Minneapolisruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Fortune 500 headquarters
UnitedHealth Group, Target, Best Buy, 3M, U.S. Bancorp, General Mills, Ecolab, Ameriprise, C.H. Robinson, Xcel Energy
The Twin Cities carry one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 headquarters per head in the US, which is why the professional job market — legal, finance, marketing, supply chain — is deeper than a metro of this size would suggest.
Medical devices — 'Medical Alley'
Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Abbott, Smiths Medical, Cardiovascular Systems
The corridor from Minneapolis down to Rochester is one of the densest medtech clusters in the world. Medtronic started in a Minneapolis garage in 1949 and the supplier and regulatory-affairs ecosystem grew around it.
Health care & research
Mayo Clinic, M Health Fairview, HealthPartners, Allina Health, University of Minnesota
Mayo's main campus is 90 minutes south in Rochester and pulls clinical and research hiring across the region. The university's medical school and its teaching hospitals anchor the metro end.
Retail
Target, Best Buy, Mall of America
Target's headquarters is downtown and shapes a large slice of the city's office population; Best Buy is in Richfield. Mall of America in Bloomington remains one of the largest retail complexes in the western hemisphere.
Food & agriculture
Cargill, General Mills, Land O'Lakes, Hormel, CHS
Cargill, headquartered in Wayzata, is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. The cluster spans commodity trading, branded food and agricultural technology.
Finance & insurance
U.S. Bancorp, Ameriprise Financial, Thrivent, Securian, Travelers
A substantial banking and insurance centre by any standard other than New York's — U.S. Bancorp is among the largest banks in the country and is headquartered downtown.
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