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| # | Company | Colorado
Employees | Headquarters | Description | | 1 | King Soopers | 15,928 | Kroger, Cincinnati | Retail food store | | 2 | Quest Communications | 14,400 | Denver, CO | Telecommunication-broadband data | | 3 | Centura Health | 12,377 | Englewood | Health care systems | | 4 | Safeway | 12,000 | Pleasanton, CA | Retail-grocery | | 5 | HealthOne | 9,285 | Denver | Health care services | | 6 | United Airlines | 7,700 | Chicago, Il | Airlines | | 7 | Wells Fargo Bank West N.A. | 6,000 | San Francisco | Financial Services | | 8 | WorldCom | 6,000 | Clinton, MA | Telecommunications | | 9 | Coors Brewing Co. | 5,500 | Golden, CO | Brewers | | 10 | Exempla Healthcare | 5,420 | Denver, CO | Health care services | | 11 | EchoStar Communications | 4,500 | Littleton, CO | Telecommunications-cable TB,
Satellite systems | | 12 | Kaiser Permanente | 4,141 | Oakland, CA | Health care services | | 13 | Xcel Energy | 3,712 | Minneapolis, MI | Electric utilities | | 14 | Ball Corp | 3,200 | Broomfield, IN | Electric utilities | | 15 | Great West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. | 3,035 | Manitoba, Canada | Multi-line insurance | | 16 | University of Colorado Hospital | 2,985 | Denver, Colorado | Health care services | | 17 | Avaya | 2,905 | Basking Ridge, N.J. | Telecommunications
communications processing | | 18 | CH2M Hill Companies Ltd. | 2,725 | Englewood, CO | Engineering and architectural services | | 19 | The Children’s Hospital | 2,042 | Denver, Colorado | Health services | | 20 | Storage Technology Corp | 2,300 | Louisville, Colorado | Computer hardware | | 21 | University of Denver | 2,016 | Denver, Colorado | University | | 22 | Alpine Access | 2,000 | Golden, CO | Business services - call center | | 23 | First Bank Holding Co. of Colorado | 1,940 | Lakewood, CO | Banking | | 24 | U.S. Bank | 1,900 | Minneapolis, MN | Banking | | 25 | Level 3 | 1,850 | Broomfield, CO | Telecommunication -
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| Source: Denver Business Journal November 2002 |
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