Editing Waltham, Massachusetts (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Waltham supermarket sign.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.75|Waltham Supermarket on Main Street, established in 1936, was a large historic grocery store that closed in the 1990s. The building continues to be a supermarket, occupied subsequently by Shaw's, then Victory, and now Hannaford.]]
Among the companies based in Waltham are medtech corporation [[PerkinElmer]], biopharmaceutical services provider [[Paraxel]], energy supply company [[Global Partners]], data services provider [[Lionbridge]], [[Steel Connect]], broker-dealer [[Commonwealth Financial Network]], technology companies [[Care.com]] and [[StudentUniverse]], research and development organization [[Education Development Center]] (EDC),  provisioner of scientific instrumentation [[Thermo Fisher Scientific]], and the marketing firm [[Constant Contact]]. Footwear manufacturer [[Wolverine World Wide|Wolverine World Wide, Inc.]] moved their regional headquarters from Lexington to the CityPoint campus in July 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sgbonline.com/wolverine-world-wide-opens-new-waltham-ma-headquarters/|title=Wolverine World Wide Opens New Waltham, MA Headquarters |date=July 21, 2016|website=sgbonline.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822134246/https://sgbonline.com/wolverine-world-wide-opens-new-waltham-ma-headquarters/|archive-date=2017-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2014/08/wolverine-worldwide-inks-deal-with-boston.html|title=Bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2014/08/wolverine-worldwide-inks-deal-with-boston.html|last=Grillo|first=Thomas|date=Aug 5, 2014|website=Bizjournals.com|access-date=2017-08-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822174439/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2014/08/wolverine-worldwide-inks-deal-with-boston.html|archive-date=2017-08-22}}</ref> [[C. & J. Clark|C & J Clark America, Inc.]] moved their headquarters from Newton to the Polaroid site in October 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/fashion-style/blog/2016/10/26/clarks-america-headquarters-waltham/|title=Clarks America Headquarters Opens in Waltham|last=Peters|first=Samantha|date=October 26, 2016|work=Boston Magazine|access-date=2017-08-22|language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822140151/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/fashion-style/blog/2016/10/26/clarks-america-headquarters-waltham/|archive-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref> Retail activity is concentrated on Main Street, Moody Street, Lexington Street, River Street, parts of Route 60, and the First Avenue area. New retail development has also been active at a former [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]] site.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jaclyn Reiss |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/10/02/construction-resumes-former-polaroid-site-but-not-market-basket-supermarket/nvmSHaJz2DDjMwVgvUmpyO/story.html |title=Construction resumes at former Polaroid site but not on Market Basket supermarket |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=2013-10-03 |access-date=2015-11-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014256/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/10/02/construction-resumes-former-polaroid-site-but-not-market-basket-supermarket/nvmSHaJz2DDjMwVgvUmpyO/story.html |archive-date=2015-11-17 }}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.city.waltham.ma.us/sites/walthamma/files/uploads/cafr_-final_financial_statement-_city_of_waltham_2018.pdf |work=City of Waltham |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |date=2018 |access-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510022908/https://www.city.waltham.ma.us/sites/walthamma/files/uploads/cafr_-final_financial_statement-_city_of_waltham_2018.pdf |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the top ten non-city employers in the city are as follows.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Employer
! Nature of Business
! Number of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Bentley University]]
|Higher education
| align=right |1,000–4,999
|-
|2
|[[Brandeis University]]
|Higher education
| align=right |1,000–4,999
|-
|3
|[[Fresenius Medical Care]]
|Pharmaceuticals
| align=right |1,000–4,999
|-
|4
|[[National Grid USA|National Grid]]
|Utility
| align=right |1,000–4,999
|-
|5
|[[Novell|Novell, Inc.]]
|Software
| align=right |1,000–4,999
|-
|6
|[[ADP (company)|ADP]] (Waltham office)
|Payroll services
| align=right |500–999
|-
|7
|AM-FM Cleaning Corporation
|Janitorial cleaning
| align=right |500–999
|-
|8
|[[Boston Children's Hospital]]
|Medical
| align=right |500–999
|-
|9
|[[Constant Contact|Constant Contact, Inc]]
|Software
| align=right |500–999
|-
|10
|[[Education Development Center]]
|Educational software
| align=right |500–999
|-
|11
|Jfc Home Health Agency
|Home health services
| align=right |500–999
|-
|12
|Multi Plan Inc
|Health insurance
| align=right |500–999
|}