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Sevier County Major Employers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '20	Company	Phone Website	Total employees FT/PT	Sector Description	Parent company '19 co.-wide revenue	Top local executive Year founded
1	The Dollywood Company1 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863	800-DOLLYWOOD dollywood.com	4,500 NA/NA	Entertainment, hospitality Theme parks, water parks, lodging, dinner shows, theaters	The Dollywood Co. Pigeon Forge, TN NA	Eugene Naughton Eugene Naughton Craig Ross President, The Dollywood Company President, The Dollywood Company President 1986
2	Sevier County Schools 226 Cedar St. Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-4671 sevier.org	3,000 2,500/500	Government Public education system	NA NA $160M	Dr. Jack A. Parton Director of schools 1890
3	Tanger Outlet Center Sevierville 2 1645 Parkway, Ste. 960 Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-1053 tangeroutlet.com/sevierville	2,500 NA/NA	Retail trade Retail outlet shopping center	Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Greensboro, NC NA	Terri Dempsey Property manager NA
4	Charles Blalock & Sons PO Box 47503 Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-2808 blalockcompanies.com	840 NA/NA	Construction Highway, bridge construction, commercial site preparation, asphalt and ready mix concrete manufacture/paving	NA NA NA	Jim Blalock President 1962
5	Collier Restaurant Group4 P.O. Box 6369 Sevierville, TN 37864	865-428-1823 collierrestaurantgroup.com	770 NA/NA	Hospitality Flapjacks Pancake Cabin, TGIFridays, Golden Corral, Smoky's Pancake Cabin, Corkys BBQ, Smokey Mtn Pancake house, The Melting Pot, Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, Quaker Steak & Lube	NA NA NA	Brent Collier Elise Massey Beau Massey Royce Pruitt Cary Zimmerman Gina McReynolds Robert Maples Lori Collier Danny Koontz Owners 1968
6	Sevier County Government5 125 Court Ave. Sevierville, TN 37862	865-774-3613 seviercountytn.org	650 NA/NA	Government County government	NA NA NA	Larry Waters County mayor 1794
7	Club Wyndham Great Smokies Lodge 1425 Old Knoxville Highway Sevierville, TN 37876	865-286-6480 wyndhamdestinations.com	6202 NA/NA	Hospitality Vacation resort operations and sales of vacation ownership interests	Wyndham Destinations Orlando, FL NA	Dusty Tonkin Executive vice president 1966
8	Wilderness at the Smokies 1424 Old Knoxville Highway Sevierville, TN 37876	865-428-5770 wildernessatthesmokies.com	600 NA/NA	Service Hotel and water park resort	Wilderness Resorts and Waterparks Sevierville, TN NA	Pete Tennis General manager 2008
9	LeConte Medical Center 742 Middle Creek Road Sevierville, TN 37862	865-446-7000 lecontemedicalcenter.com	5996 NA/NA	Medical Hospital	Covenant Health Knoxville, TN $109M	Gaye Jolly President, CAO7 1965
10	City of Sevierville 120 Gary Wade Blvd. Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-5504 seviervilletn.org	520 273/247	Government City government	NA NA NA	Robert Fox Russell G. Treadway Mayor City administrator 1795
11	Ole Smoky Distillery 101 Bruce Street Sevierville, TN 37862	865-436-6995 olesmoky.com	500 NA/NA	Beverage distillery Moonshine and whiskey distillery	Ole Smoky Distillery LLC Sevierville, TN NA	Robert Hall Joe Baker Cory Cottongim CEO Founder Founder 2010
12	City of Pigeon Forge 3221 Rena St. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863	865-453-9061 cityofpigeonforge.com	414 314/100	Government City government	NA NA NA	Earlene Teaster David Wear City manager Mayor 1783
13	Ripley's in the Smokies 800 Parkway Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-5096 ripleys.com/gatlinburg	405 NA/NA	Entertainment Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, Ripley's Odditorium, Ripley's 5D Moving Theater, Ripley's Haunted Adventure, Ripley's Mirror Maze	Ripley Entertainment Orlando, FL NA	Ryan DeSear General manager USA attraction operations NA
14	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Area & Amusement Park 1001 Parkway, Ste. 2 Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-5423 obergatlinburg.com	316 290/26	Entertainment Aerial tramway, mountain coaster, slide, chairlift, indoor ice skating and bumper cars, shopping, restaurant/lounge, skiing, snowboarding, tubing	NA NA NA	The Anders Family Owners 1973
15	City of Gatlinburg 1230 E. Parkway Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-1400 gatlinburgtn.gov	305 233/72	Government City government	NA NA NA	Cindy Cameron Ogle Mike Werner City manager Mayor 1945
16	Great Smoky Mountains National Park8 107 Park Headquarters Road Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-1200 nps.gov/grsm	290 222/689	Service National park	National Park Service NA, DC NA	Cassius Cash Superintendent 1934

1 Includes Dollywood, Dollywood Splash Country, lodging properties, and dinner shows; 2 Information from 2019 survey; 3 Mailing address, Multiple plant locations and facilities; 4 Includes Collier Restaurant Group, Smoky Mountain Resorts, Collier Wine Group; 5 Source declined to participate. Information from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; 6 Total employees includes contract employees; 7 Jim VanderSteeg, President and CEO of Covenant Health; 8 Extends across 800 sq. miles in Tennessee and North Carolina; 9 Temporary employees, 46 seasonal, 22 term
Source: Individual company representatives, individual company websites. NA=not applicable or not available. 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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