Major Employers
Major Employers in the Columbus Region
Company/Organization
|
Sector |
Full Time Employees
|
|
| 1 |
The Ohio State University* |
Education |
29,685
|
|
| 2 |
State of Ohio* |
Government |
22,030
|
|
| 3 |
JP Morgan Chase |
Financial Activities |
16,975
|
|
| 4 |
Ohio Health* |
Health Care |
16,000
|
|
| 5 |
Nationwide Insurance* |
Financial Activities |
11,235
|
|
| 6 |
United States Government |
Government |
10,800
|
|
| 7 |
City of Columbus |
Government |
8,653
|
|
| 8 |
Columbus Public Schools |
Education |
8,611
|
|
| 9 |
Mt. Carmel Health Systems* |
Health Care |
8,448
|
|
| 10 |
Honda of America |
Manufacturing |
7,400
|
|
| 11 |
Franklin County* |
Government |
6,048
|
|
| 12 |
Nationwide Children's Hospital* |
Health Care |
5,762
|
|
| 13 |
Kroger |
Retail Trade |
5,417
|
|
| 14 |
Limited Brands* |
Retail Trade |
5,200
|
|
| 15 |
Huntington Bancshares* |
Financial Activities |
4,170
|
|
| 16 |
Cardinal Health* |
Health Care |
4,030
|
|
| 17 |
Medco Health |
Health Care |
3,831
|
|
| 18 |
American Electric Power* |
Utilities |
3,527
|
|
| 19 |
Battelle* |
Professional Services |
2,618
|
|
| 20 |
Southwestern City Schools |
Education |
2,500
|
|
| 21 |
Abbott Nutrition |
Manufacturing |
2,055
|
|
| 22 |
Alliance Data |
Information |
2,030
|
|
| 23 |
Emerson Network/Liebert Corporation |
Control Systems |
2,000
|
|
| 24 |
State Farm Insurance |
Financial Activities |
1,894
|
|
| 25 |
Dublin City Schools* |
Education |
1,750
|
|
| 26 |
TS Tech |
Manufacturing |
1,720
|
|
| 27 |
Hilliard City Schools* |
Education |
1,700
|
|
| 28 |
Olentangy Local Schools* |
Education |
1,700
|
|
| 29 |
Teleperformance |
Information |
1,620
|
|
| 30 |
Exel |
Information |
1,600
|
|
| 30 |
Giant Eagle |
Retail Trade |
1,600
|
|
| 31 |
Ashland |
Chemicals/Technology |
1,500
|
|
| 32 |
McGraw-Hill |
Publishing |
1,495
|
|
| 33 |
Big Lots* |
Retail Trade |
1,310
|
|
| 34 |
Chemical Abstracts |
Information |
1,300
|
|
| 35 |
Worthington Industries* |
Manufacturing |
1,229
|
|
| 36 |
Anchor-Hocking |
Manufacturing |
1,200
|
|
| 37 |
Aetna Health |
Health Care |
1,180
|
|
| 38 |
Anthem Blue Cross |
Insurance/Health Care |
1,129
|
|
| 39 |
Boehringer Roxane |
Phameceuticals |
1,110
|
|
| 40 |
Time-Warner |
Cable TV/Internet/Telephone |
1,084
|
|
Some qualifying companies contacted have declined to reveal employment numbers and do not appear on this list
*Headquartered locally
.