Top 25 Employers in Lake County
| Rank |
Company Name |
City/Village |
Employment Count |
Products/Services |
| 1 |
U. S. Department of Navy |
Great Lakes |
26200 |
Navy base |
| 2 |
Abbott Laboratories |
Abbott Park |
13000 |
Pharmaceutical |
| 3 |
Aon / Hewitt |
Lincolnshire |
4700 |
Human resources |
| 4 |
Baxter International Inc |
Deerfield |
4500 |
Medical equipment |
| 5 |
WW Grainger, Inc. |
Lake Forest |
3610 |
Industrial products |
| 6 |
Discover Financial Services |
Riverwoods |
3500 |
Financial services |
| 7 |
Motorola Inc |
Libertyville |
3400 |
Telecommunications |
| 8 |
Vista Hospitals |
Waukegan |
2850 |
Medical center |
| 9 |
LaCosta Facility Support Services |
Wauconda |
2800 |
Building maintenance |
| 10 |
Cdw Corp |
Vernon Hills |
2500 |
Computers |
| 11 |
Walgreen Co |
Deerfield |
2400 |
Drugstore HQ |
| 12 |
Hsbc Finance Corp |
Mettawa |
2300 |
Financial services |
| 13 |
Medline Industries Inc |
Mundelein |
2120 |
Medical products |
| 14 - tie |
Advocate Condell Medical Ctr |
Libertyville |
2000 |
Medical center |
| 14 - tie |
Hospira Inc |
Lake Forest |
2000 |
Medical products |
| 14 - tie |
Rexam CP Inc |
Buffalo Grove |
2000 |
Plastic, paper products |
| 14 - tie |
Veterans Health Administration |
North Chicago |
2000 |
VA medical center |
| 15 |
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital |
Lake Forest |
1760 |
Medical center |
| 16 - tie |
Acco USA Inc. |
Lincolnshire |
1500 |
Office equipment |
| 16 - tie |
Indalex |
Lincolnshire |
1500 |
Extruded aluminum |
| 16 - tie |
Trustmark Insurance Co |
Lake Forest |
1500 |
Insurance |
| 18 |
College of Lake County |
Grayslake |
1280 |
Community college |
| 19 - tie |
Siemens Industry Inc |
Buffalo Grove |
1200 |
Electrical products |
| 19 - tie |
Waukegan Community Unit School |
Waukegan |
1200 |
School system |
| 20 - tie |
Eastek Holdings LLC |
Buffalo Grove |
1100 |
Plastics HQ |
| 20 -tie |
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North |
Deerfield |
1100 |
Pharmaceutical |
| 21 |
Kinetek Inc |
Deerfield |
1080 |
Motors, generators |
| 22 |
Midwestern Regional Medical |
Zion |
915 |
Specialty medical center |
| 23 - tie |
Capital Retail Services Inc |
Lake Zurich |
900 |
Building maintenance |
| 23 - tie |
Uline Inc |
Waukegan |
900 |
Packaging supplies |
| 23 - tie |
Spectris Inc |
Libertyville |
900 |
Medical equipment |
| 24 |
County of Lake |
Waukegan |
850 |
Administrative |
| 25 |
Rosalind Franklin University |
North Chicago |
775 |
Medical university |
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