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The St. Louis Region has a strong small business community.
Number of business firms (including
sole proprietors)* 439,556
Number of women-owned businesses*
120,457
Number of black-owned businesses*
16,758
Companies with an established payroll:
Number of firms with payrolls
(2003) 70,166
* These number represent the state of Missouri - (#’s for individual
metros not yet released)
2005 FORTUNE MAGAZINE ACCOLADES
Fortune’s Most Admired Companies:
A.G. Edwards
Anheuser-Busch
D & K Healthcare Resources
Emerson
Energizer Holdings
Express Scripts Inc.
Furniture Brands International
Graybar Electric
Kellwood
May Department Stores
Peabody Energy
Fortune’s 100 Best Places to Work:
A.G. Edwards (56th)
Monsanto (83rd)
Fortune’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies
Maverick Tube (26th)
Engineered Support Systems (93rd)
TALX (95th)
INFORMATION WEEK MAGAZINE
One St. Louis company ranked in the nation’s top 100 information
companies:
A.G. Edwards (69th)
Nine St. Louis companies were mentioned as Top 500 companies,
but not ranked:
Ameren
Charter Communications
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Express Scripts Inc.
Graybar
Maritz
May Department Stores
Sigma-Aldrich
UniGroup
EXPANSION MANAGEMENT AWARDS FOR
2005
Top Logistics Metros
St. Louis #6 Overall
St. Louis #1 Transportation Workforce
Top 40 Real Estate Markets
St. Louis MSA ranked #17th
Knowledge Workers
St. Louis MSA - 5 Star Metro
Top Business Opportunity Metros
St. Louis MSA - 5 Star Metro
Education
Gold Medal School Districts (top 17 percent nationally)
Parkway C-2
Rockwood R-VI
Lindbergh R-VIII
FORBES MAGAZINE
St. Louis ranked 56th for cost of doing business in Forbes’ ”150
Best Metropolitan Areas” report.
Forbes’ Best 200 Small Companies
Panera Bread
Reliv International
TALX
Young Innovations
LaBarge
ESCO Technologies
(October 2005)
FAMILY FUN MAGAZINE
St. Louis was named the “Top Midwest City for Visitors.”
St. Louis has eight Fortune 500 Headquarters, and 11 Fortune 500+
Headquarters, for a total of 19 Fortune 1,000 companies.
Emerson (134)
Express Scripts Inc. (137)
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (139)
Monsanto Company (357)
Ameren Corporation (380)
Charter Communications (390)
Graybar Electric (462)
Peabody Energy 497)
Energizer Holdings Inc. (593)
Solutia Inc. (613)
Kellwood Company (634)
A.G. Edwards (644)
Furniture Brands International Inc. (653)
Olin Corporation (756)
Brown Shoe Company Inc. (774)
Arch Coal Inc. (784)
Ralcorp Holdings Inc. 901)
Maverick Tube Corporation (934)
Sigma-Aldrich (956)
2005
Fortune Magazine accolades. |
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
Washington University in St. Louis
Wal-Mart
5,000 - 10,000 EMPLOYEES
A.G. Edwards*
AT&T
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.*
City of St. Louis
DaimlerChrysler Assembly Plants
Dierbergs Markets*
Federated Department Stores Inc.
McDonald’s
Saint Louis University
Special School District of St. Louis
St. John’s Mercy Health Care*
St. Louis Public Schools
Tenet St. Louis
2,500 - 5,000 EMPLOYEES
Ameren Corporation*
CitiMortgage
Edward Jones*
Enterprise Rent-A-Car*
MasterCard
Monsanto Company*
Rockwood School District
St. Louis County Government
Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt
U.S. Bancorp
U.S.
Steel
1,000 - 2,500 EMPLOYEES
Brown Shoe Group*
Casino Queen Hotel and Casino
Charter Communications*
Commerce Bancshares Inc.
Emerson*
Express Scripts Inc.*
First Banks Inc.
HBE Corporation*
Knights Direct
The Laclede Group Inc.*
Lee Enterprises
Lou
Fusz Automotive Network Inc.*
Maritz Inc.*
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.*
Metro
Sabreliner
Sigma-Aldrich*
*Corporate Headquarters
in St. Louis Source: St. Louis Business Journal 2005 and Harris
Selectory
|
2003
|
2001
|
| Franklin,
MO |
2,614
|
2,410
|
| Jefferson,
MO |
3,729
|
3,494
|
| Lincoln,
MO |
847
|
778
|
| St. Charles,
MO |
6,931
|
6,321
|
| St.
Louis, MO |
29,633
|
30,086
|
| St. Louis
City, MO |
10,322
|
9,493
|
| Warren,
MO |
575
|
542
|
| Washington,
MO |
490
|
312
|
| Bond,
IL |
352
|
349
|
| Calhoun,
IL |
96
|
105
|
| Clinton,
IL |
880
|
819
|
| Jersey,
IL |
431
|
412
|
| Macoupin,
IL |
1,047
|
1,068
|
| Madison,
IL |
6,014
|
5,770
|
| Monroe,
IL |
728
|
668
|
| St. Clair,
IL |
5,477
|
5,420
|
| Regional
Total |
70,166
|
68,047
|
| Ranked
by Employee Size |
| 1 to
99 |
58,892 |
| 100 to
249 |
1,336 |
| 250 to
499 |
325 |
| 500 to
999 |
111 |
| 1000+ |
78 |
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