Major Employers
Freeport and Stephenson County employ skilled individuals in diverse businesses such as healthcare, manufacturing and value-added agriculture.
Employer | Industry | # of Employees |
---|---|---|
The Helm Group | Construction, plumbing, heating & service | 1400 |
FHN | Healthcare provider | 985 |
The Morse Group | Electrical contractor | 905 |
Berner Food & Beverage | Private label food manufacturing | 758 |
Freeport School District #145 | Pre-K to 12 public school | 722 |
Honeywell | Switches & sensors | 471 |
Farmers Insurance | Insurance | 413 |
Walmart | Retail | 380 |
Titan Tire Corporation of Freeport | Auto, farm & industrial Trres | 340 |
Snak King | Snack food packaging | 329 |
Stewart & Associates | Business services | 215 |
Newell Rubbermaid Co. | Freeport office | 260 |
Stephenson County | Government | 226 |
Danfoss | Manufacturing hydrostatic transmissions | 207 |
Fehr Graham | Engineering Consultants | 205 |
Liberty Village | Healthcare - nursing home | 183 |
Nuestro Queso | Food manufacturing | 182 |
City of Freeport | Municipality | 178 |
Anchor Harvey | Forging & alloys | 150 |
Highland Community College | Two-year junior college | 150 |
Menards | Retail | 145 |
Broadstep | Social service agency | 145 |
Stephenson Service Co. | Agricultural | 141 |
Walnut Acres | Healthcare - nursing home | 140 |
Pearl Valley Farms | Agricultural | 135 |
Pearl City Elevator | Agricultural | 132 |
Tri Star Metals | Manufacturing | 120 |
Piedmont Hardware Brands | Warehouse | 123 |
YMCA | Not-for-profit organization | 120 |
Fischer Inc. | Ready mix stone & excavation | 115 |
Savencia Cheese | Food manufacturing | 112 |
Sentry Insurance | Insurance | 110 |
Cub Foods | Retail | 110 |
Loescher HVAC | HVAC & plumbing | 108 |
Pearl Pavillion | Healthcare & rehabilitation | 105 |
Seaga Manufacturing | Vending manufacturing | 105 |
Parkview Home | Retirement community | 105 |
Provena/St. Joseph Campus | Healthcare - nursing home | 104 |
HB Plastic, Inc. | Plastic molding | 100 |
Sullivan's Foods | Retail | 90 |
In Grown Farms | Medical and adult use cannabis cultivation | 88 |
Freeport Park District | Recreation property | 82 |
Farm & Fleet | Retail | 81 |
Malcom Eaton Enterprises | Social service vocational center | 71 |
Modern Plating Corporation | Metal finishing | 71 |
CoreFX | Custom Ingredients Mfg | 63 |
SPG International | Material & storage products | 61 |
SSM Health | Healthcare | 60 |
Culver's | Restaurant | 60 |
ABM Janitorial | Cleaning service | 60 |
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