	NA NA	Ed Mitchell County mayor 1795
10	9	Accenture Hospitality Services11 1965 Hawks Landing Louisville, TN 37777	865-980-4000 marriott.com	575 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Financial services for Marriott International	Accenture Dublin, Ireland $31.9 billion	Michael Cullen Senior VP 2000
11	10	TeamHealth Medical Call Center 1431 Centerpoint Blvd., Ste. 110 Knoxville, TN 37932	888-203-1118 thmedicalcallcenter.com	430 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Billing center	TeamHealth Knoxville, TN $2.8 billion	Jannene Roark Cindy Reed Vice president President 1996
12	11	Maryville College 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-981-8000 maryvillecollege.edu	42514 250 / 17514 263 / 161	Education Private university	NA NA	William T. "Tom" Bogart President 1819
13	NR	K1211 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 $919.6 million	Lance Smith Senior director 2014
14	13	Peninsula Hospital -Blount Co. Major Employer only15 2347 Jones Bend Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-9800 peninsulabehavioralhealth.org	28016 NA / NA NA / NA	Medical Hospital	Covenant Health Knoxville, TN $1.2 billion	Neil Heatherly President, CAO, Parkwest Medical Center 1972
15	14T	Reinhart Foodservice 4721 Singleton Station Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-7800 rfsdelivers.com	240 NA / NA NA / NA	Distribution Food service distribution	Reyes Holdings Rosemont, IL	Keith Bowen Division president 200817
16	14T	StandardAero 1029 Ross Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-983-2992 standardaero.com	237 235 / 2 235 / 0	Service Repair center	Veritas Capital Washington D.C., DC, USA	Kerry O'Sullivan VP, general manager 1994
17	16	Cornerstone of Recovery 1214 Topside Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-7747 cornerstoneofrecovery.com	220 NA / NA NA / NA	Service Chemical dependency treatment, addiction treatment	NA NA	Steve McGrew President, CEO 1989

1 134 ARW, 119 CACS, ANGTEC, TN Army Nat'l Guard; 2 Base commander; 3 Commander, 1-230 TAB, TN Army National Guard; 4 Commander, I.G. Brown Training and Education Center; 5 Formerly Newell Rubbermaid; 6 Temporary employees; 7 In Sept. 2015, Alcoa Inc. announced that it will split into two publicly traded companies. The Blount County company will become Arconic at the end of the year; 8 2014 Alcoa Inc. sales; 9 Alcoa Global Primary Products; 10 Alcoa Tennessee Operations; 11 Source declined to participate. Information from Knoxville Chamber; 12 2015 revenue; 13 Source declined to participate. Information from Blount Partnership Economic Development; 14 Includes adjuncts; 15 Division of Parkwest Medical Center, member of Covenant Health; 16 Employment figure from the Blount Partnership. Peninsula Hospital is a division of Parkwest Medical Center, which has 1,928 employees; 17 Year RFS began servicing Blount County
Source: Individual company representatives, individual company Web sites. 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 Angela Akers at 865-342-6424 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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