Total employees: 1,400

Founded: 1953

Stock symbol: UHS

www.manateememorial.com

American Stroke Association Golf Performance Achievement Award; United Way Board of Directors Award; received chest pain center accreditation; new da Vinci robotic surgical system.

7  FCCI Insurance Group

(Sarasota) Commercial property and casualty insurance throughout the Southeast and Midwest.

Chief executive: G.W. Jacobs

2008 revenues: $514 million

2007 revenues: $581 million

Total employees: 681

Founded: 1959

www.fcci-group.com

Corporate headquarters located in a state-of-the-art office complex in Lakewood Ranch.

8 Progressive
Employer Services

(Sarasota) Professional employer organization providing outsourced solutions to other businesses for payroll administration, workers’ comp risk management, benefits and human resources.

Chief executive: Steve Herrig

2008 revenues: $483 million

2007 revenues: Estimated, $600 million

Total employees: 130

Founded: 1999

www.progressiveemployer.com

9 Doctors Hospital
of Sarasota

(Sarasota) Hospital and outpatient services and affiliates.

Chief executive: Robert C. Meade

2008 revenues: $453 million

2007 revenues: $385 million

Total employees: 534

Founded: 1967

www.doctorsofsarasota.com

Doctors Hospital is an accredited Chest Pain Center and a designated Primary Stroke Center. Average emergency room wait times are under 30 minutes and are posted at www.DoctorsofSarasota.com. Superior surgical services include general, vascular, orthopedic and spine. Rooms are private. Doctors Hospital of Sarasota is an HCA facility.

10  Gettel Automotive

(Manatee) New and used automobiles, retail and auto repair.

Chief executive: James Gettel

2008 revenues: $309 million

2007 revenues: $340 million

Total employees: 375

Founded: 1991

www.gettel.com

In addition to sponsoring events like Giving Hunger the Blues, the Hispanic-Latino Festival and more, Gettel contributes to an array of local charities, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Take Stock in Children and the Sarasota Orchestra, as well as providing other free services to more than 20 local nonprofits.

11 Venice Regional Medical Center

(Sarasota) 312-bed hospital, ambulatory care center (Health Park), clinical lab, Medicare
home health agency.

Chief executive: Melody Trimble

2008 revenues: Estimated, $300 million

2007 revenues: $300 million

Total employees: 1,050

Founded: 1951

Stock symbol: HMA

www.veniceregional.com

A wholly owned subsidiary of Health Management Associates. Home of the Venice Regional Heart Center, staffed by Ocala Heart Institute cardiovascular surgeons and cardiac anesthesiologists. Last year’s revenues were supplied by HMA; this year’s were estimated using outside sources.

12 Sysco Food Services
—West Coast FL Inc.

(Manatee) Full-line marketer and distributor of food, non-food and related items to restaurants, hospitals, hotels, cruise ships and all mass-feeding institutions.

Chief executive: Edwin W. Solomon

2008 revenues: Estimated, $300 million

2007 revenues: Estimated, $550 million

Total employees: Estimated, 672

Founded: 1995

Stock symbol: NASDAQ: SYY

www.syscowcf.com

13 Administrative
Concepts Corp.

(Manatee) Professional employer organization.

Owner, chairman of the board:
George E. Bushong

2008 revenues: Estimated, $300 million

2007 revenues: $426.8 million

Total employees: 16,471

Founded: 1995

www.accpeo.com

Last year’s figures were supplied by the company; this year’s were estimated using outside resources.

14  W.G. Mills Inc.

(Manatee) Construction manager, general contract and design/build services.

Chief executive: Walter G. Mills

2008 revenues: $276 million

2007 revenues: $250 million

Total employees: 225

Founded: 1972

www.wgmills.com

Six regional offices throughout Florida, including corporate headquarters in Sarasota, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Jupiter, Orlando and Jacksonville, as well as an office in Cary, N.C.

15 PGT Industries

(Sarasota) Manufactures custom windows and doors.

Chief executive: Rod Hershberger

2008 revenues: $218.6 million

2007 revenues: $277 million

Total employees: 1,350

Founded: 1980

Stock symbol: PGTI

www.pgtindustries.com

With facilities in north Venice, Fla., and Salisbury, N.C., PGT Industries is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of windows and doors and the nation’s leading manufacturer and supplier of residential impact-resistant windows and doors.

16 Clockwork
Home Services

(Sarasota) Establishes and builds nationally branded franchises for the home services contractor market.

Chief executive: James D. Abrams

2008 revenues: $215 million

2007 revenues: $213 million

Total employees: 800 U.S.; 1,030 North America

Founded: 1998

www.clockworkhomeservices.com

Subsidiary companies include One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating franchising, Plumbers’ Success International, BuyMax, Mister Sparky Electric franchising, Electricians’ Success International, AirTime500, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchising, Success Academy, AirTime Canada and company-owned One Hour operations in Nevada, Florida, California, Indiana and Canada; company-owned Benjamin Franklin operations in California and Tennessee; company-owned Mister Sparky operations in Georgia. In its 2008 Franchise 500 list, Entrepreneur magazine ranked One Hour Air Conditioning No. 163, Benjamin Franklin No. 140 and Mister Sparky No. 387. Clockwork Home Services was ranked No. 933 on the 2008 Inc. 500 list.

17 Ajax Paving
Industries Inc.

(Sarasota) Hot-mix asphalt paving and manufacturing.

President: Michael A. Horan

2008 revenues: $180 million