Major employers in Brooks
6 employers, 3 of them head offices: 1 worldwide, 0 national and 2 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.
Brooks — the /local page · Who represents Brooks · Companies
Employers6
Worldwide HQ1
National HQ0
Regional HQ2
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Employers, largest first
People employed at the site in this city where a source publishes it; head offices without a published count follow.
| Company | Here | Employees here | Worldwide HQ | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JBS Foods Canada — Brooks beef plantFood manufacturing — beef slaughter and processingpart of JBS | Major site | 2,8002026 | Calgary, Alberta (JBS Foods Canada HQ) | Careers → |
| Eastern Irrigation District (EID)Utilities — irrigation water supply | Worldwide HQglobal (irrigation district; head office in Brooks) | — | Brooks, Alberta | Careers → |
| Grasslands Public School DivisionEducation — elementary and secondary schools | Regional HQGrasslands Public Schools (Brooks and Newell County; division office in Brooks) | — | Brooks, Alberta | Careers → |
| Newell CountyPublic administration — municipal government | Regional HQNewell County (rural municipality; administration office in Brooks) | — | Brooks, Alberta | Careers → |
| City of BrooksPublic administration — municipal government | Major site | — | Brooks, Alberta | Careers → |
| Medicine Hat College — Brooks CampusEducation — collegepart of Medicine Hat College | Major site | — | Medicine Hat, Alberta | Careers → |
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Notes on this record
- The City of Brooks publishes no top-employers list on its Business & Development pages. JBS's Brooks beef plant ('more than 2,800 team members') is by far the largest employer.
- Not given rows: Alberta Health Services' Brooks Health Centre (no AHS page for it was opened in this pass); Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools (ctrcs.ca unreachable; head office in Okotoks); Alberta's Crop Diversification Centre South is a provincial research site near Brooks (no own page opened).
- No venture-funded software/tech company headquartered in Brooks could be confirmed.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-31. Each headcount links to the page it is read from; each company to its own site or its /company page.
- JBS Foods — Canada locations · retrieved 2026-10-31Terms: none read beyond pages used
- Employers' own sites — about, contact and careers pages · retrieved 2026-10-31Terms: none stated / not read beyond pages used; facts quoted