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Sevier County Major Employers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '22	Company	Phone Website	Total employees FT/PT	Sector Description	Parent company '21 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 President, The Dollywood Company 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 NA	Stephanie Huskey 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 & Sons2 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 manufacturer/paving	NA NA NA	Jim Blalock President 1962
5	Collier Restaurant Group4 P.O. Box 6369 Sevierville, TN 37864	865-428-1823 collierrestaurantgroup.com	820 NA/NA	Hospitality Restaurant operations, management	NA NA NA	Royce Pruitt Cary Zimmerman Beau Massey Gina McReynolds Robert Maples Elise Massey Lori Collier Brent Collier Danny Koontz CFO CEO President COO COO Owner Owner Owner Owner 1968
6	Wilderness at the Smokies 1424 Old Knoxville Highway Sevierville, TN 37876	865-428-5770 wildernessatthesmokies.com	718 NA/NA	Service Hotel and water park resort	Wilderness Resorts Wisconsin Dells, WI NA	Peter Tennis General manager 2008
7	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
8	LeConte Medical Center 742 Middle Creek Road Sevierville, TN 37862	865-446-7000 lecontemedicalcenter.com	594 NA/NA	Medical Hospital	Covenant Health Knoxville, TN NA	Aaron Burns President, CAO6 1965
9	City of Sevierville 120 Gary Wade Blvd. Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-5504 seviervilletn.org	544 336/208	Government City government	NA NA NA	Robert Fox Russell Treadway Mayor City administrator 1795
10	Ole Smoky Distillery2 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 CEO 2010
11	Ripley's in the Smokies5 800 Parkway Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-5096 ripleys.com/gatlinburg	450 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
12	City of Pigeon Forge 3221 Rena St. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863	865-453-9061 cityofpigeonforge.com	415 340/75	Government City government	NA NA NA	Earlene Teaster David Wear City manager Mayor 1783
13	Stokely Hospitality Enterprises 250 Apple Valley Road Sevierville, TN 37862	865-429-5700 applewoodfarmhouserestaurant.com	350 NA/NA	Service Restaurant management company	NA NA $25M	William B. Stokely IV Laura Flynn Tasha Wade President Assistant to the President Vice president 1987
14	City of Gatlinburg 1230 E. Parkway Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-1400 gatlinburgtn.gov	346 261/85	Government City government	NA NA NA	Cindy Cameron Ogle Mike Werner City Manager Mayor 1945
15	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	Mark Adams CEO 1973
16	Great Smoky Mountains National Park7 107 Park Headquarters Road Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-1200 nps.gov/grsm	290 222/688	Service National park	National Park Service Washington, DC NA	Cassius Cash Superintendent 1934

1 Includes Dollywood, Dollywood Splash Country, lodging properties, and dinner show; 2 Source declined to participate. Information from 2021 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 Jim VanderSteeg, President and CEO of Covenant Health; 7 Extends across 800 sq. miles in Tennessee and North Carolina; 8 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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