Major employers in Red Deer
8 employers, 5 of them head offices: 3 worldwide, 1 national and 1 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.
Red Deer — the /local page · Who represents Red Deer · Companies
Employers8
Worldwide HQ3
National HQ1
Regional HQ1
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laebon HomesConstruction — residential home building | Worldwide HQglobal (home builder and rental communities, central Alberta) | — | Red Deer, Alberta | Careers → |
| Peavey Industries (Peavey Mart)Retail — farm supply and hardware stores | Worldwide HQglobal (farm, ranch and hardware retailer; Home Office and distribution centre in Red Deer County, just outside the city) | — | Red Deer County, Alberta | Careers → |
| Westerner Park (Westerner Exposition Association)Arts, entertainment and recreation — exhibition and event venue | Worldwide HQglobal (exhibition, agricultural and event grounds in Red Deer) | — | Red Deer, Alberta | Careers → |
| Collicutt Energy ServicesIndustrial engines, generators and power equipment — sales, service and rentals | National HQCanada Division (Canadian Head Office in Red Deer; USA Division in California) | — | Red Deer, Alberta (Canadian Head Office) | Careers → |
| Scott Builders — Red Deer officeConstruction — commercial and institutional buildingpart of Scott Builders | Regional HQRed Deer office (commercial construction; offices also in Calgary, Edmonton and BC) | — | Calgary, Alberta | Careers → |
| Alberta Health Services — Central Zone (Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre)Health care — hospitals and public healthpart of Alberta Health Services | Major site | — | Edmonton, Alberta | Careers → |
| The City of Red DeerPublic administration — municipal government | Major site | — | Red Deer, Alberta | Careers → |
| Varsteel Ltd. — Red DeerWholesale — steel service centre and processingpart of Varsteel Ltd. | Major site | — | not stated on pages read | — |
i
Notes on this record
- No Red Deer 'top employers' list with headcounts could be read. The City's economic-development portal reddeer.ecdev.org returned HTTP 406 'Service unavailable' (Azure Front Door) to our user agent; the City's Statistics/Labour/Key Industries pages and 2021–2022 annual reports carry no employer table; the Internet Archive was offline when tried.
- Major Red Deer employers left out because robots.txt forbids all crawling ('Disallow: /'): Red Deer Polytechnic (rdpolytech.ca), Red Deer Public Schools (rdpsd.ab.ca), Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (rdcrs.ca), Red Deer County (rdcounty.ca). Parkland Community Living and Supports Society (pclss.org) and Central Alberta Co-op could not be reached.
- Olymel's Red Deer pork plant is a large employer but Olymel's own pages read (About: '12 000 Employees'; careers) do not mention Red Deer, so it has no row. NOVA Chemicals' Joffre petrochemical site and MEGlobal's Prentiss site are in Lacombe County, outside the city.
- No venture-funded software/tech company headquartered in Red Deer could be confirmed.
s
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.
- City of Red Deer — Business Environment: Key Industries · retrieved 2026-10-31Terms: City 'Conditions of Use' page exists; facts quoted
- Employers' own sites — about, contact and careers pages · retrieved 2026-10-31Terms: none stated / not read beyond pages used; facts quoted