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Business Environment


BUSINESSES
The St. Louis, MO-IL MSA supports a large and diverse business community including a strong small business sector.

Total Business Locations (1)                                                  82,845
Total Corporations (2)                                                            70,969

Total Business Headquarters (3)                                              2,667
Women Owned Corporations (4)                                              7,695
Women Owned Headquarters (3)                                                151
Minority Owned Corporations (4)                                              1,879
Minority Owned Headquarters (3)                                                 62

BUSINESS & MARKET RANKINGS

BUSINESSWEEK'S 2007 RANKINGS
America’s 100 Hot Growth Companies1
Reliv International Inc. (47th)

Best Places to Launch a Career
2
Enterprise Rent-A-Car (26th)


DELOITTE & TOUCHE 2007 RANKINGS
Technology Fast 5003
Synergetics USA Inc. (476th)


DOW JONES MARKET WATCH 2007
Best Cities for Business4
St. Louis (19th)


EXPANSION MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE 2007
America’s 50 Hottest Cities5
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

Knowledge Worker Metros6
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA - Five Star Metro

Top 20 Large Counties for Recruitment & Attraction7
St. Louis, Mo. (18th)

5-Star Business Opportunity Metros8
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA (23rd)

Top Logistics Metros9
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
(2nd Best Logistics Metro)
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
(5th – Best Interstate Highway Connectivity)
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
(5th – Best Railroad Service)

Top Quality of Life Metros10
St. Louis MO-IL MSA - 4 Star Metro


FORBES MAGAZINE 2007 LISTS
200 Best Small Companies11
Build-A-Bear Workshop (23rd)

400 Best Big Companies12
Amdocs
Belden CDT
Brown Shoe
Emerson
Express Scripts Inc.
Laclede Group
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.
Monsanto
Peabody Energy
Ralcorp Holdings
Sigma-Aldrich

America’s Largest Private Companies, 200713
Enterprise Rent-A-Car (18th)
Graybar Electric (55th)
Edward Jones (94th)
Schnuck Markets (162nd)
UniGroup (172nd)
McCarthy Building Cos (167th)
World Wide Technology (199th)
Maritz (305th)
Apex Oil (313th)

Best Cities for Jobs14
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA (81st)

Best Cities for Young Professionals15
St. Louis, Mo. (14th)

Best Places For Business16
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA (67th)

Most Affordable Places To Live Well17
St. Louis, Mo. (4th)

Most Affordable U.S. Real Estate Markets18
St. Louis, Mo. (7th)


FORTUNE MAGAZINE ACCOLADES 2007
Fortune’s 100 Best Places to Work19
Edward Jones (29th)
A.G. Edwards* (99th)
*now Wachovia Securities

Fortune Global 50020
Emerson Electric (350th)
Express Scripts (411th)
Anheuser-Busch (478th)

Fortune’s Most Admired Companies21
Anheuser-Busch
Emerson Electric
Graybar Electric
Peabody Energy


INC. MAGAZINE'S 2007 LISTS
Inc. 50022
Jayco International (55th)
Highland Homes (293rd)


INFORMATION WEEK MAGAZINE 200723
Top 250 Information Companies
A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. (19th)*
Ameren (230th)
Arch Coal (206th)
Emerson (30th)
Graybar Electric (88th)
Maritz Inc. (136th)
Savvis Inc. (219th)
Scottrade (107th)
Solutia (Top 500th)
UniGroup Inc. (137th)
*now Wachovia Securities

Top 500 Information Companies
Amdocs Limited
Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc.
Charter Communications
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co.
Monsanto
Solutia

FORTUNE 1000 COMPANIES
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
Company
Rank
Emerson Electric
115
Express Scripts
132
Anheuser-Busch
146
Smurfit-Stone Container (1)
303
Monsanto
332
Ameren
339
Charter Communications
409
Peabody Energy
431
Graybar Electric
450
Olin
625
Energizer Holdings
636
Solutia
659
Arch Coal
744
Brown Shoe
752
Furniture Brands International
764
Centene
792
Kellwood
841
Laclede Group
860
Ralcorp Holdings
905
Sigma-Aldrich
924

BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS BY COUNTY
2005
2001
Bond, IL
335
349
Calhoun, IL
99
105
Clinton, IL
876
819
Jersey, IL
436
412
Macoupin, IL
1,076
1,068
Madison, IL
6,138
5,770
Monroe, IL
767
668
St. Clair, IL
5,598
5,420
Franklin, MO
2,735
2,410
Jefferson, MO
4,003
3,494
Lincoln, MO
904
778
St. Charles, MO
7,562
6,321
St. Louis, MO
30,223
30,086
St. Louis City, MO
10,189
9,493
Warren, MO
611
542
Washington, MO
389
312
St. Louis,
MO-IL MSA Total
71,941
68,047

TOTAL NUMBER OF BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA, 2005 by number of employees
1-4
37,541
5-9
13,530
10-19
9,597
20-49
6,905
50-99
2,470
100-249
1,366
250-499
331
500-999
117
1000+
84
Total
71,941


TOP REGIONAL EMPLOYERS

MORE THAN 10,000 EMPLOYEES
BJC HealthCare*
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems*
Schnuck Markets Inc.*
Scott Air Force Base*
SSM Health Care*
United States Postal Service
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Washington University in St. Louis*

5,000-9,999 EMPLOYEES

Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.*
AT&T Communications Inc.
Chrysler
City of Saint Louis*
Dierbergs Markets*
McDonald’s
Saint Louis University*
Special School District of St. Louis County*
St. John’s Mercy Health Care*
St. Louis Public Schools*

2,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES
Ameren Corporation*
Bank of America Midwest Region
Citigroup
Covidien Imaging
Solutions and Pharmaceuticals
Edward Jones*
Emerson Electric Co.*
Enterprise Rent-A-Car*
General Motors
Home Depot
MasterCard International
Monsanto*
Rockwood School District*
Shop N’ Save Warehouse Foods Inc.
St. Louis County Government*
U.S. Bancorp.
U.S. Steel
United Parcel Service Inc.
University of Missouri-St. Louis*
Wachovia Securities*
Walgreen’s Drug Stores

1,000-2,499 EMPLOYEES
ABM Industries Inc.
Ameristar Casinos Inc.
Bethesda Health Group*
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Missouri Inc.*
Brown Group Retail Inc.*
Casino Queen Hotel and Casino*
Charter Communications*
Coin Acceptors Inc.*
Coldwell Banker Gundaker Realtors
Delmar Gardens Enterprises*
Express Scripts Inc.*
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis*
Ferguson-Florissant School District*
First Banks Inc.*
Fox School District*
Francis Howell R-III School District*
Fred Weber Inc.*
GKN Aerospace North America
Harrah’s Maryland Heights
Hilti Inc.
IBM
Intensive Maintenance Care Inc.*
Interstate Cleaning Corp.*
Jack in the Box
Jefferson Memorial Hospital*
Kmart Stores
KV Pharmaceutical Co.*
Laclede Group Inc.*
Macy’s Inc.
Maritz Inc.*
McBride & Son Enterprises Inc.*
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.*
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries*
Midcoast Aviation Inc.*
Missouri Air National Guard
MoArk LLC
Nestlé Purina Petcare Co.
Olin Corp*
Panera Bread Company*
Pasta House Co.*
Pfizer Inc.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.*
Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Sabreliner Corp.*
Scottrade Center & St. Louis Blues*
Sears Roebuck & Co.
Sigma-Aldrich Co.*
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.*
Solutia Inc.*
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville*
Spectrum Healthcare Resources*
Target Corp.
Tenet Healthsystem Medical Inc.
UniGroup Inc.*
Verizon
Veterans Health Administration
Whelan Security Co.*
Wood River Refining Co.

* Corporate Headquarters in Greater St. Louis.

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2007 Leadership Trip

Celebrating a World Series


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New Town, St. Charles, Mo.

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt

Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Ill.)

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