Tampa Bay’s top large workplaces for 2021

Maintaining a positive company culture can be challenging as a business grows, but it’s even more difficult when employees can’t meet face-to-face. The pandemic forced many companies to reassess how they keep employees happy while working remotely, and these 22 large companies — with 500 or more employees in Tampa Bay — excelled at this. Companies who made this year’s ranking include firms that are headquartered in the bay area and national companies with locations locally.

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Hadi Asab, 20, relationship specialist, left, speaks with Store Supervisor Amy Coluccio, 48, at Grow Financial in March. | [Chris Urso | Times]
Hadi Asab, 20, relationship specialist, left, speaks with Store Supervisor Amy Coluccio, 48, at Grow Financial in March. | [Chris Urso | Times] [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
Rank Company Sector Employees Top Workplaces Years Ranked
1 Grow Financial Federal Credit Union Financial Services & Insurance – Credit Union 536 10
2 KnowBe4 Inc. Security Awareness Training 824 6
3 Progressive Insurance Insurance 5,353 12
4 Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. Mortgage Lending 849 1
5 Capital One Financial Corporation Banking 1,764 12
6 Parallon – Tampa Shared Services Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management 1,123 11
7 Power Design, Inc. Construction 919 10
8 MetLife Insurance and Financial Products 1,866 2
9 CAE USA Inc. Manufacture – High Tech 610 3
10 Raymond James Financial, Inc. Financial Services 5,000 10
11 Suncoast Credit Union Credit Union 1,395 7
12 Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Government 630 5
13 T-Mobile US Wireless communication 756 12
14 BayCare Health System Hospitals & Health Systems 25,250 7
15 CareCentrix Health Care 793 3
16 Kforce Inc. Staffing – Services 661 5
17 City of Largo Local Government 822 1
18 PODS Enterprises LLC Logistics 650 1
19 Crown Automotive Group Auto Dealership 871 1
20 HCA West Florida- South Bay Hospital Hospitals 501 3
21 Pasco County BOCC County Government 2,636 1
22 Chapters Health System Hospice, Home Health, and Palliative Care 1,249 1