Facts and Figures

Business Trends

Minnesota is recognized as one of the best places in the world for business. The state's remarkable combination of economic development factors make it an ideal place for business to succeed. With a diverse business community that includes 19 Fortune 500 companies and notable small and medium-sized businesses, Minnesota offers proven growth opportunities for current and future industry leaders.

Business Conditions
Economic Development Insights
Labor Market Information
Greater Minnesota  

Business Conditions

• Minnesota's growing Global Competitiveness
   
• Manufacturing Business Conditions Surveys - Details the perspectives of Minnesota manufacturers on business conditions in Minnesota.
   
• Business Services Industry Conditions - Details the insights of business service providers on industry conditions in Minnesota.
   
• Minnesota Business Expansion Report - Provides annual information regarding starts-ups and expansions of Minnesota’s firms. Available data includes region, company name, product and investment.
   

Economic Development Insights

• Reaching out to Customers: An updated profile of the Minnesota Call Center Industry:
  
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report - coming soon
     
• More Than Dollars: Defense Contracts Stimulate Business Growth. Defense contracts dynamically impact businesses and stimulate growth, according to a survey conducted by DEED in partnership with the Defense Alliance of Minnesota.
   
• Economic Impacts of 2008 Republican National Convention. Presents the economic benefits that accompany the 2008 Republication National Convention that will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota.
   
• Economic Impacts of the I-35W Bridge Collapse. Discusses some of the economic impacts due to the unavailability of this important bridge crossing.
   
• Impact of Small Cities Development Program
   
• Minnesota OEMS: Improving the State's Supply Chain - Highlights supply chain perspectives and insights obtained from interviews with 13 major Minnesota manufacturers.
   
• Dark Cloud, Silver Lining: Business Creation by Dislocated Workers in Minnesota - Presents data showing that many workers laid off in 2001 had either started their own business, were in the process of starting a business, or remained interested in starting a business.
   

Labor Market Information

• Understanding the Worker Needs of Manufacturers:
  The 2007 Minnesota Skills Gap Survey
   
• Workforce Competitiveness: Business Needs for International Business Skills, Knowledge and Abilities - The study examined international business knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) and second languages needed by businesses in Minnesota and the areas in training was provided and whether related costs were reimbursed.
   
• Labor Force Assessment Reports - These reports were commissioned to help facilitate economic development. They contain information on the regional labor force such as underemployment, education, skills and commuting patterns.
   
• Labor Market Data
   

Greater Minnesota

• Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota Connections: A Business Perspective - Examines the site location preferences of Twin Cities Manufacturing and technology service businesses especially in relation to Greater Minnesota.  Project partners were Center for Rural Policy and Development and Minnesota Technology, Inc.
   
• Greater Minnesota's Workers: Reliable, Productive and Willing to Learn - Reports the results of an opinion survey mailed to more than 4,500 businesses located in the 80 counties outside the Twin Cities area to determine how employers perceive their workers.