Editing Santa Rosa, California (section)

==Economy==
''Forbes'' Magazine ranked the Santa Rosa metropolitan area 185th out of 200 on its 2007 list of Best Places For Business And Careers.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/1/07bestplaces_Santa-Rosa-CA_2386.html|magazine=Forbes.com|title=#185 Santa Rosa CA|access-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref> It was second on the list five years earlier. It was downgraded because of an increase in the cost of doing business, and reduced job growth—both blamed on increases in the cost of housing.

===Top employers===
[[File:Coddingtown sign.png|thumb|The rotating sign at the east end of Coddingtown Mall facing [[U.S. Route 101 in California|US Route 101]]]]
According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srcity.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4505 |title=City of Santa Rosa 2023 ACFR }}</ref> the city's top employers are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Sonoma County, California|County of Sonoma]]
|4,284
|-
|2
|[[Kaiser Permanente]]
|3,371
|-
|3
|[[Santa Rosa Junior College]]
|2,975
|-
|4
|[[St. Joseph Health System]]
|2,409
|-
|5
|[[Keysight]]/[[Agilent Technologies]]
|1,700
|-
|6
|[[Santa Rosa City Schools|Santa Rosa School District]]
|1,691
|-
|7
|City of Santa Rosa
|1,279
|-
|8
|[[Sutter Health|Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa]]
|1,196
|-
|9
|[[Safeway]]
|796
|-
|10
|[[Medtronic]]/Arterial Vascular Eng
|682
|}
Santa Rosa is also home to notable smaller businesses such as [[Moonlight Brewing Company]], [[Russian River Brewing Company]], and other companies.

===Retail===
As of 2014, Santa Rosa has 12 neighborhood shopping centers and 17 commercial districts,<ref name=mall1>{{cite web|url=http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/Documents/biz_Commercial_District_Map.pdf|title=Commercial District Map|website=Santa Rosa, California|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> including three sizeable [[shopping malls]]: [[Santa Rosa Plaza]], with more than 100 merchants;<ref name=mall2>{{cite web|url=http://www.simon.com/mall/santa-rosa-plaza/stores|title=Complete List of Stores Located at Santa Rosa Plaza|website=[[Simon Property Group|Simon Malls]]|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> [[Coddingtown Mall]], with over 40;<ref name=mall3>{{cite web|url=http://www.simon.com/mall/coddingtown-mall/stores|title=Complete List of Stores Located at Coddingtown Mall|website=Simon Malls|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> and [[Montgomery Village Shopping Center|Montgomery Village]], an [[strip mall|open-air]] mall with more than 70 shops, a [[supermarket]], five [[bank]]s, and a satellite [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Post Office]].<ref name=mall4>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvshops.com/directory/|title=Directory|website=Montgomery Village Santa Rosa|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref>