Savannah Chamber

35 Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce 2016 Economic Trends 15 Industry: Major Employers As of mid-2015, business establishments in the Savannah MSA numbered 9,872; a net increase of 290 firms from 2014. Major Employers (Non-Manufacturing) Corporation / Organization Service / Product Employees Memorial University Medical Center Hospital 5,000 St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital 3,617 Kroger Retail food 1,000-4,999 Marine Terminals Corp. Marine cargo handling 1,000-4,999 McDonalds Restaurant 1,000-4,999 SSA Cooper Marine cargo handling 1,000-4,999 Publix Retail food 983 SouthCoast Health Healthcare services 680 Georgia Regional Hospital Hospital 650 Coastal Home Care Inc. Medical care 631 Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire Adult vocational rehabilitation 560 Trace Staffing Solutions Employment services 500 UTC Overseas Logistics solutions 500-999 Ceres Marine Terminals Marine cargo handling 500-999 Georgia Power Company - Coastal Region Electric utility 473 The Landings Club Private membership club 435 Colonial Group Petroleum products 350 CSX Railroad 308 TMX Finance Financial 302 Effingham County Hospital Authority Hospital 300 Walmart Retail 285 Dollar Tree Retail 271 Education / Government / Public Service Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education Public schools 4,808 Ft. Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield (D.o.D.) Civilian personnel on bases 3,891 City of Savannah Government 2,795 YMCA of Coastal Georgia Civic association 1,856 Chatham County Government 1,600 Savannah College of Art & Design Education 1,590 Georgia Ports Authority Ship terminal operation 1,100 Armstrong State University Education 846 Note: The International Longshoreman Association represents about 3,000 unionized workers at Georgia Ports Authority facilities under hire by cargo handling companies. Source: Specific employment provided by SEDA or by company, when available, other reported as an employment range from Georgia Department of Labor.

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