Major Employers in Charles County, Maryland Company Number Product / Service Industry Employed Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head* 2,976 Military installation Federal government University of Maryland Charles Regional 850 Medical services Health care Medical Center (UM CRMC) Walmart / Sam's Club 592 Consumer goods Retail trade Facchina Construction 550 HQ / construction services Construction College of Southern Maryland 483 Higher education Educational services Safeway 475 Groceries Retail trade Target 400 Consumer goods Retail trade McDonald's 396 Restaurants Accommodation and food services Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative 386 Energy products & services Utilities (SMECO) Genesis HealthCare 1/ 312 Nursing care Health care Bloomin' Brands 300 Restaurants Accommodation and food services CCNRC Family of Care 266 Nursing care Health care Darden Restaurants 253 Restaurants Accommodation and food services Macy's 250 Consumer goods Retail trade Applebee's International 225 Restaurants Accommodation and food services Chick-fil-A 225 Restaurants Accommodation and food services Giant Food 200 Groceries Retail trade ADJ Sheet Metal 193 Structural metal Manufacturing Pizza Hut / Taco Bell / KFC** 190 Restaurants Accommodation and food services NRG Energy 186 Power generation Utilities Food Lion 185 Groceries Retail trade JCPenney 185 Consumer goods Retail trade Waldorf Ford 181 Car dealers Retail trade Ken Dixon Automotive 164 Car dealers Retail trade Keller Transportation 160 Bus transportation Transportation and warehousing United Parcel Service (UPS) 159 Mail & package delivery Transportation and services warehousing Lowe's 153 Home improvement products Retail trade SAIC 153 Engineering services Professional services Southern Maryland Oil / Wills Group 150 Fuel oil distribution Wholesale trade Spring Dell Center 150 Services for persons with Health care disabilities Note: Excludes post offices, state and local governments; includes public higher education institutions. 1/ Includes La Plata Center and Waldorf Center. *Employee count does not exclude contractor employees from companies not appearing on this list. ** Single ownership. Sources: Charles County Department of Economic Development and Maryland Department of Commerce, October 2015.