Palm Beach County Top 100 Employers

Selected Goods Producing Employers

Company

pprox.

Employees

Product Location

Florida Crystals 1,900 A

riculture West Palm

U.S. Su

ar Corp. 1,700 A

riculture Belle Glade

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne 1,200 Aerospace En

ineerin

West Palm

A. Duda & Sons Growers 1,100 A

riculture Belle Glade

Thomas Produce Co. 1,000 A

riculture Belle Glade

Sikorsky Aircraft 880 Helicopters West Palm

Wal

reens Distribution 850 Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods Jupiter

SimplexGrinnell / Tyco Internationa

698 Security System Manufacturin

Jupiter

IBM Corp. 600 Electronics R&D Boca Raton

Palm Beach Newspapers 585 Newspaper Publishin

West Palm

ar Growers Coop. 552 A

riculture Belle Glade

Cheney Brothers 550 Food Distribution Riviera

BIOMET 3i, Inc. 519 Dental Implants PB Gardens

Tyco Safety / Sensormatic 500 Security System Manufacturin

Boca Raton

ADT Worldwide / Tyco International 470 Machinery Manufacturin

Boca Raton

Belcan En

ineerin

Group 467 Aerospace En

ineerin

PB Gardens

Jarden Consumer Solutions 450 Small Home Appliance Manufacturin

Boca Raton

Pepsi Cola Bottlin

Co. 450 Bottled Soft Drinks Riviera

Siemens / Enterprise Communicatio 400

elecommunications Boca Raton

Meisner Electric, Inc. 400 Electrical Contracto

Delray

net Dia

nostics Ima

400 Device Manufacturin

Boca Raton

Lockheed Martin Corporation 400 Aerospace En

ineerin

Riviera

Cemex / Rinker Materials 300 Concrete Manufacturin

West Palm

Rexall Sundown 300 Pharmaceutical Boca Raton

Campus Mana

ement Corp. 256 Software Desi

n Boca Raton

Ran

er Construction Industries 250 Hi

hway Construction West Palm

Anspach Companies 242 Sur

ical Equipment PB Gardens

LRP Publications 215 Multimedia Publishin

PB Gardens

Hardrives, Inc. 200 Hi

hway Construction Delray

Cross Match Technolo

ies 200 Biometric Identity Systems PB Gardens

Catalfumo Construction, Inc

200 Construction PB Gardens

American Media International 200 Newspapers Boca Raton

GE Medical Systems Information 200 Medical Equipment Jupiter

Coca-Cola Bottlin

200 Bottled Soft Drinks West Palm

Kimley-Horn 190 En

ineerin

West Palm

Biotest 180 Pharmaceuticals Boca Raton

Hedrick Brothers Construction 165 Construction West Palm

Gold Coast Distributors 160 Beer Distribution PB Gardens

Serta Mattress 135 Mattress Manufacturin

Riviera

Farmer & Irwin Corporation 130 Mechanical Construction Riviera

General Dynamics 129 Aircraft outfittin

West Palm

SV Microwave 125 RF Connectors Manufacturin

West Palm

Thermo Fisher Scientific 105 Professional Equipment & Supplies West Palm

Neco Foods 105 Manufacture Food Products Lantana

Power Systems Manufactin

100

urbine Parts Manufactruin

Jupiter

Palm Beach County boasts some of the finest manufacturers in the world. Their presence is a

strong indication of the county's ability to support industry. Although the county has a variety of

producers, there are distinct industry clusters. The most prevalent in the county are: communications

& information technology; aerospace & engineering; agriculture & food processing; business &

financial services and medical & pharmaceutical products.

Many of the county's industrial employers are competing on a worldwide basis with products sold in

the international market. Below is a list of some of the quality companies that have chosen Palm

Beach County as a business location.

Palm Beach County Top 100 Employers

Leading Service Producing Employers

Company

Approx.

Employees

Product Location

School Board 21,718 Education County Wide

Palm Beach County 11,381 County Government West Palm

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

*Delray

Community *PB Gardens Med. *Good

Samaritan *Pinecrest Rehab. *West Boca

Med. Ctr *St. Mar

's Med. Ctr.

5,127 Healthcare County Wide

HCA (Hospital Corporation of

America)

*Palms West *Columbia *JFK

Medical Ctr

4,150 Healthcare County Wide

Florida Power & Li

ht (Hdqtrs) 3,658 Utilities Juno

Wackenhut Corporation 3,000 Security Services PB Gardens

Florida Atlantic University 2,776 Hi

her Education Boca Raton

Bethesda Memorial Hospital 2,300 Health Care Boynton

Veterans Health Administration 2,205 Health Care West Palm

Boca Raton Resort & Club 2,200 Hotel Boca Raton

Office Depot (Hdqtrs) 2,100 Office Supplies Delray

Boca Raton Community Hospital 2,100 Health Care Boca Raton

The Breakers 1,800 Hotel Palm Beach

South Florida Water Mana

ement D 1,700 Re

ional Gov't., Special Purpose County Wide

City of West Palm Beach 1,671 City Government West Palm

City of Boca Raton 1,638 City Government Boca Raton

Jupiter Medical Center 1,500 Health Care Jupiter

AT&T 1,300 Communications West Palm

PNC 1,096 Consumer Lendin

West Palm

Bank of America 1,000 Bankin

County Wide

Palm Beach State Colle

e 982 Hi

her Education Lake Worth

Wachovia 950 Bankin

County Wide

City of Boynton Beach 925 City Government Boynton

NCCI 872 Insurance Actuarial Boca Raton

Washin

ton Mutual Bank 825 Bankin

County Wide

PGA National Resort & Spa 780 Hotel PB Gardens

CSC Applied Technolo

ies LLC 700 Facilities Support Services West Palm

Lynn University 700 Hi

her Education Boca Raton

The Continental Group Inc 640 Residential Property Mana

ers Boca Raton

The GEO Group 635 Privatized Correctional Facilities Boca Raton

Applied Card Systems 550 Call Center-Credit Cards Boca Raton

TMS Health

515 Healthcare Support Services Boca Raton

Tropical Shippin

500 Port Shippin

Company Riviera

Churchill Benefit Corp/Yurcor 500 Computer Systems Desi

n Services Delray

Virtual Bank 497 Bankin

PB Gardens

City of Palm Beach Gardens 464 City Government PB Gardens

Verio 450 Wired Telecommunications Carriers Boca Raton

Palm Beach Atlantic University 400 Hi

her Education West Palm

Blue Green Corp. 377 Leisure & Resort Communites Boca Raton

Florida Public Utilities 355 Utilities West Palm

SYSCO Food Services 350 Food Distribution Riviera

The Scripps Research Institute 300 Life Sciences Research Jupiter

Palm Beach Gardens Marriott 277 Hotel PB Gardens

Medical Staffin

Network 264 Healthcare Staffin

Service Boca Raton

LexisNexis Risk & Information Anal 260 Computer Pro

rammin

Boca Raton

Ocwen Financial Corp 258 Real Estate Credit West Palm

Global Care Solutions 250 Call Center-Chemical Products PB Gardens

TD Bank 243 Bankin

West Palm

WCS Lendin

230 Financial Services Boca Raton

AMR-American Medical Response 213 Ambulance Service Lake Worth

Taylor & Francis Group LLC 180 Publisher Boca Raton

ICAN Benefit Group 180 Health Insurance Boca Raton

Oasis Group 174 HR Services West Palm

Lynn Insurance 160 Insurance Boca Raton

Oxbow Power Corp 150 Life Sciences Research West Palm

Sources: Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, the employers, and Harris Infosource-updated 3/2010

Service companies, both public and private, large and small, support the area's residents and

businesses. There are roughly 48,614 companies in Palm Beach County that supply products and

services.

In the services producing sector of the economy, a strong cluster of companies is found in business

and financial services. This cluster represents more than 11,800 companies. Below is a list of just

a few of the major service oriented employers in Palm Beach County.