Businesses
Thrive in the Saint Paul/East Metro area!
In
today’s wireless global economy, businesses can
locate almost anywhere in the world.
Fortunately, more than 31,000 companies have chosen to locate in
the Saint Paul/East Metro area creating more than 570,000 jobs
and millions of dollars in economic activity to our
community.
But
what keeps these firms here? The Saint Paul Area
Chamber of Commerce conducts an annual business
retention survey of companies in the region and
reports that the key competitive advantage cited is
the unprecedented quality of life and quality of the
workforce. These competitive strengths help retain
businesses here and are important for attracting
companies in an increasingly mobile economy.
Currently, 20 Minnesota companies rank among
Fortune's list of the largest 500 American
companies.
Click
here to view the Minnesota companies.
But don't take our word for it, just look what
other's are saying:
The July-August 2006
issue of Expansion Management magazine has
ranked the MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL-BLOOMINGTON metro
area as No. 2 in its 4th annual ranking of
"America's Top Business Opportunity Metros for
2006," based upon the results of this year's annual
MAYOR'S CHALLENGE rankings of the overall business
climate and attractiveness to growing companies from
throughout the world.
Entrepreneur
magazine called the Twin Cities the nation’s
best place to operate a small business.
Expansion
Management ranked the Twin Cities 13th
among the nation’s metro regions based on
logistics-supporting infrastructure and well-trained
workers in transportation industries.
State
Policy Reports
rank
Minnesota
first in the country in job-based assets, second
in human capital assets, and third in financial
assets.
The
Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis were
ranked as the world’s #1 "knowledge
economy," by a United Kingdom consulting
firm, Robert Huggins Associates.
According to Business
Facilities (November 2004), Minnesota ranked
#13 of the 50 states as a top place to locate a
biotechnology business. The formula used
calculates the states biotech industry employment
versus the national average. Minnesota is considered
a leader and model for other states. Minnesota also
rated #2 in the Medical Devices & Equipment
sub-sector.
If you would like
information on how to successfully locate or expand
your business in the Saint Paul/East Metro area,
please contact
us at 651.265.2796.
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