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Knoxville-Area Private Employers1 Ranked According to Area Employees

Rank '17	'16	Company	Phone Website	Local employees Sector	Description	Parent company	Top local executive Locally established
1	1	The Dollywood Company2 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863	800-DOLLYWOOD dollywood.com	4,000 Entertainment, hospitality	Theme parks, water parks, lodging, dinner shows, theaters ***Please use the typical caveat that this applies to all of our properties.	The Dollywood Co. Pigeon Forge, TN	Eugene Naughton Eugene Naughton Craig Ross President, The Dollywood Company President, The Dollywood Company President 1986
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
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	Shameek Konar CEO 1958
4	6	Copper Cellar Corp.3 3001 E. Industrial Parkway Knoxville, TN 37901	865-673-3400 coppercellar.com	1,576 Service	Full-service restaurants4	NA NA	Michael Chase President 1975
5	4	Jewelry Television3 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
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
7	7	Burleson Brands5 5401 Kingston Pike, Bldg. 1, Ste. 280 Knoxville, TN 37919	865-584-7779 burlesonbrands.com	975 Service	Full-service restaurants6	Aubrey's Inc. NA	Randy Burleson Owner 1992
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
9	10	Southeast Foods Co./Pennant Foods3 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
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	Thomas S Mills Administrator 1983
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
12	13	Charles Blalock & Sons5 PO Box 47507 Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-2808 blalockcompanies.com	740 Construction	Highway, bridge construction, commercial site preparation, asphalt and ready mix concrete manufacturer/paving	NA NA	Jim Blalock Sid Blalock, CEO President 1962
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
14	NR	OrthoTennessee8 256 Fort Sanders West Blvd., Ste. 200 Knoxville, TN 37922	865-769-4545 orthotn.com	707 Medical	Orthopaedic clinic	NA NA	Jon-David Deeson CEO 1998
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	Rob Candelino CEO 1991
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
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 Wisconsin Dells, WI	Phillip Froehlich Pete Tennis Josef Haas General Manager General manager Executive vice president, CEO 2008

1 Excluding nonprofits; 2 Includes Dollywood, Dollywood Splash Country, lodging properties, and dinner show; 3 Source declined to participate. Information from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; 4 Copper Cellar, Calhoun's, Chesapeake's, Cherokee Grill & Steakhouse, Smoky Mountain Brewery; 5 Source declined to participate. Information from 2020 survey; 6 Aubrey’s, Sunspot, Bistro by the Tracks, Stefano’s Pizza, Fieldhouse Social, Bluetick Tavern; 7 Mailing address, Multiple plant locations and facilities; 8 Information from 2021 survey and company website
Source: Individual company representatives, individual company websites. NA=not applicable or not available. Area includes Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier and Union counties. 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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