The Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce just released an updated list of the area’s top employers. As of the year ending 2010, here’s how they line up.
- Sparks Health System: 2,400 employees
- Baldor Electric Company: 2,393 employees
- Whirlpool Corporation: 2,014 employees
- O.K. Industries: 1,800 employees
- Fort Smith Public Schools: 1,783 employees
- St. Edward Mercy Medical Center: 1,487 employees
- Rheem Manufacturing Company: 1,157 employees
- University of Arkansas – Fort Smith: 951 employees
- Arkansas Best Corporation, aka ABF Freight Systems: 936 employees
- City of Fort Smith: 900 employees
- Golden Living: 800 employees
- Bost, Inc.: 740 employees
- Gerber Products: 696 employees
- Cooper Clinic: 631 employees
- Area Agency on Aging: 521 employees
- Macsteel: 427 employees
- Cloyes Gear: 400 employees
- Hickory Springs Manufacturing: 400 employees
- The Trane Company: 400 employees
- Kraft-Planters: 350 employees
- Twin Rivers Foods: 346 employees
- Weldon, Williams & Lick, Inc.: 338 employees
- Georgia Pacific: 325 employees
- Riverside Furniture: 210 employees
This list does not include businesses outside of Fort Smith, but in the metropolitan area. For more information, browse additional articles about Fort Smith area employers.
