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Knoxville-Area Minority-Owned Businesses Ranked By Number of Local Employees

Rank '17	'16	Company	Phone Website Local employees	Type of business	% Minority owned Owner	Minority designation1 Certifying organization2	Top local executive Year founded
1	1	Spectra Tech 132 Jefferson Court Oak Ridge, TN 37830	865-483-7210 spectratechinc.com 122	Engineering, nuclear, environmental services	100% Dr. Loong Yong	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American TMSCD	Dr. Loong Yong President 1995
2	2	Visionary Solutions 2553 Quality Lane Knoxville, TN 37931	865-482-8670 vs-llc.com 40	Disposition and recovery/reuse of waste and other end of life materials; motor carrier services; tracking, training, technical services for packaging and disposal	70%3 Cavanaugh Mims Debra "Dee" Markelonis	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American SBA	Cavanaugh Mims Debra "Dee" Markelonis President, CEO Chief Operating Officer 1998
3	4	Always Moore Janitorial Service 141 N. Martinwood Road Knoxville, TN 37923	865-272-9422 alwaysmoore.com 32	Janitorial and maintenance services for residential and commercial clients	100% Delnise Moore	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American WBE - at least 51% or more of the business is women-owned, managed, and controlled SBA	Delnise Moore President, CEO 2008
4	3	East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors4 109 Bertrand St., NE Knoxville, TN 37917	865-522-6108 etmccorp.com 30	Facility maintenance management, energy audit/energy savings performance, vehicle and heavy equipment maintenance, staff augmentation, training	100% NA	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American SDB/DBE - business owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons TDOT	Mark S. Deathridge President, CEO 1978
5	7	Boston Government Services (BGS) 2532 Jones Road Lenoir City, TN 37771	866-730-7353 bgs-llc.com 28	Information management solutions, IT support services, information security, business integration & automation, and applied technology solutions	NA Harry Boston	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American SBA	Harry Boston President 2007
6	5	MCH Corporation 995 Highway 11 S. Sweetwater, TN 37874	888-534-1729 mchcorp.com 23	IT security solutions, web application penetration testing, network vulnerability assessments, and information management solutions	100% Michael Hamilton	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American SDB/DBE - business owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons Other SBA, TDOT	Michael Hamilton CEO 1998
7	6	Edwards Supply Co. 315 Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, TN 37830	865-483-1766 edwardssupply.com 18	Full line electrical distributor	51% Tracie Miller	NA NA	Tracie Miller Jack Dyer David Miller CEO President Operations Manager 1988
8	8	DCS Electronics 1911 Big Springs Road Maryville, TN 37801	865-982-9517 dcsfabshop.com 14	Custom design-build integrator and precision metal fabricator	100% Christine Teran Mundy Combs	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American SDB/DBE - business owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons WBE - at least 51% or more of the business is women-owned, managed, and controlled TMSDC	Christine Teran Mundy Combs President 1985
9	10T	Expoquip 6636 Central Ave. Pike, Ste. A1 Knoxville, TN 37912	865-219-8133 expoquip.com 13	Supplier of heavy equipment and replacement parts and components for the construction, earth moving, mining industries	75% Jorge Sanabria	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American SDB/DBE - business owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons SBA, TDOT, Gov DBE	Jorge Sanabria President 1998
10	10T	Fleming Machine & Welding Shop 834 N. Hall of Fame Drive Knoxville, TN 37917	865-546-4844 flemingmachineshop.com 12	Machine shop services, welding (TIG, MIG, STICK), brazing, laser & water jet services	55% Leona Fleming	WBE - at least 51% or more of the business is women-owned, managed, and controlled WBENC	Stanley Fleming Supervisor 1982
11	13	Ventry 123 Center Park Drive, Ste. 117 Knoxville, TN 37922	865-392-5922 ventry1.com 8	Facilities management, information technology, contract and project management, staff augmentation, website development and hosting	100% Mei Ling Davis	MBE - owned by United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American SDB/DBE - business owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons WBE - at least 51% or more of the business is women-owned, managed, and controlled SBA	Mei Ling Davis Owner 2011

1 MBE: owned by US citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic, or Native American. SDB/DBE: business owned or controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons. DVBE: a sole proprietorship or partnership at least 51 percent owned by one or more disabled veterans. WBE: woman-owned business enterprise where at least 51 percent of business is owned or controlled by women; 2 TMSDC: TN Minority Supplier Development Council. SBA: Small Business Administration. TDOT: TN Department of Transportation. TNUCP: TN Uniform Certification Program. WBENC: Women's Business Enterprise National Council; 3 70% ownership Cavanaugh Mims, 30% ownership Debra Markelonis; 4 Source declined to participate. Information from 2016 survey
Source: Individual company representatives, individual company websites, Governor's Office of Business Diversity, Knox County Supplier Diversity office. NA=not applicable or not available. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Angela Akers at 865-342-6424 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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