- A variety of multinational companies operate within West Lothian employing many people from the local workforce. The largest private sector employer in the area is Sky Television, operating its Customer Relationship Management Centre in Livingston. Despite job losses in the sector, manufacturing companies dominate the top 10 private sector employers with strong representation from retail, service and distribution companies.
- Top Ten Private Sector Employers in West Lothian
| Ranking | Company | Sector | | 1 | Sky Television | Service | | 2 | Tesco | Retail & Distribution | | 3 | Grampian Pork Halls | Manufacturing | | 4 | Intelligent Finance | Service | | 5 | Bausch and Lomb Scotland Ltd | Manufacturing | | 6 | ASDA WAL*MART | Retail | | 7 | Jabil Circuit Ltd | Manufacturing | | 8 | SEH Europe Ltd | Manufacturing | | 9 | Mulholland Contracts Ltd | Construction | | 10 | SUN Microsystems | Manufacturing |
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