This year’s list of Best companies with 250 or more employees worldwide
This year’s list of Best companies with 250 or more employees worldwide
| Rank 2006 | Rank 2005 | Company/Organization Industry | City Website | Benefits, attraction and retention | Work env. | Dec- ision making and trust | Perf. mgmt. | Career dev. and learn- ing | Emp- loyer survey of benefits | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | U.S. Cellular Wireless communication services | Medford uscellular.com | 90 | 93.2 | 94 | 91.5 | 91.8 | 70.1 | 530.6 |
| 2 | 29 | The Personnel Department Employment services | Portland goodstaff.com | 82.9 | 91 | 91.9 | 92.6 | 89.5 | 67.2 | 515.1 |
| 3 | 1 | Edge Wireless LLC Wireless communication services | Bend edgewireless.com | 84.7 | 89.6 | 88.5 | 83.3 | 83.6 | 73.9 | 503.6 |
| 4 | 8 | Barco Medical Imaging Systems Graphic board design | Beaverton barco.com | 79.5 | 89.6 | 86.3 | 80.4 | 88.6 | 70.1 | 494.5 |
| 5 | 22 | Carr Auto Group Automotive sales | Beaverton carrauto.com | 80.8 | 88.2 | 87.5 | 81 | 82.8 | 73.1 | 493.4 |
| 6 | 36 | Equity Office Commercial real estate | Portland equityoffice.com | 80.7 | 87.4 | 88.7 | 74.6 | 82.8 | 77.6 | 491.8 |
| 7 | NR | Walsh Construction Co. Commercial/residential construction | Portland walshconstructionco.com | 84.5 | 86.6 | 83.7 | 74.8 | 80.4 | 77.6 | 487.6 |
| 8 | 6 | David Evans and Associates Engineering/architectural consulting | Portland deainc.com | 80 | 88.2 | 85.9 | 72.9 | 76.1 | 77.6 | 480.7 |
| 9 | 7 | Umpqua Bank Banking and financial services | Roseburg umpquabank.com | 78.3 | 88 | 86.3 | 79.1 | 80.6 | 67.9 | 480.2 |
| 10 | NR | T-Mobile USA Wireless communication services | Salem t-mobile.com | 83.1 | 78 | 78.2 | 80.4 | 76.7 | 83.6 | 480 |
| 11 | 16 | Sprint LCS/Medford Solutions Inbound and outbound call center | Medford sprint.com/local | 81.3 | 85.1 | 79.8 | 82.4 | 79.3 | 71.6 | 479.5 |
| 12 | NR | Autodesk Software design/services | Tualatin autodesk.com | 80 | 85.9 | 78.1 | 75.7 | 73.5 | 85.1 | 478.3 |
| 13 | 43 | Ron Tonkin Family/Dealerships Automotive sales and service | Portland tonkin.com | 78.5 | 85.7 | 82.4 | 74.7 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 477.5 |
| 14 | 5 | Cintas Corporation Uniform and facility supplies | Portland cintas.com | 78.7 | 83.7 | 85.6 | 79.7 | 80.9 | 68.7 | 477.3 |
| 15 | 15 | Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Legal services | Portland schwabe.com | 78.6 | 84.6 | 81.1 | 73.9 | 78.3 | 79.9 | 476.4 |
| 16 | 51 | The Randall Group Real estate investment | Portland randallgroup.com | 76.4 | 84.6 | 85.8 | 81.7 | 78.6 | 67.9 | 475 |
| 17 | 18 | Bank of the Cascades Banking and financial services | Bend botc.com | 76.9 | 82.8 | 83.1 | 74.7 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 473.7 |
| 18 | 44 | Oregon Comm. Credit Union Banking and financial services | Eugene oregoncommunitycu.org | 80.9 | 85.8 | 81.3 | 74.6 | 76.4 | 74.6 | 473.6 |
| 19 | 60 | WRG Design Land development and engineering | Portland wrgdesign.com | 80.8 | 84.4 | 78.8 | 77.2 | 75.2 | 76.9 | 473.3 |
| 20 | 23 | Comcast Cable TV, Internet and telecom svcs. | Portland comcast.com | 76.9 | 83.6 | 81.1 | 75.3 | 74.6 | 81.3 | 472.8 |
| 21 | 30 | West Coast Bancorp Banking and financial services | Lake Oswego wcb.com | 75.1 | 83.8 | 84.4 | 78.7 | 75.6 | 74.6 | 472.2 |
| 22 | 39 | Kelly Services Employment services | Portland kellyservices.com | 74.7 | 85.8 | 86.6 | 73.2 | 78.3 | 71.6 | 470.2 |
| 23 | 26 | HSBC Card Services Banking and financial services | Tigard hsbc.com | 76.8 | 79.2 | 79 | 78.6 | 76.4 | 79.1 | 469.1 |
| 24 | NR | Edelman Public relations and marketing | Portland edelman.com | 69.1 | 85.5 | 83.3 | 74.4 | 76.1 | 80.6 | 469 |
| 25 | NR | The Paradies Shops Airport retail sales | Portland theparadiesshops.com | 73.1 | 81.1 | 84.8 | 78.1 | 77.3 | 73.9 | 468.3 |
| 26 | 3 | Avista Utilities Natural gas distribution and services | Medford avistautilities.com | 78.2 | 84.6 | 80.6 | 72.5 | 72.2 | 77.6 | 465.7 |
| 27 | 11 | R&H Construction Commercial construction | Portland rhconst.com | 78.7 | 81.1 | 80.4 | 71.5 | 77.2 | 75.4 | 464.3 |
| 28 | 21 | Nike Footwear/apparel design and marketing | Beaverton nike.com | 75.8 | 82 | 77.1 | 66.3 | 66.9 | 95.5 | 463.6 |
| 29 | 25 | Bullivant Houser Bailey PC Legal services | Portland bullivant.com | 77 | 84.6 | 80 | 69 | 75.3 | 77.6 | 463.5 |
| 30 | 24 | Oregon Medical Laboratories Clinical reference laboratory services | Eugene omlabs.com | 78.5 | 83 | 79.6 | 73.1 | 75.3 | 71.6 | 461.1 |
| 31 | 14 | Wells Fargo Bank Banking and financial services | Portland wellsfargo.com | 72 | 81.5 | 81.8 | 78.7 | 77.2 | 67.9 | 459.1 |
| 32 | NR | Kaiser Permanente NW Health care organization | Portland kaiserpermanente.org | 80.7 | 82 | 78.5 | 67.1 | 72.3 | 78.4 | 459 |
| 33 | NR | Symantec Corporation Software design and services | Springfield symantec.com | 76.5 | 82.5 | 76 | 70.6 | 73.5 | 79.1 | 458.2 |
| 34 | NR | Stimson Lumber Company Forest products manufacturing | Portland stimsonlumber.com | 82.8 | 81.1 | 82.4 | 73.1 | 75.1 | 63.4 | 457.9 |
| 35 | 57 | Lime Financial Services Ltd. Mortgage lending | Lake Oswego limefinancial.com | 69.5 | 86.9 | 84 | 76.2 | 75.4 | 65.7 | 457.7 |
| 36 | 42 | SYSCO Food Svcs. of Portland Food products distribution | Wilsonville syscoportland.com | 77.1 | 78.2 | 81 | 75.2 | 74.4 | 70.9 | 456.8 |
| 37 | 72 | Henningsen Cold Storage Co. Refrigerated warehousing and transp. | Hillsboro henningsen.com | 77.3 | 80.1 | 79.5 | 70 | 76.1 | 73.1 | 456.1 |
| 38 | NR | Wieden+Kennedy Advertising | Portland wk.com | 77.6 | 84.5 | 80.2 | 67.1 | 67.9 | 78.4 | 455.7 |
| 39 | 13 | Heffernan Insurance Brokers Commercial and personal insurance | Portland heffgroup.com | 74.9 | 85.5 | 80.7 | 70.8 | 76.6 | 66.4 | 454.9 |
| 40 | NR | KeyBank, Oregon/SW Wash. Banking and financial services | Portland key.com | 71.4 | 81.3 | 79.6 | 74.5 | 71.5 | 75.4 | 453.7 |
| 41 | 34 | Providence Health System, Ore. Health care system | Portland providence.org/oregon | 75.5 | 81.2 | 76.4 | 65.9 | 70.4 | 82.8 | 452.2 |
| 42 | 10 | Perkins Coie LLP International legal services | Portland perkinscoie.com | 77.8 | 78.7 | 75.4 | 71.2 | 70.8 | 76.1 | 450 |
| 43 | 12 | Parametrix Engineering and environmental sciences | Portland parametrix.com | 74.8 | 82.2 | 79.3 | 68.9 | 67.3 | 76.1 | 448.6 |
| 44 | 35 | Andersen Construction Co. Commercial construction | Portland andersen-const.com | 78.8 | 82.9 | 82.6 | 69.6 | 71.7 | 62.7 | 448.3 |
| 45 | 56 | Harland Financial Solutions Financial software | Portland harlandfinancialsolutions.com | 72.7 | 78.4 | 75.7 | 65 | 71.3 | 79.9 | 443 |
| 46 | 9 | The Stoller Group Employment services | Tualatin expresspersonnel.com | 65.9 | 79.3 | 79.3 | 68.8 | 74.9 | 74.6 | 442.8 |
| 47 | 36 | PremierWest Bank Banking and financial services | Medford premierwestbank.com | 67.3 | 80.2 | 81.7 | 71.6 | 70 | 69.4 | 440.2 |
| 48 | 48 | Columbia River Bank Banking and financial services | The Dalles columbiariverbank.com | 65.9 | 78.4 | 77.8 | 68.7 | 68 | 80.6 | 439.4 |
| 49 | NR | First American Title Ins. of Ore. Title insurance | Portland firstam.com | 73 | 81 | 80.2 | 68.4 | 71.4 | 64.9 | 438.9 |
| 50 | NR | Portland Impact Nonprofit anti-poverty services | Portland portlandimpact.org | 68.1 | 84.5 | 84.1 | 65.3 | 66.1 | 69.4 | 437.5 |
NR = Not ranked in 2005
Links:
- Introduction to 2006 list
- 2006 Best Small Companies
- Methodology
- 2006 category winners
- 2006 alphabetical company index
