Employees: 7,044
Percentage of minorities: 22.3 percent
Revenue in 2020: $3.48 billion
No. 30 — Kimley-Horn and Associates, Raleigh
Industry: Professional services
Employees: 4,605
Percentage of minorities: 20.2 percent
No. 86 — SAS Institute, Cary
Industry: Computer software
Employees: 6,908
Percentage of women: 41.2 percent
Cisco, based in San Jose, California, topped this year's list. The company, which makes network and other communications equipment, employed 36,374 people as of March 2021. Cisco, ranked fourth last year, has been on the list every year since its creation.
Rounding out the top 5 were Salesforce, based in San Francisco; Hilton, based in McLean, Virginia; Wegmans, based in Rochester, New York; and Rocket Companies, based in Detroit, Michigan.