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Major area employers

Below is a list of major employers in Forsyth County with links to each. This information is also available as part of a comprehensive demographic brochure. For information on major employers in the 12-county Piedmont Triad region please click here.

Major Employers

Major Employers 2011-2012 (Updated November, 2012)
Emp. Company Type
11,750 Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Hospital, Medical School
8,145 Novant Health
Healthcare
6,692 Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co. School System Schools-Secondary and Elementary
4,689 City/County Government Government
3,000 Reynolds American, Inc. Tobacco Products Headquarters
2,800 Wells Fargo Financial Services
2,251 Hanesbrands, Inc. Apparel Headquarters
2,200 BB&T Financial Services
1,680 Wake Forest University (Reynolda Campus) Education
1,500 Lowe's Foods Grocery Headquarters
1,387 Forsyth Tech (Community College) Community College
1,100 BE Aerospace Aviation
1,056 YMCA Fitness
1,050 Pepsi Bottling Company Bottling & Customer Service
979 Winston-Salem State University Education
875 Flow Automotive Companies Automotive
800 GMAC Insurance Insurance
800 Hayward Industries Pools & Spas
721 US Airways Customer Service
573
 Womble Carlyle Law Firm
554 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. Headquarters
550 Cook Medical Medical Devices
Regional Major Employers
Company Name Employment Operation
Wake Forest Univeristy/Baptist Medical Center 11,750 Hospital, Medical School
Novant Health Inc. 8,145 Healthcare
Moses Cone Health System 7,000 Health Care
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools 6,692 Schools-Secondary and Elementary
Unifi 3,806 Textiles
Laboratory Corp. of America 3,200 Health Care, Laboratory Testing
Reynolds American, Inc. 3,200 Tobacco Products Headquarters
Klaussner Furniture Industries Inc. 3,000 Furniture Manufacturing
Wells Fargo 2,800 Financial Services
VF Corporation 2,570 Apparel
Lexington Home Brands 2,500 Furniture Manufacturing
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc. 2,350 Furniture Manufacturing
Hanesbrands 2,251 Apparel Headquarters
BB&T Corp. 2,200 Financial Services
American Express Co. 2,100 Financial Services, Credit Card Operations
Lorillard Inc. 1,950 Cigarette Manufacturing
Bank of America 1,900 Banking
United Parcel Service 1,838 Parcel Ground Service
High Point Regional Health System 1,735 Health Care
Burlington Industries, Inc. 1,700 Textile Manufacturing
Wake Forest University (Reynolda Campus) 1,680 Education-Universities
Thomas Built Buses 1,600 School Bus Manufacturing
Leggett & Platt 1,425 Residential Furnishings
Alamance Regional Medical Center 1,400 Health Care
GMAC 800 Insurance
U.S. Airways 725 Customer Service