88 Ohio Employers That Hire Veterans
88 employers in Ohio cleared the federal veteran-hiring benchmark in filing cycle 2025, between them hiring 3,100 protected veterans out of 30,669 new hires — 10.1% overall, against a national benchmark of 5.1%. The largest by veterans hired are Parker Hannifin Corporation, General Electric Company and Crown Equipment Corporation.
Ohio employers
88
met or beat the federal benchmark
Veterans hired
3,100
of 30,669 total new hires
Combined share
10.1%
against a 5.1% national benchmark
Veteran hiring in Ohio concentrates in Manufacturing (1,232 hires), Professional, Scientific & Technical (737 hires) and Transportation & Logistics (317 hires).
88 employers shown. Click a column heading to sort.
| # | Employer | Veterans hired | Total hires | Share | State | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parker Hannifin Corporation | 632 | 5,487 | 11.5% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 2 | General Electric Company | 245 | 3,731 | 6.6% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 3 | Crown Equipment Corporation | 192 | 2,077 | 9.2% | Ohio | Wholesale Trade |
| 4 | PSA Airlines | 162 | 1,521 | 10.7% | Ohio | Transportation & Logistics |
| 5 | Air Transport Services Group | 155 | 1,175 | 13.2% | Ohio | Transportation & Logistics |
| 6 | Applied Research Solutions | 122 | 284 | 43.0% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 7 | Battelle Memorial Institute | 95 | 1,836 | 5.2% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 8 | The Mission Essential Group LLC | 83 | 169 | 49.1% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 9 | American Electric Power | 72 | 1,288 | 5.6% | Ohio | Utilities |
| 10 | BGI LLC | 64 | 89 | 71.9% | Ohio | Education |
| 11 | Konecranes Inc | 62 | 507 | 12.2% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 12 | Frontier Technology Inc. | 57 | 103 | 55.3% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 13 | Community Blood Center dba Solvita | 56 | 336 | 16.7% | Ohio | Healthcare |
| 14 | Cleveland-Cliffs Incorporated | 55 | 956 | 5.8% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 15 | Davey Resource Group Inc | 49 | 844 | 5.8% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 16 | FE SERV General Office BLDG | 46 | 899 | 5.1% | Ohio | Utilities |
| 17 | Sabel Systems Technology Solutions LLC | 45 | 86 | 52.3% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 18 | Kokosing Construction Company Inc | 44 | 846 | 5.2% | Ohio | Construction |
| 19 | Mettler Toledo LLC | 40 | 512 | 7.8% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 20 | SierTeK Ltd. | 37 | 124 | 29.8% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 21 | Peerless Technologies Corporation | 35 | 129 | 27.1% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 22 | Clarke Power Services Inc | 32 | 280 | 11.4% | Ohio | Other Services |
| 23 | University of Dayton | 30 | 348 | 8.6% | Ohio | Other |
| 24 | Kokosing Industrial Inc. | 30 | 344 | 8.7% | Ohio | Construction |
| 25 | Innovative Technologies Corporation | 30 | 44 | 68.2% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 26 | Ohio Transmission Corporation | 26 | 430 | 6.0% | Ohio | Wholesale Trade |
| 27 | W W Williams Company | 26 | 154 | 16.9% | Ohio | Other Services |
| 28 | Sawdey Solution Services | 26 | 46 | 56.5% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 29 | Contech Engineered Solutions LLC | 25 | 486 | 5.1% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 30 | Cincinnati Bell Inc. dba altafiber | 24 | 461 | 5.2% | Ohio | Information & Media |
| 31 | Wright State University | 23 | 344 | 6.7% | Ohio | Education |
| 32 | Ohio Machinery Co | 22 | 281 | 7.8% | Ohio | Other Services |
| 33 | Diebold Nixdorf Inc | 22 | 263 | 8.4% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 34 | Meyer Tool Inc | 21 | 308 | 6.8% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 35 | Fluor BWXT Portsmouth LLC | 20 | 142 | 14.1% | Ohio | Administrative & Support Services |
| 36 | ARMADA Ltd | 19 | 53 | 35.9% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 37 | Swagelok Company | 16 | 303 | 5.3% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 38 | Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC | 16 | 211 | 7.6% | Ohio | Construction |
| 39 | E Technologies Group LLC | 15 | 130 | 11.5% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 40 | HumanIT Solutions | 15 | 54 | 27.8% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 41 | Four Seasons Environmental Inc | 14 | 108 | 13.0% | Ohio | Administrative & Support Services |
| 42 | Solutions Through Innovative Technologies Inc | 14 | 45 | 31.1% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 43 | CompTech Computer Technologies | 14 | 40 | 35.0% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 44 | Metallus Inc | 12 | 231 | 5.2% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 45 | Thomas J Dyer | 12 | 219 | 5.5% | Ohio | Construction |
| 46 | Fortec Medical Inc. | 12 | 164 | 7.3% | Ohio | Real Estate |
| 47 | AT&F | 12 | 74 | 16.2% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 48 | TACG LLC | 12 | 28 | 42.9% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 49 | Infinity Labs LLC | 11 | 40 | 27.5% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 50 | ONeil and Associates Incorporated | 11 | 29 | 37.9% | Ohio | Information & Media |
| 51 | Cenovus US Enterprise Holdings Inc | 10 | 157 | 6.4% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 52 | Makino Inc. | 9 | 73 | 12.3% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 53 | Resonant Sciences | 9 | 73 | 12.3% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 54 | ADB Safegate | 9 | 62 | 14.5% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 55 | Ardent Technologies Inc | 9 | 43 | 20.9% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 56 | Sifco Industries Inc | 8 | 64 | 12.5% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 57 | Selecttech Services Corporation | 8 | 37 | 21.6% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 58 | General Tool Company | 7 | 82 | 8.5% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 59 | Arctos | 7 | 26 | 26.9% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 60 | Washinton Morgan Counties Community Action | 6 | 68 | 8.8% | Ohio | Other |
| 61 | Crimson Government LLC DBA Crimson Phoenix | 6 | 62 | 9.7% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 62 | Component Repair Technologies | 6 | 52 | 11.5% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 63 | Rhinestahl Corporation | 6 | 41 | 14.6% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 64 | Transportation Research Center Inc. | 5 | 93 | 5.4% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 65 | Cinfab | 5 | 73 | 6.8% | Ohio | Construction |
| 66 | Mechanical Systems Of Dayton Inc. | 5 | 67 | 7.5% | Ohio | Construction |
| 67 | ThunderYard Solutions LLC | 5 | 55 | 9.1% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 68 | Eckart America Corporation | 5 | 49 | 10.2% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 69 | Pole Zero Acquisition Inc | 5 | 34 | 14.7% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 70 | Crane Pumps Systems PFT Corp | 5 | 31 | 16.1% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 71 | The Garland Company Inc | 4 | 71 | 5.6% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 72 | K2M Design Inc | 4 | 59 | 6.8% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 73 | Clark Reliance Corporation | 4 | 57 | 7.0% | Ohio | Other |
| 74 | Rolled Alloys Inc. | 4 | 54 | 7.4% | Ohio | Wholesale Trade |
| 75 | Projects Unlimited Inc. | 4 | 35 | 11.4% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 76 | Coho Consulting Group LLC | 4 | 29 | 13.8% | Ohio | Administrative & Support Services |
| 77 | Mainthia Technologies Inc. | 3 | 57 | 5.3% | Ohio | Administrative & Support Services |
| 78 | Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired | 3 | 57 | 5.3% | Ohio | Healthcare |
| 79 | Culmen Real Estate Services | 3 | 51 | 5.9% | Ohio | Real Estate |
| 80 | SEA Ltd | 3 | 47 | 6.4% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 81 | AmeriWater LLC | 3 | 38 | 7.9% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 82 | VGS Inc. | 3 | 37 | 8.1% | Ohio | Healthcare |
| 83 | Richards Industrials | 3 | 32 | 9.4% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 84 | Transdigm Inc | 2 | 31 | 6.5% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 85 | Parallax Advanced Research | 2 | 30 | 6.7% | Ohio | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 86 | Spangler Candy Company | 2 | 29 | 6.9% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 87 | RICO Manufacturing Inc. | 2 | 28 | 7.1% | Ohio | Manufacturing |
| 88 | Illumination Works LLC | 2 | 26 | 7.7% | Ohio | Real Estate |
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What this list is not. It is a track record, not a job board — the data describes a past filing cycle, so an employer here may or may not be hiring today. Check their careers page. It is also not a ranking of who treats veterans best; it counts hires, which is one honest signal among several.
Self-identification is voluntary. Employees choose whether to disclose protected-veteran status, so these figures generally understate how many veterans an employer really has. That cuts one way only: everyone on this list is at least as good as the number shown.
We filtered out obvious filing errors. Some filings report a veteran hire rate wildly out of step with the same employer's overall veteran workforce — a column filled in wrong, not a recruiting record. Those are excluded rather than celebrated.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor VETS-4212 filings, cycle 2025, and the OFCCP national hiring benchmark of 5.1% effective 30 July 2025. LockLeed International is not affiliated with the Department of Labor or OFCCP.
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