Companies based in Minneapolis-St. Paul

The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is the 15th-largest agglomeration in the United States, and is home to many corporations, companies, and divisions. The core cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul host many companies, but a number are in suburban cities.

Economy

The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is one of the country's major economic hubs, with several Fortune 1000 companies and the world's second largest privately held corporation.

As of 2007, the following Fortune 1000 and Forbes Largest Private companies have their headquarters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area: [cite web| title =Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations| publisher =CNNMoney.com| date =2007| url =http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/states/MN.html| accessdate = 2007-08-15] [cite web| title =The Largest Private Companies| publisher =Forbes.com, LLC| date =2006-11-09| url =http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/21/biz_06privates_The-Largest-Private-Companies_Rank.html| accessdate =2007-08-15]

=Minneapolis=

*Target Corporation (Fortune 500 #33),
*General Mills (Fortune 500 #213)
*U.S. Bancorp (Fortune 500 #123)
*Xcel Energy (Fortune 500 #251)
*Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Fortune 500 #370)
*PepsiAmericas Inc.(Fortune 1000 #531)
*The Valspar Corporation (Fortune 1000 #653)
*Ameriprise Financial (Fortune 500 #297)

=Saint Paul=

*The Travelers Companies, Inc. (Fortune 500 #89)
*3M (Fortune 500 #97)
*Ecolab Inc. (Fortune 500 #457)
*Securian Financial Group Inc. (Minnesota Life) (Fortune 1000 #756)
*Patterson Dental (Fortune 1000 #719)

uburban headquarters

=Arden Hills=

*Land O'Lakes Inc. (Fortune 500 #329)

=Bayport=

*Andersen Corporation (Forbes #94)

=Blaine =

*Aveda Corporation (subsidiary of Estée Lauder Companies)

=Bloomington=

*The Toro Company (Fortune 1000 #909)
*Donaldson Company Inc. (Fortune 1000 #948)
*Holiday Companies (Forbes #204)

=Eagan=

*Northwest Airlines (Fortune 500 #195)

=Edina=

*Nash Finch Company (Fortune 500 #476)
*Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Fortune 1000 #617)
*Regis Corporation (Fortune 1000 #761)

=Eden Prairie=

*Supervalu (Fortune 500 #117)
*C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. (Fortune 500 #349)

=Fridley=

*Medtronic Inc. (Fortune 500 #222)

=Golden Valley=

*General Mills (Fortune 500 #213)
*Pentair Inc. (Fortune 1000 #623)

=Inver Grove Heights=

*CHS Inc. (Fortune 500 #166)

=Little Canada=

*St. Jude Medical Inc. (Fortune 1000 #605)

=Maplewood=

*3M Company (Fortune 500 #97)

=Medina=

*Polaris Industries Inc. (Fortune 1000 #962)

=Minnetonka=

*Cargill (Forbes #1),
*UnitedHealth Group (Fortune 500 #21)
*Carlson Companies, Inc. (Forbes #44)
*Petters Group Worldwide (Forbes #154)
*Michael Foods (Forbes # 305)

=Oakdale=

*Imation (Fortune 500 #995)

=Richfield=

*Best Buy (Fortune 500 #72)

=Rogers=

*Archway Marketing Services

=Shoreview=

*Deluxe Corporation (Fortune 1000 #969)

=Vadnais Heights=

*H. B. Fuller Company

ee also

* (includes companies in the entire state)

Merged or defunct companies

Wells Fargo continues to have a major presence in Minneapolis, and the city is home to the Wells Fargo Home Mortgage division. In 1998, Norwest Bank of Minneapolis bought Wells Fargo Bank of San Francisco, California. Because Wells Fargo had more brand recognition, Norwest chose to rename itself Wells Fargo Bank and moved its headquarters from Minneapolis to San Francisco. An erroneous impression that Wells Fargo acquired Norwest may result.

Honeywell was headquartered in Minneapolis but moved to Morristown, New Jersey to occupy Allied Signal's headquarters after the two companies merged in 1999. Honeywell's former headquarters is now occupied by Wells Fargo.

The Soo Line railroad was formerly based in Minneapolis. The company headquarters still exist as the Soo Line Building.

Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company produced Ceresota flour in Minneapolis from 1891 to 1953. Its Elevator A, and A and F mills are still standing and two of these structures are in use as office buildings.

In 2008 Northwest Airlines announced that it was merging with Delta and moving its Headquarters to Atlanta, GA.

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