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Knoxville-Area Major Employers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '19	'18	Company	Phone Website Sector	Area employees FT/PT	Description	Parent company '18 co.-wide revenue	Top local executive Locally established
1	3	Y-12 National Security Complex P.O. Box 2009 Oak Ridge, TN 37831	865-574-1000 y12.doe.gov; nnsa.energy.gov/fieldoffices/npo U.S. Government, National Security	10,9861 NA / NA	Uranium storage, processing, manufacturing; supplying uranium for the U.S. Nuclear Navy, global security and nuclear nonproliferation	NNSA Consolidated Nuclear Security Washington, DC Oak Ridge, TN $1.6 billion	Geoff Beausoleil Morgan Smith Manager2 President, CEO3 1943
2	1	Covenant Health 100 Fort Sanders West Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37922	865-531-5555 covenanthealth.com Service	9,792 7,715 / 2,037	Hospitals/health care system	Covenant Health Knoxville, TN $1.1 billion	Jim VanderSteeg President, CEO 1996
3	4	University of Tennessee 831 Andy Holt Tower Knoxville, TN 37996	865-974-1000 tennessee.edu Government	9,384 6,757 / 2,627	State university	NA NA NA	Randy Boyd Donde Plowman Interim President Chancellor 1794
4	2	Knox County Schools 912 S. Gay St. Knoxville, TN 37902	865-594-1800 knoxschools.org4 Government	7,949 7,488 / 4615	Public education system	NA NA NA	Bob Thomas Superintendent 1873
5	5	Walmart Stores6 702 SW 8th St. Bentonville, AR 72716	479-273-4000 walmartstores.com Retail trade	5,9987 NA / NA	Discount stores and wholesale clubs	Walmart Stores6 Bentonville, AR NA	Melissa Ownby Market manager 1962
6	6	University of Tennessee Medical Center 1928 Alcoa Highway Knoxville, TN 37932	865-305-9000 utmedicalcenter.org Service	5,458 4,575 / 883	Health care system	University Health System Knoxville, TN $820 million	Joseph R. Landsman President, CEO 1956
7	7	DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. 1720 Robert C. Jackson Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-982-7000 denso.com/us-ca/en8 Manufacturing	5,350 4,339 / 8219	Automotive supplier of advanced technology, components and systems	DENSO Corporation Kariya, Japan $48.1 billion	Shinichi Nakamizo President, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. 1988
8	14	Clayton Home Building Group10 5000 Clayton Road Maryville, TN 37804	865-380-3000 claytonhomes.com Home Building	4,883 4,784 / 99	Builds, sells, finances, leases, insures traditional built housing, including modular homes11	Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, NE $6 billion	Kevin Clayton CEO 1966
9	8	Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1 Bethel Valley Road Oak Ridge, TN 37831	865-576-1946 ornl.gov Government	4,876 NA / NA	Research and development	U.S. Department of Energy/UT-Battelle LLC12 Oak Ridge, TN $1.6 billion	Thomas Zacharia Lab director 1943
10	10	The Dollywood Company13 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863	800-DOLLYWOOD dollywood.com Entertainment, hospitality	4,500 NA / NA	Theme parks, water parks, lodging, dinner shows, theaters	The Dollywood Co. Pigeon Forge, TN NA	Craig Ross President 1986
11	12	State of Tennessee Department of Human Resources, 17th Floor, WRS TN Towers, 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave. Nashville, TN 37243	615-741-2087 tn.gov/hr Government	3,286 3,167 / 119	State government	NA NA NA	Bill Lee Governor 1796
12	11	K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City) 6307 Lonas Road Knoxville, TN 37909	865-584-7061 foodcity.com Retail trade	3,104 NA / NA	Retail supermarket	K-VA-T Food Stores Abingdon, VA NA	Ron Tacker Executive VP, Knoxville division 1955
13	15	Sevier County Schools 226 Cedar St. Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-4671 sevier.org Government	3,000 2,500 / 500	Public education system	NA NA $160 million	Dr. Jack A. Parton Director of schools 1890
14	9	Tennova Healthcare 900 E. Oak Hill Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917	865-545-7836 tennova.com Service	2,900 NA / NA	Hospitals/health care system	Tennova Healthcare Knoxville, TN NA	Tony Benton CEO, Tennova East Tennessee market 1928
15	16	Kroger Co. 2620 Elm Hill Pike Nashville, TN 37214	615-871-2777 kroger.com Retail trade	2,651 NA / NA	Grocery stores	The Kroger Co. Cincinnati, OH NA	Sonya Hostetler President, Nashville division 1956
16	18	Blount Memorial Hospital 907 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-983-7211 blountmemorial.org Medical	2,647 NA / NA	Hospital	NA NA $271.1 million	Don Heinemann CEO 1947
17	19	City of Knoxville 400 Main St. Knoxville, TN 37902	865-215-2106 knoxvilletn.gov Government	2,644 1,501 / 1,143	Local municipal government	NA NA NA	Indya Kincannon Mayor14 1791
18	17	Tanger Outlet Center Sevierville 15 1645 Parkway, Ste. 960 Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-1053 tangeroutlet.com/sevierville Retail trade	2,500 NA / NA	Retail outlet shopping center	Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Greensboro, NC NA	Angela Harness Center general manager NA
18	13	Knox County Government6 400 Main St., Ste. 630 Knoxville, TN 37902	865-215-2000 knoxcounty.org Government	2,500 NA / NA	County government	NA NA NA	Glenn Jacobs County mayor 1792
20	20	TeamHealth6 265 Brookview Centre Way, Ste. 400 Knoxville, TN 37919	865-693-1000 teamhealth.com Service	2,260 NA / NA	Outsourced emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care and medical call center solutions to approximately 3,200 facilities and physician groups nationwide	TeamHealth Knoxville, TN NA	Leif Murphy Chief Executive Officer 1979

1 Contractor, subcontractor, and federal employees; 2 NNSA Production Office; 3 Consolidated Nuclear Security; 4 KCS Hall Pass Blog, knoxschools.org/domain/5657; 5 Number does not include Substitute Teachers; 6 Source declined to participate. Information from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; 7 Data includes 380 Sam's Club employees; 8 denso.com/us-ca/en/about-us/company-information/dmtn/; 9 Full time contractors/temporaries. No part-time employees; 10 Formerly CMH Manufacturing; 11 Also manufactured homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks and apartments; 12 Joint venture of University of Tennessee and Battelle; 13 Includes Dollywood, Dollywood Splash Country; 14 When data collected, Madeline Rogero was City of Knoxville Mayor; 15 Source declined to participate. Information from 2018 survey
Source: Individual company representatives, company websites. NA=not applicable or not available. Area includes Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier, Union counties. 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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