The Richmond Times-Dispatch annually surveys businesses in the 13 localities of the Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan statistical area. The Times-Dispatch’s list of the top area employers was compiled by the business news staff using information provided by the employers and the Virginia Employment Commission. Excluded from the rankings are temporary employment agencies. Also excluded is Cedar Fair’s Kings Dominion, the Hanover County theme park, which has approximately 3,000 employees during its peak summer season but only about 115 working full time year-round.
| Rank 2018 | Private Employers |
|---|---|
| 1 | Capital One Financial Corp. |
| 2 | VCU Health System |
| 3 | HCA Inc. |
| 4 | Bon Secours Richmond |
| 5 | Dominion Virginia Power |
| 6 | SunTrust Banks Inc. |
| 7 | Altria Group Inc. |
| 8 | Amazon.com |
| 9 | Wells Fargo |
| 10 | Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield |
| 11 | United Parcel Service |
| 12 | Bank of America |
| 13 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 14 | Markel Corporation |
| 15 | DowDuPont |
| 16 | Verizon Communications |
| 17 | University of Richmond |
| 18 | General Dynamics Corp. |
| 19 | CarMax Inc. |
| 20 | Southside Regional Medical |
| 21 | AdvanSix |
| 22 | Estes Express Lines |
| 23 | Genworth Financial Inc. |
| 24 | Kings Dominion |
| 25 | GE Power |
| 26 | Supervalu Inc. |
| 27 | Tyson Food Inc. |
| 28 | BB&T |
| 29 | T-Mobile USA Inc. |
| 30 | Patient First |
| 31 | Allianz Global Assistance |
| 32 | Hill Phoenix |
| 33 | CoStar Group |
| 34 | Northrop Grumman |
| 35 | Teleperformance |
| 36 | Performance Food Group |
| 37 | Comcast |
| 38 | WestRock Corp. |
| 39 | Union Bank and Trust |
| 40 | YMCA of Greater Richmond |
| 41 | McGuireWoods LLP |
| 42 | Owens & Minor Inc. |
| 43 | Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia |
| 44 | Westminster Canterbury |
| 45 | Elephant Insurance |
| 46 | Mondelez International |
| 47 | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
| 48 | Southern States |
| 49 | Virginia Credit Union |
| 50 | McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. |