| Rank |
Company |
Town |
Employees |
| 1 | Interior Health | East & West Kootenays | 5000 |
| 2 | Elk Valley Coal Corporation - includes Fording | Sparwood, Elkford | 2625 |
| 3 | BC Government Employees | Kootenays | 2063 |
| 4 | Teck Cominco | Trail | 1480 |
| 5 | CPR | East, West Kootenays | 1000 est. |
| 6 | Tembec Enterprises Inc | Cranbrook, Elko, Canal Flats, Skookumchuck | 950 |
| 7 | Pope & Talbot Ltd - Interfor deal pending | Grand Forks, Midway, Castlegar, Nakusp | 733 |
| 8 | School District #8 | Nelson | 700 |
| 9 | School District #5 | Cranbrook, Elk Valley | 633 |
| 10 | Fernie Alpine Resort | Fernie | 600 Winter |
| 11 | Selkirk College | Castlegar, Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kaslo, Nakusp | 575 |
| 12 | Golden Life Management | East Kootenay | 500 |
| 13 | LP Canada Ltd | Golden | 500 |
| 14 | Canadian Mountain Holidays (Inc) | East and Central BC | 485 |
| 15 | Panorama Mountain Village | Panorama | 451 |
| 16 | School District #6 | Kimberley, Invermere, Golden | 440 |
| 17 | School District #20 | Trail, Castlegar, Rossland, Fruitvale | 438 |
| 18 | Downie Timber | Revelstoke | 410 |
| 19 | Zelstoff Celgar Limited Partnership | Castlegar | 400 |
| 20 | Pacific Insight Electronics Corp | Nelson | 325 |
| 21 | Kimberley Alpine Resort | Kimberley | 320 Winter |
| 22 | FortisBC Inc | West Kootenay | 294 |
| 23 | College of the Rockies | East Kootenay | 280 |
| 24 | Kicking Horse Mountain Resort | Golden | 275 |
| 25 | Kootenay Savings Credit Union | Kootenay Locations | 266 |
| 26 | BC Hydro | Kootenays | 250 est. |
| 27 | Real Canadian Superstore | Cranbrook | 240 |
| 28 | Canfor (Radium Division) | Radium Hot Springs | 235 |
| 29 | Regional Dist of Central Kootenay | Nelson, Creston, Kootenay Lake | 220 |
| 30 | Wal-Mart | Cranbrook | 207 |
| 31 | St Eugene Golf Resort & Casino | Cranbrook | 200-270 |
| 32 | Red Mountain Resorts | Rossland | 200 |
| 33 | Wal-Mart | Nelson | 200 |
| 34 | City of Cranbrook | Cranbrook | 175 |
| 35 | Fairmont Resort Properties Ltd | Fairmont Hot Springs | 170 |
| 36 | Ferraro Foods | Trail | 165 |
| 37 | Springer Creek Forest Products Ltd | Slocan | 165 |
| 38 | School District #10 (Arrow Lakes) | Nakusp | 157 |
| 39 | Roxul (West) Inc | Grand Forks | 152 |
| 40 | Fairmont Hot Springs Resort | Fairmont Hot Springs | 150-250 |
| 41 | Canada Safeway | Nelson | 150 |
| 42 | Prestige Hotels & Resorts | Kootenays | 150 |
| 43 | Wal-Mart | Trail | 150 |
| 44 | Wynndel Box & Lumber Co. Ltd. | Wynndel | 150 |
| 45 | City of Nelson | Nelson | 144 |
| 46 | Columbia Brewery | Creston | 143 |
| 47 | Canada Safeway | Cranbrook | 140 |
| 48 | Martin Hotel Group (Hume Hotel & Best Western Baker Street Inn) | Nelson | 140 |
| 49 | Lordco Parts Ltd | East Kootenay, West Kootenay, Columbia, Boundary | 138 |
| 50 | Whitewater Ski Resort | Nelson | 125 |
| 51 | Glen Transport / A Division of DCT Chambers Trucking | Skookumchuck | 120 |
| 52 | Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. | Thrums | 120 |
| 53 | Save On Foods | Nelson | 120 |
| 54 | Selkirk Paving | Crescent Valley | 120 |
| 55 | Amec Americas Limited | Trail | 110 |
| 56 | Zellers | Cranbrook | 105 |
| 57 | Save On Foods | Cranbrook | 104 |
| 58 | City of Revelstoke | Revelstoke | 100 |
| 59 | Overwaitea Foods | Creston | 90 |
| 60 | Royal LePage East Kootenay Realty | Cranbrook, Kimberley | 87 |
| 61 | City of Fernie | Fernie | 83 |
| 62 | City of Trail | Trail | 83 |
| 63 | Porcupine Wood Products Ltd. | Salmo | 82 |
| 64 | Falkins Insurance Group | East Kootenay | 80 |
| 65 | Glacier Ventures | East & West Kootenays | 80 |
| 66 | Zellers | Trail | 78 |
| 67 | Regional Dist of Kootenay Boundary | Trail, Grand Forks | 77 |
| 68 | Canada Safeway | Castlegar | 76 |
| 69 | J.H. Huscroft Ltd | Creston | 75-100 |
| 70 | Home Building Centre | Cranbrook | 75 |
| 71 | Canadian Tire | Castlegar | 73 |
| 72 | Galloway Lumber | Galloway | 72 |
| 73 | Maglio Building Centre Ltd. | Nelson, Trail | 70 |
| 74 | Martech Electrical Systems Ltd | Castlegar | 70 |
| 75 | Nelson & District Credit Union | Nelson, Rossland, Crawford Bay | 68 |
| 76 | Overwaitea Foods | Golden | 68 |
| 77 | Town of Golden | Golden | 68 |
| 78 | Home Depot | Cranbrook | 65-75 |
| 79 | Rocky Mountain Forest District | Cranbrook | 65 |
| 80 | EK Community Credit Union Financial Services & Insurance | Cranbrook, Fernie, Elkford | 63 |
| 81 | Canadian Tire | Cranbrook | 60 |
| 82 | Grand Forks Dist Savings Credit Union | Grand Forks | 60 |
| 83 | Kootenay Country Store Cooperative | Nelson | 60 |
| 84 | Overwaitea Foods | Fernie | 58 |
| 85 | Canada Safeway | Trail | 55 |
| 86 | Mainroad East Kootenay Contracting | Cranbrook, Yahk, Kimberley, Invermere, Jaffray, Fernie, Sparwood | 55 |
| 87 | New Dawn Developments Ltd | Cranbrook, Kimberley | 51 |
| 88 | Nohels Group of Companies | Sparwood | 50-100 |
| 89 | Gallowai Bul River Mine | Bull River | 50 est. |
| 90 | JR Blackmore & Sons Ltd | Cranbrook | 50 est. |
| 91 | West Arm Truck Lines Ltd | Castlegar | 50 |
| 92 | Kootenay Import Auto Group | Cranbrook | 49 |
| 93 | Northstar Motors Ltd | Cranbrook, Creston | 49 |
| 94 | Atco Wood Products | Fruitvale | 46 |
| 95 | Black Press | Kootenays | 45 |
| 96 | City of Grand Forks | Grand Forks | 45 |
| 97 | Fab-Rite Services Ltd | Cranbrook | 45 |
| 98 | Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd | Kaslo and Cooper Creek | 45 |
| 99 | Canadian Tire | Trail | 43 |
| 100 | City of Castlegar | Castlegar | 43 |
