1 | 1 | The Dollywood Company 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
| 800-DOLLYWOOD dollywood.com
| 4,000 Entertainment, hospitality
| Theme parks, water parks, lodging, dinner shows, theaters
| The Dollywood Co. Pigeon Forge, TN
| Craig Ross President 1986
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2 | 2 | K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City) 6307 Lonas Road Knoxville, TN 37909
| 865-584-7061 foodcity.com
| 3,328 Retail trade
| Retail supermarket
| K-VA-T Food Stores Abingdon, VA
| Ron Tacker Executive VP, Knoxville division 1955
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3 | 3 | Pilot Company 5508 Lonas Drive Knoxville, TN 37909
| 865-588-7487 pilotflyingj.com
| 1,893 Retail trade
| Convenience store, gas station
| Berkshire Hathaway Pilot Corporation Omaha, NE Knoxville, TN
| James Haslam III CEO 1958
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4 | 6 | Copper Cellar Corp. 3001 E. Industrial Parkway Knoxville, TN 37901
| 865-673-3400 coppercellar.com
| 1,576 Service
| Full-service restaurants
| NA NA
| Bart Fricks COO 1975
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5 | 4 | Jewelry Television 9600 Parkside Drive Knoxville, TN 37922
| 865-692-6000 jtv.com
| 1,500 Retail trade
| Home shopping network
| Multimedia Commerce Group, Inc. Knoxville, TN
| Tim Matthews CEO, president 1993
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6 | 5 | Summit Medical Group 1275 Dick Lonas Road, Suite 201 Knoxville, TN 37909
| 865-584-4747 summitmedical.com; summithealthcare.com
| 1,424 Service, health care
| Physician group
| NA NA
| Ed G. Curtis CEO 1995
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7 | 7 | Burleson Brands 5401 Kingston Pike, Bldg. 1, Ste. 280 Knoxville, TN 37919
| 865-584-7779 burlesonbrands.com
| 975 Service
| Full-service restaurants
| Aubrey's Inc. NA
| Randy Burleson Owner 1992
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8 | 11 | Weigel Stores 3100 Weigel Lane Powell, TN 37849
| 865-938-2042 weigels.com
| 950 Retail trade
| Service stations and convenience stores
| Weigel Stores Powell, TN
| William "Bill" Weigel Ken McMullen Owner, chairman President 1935
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9 | 10 | Southeast Foods Co./Pennant Foods 310 Corporate Drive, Ste. 103 Knoxville, TN 37923
| 865-691-1393 wenburgerknoxville.com
| 883 Service
| Fast food restaurants, Wendy's franchisee
| Brockway Moran & Partners Boca Raton, FL
| Tina Hertzel CFO 1979
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10 | NR | Quality Home Health 9123 Cross Park Dr., Suite 150 Knoxville, TN 37923
| 865-531-0016 qualityhomehealth.com
| 800 Service
| Home health care agency
| Quality Home Health Knoxville, TN
| Thom Mills Administrator 1983
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11 | 12 | DeRoyal Industries 200 DeBusk Lane Powell, TN 37849
| 865-938-7828 deroyal.com
| 747 Manufacturing
| Medical supply manufacturing
| NA NA
| Pete DeBusk Chairman 1973
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12 | 13 | Charles Blalock & Sons PO Box 4750 Sevierville, TN 37862
| 865-453-2808 blalockcompanies.com
| 740 Construction
| Highway, bridge construction, commercial site preparation, asphalt and ready mix concrete manufacture/paving
| NA NA
| Jim Blalock Sid Blalock, CEO President 1962
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13 | 9 | Ingles Markets P.O. Box 6676 Asheville, NC 28816
| 828-669-2941 ingles-markets.com
| 715 Retail trade
| Grocery stores
| Ingles Markets Inc. Asheville, NC
| Rusty Reed District manager 1963
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14 | NR | OrthoTennessee 256 Fort Sanders West Blvd., Ste. 200 Knoxville, TN 37922
| 865-769-4545 orthotn.com
| 707 Medical
| Orthopedic Clinic
| NA NA
| Jon-David Deeson CEO 1998
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15 | 15 | Radio Systems Corp. 10427 PetSafe Way Knoxville, TN 37932
| 865-777-5404 radiosystemscorporation.com
| 705 Manufacturing, production
| Consumer pet products and services
| Radio Systems Corporation Knoxville, TN
| Willie Wallace CEO 1991
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16 | 17 | Belk Inc. 2801 W. Tyvola Road Charlotte, NC 28217
| 704-357-1000 belk.com
| 644 Retail trade
| Department stores
| Belk Inc. Charlotte, NC
| Mark Sonenshein Vice president, regional manager 1919
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17 | NR | Wilderness at the Smokies 1424 Old Knoxville Highway Sevierville, TN 37876
| 865-428-5770 wildernessatthesmokies.com
| 638 Service
| Hotel and water park resort
| Wilderness Resorts and Waterparks Sevierville, TN
| Phillip Froehlich Pete Tennis Josef Haas General Manager General manager Executive vice president, CEO 2008
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