top workplaces

2010 Top Workplaces

Rank	Size	Company	Year Founded	Ownership	Sector	Headquarters	Minnesota locations	Minnesota employees	Total Employees	On the web	0
1	Large	Keller Williams Realty	1983	Private	Agents / brokers	Austin, TX	13	1180	77000		1
2	Large	General Mills	1866	Public	Consumer packaged goods	Minneapolis	5	5500	30000		2
3	Large	Securian Financial Group, Inc.	1880	Private	General insurance	St. Paul	1	2359	3527		3
4	Large	Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare	1897	Nonprofit	Pediatric specialty health care	Saint Paul	5	1085	1092		4
5	Large	Minnesota Twins	1961	Private	Sports team	Minneapolis	1	651	700		5
6	Large	ING DIRECT	2000	Private	Online retail bank	Wilmington, DE	1	506	9900		6
7	Large	Target Corporation	1962	Public	Upscale discount retailer	Minneapolis	65	25651	351000		7
8	Large	Ebenezer Society	1917	Nonprofit	Senior living	Minneapolis	33	680	1200		8
9	Large	Graco Inc.	1926	Public	Industrial equipment	Minneapolis	5	1250	2110		9
10	Large	Northwestern College	1902	Nonprofit	Higher education	St. Paul	1	544	600		10
11	Large	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	1902	Nonprofit	Nonprofit	Minneapolis	1	1181	2970		11
12	Large	Best Buy Co., Inc.	1966	Public	High tech products & electronics	Richfield	25	805	180000		12
13	Large	HealthPartners	1957	Nonprofit	Healthcare	Bloomington	82	10400	10400		13
14	Large	Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America	1896	Public	Financial services	Minneapolis	1	1728	155000		14
15	Large	Pearson	1997	Public	Education, assessment & testing services	Upper Saddle River, NJ	2	884	33000		15
16	Large	SMSC Gaming Enterprise (Mystic Lake)	1982	Tribal government	Casino gaming	Prior Lake	1	3500	3400		16
17	Large	Medtronic, Inc.	1949	Public	Medical technology	Minneapolis	12	7775	40000		17
18	Large	Caribou Coffee	1992	Public	Restaurant	Brooklyn Center	200	2340	5800		18
19	Large	Express Scripts	1986	Public	Healthcare	Saint Louis, MO	2	1365	14000		19
20	Large	Comcast	1963	Public	Cable	Philadelphia, PA	16	1860	100000		20
1	Midsize	Minneapolis Marriott City Center	1986	Public	Hotel	Bethesda, MD	1	190	300000		21
2	Midsize	Coles Salon	1979	Private	Salon and spa services	Burnsville	5	315	315		22
3	Midsize	Right at Home	2001	Private	Home healthcare services	Bloomington	1	280	280		23
4	Midsize	Hammer Residences, Inc.	1923	Private	Human and social services	Wayzata	40	396	396		24
5	Midsize	Tiller Corporation	1946	Private	Construction	Maple Grove	14	218	235		25
6	Midsize	Noran Neurological Clinic	1972	Private	Physicians practice	Minneapolis	7	180	180		26
7	Midsize	Gray Plant Mooty	1866	Private	Professional services	Minneapolis	1	324	350		27
8	Midsize	Periscope	1994	Private	Advertising	Minneapolis	1	193	220		28
9	Midsize	Landscape Structures Inc.	1971	Private	Metal products	Delano	1	284	285		29
10	Midsize	M. A. Mortenson Company	1954	Private	Construction	Golden Valley	1	414	2020		30
11	Midsize	Compellent Technologies, Inc.	2002	Public	Data storage network	Eden Prairie	1	281	415		31
12	Midsize	Rasmussen College	1900	Private	College / university	Lake Elmo	6	351	1396		32
13	Midsize	Jostens, Inc.	1897	Private	Manufacture - consumer goods	Minneapolis	1	266	3700		33
14	Midsize	UCare	1984	Nonprofit	Health plan	Minneapolis	1	423	428		34
15	Midsize	Welsh	1977	Private	Commercial real estate	Minnetonka	13	288	320		35
16	Midsize	PreferredOne Administrative Services, Inc.	1984	Private	Health benefits administrator	Golden Valley	1	311	311		36
17	Midsize	Carmichael Lynch	1962	Private	Advertising and marketing	Minneapolis	1	179	203		37
18	Midsize	Erik's Bike Shop	1977	Private	Specialty retail	Bloomington	12	160	207		38
19	Midsize	ProMed Molded Products/ProMed Pharma	1989	Private	Medical devices & products	Plymouth	1	176	200		39
20	Midsize	Quality Bicycle Products	1981	Private	Bicycle parts & accessories distribution	Bloomington	1	417	425		40
21	Midsize	HDR Inc.	1917	Private	Architecture/ engineering	Omaha, NE	2	189	7744		41
22	Midsize	Meyers	1949	Private	In-store marketing	Minneapolis	1	221	250		42
23	Midsize	St. Croix Regional Medical Center	1919	Nonprofit	Medical center	St. Croix Falls, WI	1	433	433		43
24	Midsize	Dougherty Financial Group LLC	1977	Private	Broker/dealer & commerical lender	Minneapolis	1	157	200		44
25	Midsize	Murphy Warehouse Company	1904	Private	Logistics	Minneapolis	10	162	165		45
26	Midsize	Ernst & Young	1903	Partnership	Accountancy	New York City	1	458	144000		46
27	Midsize	Bluestem Brands, Inc.	1948	Private	Multi-brand retailer	Eden Prairie	1	298	880		47
28	Midsize	Wedge Community Co-op	1974	Cooperative	Food / Grocery	Minneapolis	1	262	262		48
29	Midsize	Twin Cities Public Television	1957	Nonprofit	Public broadcaster	St. Paul	1	229	230		49
30	Midsize	TURCK Inc.	1976	Private	Manufacture - high tech	Plymouth	2	344	790		50
31	Midsize	KPMG	1897	Partnership	Accountancy	Dallas, TX	1	365	23000		51
32	Midsize	Community Involvement Programs	1971	Nonprofit	Human services	Minneapolis	14	231	1300		52
33	Midsize	Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP	1931	Partnership	Accountancy	Chicago	1	177	1400		53
34	Midsize	TCF Equipment Finance, Inc.	1999	Public	Equipment financing	Minnetonka	1	172	315		54
35	Midsize	Select Comfort Corp.	1987	Public	Home furnishings, accessories and fittings	Minneapolis	11	460	2168		55
1	Small	Denali Marketing	2006	Private	Marketing	Minneapolis	1	60	60		56
2	Small	Holmes Corporation	1970	Private	Professional services	Eagan	1	54	61		57
3	Small	SafetyCall International/Pet Poison Helpline	2004	Partnership	Healthcare	Bloomington	1	56	62		58
4	Small	Marco, Inc.	1973	Private	Technology product sales and service	St. Cloud	1	53	317		59
5	Small	University of Minnesota Physicians Smiley's Clinic	1970	Nonprofit	Family medicine residency training clinic	Minneapolis	1	53	53		60
6	Small	Nerdery Interactive Labs/Sierra Bravo	2003	Private	Web development services	Bloomington	1	93	100		61
7	Small	VitreoRetinal Surgery	1988	Private	Health center/clinic	Bloomington	5	61	75		62
8	Small	Thymes	1982	Private	Manufacture - consumer goods	Minneapolis	1	59	65		63
9	Small	Tactile Systems Technology Inc.	2002	Private	Healthcare	Minneapolis	1	57	85		64
10	Small	Padilla Speer Beardsley	1961	Private	Communications & public relations	Minneapolis	1	99	115		65
11	Small	Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches	1905	Nonprofit	Human services	Minneapolis	3	71	91		66
12	Small	Dunn Bros Coffee Franchising Inc.	1998	Private	Restaurant	Minneapolis	4	50	51		67
13	Small	Werner Electric Supply	1920	Private	Wholesale distribution	Cottage Grove	1	117	300		68
14	Small	Restaurant Technologies, Inc.	1999	Private	Business services	Eagan	2	76	600		69
15	Small	VisionShare Inc.	2000	Private	Healthcare IT	Minneapolis	1	102	113		70
16	Small	Medco Health Solutions, Inc.	1983	Private	Pharmacy benefit management	Franklin Lakes, NJ	1	82	22000		71
17	Small	Hilltop Primary School	1965	Public school	Primary / secondary school	Minnetrista	1	50	53		72
18	Small	Great Clips, Inc.	1982	Private	Hair salon franchise	Edina	2	103	196		73
19	Small	RJF Agencies, Inc.	1986	Private	Insurance and risk management consultants	Minneapolis	1	130	155		74
20	Small	Weber Shandwick	1986	Public	Consulting	New York	1	141	1000		75
21	Small	Plunkett's Pest Control	1915	Private	Pest control	Fridley	3	115	250		76
22	Small	Residential Mortgage Group	1995	Public	Banks - commercial	Grand Forks, ND	2	60	60		77
23	Small	space150	2000	Private	Digital Marketing	Minneapolis	1	93	110		78
24	Small	Institute for Low Back and Neck Care	1981	Private	Health center/clinic	Bloomington	2	56	57		79
25	Small	T. E. Ibberson Company	1881	Private	Design/build contractor	Hopkins	1	74	250		80
26	Small	AdvisorNet Financial	1959	Private	Financial advisors	Minneapolis	1	50	52		81
27	Small	Minneapolis Financial Group	2003	Private	Financial services industry	Minneapolis	2	70	78		82
28	Small	BWBR Architects	1922	Private	Architecture	St. Paul	1	100	100		83
29	Small	Home Instead Senior Care - Edina	1998	Private	Home healthcare services	Edina	1	88	106		84
30	Small	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1993	Private	Intellectual property law	Minneapolis	1	131	175		85
31	Small	Auriton Solutions	1991	Nonprofit	Nonprofit credit counseling	Roseville	1	61	75		86
32	Small	MMIC Group	1980	Private	Business insurance	Minneapolis	1	105	130		87
33	Small	Wunderlich-Malec	1982	Private	Process control, engineering, fabrication	Minnetonka	1	58	160		88
34	Small	Health Dimensions Group	2000	Private	Healthcare management and consulting	Minneapolis	1	64	64		89
35	Small	Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC	1994	Private	Law firm	Eden Prairie	1	77	77		90
36	Small	BHI Advanced Internet	1994	Private	Information technology	Eden Prairie	1	50	50		91
37	Small	SIRVA Inc.	1982	Private	Mobility services provider	Westmont, IL	1	99	2200		92
38	Small	Amcom Software	1984	Private	Communications technology	Eden Prairie	1	79	230		93
39	Small	Wipfli LLP	1930	Partnership	Accountancy	Milwaukee, WI	2	143	820		94
40	Small	W3i Holdings LLC	2000	Private	Applications distribution	Sartell	1	64	65		95
41	Small	CLUES	1981	Nonprofit	Human and social services	St. Paul	3	77	77		96
42	Small	Michaud Cooley Erickson	1946	Private	Consulting engineers	Minneapolis	1	102	102		97
43	Small	Schechter Dokken Kanter CPAs	1990	Private	Accountancy	Minneapolis	1	65	65		98
44	Small	Lands End Inlet	1963	Public	Apparel & footwear	Dodgeville, WI	4	75	5253		99
45	Small	John's Auto Parts, Inc.	1961	Private	Auto dealership & auto parts	Blaine	1	125	138		100