Globe 100 charts
| 2013 | Company | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TJX Cos. | 179,000 |
| 2 | Staples | 85,087 |
| 3 | Raytheon Co. | 67,800 |
| 4 | EMC Corp. | 60,000 |
| 5 | Covidien | 43,400 |
| 6 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 38,900 |
| 7 | State Street Corp. | 29,660 |
| 8 | Five Star Quality Care | 27,144 |
| 9 | Boston Scientific Corp. | 24,000 |
| 10 | Iron Mountain | 17,500 |
| 11 | Alere | 17,400 |
| 12 | Clean Harbors | 13,180 |
| 13 | Parexel International Corp. | 12,695 |
| 14 | Nuance Communications | 12,000 |
| 15 | Sensata Technologies Holding NV | 11,300 |
| 16 | UniFirst Corp. | 11,000 |
| 17 | Sapient Corp. | 10,700 |
| 18 | Analog Devices | 9,200 |
| 19 | PerkinElmer | 7,500 |
| 20 | Charles River Laboratories International | 7,200 |
| 21 | Bruker Corp. | 6,400 |
| 22 | Hologic | 6,157 |
| 23 | Biogen Idec | 5,950 |
| 24 | Watts Water Technologies | 5,900 |
| 25 | PTC | 5,897 |
| 26 | Waters Corp. | 5,860 |
| 27 | Virtusa Corp. | 5,672 |
| 28 | Hanover Insurance Group | 5,100 |
| 29 | Lionbridge Technologies | 5,000 |
| 30 | Cabot Corp. | 4,826 |
| 31 | Skyworks Solutions | 4,700 |
| 32 | ModusLink Global Solutions | 3,900 |
| 33 | VistaPrint Ltd. | 3,700 |
| 34 | Altra Holdings | 3,617 |
| 35 | Teradyne | 3,600 |
| 36 | Akamai Technologies | 3,074 |
| 37 | Entegris | 3,050 |
| 38 | Circor International | 3,000 |
| 39 | LPL Financial Holdings | 2,917 |
| 40 | Beacon Roofing Supply | 2,712 |
| 41 | NxStage Medical | 2,700 |
| 42 | TRC Cos | 2,600 |
| 43 | Destination XL Group | 2,446 |
| 44 | American Tower Corp. | 2,432 |
| 45 | IPG Photonics Corp. | 2,400 |
| 46 | athenahealth | 2,339 |
| 47 | Haemonetics Corp. | 2,337 |
| 48 | MKS Instruments | 2,305 |
| 49 | Affiliated Managers Group | 2,230 |
| 50 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 2,200 |
SOURCE: S&P Capital IQ