In 2001, the 16 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Minnesota represented a variety of industries, included but not limited to energy, health care, banking and food products processing.
Minnesota's small businesses (less than 50 employees) dominated the creation of new jobs (43,300) while large businesses (companies with more than 500 employees) created 29,300 jobs, according to the Business Tracking System, December 2001.
Target Corporation operates 1,435 stores in 47 states with annual sales in excess of 40 million.
SUPERVALU is the 11th largest U.S. grocery retailer, supplying products and other services to a wide array of grocery retailers across the country.
U.S. Bancorp, with assets in excess of $174 billion, is the 8th largest financial company in the US and operate 2,133 banking offices and 4,680 ATMs.
3M is a $16 billion technology company with leading positions in health care, safety, electronics, telecommunications, industrial, consumer and office, and other markets.
Xcel Energy has operations in 12 states and revenues of $15 billion annually.
Harvest States is the grains / foods division for CHS Coop. owned by some 325,000 farmers.
General Mills markets many trusted consumer brands, with total sales in excess of 13 billion.
Medtronic provides benefits to 2.5 million patients with technology used to treat conditions such as heart disease, neurological disorders, and vascular illnesses.
Hormel Foods Corporation is a multinational manufacturer of consumer-branded meat and food products, many of which are among the best known and trusted in the food industry.
Nash Finch Company with over $4.1 billion in annual revenues, owns 112 retail stores, supermarkets under a variety of names.
Pepsi Americas Inc. has revenue of over 3.2 billion and is the 2nd largerst bottler.
CHRW is one of North America's largest third party logistics (3PL) companies, with operations in 7 different countries.
