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 2019

Company Name Industry Region

Company-wide 1 CoxHealth Healthcare 11,669 11,669 2 Mercy Hospital Springfield Healthcare 10,950 41,585 3 Walmart Inc. Retail 5,372* 2,300,000 4 Springfield Public School Education 4,100 4,100 5 State of Missouri Government 4,018 51,399 6 Bass Pro Shops | Tracker Marine Retail/Manufacturing 3,341 32,915 7 United States Government Government 3,005 2,811,000 8 Missouri State University Education 2,874 2,998 9 Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. Software Development 2,174 6,347 10 O’Reilly Auto Parts (HQ) Retail/Manufacturing 2,042 61,312 11 Citizens Memorial Healthcare Healthcare 1,900 1,900 12 City of Springfield Government 1,655 1,655 13 Ozarks Technical Community College Education 1,554 1579 14 EFCO (HQ) Manufacturing 1,550 6,700 15 SRC Holdings (HQ) Manufacturing 1,435 1,650 16 Chase Card Services Financial 1,350 250,000 17 Prime, Inc. (HQ) Transportation 1,263 4,765 18 The Arc of the Ozarks Social Assistance 1,035 1,277 19 Lowe’s (7 locations) Retail 1,010 310,000 20 Kraft Heinz Company Manufacturing 996 39,000 21 TTEC Holdings Inc. Telecommunications 963 48,000 22 Expedia, Inc. Telecommunications 950 22,000 23 City Utilities of Springfield Utility 946 946 24 Burrell Behavioral Health (affiliate of CoxHealth) Healthcare 943 1,239 25 Ozark R-VI School District Education 925 925 26 American National Property & Casualty Co. Insurance 910 3,300 27 T-Mobile USA Communications 825 51,000 28 Willard R-II School District Education 804 804 29 Greene County Government 800 800 30 Nixa R-II School District Education 785 785 31 Republic R-II School District Education 723 723 32 AT&T Telecommunications 679 258,500 33 General Council of the Assemblies of God (HQ) Religion 670 670 34 Hutchens Industries Inc. Manufacturing 650 650489 35 Loren Cook Company Manufacturing 600 700 36 BNSF Railway Transportation 600 42,000 37 Paul Mueller Company (HQ) Manufacturing 589 704 38 Great Southern Bank (HQ) Financial 574 1,062 39 Oxford HealthCare Healthcare 509 767 40 Associated Wholesale Grocers | Elite Logistics Transportation 507 4,326 41 Positronic Industries (HQ) Manufacturing 473 473 42 BKD, LLP (HQ) Financial 471 2,650 43 U.S. Bank Financial 470 73,000 44 Dairy Farmers of America Manufacturing 449 6,300 45 Jordan Valley Community Health Center Healthcare 446 446 46 John Deere Reman-Springfield Manufacturing 439 60,500 47 Carlisle Transportation Products Manufacturing 420 3,500 48 Gold Mountain Communications, LLC Telecommunications 400 400 49 Ozarks Area Community Action Corp. Social Assistance 400 400 50 Drury University Education 400 400 51 French’s Food Company Manufacturing 382 11,700 52 Meeks Building Centers Retail 377 377 53 3M Company Manufacturing 375 91,536 54 Lakeland Behavioral Health Healthcare 370 21,000 55 Evangel University Education 364 364400 56 Indiana Western Express Transportation 358 496 57 Southwest Baptist University Education 355 355 58 Bolivar R-I School District Education 350 350 59 NorthStar Battery Manufacturing 350 972 60 Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Manufacturing 350 90,000 61 Logan-Rogersville School District Education 334 334 62 Ozarks Community Hospital Healthcare 327 666 63 One Call Care Management Telecommunications 300 300 64 Wyndham Destinations Telecommunications 300 25,000 65 American Dehydrated Foods Manufacturing 282 282 66 Integrity Home Care Healthcare 277 864 67 Amprod Holdings, LLC Manufacturing 270 279 68 Springfield-Greene County Library District Information Services 254 254 69 Central Bank of the Ozarks Financial 250 2,803 70 Hiland Dairy Co. Manufacturing 250 1,500 71 Netsmart Healthcare 250 1,200