Powerlist

Our ranking of Oregon’s top commercial insurance firms by number of licensed commercial agents in Oregon and Southwest Washington

Do you own, manage or represent a meeting facility in Oregon or Clark Co. Washington? If so, use this survey to submit or update your firm’s information for our annual Powerlist, published in Oregon Business magazine. To submit a new facility or update your facility’s information, click here.

100 BEST METHODOLOGY

Employee survey

Company participation in the 100 Best survey is voluntary and free of charge. Participating companies must employ at least 15 Oregon workers. Companies are categorized as small if they employ less than 250 people; large companies are those with 250 or more employees. This year, more than 25,000 employees in Oregon rated their satisfaction with 312 employers in 50 workplace qualities — 10 in each of the following categories.

At Mo’s Restaurants, a group of six coastal seafood joints based in Newport, they’re going to raise the price of the home-baked bread — two thick slices served with pats of butter — for the first time in probably 20 years.

Further boosting Portland’s eco-topian image, two local companies received nods in Outside magazine’s “green issue,” out this month.

MARCH 2008: 100 BEST COMPANIES 100 BEST CATEGORY WINNERS LARGE COMPANIES BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION WORK ENVIRONMENT DECISION MAKING AND TRUST PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING EMPLOYER BENEFITS SURVEY 1. U.S. Cellular 1. U.S. Cellular 1. U.S. Cellular 1. U.S. Cellular 1. Qualcomm 2. Edge Wireless LLC 2. Madden Industrial Craftsmen 2. GVA Kidder Mathews … Read more

We love a bad news story. Crime and scandal sell newspapers and capture TV viewership.

After a rough 12-year slog with more drought than profit, Oregon wheat growers are finally back in the black, thanks to record wheat prices that are not expected to drop any time soon.

MARCH 2008: 100 BEST COMPANIES 100 BEST ALPHABETICAL INDEX LARGE COMPANIES SMALL COMPANIES COMPANY RANK COMPANY RANK AmeriTitle 21 ACME Business Consulting 38 Avista Utilities 31 Arlie & Company 48 Bank of the Cascades 50 Ashland Food Cooperative 25 Barco MIS 39 Boly:Welch Staffing Services 43 Bend Metro Park and Recreation District 35 Cascade Employers … Read more