POULTRY producer Moy Park is the only Northern Ireland firm included on a list of the top UK-based foreign employers.
The inaugural Sunday Times PA Consulting Inward Investment Track 50 is to be published this weekend.
The league table will rank overseas-headquartered multinationals by their UK staff number.
Brazil-parented Moy Park, based in Craigavon, has more than 8,000 staff throughout the UK.
Other companies on the table with a significant presence in the north include Ireland-parented Kerry Group, which has six food and drink manufacturing facilities in the country, whilst Swedish-parented security firm Securitas recently opened new offices in Belfast.