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Sevier County Major Employers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '21	Company	Phone Website	Total employees FT/PT	Sector Description	Parent company '20 co.-wide revenue	Top local executive Year founded
1	The Dollywood Company1 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863	800-DOLLYWOOD dollywood.com	4,000 NA/NA	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 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 $162M	Stephanie Huskey Interim 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	700 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	LeConte Medical Center 742 Middle Creek Road Sevierville, TN 37862	865-446-7000 lecontemedicalcenter.com	6535 NA/NA	Medical Hospital	Covenant Health Knoxville, TN $111M	Aaron Burns President, CAO6 1965
7	Sevier County Government7 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	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 Wisconsin Dells, WI NA	Pete Tennis General manager 2008
9	City of Sevierville 120 Gary Wade Blvd. Sevierville, TN 37862	865-453-5504 seviervilletn.org	524 305/219	Government City government	NA NA NA	Robert Fox Russell G. Treadway Mayor City administrator 1795
10	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
11	Ripley's in the Smokies2 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
12	City of Pigeon Forge 3221 Rena St. Pigeon Forge, TN 37863	865-453-9061 cityofpigeonforge.com	387 316/71	Government City government	NA NA NA	Earlene Teaster David Wear City manager Mayor 1783
13	City of Gatlinburg 1230 E. Parkway Gatlinburg, TN 37738	865-436-1400 gatlinburgtn.gov	336 252/84	Government City government	NA NA NA	Cindy Cameron Ogle Mike Werner City Manager Mayor 1945
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	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 Washington, DC NA	Cassius Cash Superintendent 1934
16	Club Wyndham Great Smokies Lodge 1425 Old Knoxville Highway Sevierville, TN 37876	865-286-6480 wyndhamdestinations.com	50 NA/NA	Hospitality Vacation resort operations and sales of vacation ownership interests	Travel + Leisure Co. Orlando, FL NA	Bryan Dixon VP, resort regional, regional operation 1966

1 Includes Dollywood, Dollywood Splash Country, lodging properties, and dinner show; 2 Source declined to participate. Information from 2020 survey; 3 Mailing address, Multiple plant locations and facilities; 4 Includes Collier Restaurant Group, Smoky Mountain Resorts, Collier Wine Group; 5 Total employees includes contract employees. 2020 admissions includes newborns. 2020 outpatient visits includes emergency room visits; 6 Jim VanderSteeg, President and CEO of Covenant Health; 7 Source declined to participate. Information from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; 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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