Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

===Major corporations===
The TVA, the nation's largest public power provider,<ref>[http://www.tva.com/abouttva/keyfacts.htm Frequently Asked Questions About TVA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113223814/http://www.tva.com/abouttva/keyfacts.htm |date=January 13, 2012 }}, TVA website. Retrieved: January 14, 2012.</ref> reported $10.5{{spaces}}billion in revenue in 2021<ref>TVA, [https://tva.q4ir.com/financial-information/financial-statements/default.aspx Financial Statements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706191205/https://tva.q4ir.com/financial-information/financial-statements/default.aspx|date=July 6, 2022 }}</ref> and employs over 12,000 region-wide.<ref>"[http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/feb/20/perfect-storm-swamped-tva-retirement-plan/ Perfect Storm Swamped TVA Retirement Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511124015/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/feb/20/perfect-storm-swamped-tva-retirement-plan/ |date=May 11, 2013 }}", ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', February 20, 2010. Retrieved: January 14, 2012.</ref> The largest company based in Knoxville is privately held [[Pilot Flying J]], the nation's largest truck stop chain and sixth-largest private company, which reported over $29.23{{spaces}}billion in revenue in 2012.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/companies/pilot-flying-j America's Largest Private Companies—#6 Pilot Flying J] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909165147/https://www.forbes.com/companies/pilot-flying-j/ |date=September 9, 2017 }}, ''Forbes.com'', 2013. Retrieved: October 10, 2013.</ref> Knoxville is home to the nation's fourth-largest wholesale grocer, the [[H. T. Hackney Company]], which reported $3.8{{spaces}}billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=3800000000|start_year=2013}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in revenue in 2012,<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/companies/ht-hackney/ America's Largest Private Companies—#103 HT Hackney] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729204843/https://www.forbes.com/companies/ht-hackney/ |date=July 29, 2017 }}, ''Forbes.com'', 2012. Retrieved: October 10, 2013.</ref> and one of the nation's largest digital-centric advertising firms, [[Tombras Group]], which reported $80{{spaces}}million in revenue in 2011.<ref>[http://knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=11949 Knoxville-Area Advertising Firms and Marketing Firms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214120926/http://www.knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=11949 |date=February 14, 2012 }}, Knoxville Book of Lists (''Knoxville News Sentinel''), 2012. Retrieved: January 14, 2012.</ref><ref>Laura Bower [http://www.tombras.com/news/article/Tombras-Creates-New-Impaired-Driving-Campaign Tombras Creates New Nationwide Impaired Driving Campaign for U.S. Department of Transportation: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224173914/http://www.tombras.com/news/article/Tombras-Creates-New-Impaired-Driving-Campaign |date=December 24, 2011 }}. August 30, 2011.</ref>

Other notable privately held companies based in the city include [[Bush Brothers and Company|Bush Brothers]], [[Sea Ray]] (and its parent company [[Brunswick Boat Group]]), [[Thermocopy]], [[Petro's Chili & Chips]], [[EdFinancial Services|EdFinancial]], [[Kurgo]], [[21st Mortgage]] and [[AC Entertainment]]. Also based in Knoxville are movie theater chain [[Regal Cinemas]],<ref name=bolpublic>[http://knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=16865 Knoxville-Area Public Companies Ranked According to Revenue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205183109/http://www.knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=16865 |date=February 5, 2012 }}, Knoxville Book of Lists (''Knoxville News Sentinel''), 2012. Retrieved: January 14, 2012.</ref><ref>"[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/apr/21/eight-tennessee-companies-2009-fortune-500-list/ Eight Tennessee Companies on Fortune 500 List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711072857/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/apr/21/eight-tennessee-companies-2009-fortune-500-list/ |date=July 11, 2012 }}, ''Knoxville News Sentinel'', April 21, 2009.</ref> and health care-staffing firm [[TeamHealth]].<ref name=bolpublic/>