Major Employers
Montgomery County has historically been a center for business and industry. Whether it was the Limekiln's of the 1800's or today's large business communities such as Ft. Washington and King of Prussia, major corporations call Montgomery County home. For your information, we have listed, to the best of our ability, the top private sector employers ranked by the number of employees.
| 1. Merck & Company, Inc. |
12,000 |
| 2. Main Line Health Systems |
9,990 |
| 3. Abington Memorial Hospital |
5,410 |
| 4. AlliedBarton Security |
4,500 |
| 5. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals |
3,700 |
| 6. Aetna, Inc. |
3,664 |
| 7. Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Global Services |
3,500 |
| 8. Quest Diagnostics |
3,050 |
| 9. ABM Services |
3,000 |
| 9. Unisys Corp |
3,000 |
| 10. Lankenau Hospital |
2,100 |
| 11. McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals |
2,100 |
| 12. Genuardi's Market |
2,050 |
| 12. Mercy Health System |
2,050 |
| 13. Bryn Mawr Hosiptal |
2,000 |
| 14. Holy Redeemer Health System |
1,942 |
| 15. ACTS Retirement-Life Communities |
1,510 |
| 16. PNC Financial Services Group |
1,300 |
| 17. Montgomery Hospital Medical Center |
1,000 |
| 18. Harleysville Insurance/Harleysville Group, Inc. |
960 |
| 19. Commerce Bank |
590 |
| 20. University of Pennsylvania |
321 |
| 21. Karr Barth Associates, Inc. |
315 |
| 22. Primavera Systems |
313 |
| 23. ACE Insurance-North America |
282 |
The following items apply to the above referenced list, its contents, and how the information was compiled. It is very important to include these notes when using this listing as a source of reference.
All employment numbers are rounded to be as accurate as possible.
This list was compiled using existing sources, County Commerce Department sources, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and Chamber of Commerce sources.
Some of the firms listed may have more than one Montgomery County site or sites outside our county. However, the employment figure shown is intended to represent only the actual number of jobs in Montgomery County.
1/1/2009