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Several Wisconsin companies among Forbes’ best large, midsize US employers

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Forbes released its list of the nation’s best employers for 2025, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The following Wisconsin companies made its list for large employers — companies with over 5,000 employees.

  • No. 61 — Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., Madison;

  • No. 76 — Kwik Trip/Kwik Star, La Crosse;

  • No. 199 — University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison;

  • No. 252 — Harley-Davidson, Milwaukee;

  • No. 357 — Kohler, Kohler;

  • No. 438 — Blain’s Farm & Fleet, Janesville;

  • No. 469 — Uline, Pleasant Prairie;

  • No. 473 — American Family Insurance, Madison;

  • No. 561 — Johnson Controls, Glendale;

  • No. 618 — Schneider National, Green Bay;

  • No. 648 — Schreiber Foods, Green Bay;

  • No. 660 — Epic, Verona;

  • No. 668 — Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee;

  • No. 689 — WEC Energy Group, Milwaukee; and

  • No. 701 — Snap-on, Kenosha.

Among Forbes’ best midsize employers — companies with 1,000–5,000 employees — were:

  • No. 36 — 4imprint, Oshkosh;

  • No. 69 — Green Bay Packaging, Green Bay;

  • No. 160 — HSHS St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay;

  • No. 224 — Charter Manufacturing, Mequon;

  • No. 272 — Sentry Insurance, Stevens Point;

  • No. 282 — Acuity Insurance, Sheboygan;

  • No. 327 — TruStage, Madison;

  • No. 329 — Air Wisconsin, Appleton;

  • No. 335 — Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth;

  • No. 350 — Batteries Plus Bulbs, Hartland;

  • No. 362 — WPS Health Solutions, Madison;

  • No. 379 — Kalahari Resorts, Wisconsin Dells;

  • No. 397 — Bergstrom Automotive Group, Neenah;

  • No. 409 — Duluth Trading, Mount Horeb;

  • No. 421 — Lands’ End, Dodgeville;

  • No. 434 — West Bend Mutual Insurance, West Bend;

  • No. 476 — Generac Power Systems, Waukesha; and

  • No. 478 — Greenheck Group, Schofield.

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