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West Palm Beach, FL 33401
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Facts & Figures
Palm Beach County Top Employers
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.
Selected Goods Producing Companies
| Company | Approx. Employees | Product | Location |
| Florida Crystals | 1,900 | Agriculture | West Palm |
| U.S. Sugar Corp. | 1,700 | Agriculture | Belle Glade |
| Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne | 1,200 | Aerospace Engineering | West Palm |
| A. Duda & Sons Growers | 1,100 | Agriculture | Belle Glade |
| Thomas Produce Co. | 1,000 | Agriculture | Belle Glade |
| Sikorsky Aircraft | 880 | Helicopters | West Palm |
| Walgreens Distribution | 850 | Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods | Jupiter |
| SimplexGrinnell / Tyco International | 698 | Security System Manufacturing | Jupiter |
| IBM Corp. | 600 | Electronics R&D | Boca Raton |
| Palm Beach Newspapers | 585 | Newspaper Publishing | Wes Palm |
| Sugar Growers Coop. | 552 | Agriculture | Belle Glade |
| Cheney Brothers | 550 | Food Distribution | Riviera |
| BIOMET 3i, Inc. | 519 | Dental Implants | PB Gardens |
| Tyco Safety / Sensormatic | 500 | Security System Manufacturing | Boca Raton |
| ADT Worldwide / Tyco International | 470 | Machinery Manufacturing | Boca Raton |
| Belcan Engineering Group | 467 | Aerospace Engineering | PB Gardens |
| Jarden Consumer Solutions | 450 | Small Home Appliance Manufacturing | Boca Raton |
| Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. | 450 | Bottled Soft Drinks | Riviera |
| Siemens / Enterprise Communications | 400 | Telecommunications | Boca Raton |
| Meisner Electric, Inc. | 400 | Electrical Contractor | Delray |
| Signet Diagnostics Imaging | 400 | Device Manufacturing | Boca Raton |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | 400 | Aerospace Engineering | Riviera |
| Cemex / Rinker Materials | 300 | Concrete Manufacturing | West Palm |
| Rexall Sundown | 300 | Pharmaceutical | Boca Raton |
| Campus Management Corp. | 256 | Software Design | Boca Raton |
| Ranger Construction Industries | 250 | Highway Construction | West Palm |
| Anspach Companies | 242 | Surgical Equipment | PB Gardens |
| LRP Publications | 215 | Multimedia Publishing | PB Gardens |
| Hardrives, Inc. | 200 | Highway Construction | Delray |
| Cross Match Technologies | 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 Bottling | 200 | Bottled Soft Drinks | West Palm |
| Kimley-Horn | 190 | Engineering | 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 Manufacturing | Riviera |
| Farmer & Irwin Corporation | 130 | Mechanical Construction | Riviera |
| General Dynamics | 129 | Aircraft Outfitting | West Palm |
| SV Microwave | 125 | RF Connectors Manufacturing | West Palm |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | 105 | Professional Equipment & Supplies | West Palm |
| Neco Foods | 105 | Manufacture Food Products | Lantana |
| Power Systems Manufactruing | 100 | Turbine Parts Manufacturing | Jupiter |
Service companies, both public and private, large and small, support the area's residents and businesses. There are roughly 48,614companies 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.
Select Service Producing Companies
| 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. Mary'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 & Light (Hdqtrs) | 3,658 | Utilities | Juno |
| Wackenhut Corporation | 3,000 | Security Services | PB Gardens |
| Florida Atlantic University | 2,776 | Higher 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 | Boca Raton |
| Boca Raton Community Hospital | 2,100 | Health Care | Boca Raton |
| The Breakers | 1,800 | Hotel | Palm Beach |
| South Florida Water Management District | 1,700 | Regional Govt, 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 Lending | County Wide |
| Bank of America | 1,000 | Banking | County Wide |
| Palm Beach State College | 982 | Higher Education | Lake Worth |
| Wachovia | 950 | Banking | County Wide |
| City of Boynton Beach | 925 | City Government | Boynton |
| NCCI | 872 | Insurance Actuarial | Boca Raton |
| Washington Mutual Bank | 825 | Banking | County Wide |
| PGA National Resort & Spa | 780 | Hotel | PB Gardens |
| CSC Applied Technologies LLC | 700 | Facilities Support Services | West Palm |
| Lynn University | 700 | Higher Education | Boca Raton |
| The Contiental Group Inc | 640 | Residential Property Managers | 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 Shipping | 500 | Port Shipping Company | Riviera |
| Churchill Benefit Corp / Yurcor | 500 | Computer Systems Design Services | Delray |
| Virtual Bank | 497 | Banking | PB Gardens |
| City of Palm Beach Gardens | 464 | City Government | PB Gardens |
| Verio | 450 | Wired Telecommunications Carriers | Boca Raton |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | 400 | Higher Education | West Palm |
| Blue Green Corp. | 377 | Leisure & Resort Communities | 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 Staffing Network | 264 | Healthcare Staffing Service | Boca Raton |
| LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics | 260 | Computer Programming | Boca Raton |
| Ocwen Financial Corp | 258 | Real Estate Credit | West Palm |
| Global Care Solutions | 250 | Call Center - Chemical Products | PB Gardens |
| TD Bank | 243 | Banking | West Palm |
| WCS Lending | 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: The employers and Harris Infosource-updated 3/2010
