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 1,000 to 2,499 employees are presented below, in rank order within their size grouping, with their overall rank posted to the left.
| Rank |
Companies |
| 3 |
Republic Bancorp
1292 employees
www.republicbancorp.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: Michigan |
| 5 |
Xilinx
2059 employees
www.xilinx.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Electronics
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: California |
| 8 |
Griffin Hospital
1029 employees
www.griffinhealth.org
Industry: Health Care - Hospital
Ownership: Non-profit
State: Connecticut |
| 9 |
Alston & Bird
1476 employees
www.alston.com
Industry: Professional Services - Legal
Ownership: Private
State: Georgia |
| 10 |
Vision Service Plan
1976 employees
www.vsp.com
Industry: Health Care - Services
Ownership: Non-profit
State: California |
| 12 |
Quicken Loans
1911 employees
www.quickenloans.com
Industry: Information Technology - Software
Ownership: Private
State: Michigan |
| 13 |
Adobe Systems
2425 employees
www.adobe.com
Industry: Information Technology - Software
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: California |
| 15 |
Container Store
2464 employees
www.containerstore.com
Industry: Retail - Specialty
Ownership: Private
State: Texas |
| 18 |
Robert W Baird
2156 employees
www.rwbaird.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance
Ownership: Private
State: Wisconsin |
| 20 |
HomeBanc Mortgage
1234 employees
www.homebanc.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: Georgia |
| 21 |
David Weekley Homes
1164 employees
www.davidweekleyhomes.com
Industry: Construction & Real Estate
Ownership: Private
State: Texas |
| 22 |
TDIndustries
1426 employees
www.tdindustries.com
Industry: Construction & Real Estate
Ownership: Private
State: Texas |
| 24 |
Network Appliance
2114 employees
www.netapp.com
Industry: Information Technology - Storage/Data Management
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: California |
| 26 |
American Century Investments
1770 employees
www.americancentury.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Investments
Ownership: Private
State: Missouri |
| 29 |
Stew Leonard's
1767 employees
www.stewleonards.com
Industry: Retail - Food/Grocery
Ownership: Private
State: Connecticut |
| 32 |
Arnold & Porter
1426 employees
www.arnoldporter.com
Industry: Professional Services - Legal
Ownership: Private
State: District of Columbia |
| 34 |
American Fidelity Assurance
1371 employees
www.afadvantage.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - General Insurance
Ownership: Private
State: Oklahoma |
| 38 |
Timberland
2029 employees
www.timberland.com
Industry: Retail - Specialty
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: New Hampshire |
| 40 |
National Instruments
2054 employees
www.ni.com
Industry: Information Technology - Software
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: Texas |
| 41 |
Plante & Moran
1242 employees
www.plantemoran.com
Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management
Ownership: Private
State: Michigan |
| 46 |
Kimley-Horn
1507 employees
www.kimley-horn.com
Industry: Professional Services
Ownership: Private
State: North Carolina |
| 47 |
Perkins Coie
1582 employees
www.perkinscoie.com
Industry: Professional Services - Legal
Ownership: Private
State: Washington |
| 49 |
Sterling Bank
1099 employees
www.banksterling.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: Texas |
| 60 |
Arbitron
1421 employees
www.arbitron.com
Industry: Media
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: New York |
| 70 |
SEI Investments
1718 employees
www.seic.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Investments
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: Pennsylvania |
| 78 |
Bingham McCutchen
1917 employees
www.bingham.com
Industry: Professional Services - Legal
Ownership: Private
State: Massachusetts |
| 91 |
Morrison & Foerster
2096 employees
www.mofo.com
Industry: Professional Services - Legal
Ownership: Private
State: California |
| 95 |
John Wiley & Sons
2080 employees
www.wiley.com
Industry: Media - Publishing and printing
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: New Jersey |
| 100 |
Valassis
1754 employees
www.valassis.com
Industry: Media
Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
State: Michigan |
