Top 20 Private-Sector Companies
 Company  Product/ Service  HQ City  SIC Code  Date Est. in Area  Employment
United Parcel Service International air hub Atlanta, GA 4513 1963 18398
Ford Motor Co (2 plants) Automotive manufacture Dearborn, MI 3711 1913 8745
Norton Healthcare Health care provider Louisville, KY 8062 1886 7783
Humana Inc. Managed care, HMO, PPO, POS Louisville, KY 6321 1961 7458
Jewish Hospital Healthcare Health care facilities Louisville, KY 8062 1874 5907
GE Consumer & Industrial Home appliances, lightbulbs Fairfield, CT 3632 1953 5000
Kroger Co. Retail grocer Cincinnati, OH 5411 1883 5177
Baptist Hospital East Health care provider Louisville, KY 8062 1924 3140
Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville Churches, agencies, schools Louisville, KY 8661 1808 2437
Kindred Healthcare Inc. Long-term health care Louisville, KY 8051 1985 2394
YUM! Brands, Inc. Headquarters (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, A&W, Long John Silvers) Louisville, KY 5812 1997 2123
University Hospital Acute-care hospital Louisville, KY 8062 1817 2346
Caesars Indiana Gaming and entertainment resort Las Vegas, NV 7999 1996 1942
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Health insurance sales/service Indianapolis, IN 6324 1887 1575
Publishers Printing Printing trade magazines Shepherdsville, KY 2752 1866 1702
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Banking New York, NY 6021 1854 1500
BellSouth Telecommunications Atlanta 4813 1879 1476
Floyd Memorial Hospital Health care provider New Albany, IN 8062 1953 1337
Clark Memorial Hospital Health care provider Jeffersonville, IN 8999 1997 1411

Source: Business First, 08/05