SPRINGFIELD'S LARGEST COMMERCIAL-SERVICE EMPLOYERS

Name Full-Time Total Total Co Net Type of Year Address Local Employees Services Revenues Ownership Headquarters Top Local Estab Telephone ? Fax Employees Locations 1998 Stock Symbol Executive Locally 1 Bass Pro Shops 1935 S Campbell 65898 2,000 4,0461 Catalog & showroom WND Private Springfield John L Morris, 1972 873-5000 3 retail sporting goods founder

2 MCI WorldCom 1720 E Primrose 1,300 75,000 Telecommunications WND Public Jackson, MS Jeff Gossman, 1989 268-2000 ? 889-2205 500+ sales WCOM-NASDAQ center director

3 O'Reilly Autoparts 233 S Patterson 65802 1,000 9,442 Automotive parts $616.3 mil Public Springfield David O'Reilly, 1957 862-3333 ? 874-7168 530 & accessories ORLY-OTC CEO / chairman

4 Associated Wholesale Grocers Maurice Henry, 3201 E Division 65802 964 3,000 Grocery wholesale WND Cooperative Kansas City, KS division manager 1947 875-4000 ? 875-4006 4 senior VP

5 First USA

303 E Republic Road 65807 800 100,000 Credit card customer WND Public Chicago Patricia Vitello, 1998

225-3000 ? 225-3030 N/A service One-NYSE center manager

6 Dillon's Food Stores 2841 E Division 65803 581 12,000 Retail supermarkets WND Corporation Hutchinson, KS Tim Bellanti, 1977 895-3000 ? 895-3015 90 KR - NYSE general manager

7 Bank of America 117 Park Central 65806 500+ 180,000 Financial services WND Public Charlotte, NC Steve Burch, EVP, 1899 227-6000 ? 227-3324 4,500 BAC - NYSE regional executive

8 Trailiner Corp

269 Blaine 65803 430 435 Motor freight WND Private Springfield HE Whitener, 1981

866-7258 ? 866-4398 2 transportation CEO

9 Prime Inc Irregular route common 2740 N Mayfair 65803 410 3,000 carrier, refrigerated & $367.78 mil Corporation Springfield Robert E Low, 1980 866-0001 ? 866-4904 1 flatbed division owner/president

10 Mercantile Bank of South Central MO

417 St Louis 65805 300 N/A Financial services WND Public Milwaukee,WS Steve Harmon, 1911 868-4400 ? 868-4544 1,200 FSR-NYSE president

Includes for-profit commercial businesses providing service to Springfield. Ranked by full-time local staff. *Revenues as listed are for parent companies. 1. Includes employees at Tracker Boat. 2. Numbers do not include part-time employees. Some deserving companies may have been omitted due to lack of information, space or deadline restrictions. Governmental, educational, religious, manufacturing and health employers have been purposely omitted. The 1999 Book of Lists is now available on disk[[In-content Ad]]