List of employers in Lexington, Kentucky

According to the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce[1], the largest employers in Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky are:

Non-Manufacturing

# Employer # of Employees Description
1 University of Kentucky 12,096 Public university, one of the state's top employers
2 Fayette County Public Schools 5,300 K-12 school district
3 Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services 3,610
4 Lexmark 3,130 A Fortune 500 developer, manufacturer, and supplier of printing and imaging solutions.
5 City of Lexington 2,973
6 Central Baptist Hospital 2,500
7 Saint Joseph Health System 2,300 System headquarters and two hospitals in Lexington. The system also owns and operates hospitals in Bardstown, Berea, London, Martin, Mount Sterling and Nicholasville.
8 Affiliated Computer Services 2,050 Provides information technology and business process outsourcing. A subsidiary of Xerox.
9 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet 2,000
10 L-3 Communications 1,750
11 Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1,565
12 Walmart 1,497
13 United States Postal Service 1,296
14 Kroger 1,175
15 Lexington Clinic 1,017 Medical group
16 Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment 1,000
17 Amazon.com 950 A large electronic commerce corporation. It has a large distribution center on Leestown Road.
18 Ashland/Valvoline 800 A chemical company.
19 United Parcel Service 780
20 Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital 772
21 Meijer 675
22 Galls 675
23 Kentucky Department of Corrections 560

Manufacturing

# Employer # of Employees Description
1 Trane 1,300 A provider of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and building management systems and controls.
2 Link-Belt Construction Equipment 529 A leader in the design, manufacture and sales of telescopic and lattice boom cranes.
3 Interplex Plastics 517
4 Square D 500 An electrical equipment company owned by Schneider Electric
5 GE Lighting 475
6 Webasto Roof Systems 410 Maker of sunroofs
7 G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers 350 System headquarters and two hospitals in Lexington. The system also owns and operates hospitals in Bardstown, Berea, London, Martin, Mount Sterling and Nicholasville.
8 Creation Technologies 315

References

  1. ^ Bluegrass Region Major Employers
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