Major Employers
The Springfield region encapsulates businesses of all sizes and scope. While this market is positioned well for the small, local business to thrive, larger businesses and corporations have benefited from the abundant resources and local talent this region has to offer. Corporate headquarters, large health care facilities, universities and Fortune 500 companies, to name a few, have all experienced growth in this area.
Employers in the Springfield Region that have 250 employees or more are included in the major employer list below.
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Springfield Region Major Employers
Full Time Equivalent Employees as of summer 2017
| Company Name | Industry | Metro area |
Company-wide | |
| 1 | CoxHealth | Healthcare | 11,000 | 11,000 |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Springfield | Healthcare | 10,682 | 39,424 |
| 3 | Springfield Public School | Education | 3,921 | 3,921 |
| 4 | Walmart & Sam’s Club | Retail | 3,307* | 2,300,000 |
| 5 | Missouri State University | Education | 2,852 | 3,031 |
| 6 | United States Government | Government | 2,429 | 2,812,000 |
| 7 | Bass Pro Shops | Tracker Marine | Retail/Manufacturing | 2,311 | 18,726 |
| 8 | State of Missouri | Government | 2,305 | 51,931 |
| 9 | Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | Software Development | 2,064 | 6,103 |
| 10 | O’Reilly Auto Parts (HQ) | Retail/Manufacturing | 1,813 | 59,199 |
| 11 | EFCO (HQ) | Manufacturing | 1,708 | 1,708 |
| 12 | City of Springfield | Government | 1,655 | 1,655 |
| 13 | Chase Card Services | Financial | 1,500 | 243,000 |
| 14 | Citizens Memorial Healthcare | Healthcare | 1,484 | 2,002 |
| 15 | SRC Holdings (HQ) | Manufacturing | 1,435 | 1,650 |
| 16 | Ozarks Technical Community College | Education | 1,398 | 1,441 |
| 17 | Prime, Inc. (HQ) | Transportation | 1,244 | 4,763 |
| 18 | American National Property & Casualty Co. | Insurance | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 19 | City Utilities of Springfield | Utility | 966 | 966 |
| 20 | TeleTech | Telecommunications | 950 | 48,000 |
| 21 | Expedia, Inc. | Telecommunications | 950 | 20,075 |
| 22 | Kraft Heinz Company | Manufacturing | 938 | 41,000 |
| 23 | The Arc of the Ozarks, Inc. | Social Assistance | 922 | 1,276 |
| 24 | Ozark R-VI School District | Education | 909 | 909 |
| 25 | Burrell Beahvioral Health (affiliate of CoxHealth) | Healthcare | 859 | 1,123 |
| 26 | Greene County | Government | 815 | 815 |
| 27 | T-Mobile USA | Communications | 800 | 50,000 |
| 28 | Nixa R-II School District | Education | 732 | 732 |
| 29 | AT&T | Telecommunications | 698 | 266,590 |
| 30 | Republic R-II School District | Education | 695 | 695 |
| 31 | General Council of the Assemblies of God (HQ) | Religion | 685 | 685 |
| 32 | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Elite Logistics | Transportation | 675 | 5,500 |
| 33 | Willard R-II School District | Education | 644 | 644 |
| 34 | Great Southern Bank (HQ) | Financial | 608 | 1,141 |
| 35 | Loren Cook Company | Manufacturing | 600 | 700 |
| 36 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad | Transportation | 550 | 41,000 |
| 37 | Paul Mueller Company (HQ) | Manufacturing | 544 | 647 |
| 38 | Hutchens Industries Inc. | Manufacturing | 489 | 489 |
| 39 | Dairy Farmers of America | Manufacturing | 478 | 6,300 |
| 40 | U.S. Bank | Financial | 470 | 73,000 |
| 41 | Lowe’s Stores (4 locations) | Retail | 450* | 240,000* |
| 42 | Gold Mountain Communications, LLC | Telecommunications | 450 | 450 |
| 43 | BKD, LLP (HQ) | Financial | 434 | 2,642 |
| 44 | Southwest Baptist University | Education | 425 | 425 |
| 45 | The Carlstar Group | Manufacturing | 420 | 3,500 |
| 46 | Oxford HealthCare | Healthcare | 415 | 821 |
| 47 | Evangel University | Education | 400 | 400 |
| 48 | John Deere Reman-Springfield | Manufacturing | 400 | 57,180 |
| 49 | Ozarks Area Community Action Corp. | Social Assistance | 400 | 400 |
| 50 | Jordan Valley Community Health Center | Healthcare | 393 | 436 |
| 51 | Drury University | Education | 384 | 384 |
| 52 | Indiana Western Express | Transportation | 380 | 517 |
| 53 | 3M Company | Manufacturing | 375 | 91,584 |
| 54 | Lakeland Behavioral Health | Healthcare | 370 | 21,000 |
| 55 | Positronic Industries (HQ) | Manufacturing | 362 | 362 |
| 56 | Ozarks Community Hospital | Healthcare | 354 | 677 |
| 57 | Bolivar R-I School District | Education | 354 | 354 |
| 58 | NorthStar Battery | Manufacturing | 350 | 972 |
| 59 | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper | Manufacturing | 350 | 350 |
| 60 | Reckitt Benckiser | Manufacturing | 335 | 27,111 |
| 61 | Murney Associates, Realtors | Real Estate | 330 | 330 |
| 62 | Logan-Rogersville School District | Education | 324 | 324 |
| 63 | ABEC, Inc. | 285 | 285 | |
| 64 | American Dehydrated Foods | Manufacturing | 282 | 282 |
| 65 | Integrity Home Care | Healthcare | 277 | 897 |
| 66 | Amprod Holdings, LLC | Manufacturing | 270 | 279 |
| 67 | John Q. Hammons Company, Inc. | Hospitality | 260 | 3,364 |
| 68 | Trailiner Corp. | Transportation | 250 | 250 |
| 69 | Commerce Bank | Financial | 250 | 4,686 |
| 70 | Hiland Dairy Co. | Manufacturing | 250 | 1,350* |
*Source: Hoovers (employee count may not be full time equivalent)
