Manatee County                                    No. of Employees

Private Employers

Beall’s                                                             1,671

Manatee Memorial Hospital                                1,400

Tropicana Products                                           1,300

Blake Medical Center                                         1,156

Publix                                                               839

Hoveround Corp.                                               484

Pierce Manufacturing                                         441

IMG Academies                                                 395

SYSCO West Coast Florida                               370

Manatee Glens                                                 339

 

Public Employers

Manatee County School District                         5,300

Manatee County Government                             1,644

Manatee County Sheriff’s Department                 1,034

State College of Florida Manatee Sarasota           485

City of Bradenton                                               471

 

SOURCE: Manatee Economic Development Council, April 2011

 

Sarasota County                                  No. of Employees

Private Employers

Publix                                                             1,474

Venice Regional Medical Center                        1,400

PGT Industries                                                 1,118

Sun Hydraulics Corporation                                686

Tervis Tumbler                                                  670

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota                             624

Sunset Automotive Group                                 600

Goodwill Industries                                           525

Longboat Key Club & Resort                              502

The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota                                 444

 

Public Employers

School Board of Sarasota County                       4,239

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System              2,996

Sarasota County Administration                          1,941

Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office                           932

City of Sarasota                                                  596

 

SOURCE: Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County, December 2011