One in every four workers in Central Florida is employed by one of the region's 100 largest private-sector employers. This table shows those employers and their work-force totals based on operations in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia and Brevard counties as of October 2012. Reflecting the still-uncertain economy, fewer than half the companies on the list have more workers than they did a year ago: 43 reported having more workers, 41 reported having fewer, and three reported having the same number as last year. The remaining 13 were not included in, or did not respond to, last year's Top Employers survey. The 100 companies on this year's list employ a combined 327,719 people — down 4 percent the 2011 list, largely because some big employers, such as Best Buy and Marriott International, did not submit job figures this year. The No. 1-ranked employer, Walt Disney World — the nation's largest single-site employer — by itself employs one in every five workers in the Top 100 total and roughly 5 percent of all workers in the six-county region.
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Oct. 29, 2012
  
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2012 rank 2011 rank Company (Local subsidiary) 2012 Full-time 2012 Part-time 2012 Total 2011 Total
1 1 Walt Disney Co. (Walt Disney World) 42,400 24,300 66,700 64000
10 12 Harris Corp. 6,500 NA 6,500 6500
100 -- Tupperware Brands 307 8 315 300
11 17 Walgreen Co. 4,952 1,202 6,154 4559
12 14 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment 1,912 4,110 6,022 5660
13 15 Health First Inc. 4,918 741 5,719 5645
14 18 Siemens AG 4,395 0 4,395 4475
15 20 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3,995 NA 3,995 3750
16 -- Home Depot Inc. 2,070 1,758 3,828 NR
17 23 Central Florida Investments 3,586 162 3,648 3165
18 33 CVS Caremark NR NR 3,500 2500
19 21 Halifax Health 3,360 135 3,495 3538
2 2 Adventist Health System (Florida Hospital) 18,965 1,934 20,899 21589
20 22 SunTrust Banks Inc. 3,221 219 3,440 3278
21 26 Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 3,273 82 3,355 3021
22 54 7-Eleven Corp. NR NR 3,193 1350
23 37 Southwest Airlines Co. (includes AirTran Airways) 3,074 44 3,118 2212
24 -- Advance/Newhouse Communications (Bright House Networks Inc.) 3,000 50 3,050 NA
25 28 Rosen Hotels and Resorts 2,843 193 3,036 2832
26 24 Bloomin' Brands Inc. 628 2,405 3,033 3150
27 36 PepsiCo. Inc. NR NR 2,854 2232
28 27 Mears Transportation Group 1,090 225 2,838 2846
29 31 HCA Inc. NR NR 2,685 2610
3 3 Publix Super Markets Inc. 7,574 11,445 19,019 18500
30 (tie) 30 Wells Fargo & Co. 2,550 NA 2,550 2800
30 (tie) 32 AT&T Corp. 2,550 NR 2,550 2600
32 34 Central Florida Health Alliance 2,053 384 2,437 2498
33 40 CenturyLink 2,396 NR 2,396 2038
34 (tie) -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. 2,291 70 2,361 NR
34 (tie) 25 Loews Corp. (Loews Hotels, CNA Insurance) 1,665 696 2,361 3063
36 -- Connextions Inc. 2,331 8 2,339 NR
37 -- Marriott Vacations Worldwide 2,177 153 2,330 NA
38 38 Orange Lake Country Club and Affiliate 1,850 450 2,300 2200
39 45 United Parcel Service Inc. 2,174 NA 2,174 1675
4 4 Comcast Corp. (Universal Orlando) NR NR 16,500 16000
40 (tie) 35 Northrop Grumman Corp. 2,012 NA 2,012 2400
40 (tie) 43 Wuesthoff Health System 1,894 118 2,012 1920
42 42 Brinker International Inc. 853 1,054 1,907 1964
43 41 Subway Restaurants 1,045 855 1,900 2000
44 44 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. NR NR 1,889 1823
45 -- Chick-fil-A 598 1,289 1,887 NA
46 -- Verizon 1,550 NR 1,550 NR
47 55 Covelli Family Limited Partnership (Panera Bread) 538 976 1,514 1343
48 56 Sprint Nextel Corp. 1,124 371 1,495 1330
49 49 Aon Corp. (Hewitt Associates) 1,433 16 1,449 1531
5 5 Orlando Health 14,343 526 14,869 13101
50 47 Rockwell Collins Inc. 1,440 NA 1,440 1541
51 51 JetBlue Airways Corp. 1,219 177 1,396 1442
52 58 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 1,350 NA 1,350 1300
53 46 SAIC Inc. 1,258 NA 1,258 1543
54 60 Peabody Hotel Group 950 250 1,200 1250
55 66 Gaylord Entertainment Co. 1,064 109 1,173 1094
56 61 Yum! Brands Inc. 106 1,047 1,153 1245
57 64 Cox Enterprises Inc. 785 346 1,131 1174
58 48 United Space Alliance LLC 1,073 0 1,073 1532
59 68 Advance Auto Parts Inc. 522 547 1,069 1001
6 10 Hilton Hotels Corp. 7,739 1,856 9,595 7133
60 69 Coca-Cola Co. 972 82 1,054 997
61 52 DRS Technologies Inc. 1,010 NA 1,010 1400
62 71 Charles Schwab Corp. 980 NA 980 900
63 67 Parrish Medical Center 881 98 979 1037
64 -- Duke Energy Corp. (formerly Progress Energy) 940 0 940 NR
65 57 Sysco Corp. NR NR 923 1319
66 -- Waste Management Inc. 825 0 825 NR
67 75 Fiserv Inc. 818 0 818 768
68 59 Massey Services Inc. 795 19 814 793
69 77 BB&T Corp. 711 73 784 756
7 6 McDonald's Corp. NR NR 8,275 8225
70 70 Tijuana Flats 89 680 769 900
71 74 Brown & Brown Inc. 736 24 760 770
72 76 AutoNation Inc. 732 21 753 765
73 81 American Automobile Association 685 46 731 673
74 71 Tribune Co. (Orlando Sentinel) 534 181 715 862
75 (tie) -- Electronic Arts 700 0 700 NA
75 (tie) 80 D&A Building Services 240 560 700 700
75 (tie) -- Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc. (Hard Rock International) NR NR 700 NR
78 50 HD Supply 686 11 697 1482
79 85 NextEra Energy Inc. (FP&L) 682 0 682 661
8 9 Lockheed Martin Corp. 7,510 NA 7,510 7393
80 87 United Launch Alliance 621 0 621 623
81 -- Sierra Land Group 606 13 619 NA
82 88 Regions Financial Corp. 527 51 578 600
83 94 Avis Budget Group Inc. NR NR 575 500
84 (tie) 90 Houghton Mifflin Co. 509 0 509 581
84 (tie) 94 International Speedway Corp. 436 73 509 480
86 94 Covidien PLC NR NR 500 500
87 97 Island One Resorts (time shares) 401 93 494 476
88 84 Tri-City Electrical Contractors 488 0 488 663
89 98 Wheeled Coach Industries 465 465 460
9 11 Darden Restaurants Inc. NR NR 6,940 6960
90 -- Holler-Classic Automotive Group 423 32 455 NR
91 -- Grosvenor Building Services Inc. 131 313 444 389
92 99 Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Bank) 276 128 404 435
93 99 Regal Marine Industries Inc. 383 11 394 460
94 100 Smokey Bones 218 173 391 406
95 -- Fifth Third Bank 384 NA 384 396
96 93 Washington Post Co. (Kaplan Inc.) 365 0 365 500
97 -- Rotech Healthcare Inc. 354 0 354 369
98 (tie) -- Windstream 350 0 350 343
98 (tie) 73 Sonny's Franchise Co. 150 200 350 860
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Credits: Orlando Sentinel staff research