100 Best Companies to Work for in America

2005

2,500 - 9,999 employees

This year, in addition to the overall ranking of the "100 Best", we have clustered companies by size in order to see companies grouped with like-sized peers.

Companies with 2,500 - 9,999 employees are presented below, in rank order within their size grouping, with their overall rank posted to the left.

The List Publisher's Site: Fortune Magazine

Rank	Companies
2	W. L. Gore 4270 employees www.gore.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private State: Delaware
4	Genentech 6756 employees www.gene.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - Biotechnology Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: California
6	J. M. Smucker 3337 employees www.smuckers.com Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Ohio
7	S. C. Johnson & Son 3420 employees www.scjohnson.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Personal and Household goods Ownership: Private State: Wisconsin
14	CDW Corporation 3702 employees www.cdw.com Industry: Retail - Computers/electronics Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Illinois
16	SAS Institute 5065 employees www.sas.com Industry: Information Technology - Software Ownership: Private State: North Carolina
17	Qualcomm 6119 employees www.qualcomm.com Industry: Telecommunciations Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: California
19	QuikTrip 7321 employees www.quiktrip.com Industry: Retail Ownership: Private State: Oklahoma
28	American Cast Iron Pipe Company 2554 employees www.acipco.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Private State: Alabama
36	Bronson Healthcare Group 3172 employees www.bronsonhealth.com Industry: Health Care - Hospital Ownership: Non-profit State: Michigan
39	Pella 8132 employees www.pella.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Building Materials Ownership: Private State: Iowa
42	Alcon Laboratories 6140 employees www.alconlabs.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Texas
43	Symantec 3277 employees www.symantec.com Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: California
44	SRA International 3295 employees www.sra.com Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Virginia
45	Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) 6814 employees www.REI.com Industry: Retail - Specialty Ownership: Cooperative State: Washington
48	Memorial Health 4159 employees www.memorialhealth.com Industry: Health Care - Hospital Ownership: Non-profit State: Georgia
52	Guidant 8706 employees www.guidant.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Medical devices Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Indiana
53	MITRE 5383 employees www.mitre.org Industry: Social Services and Government Agencies Ownership: Non-profit State: Virginia
55	Hot Topic 7032 employees www.hottopic.com Industry: Retail - Specialty Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: California
59	Baptist Health Care 4173 employees www.ebaptisthealthcare.org Industry: Health Care - Hospital Ownership: Non-profit State: Florida
62	IKEA North America 6944 employees www.ikea-usa.com Industry: Retail - Specialty Ownership: Private State: Pennsylvania
64	Intuit 6239 employees www.intuit.com Industry: Information Technology - Software Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: California
65	Aflac 3904 employees www.aflac.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - General Insurance Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Georgia
67	Discovery Communications 3315 employees www.discovery.com Industry: Media Ownership: Private State: Maryland
69	St. Luke's Episcopal Health System 6987 employees www.stlukestexas.com Industry: Health Care - Hospital Ownership: Non-profit State: Texas
74	Emmis Communications 3067 employees www.emmis.com Industry: Media Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Indiana
77	Wm. Wrigley Jr. 3459 employees www.wrigley.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Illinois
79	Granite Construction 4259 employees www.graniteconstruction.com Industry: Construction & Real Estate Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: California
83	Monsanto 6420 employees www.monsanto.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Missouri
85	Men's Wearhouse 9643 employees www.menswearhouse.com Industry: Retail - Clothing Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Texas
92	Harley-Davidson 8379 employees www.harley-davidson.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Automotive Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Wisconsin
93	Simmons 3161 employees www.simmons.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Furniture Ownership: Private State: Georgia
97	Roche Holdings 8431 employees www.roche-diagnostics.us Industry: Health Care Ownership: Private State: Indiana

Complete list

Companies with 10,000 or more employees

Companies with 2,500 - 9,999 employees

Companies with 1,000 to 2,499 employees