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Prefer PDFs? A printer-friendly PDF of this list is available. Download PDF file Prefer Excel? A complete spreadsheet of this list is available. Download Excel file Knoxville-Area Private Employers1 Ranked According to Area Employees Rank '15 '14 Company Phone Website Local employees Sector Description Parent company Top local executive Locally established 1 1 K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City) 6307 Lonas Road Knoxville, TN 37909 865-584-7061 foodcity.com 3,456 Retail trade Grocery stores K-VA-T Food Stores Abingdon, VA Mickey Blazer Executive VP 1955 2 2 The Dollywood Company2 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 800 DOLLYWOOD dollywood.com 3,000 Service Amusement parks The Dollywood Co. Pigeon Forge, TN Craig Ross President 1986 3 3 Pilot Flying J3 5508 Lonas Drive Knoxville, TN 37909 865-588-7487 pilotflyingj.com 1,610 Retail trade Travel centers, convenience stores NA NA Jimmy Haslam CEO 1958 4 4 Copper Cellar Corp. 3001 E. Industrial Parkway Knoxville, TN 37901 865-673-3400 coppercellar.com 1,500 Service Full-service restaurants: Copper Cellar, Calhoun's, Chesapeake's, Cherokee Grill & Steakhouse, Smoky Mountain Brewery NA NA Michael D. Chase Owner 1975 5 5 Summit Medical Group 1225 E. Weisgarber Road, Ste. 200 Knoxville, TN 37909 865-584-4747 summitmedical.com; summithealthcare.com 1,416 Service, health care Physician group NA NA Ed G. Curtis CEO 1995 6 7 Jewelry Television 9600 Parkside Drive Knoxville, TN 37922 865-692-6000 jtv.com 1,200 Retail trade Home shopping network Multimedia Commerce Group Knoxville, TN Tim Matthews President, CEO 1993 7 9 Aubrey's Restaurants 6025 Brookvale Lane, Ste. 206 Knoxville, TN 37919 865-584-7779 aubreysrestaurants.com 975 Service Full-service restaurants: Aubrey's, Sunspot, Bistro by the Tracks, Barley's Taproom, Stefano's Pizza, drink, Fieldhouse Social NA NA Randy Burleson Owner 1992 8 8 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 9 11 U.S. Cellular Corp. 9731 Cogdill Road Knoxville, TN 37932 865-777-8660 uscellular.com 750 Communications Wireless services provider U.S. Cellular Corp. Chicago, IL Thomas P. Catani Vice president, corporate-owned retail sales 1985 10 12 Shoney's of Knoxville Main Office, 9720 Parkside Drive Knoxville, TN 37922 865-690-6331 shoneysknox.com 705 Service Family restaurant, Shoney's franchisee NA NA Bill Baugh President, CEO 1962 11 13 Collier Restaurant Group P.O. Box 6369 Sevierville, TN 37864 865-428-1823 collierrestaurantgroup.com 700 Service Restaurant operations, management: Flapjacks Pancake Cabins, The Melting Pot, T.G.I. Fridays, Golden Corral, Gatti's Pizza, Corky's BBQ NA NA Royce Pruitt Cary Zimmerman CFO CEO 1968 12 14 Ingles Markets P.O. Box 6676 Asheville, NC 28816 828-669-2941 ingles-markets.com 688 Retail trade Grocery stores Ingles Markets Inc. Asheville, NC Rusty Reed District manager 1963 13 NR Belk 2801 W. Tyvola Road Charlotte, NC 28217 704-357-1000 belk.com 644 Retail trade Department stores Belk Charlotte, NC Matthew Dutton VP, regional mgr., East Tenn. 1919 14 10 Rural Metro - Tennessee 10140 Gallow Point Drive Knoxville, TN 37931 865-573-5779 ruralmetrosouth.com/locations/tennessee/east-tennessee.html 628 Service, health care Fire and emergency medical services American Medical Response Greenwood Village, CO Erin Downey Christopher Blach Regional directors 1977 15 NR Radio Systems Corp. 10427 PetSafe Way Knoxville, TN 37932 865-777-5404 petsafe.net 625 Consumer Packaged Goods Consumer pet products and services NA NA Willie Wallace CEO 1991 16 17 Charles Blalock & Sons 419 Robert Henderson Road Sevierville, TN 37862 865-453-2808 blalockcompanies.com 600 Manufacturing Heavy highway and bridge construction; manufacturer of asphalt, ready mix concrete NA NA Sid Blalock Jim Blalock CEO President 1962 17 NR Monterey Mushrooms 19748 Highway 72 North Loudon, TN 37774 865-458-4611 montereymushrooms.com 585 Agriculture Production and distribution of fresh mushroom products Monterey Mushrooms Watsonville, CA Dirk Cox General manager 1977 1 Excluding nonprofits; 2 Includes Dollywood & Dollywood Splash Country; 3 Includes Haslam Family Foundation and/or one-time Corporate Foundation giving 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.