Editing St. Louis (section)

===Major companies and institutions===
[[File:StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG|thumb|The [[Anheuser-Busch]] packaging plant is in St. Louis.]]
As of 2024, Greater St. Louis is home to six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: [[Centene Corporation]], [[Reinsurance Group of America]], [[Emerson Electric]], [[Edward Jones Investments|Edward Jones]], [[Graybar|Graybar Electric]], and [[Ameren]]. An additional ten other area companies are listed on the ''Fortune'' 1000: [[Post Holdings]], [[Olin Corporation]], [[Core & Main]], [[Stifel|Stifel Financial]], [[Peabody Energy]], [[Arch Resources]], [[Energizer|Energizer Holdings]], [[Caleres]], [[Spire Inc.|Spire]], and [[Belden Incorporated|Belden]].<ref name=":2" />

Other major corporations headquartered in the region include [[Anheuser-Busch]], [[Bunge Global]], [[Wells Fargo Advisors]], [[Enterprise Holdings]], [[World Wide Technology]], [[Arco Construction]], [[McCarthy Holdings]], [[Clayco Construction]], [[Apex Oil]], [[Alberici Corporation|Alberici]], and [[Schnucks|Schnuck Market]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Louis' top 150 privately held companies |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/subscriber-only/2024/10/03/st-louis-top-150-privately-held-companies.html |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=MURPHY" |first="ANDREA |title=Forbes America's Top Private Companies 2024 List |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-private-companies/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Notable corporations with operations in St. Louis but headquarters elsewhere include [[Boeing]], [[Bayer]], [[Mastercard]], [[U.S. Bancorp|U.S. Bank]], and [[BMO Harris Bank|BMO Bank]].

The [[Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]] is one of two federal reserve banks in [[Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us &#124; The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |url=http://stlouisfed.org/about%5Fus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219214747/http://stlouisfed.org/about%5Fus/ |archive-date=December 19, 2010 |access-date=March 14, 2011 |publisher=St. Louis Fed}}</ref>

St. Louis is a center of medicine and [[biotechnology]].<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Louis Health Care |url=http://www.stlrcga.org/x438.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527143319/http://www.stlrcga.org/x438.xml |archive-date=May 27, 2013 |access-date=May 24, 2013 |publisher=RCGA St. Louis |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The [[Washington University School of Medicine]] is affiliated with [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]], the fifth largest hospital in the world. Both institutions operate the [[Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Siteman Cancer Center, About Us |url=http://www.siteman.wustl.edu/about-us.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512083147/http://www.siteman.wustl.edu/about-us.aspx |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |access-date=May 24, 2013 |publisher=Siteman Cancer Center}}</ref> The School of Medicine also is affiliated with [[St. Louis Children's Hospital]], one of the country's top pediatric hospitals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ratings and Rankings |url=http://www.stlrcga.org/x2208.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106000813/http://www.stlrcga.org/x2208.xml |archive-date=January 6, 2007 |access-date=May 24, 2013 |publisher=RCGA St. Louis}}</ref> Both hospitals are owned by [[BJC HealthCare]]. The [[McDonnell Genome Institute]] at Washington University played a major role in the [[Human Genome Project]].<ref>[http://genome.wustl.edu Home – The Genome Institute at Washington University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019135215/https://www.genome.wustl.edu/|date=October 19, 2019}}. Genome.wustl.edu. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> [[Saint Louis University]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE; the university ALWAYS is referred to as "Saint Louis University" and is never abbreviated --> Medical School is affiliated with [[SSM Health]]'s [[Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital]] and [[Saint Louis University Hospital]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE; the university ALWAYS is referred to as "Saint Louis University" and is never abbreviated -->. It also has a cancer center, vaccine research center, geriatric center, and a bioethics institute. Several different organizations operate hospitals in the area, including BJC HealthCare, [[Mercy (healthcare organization)|Mercy]], SSM Health Care, and Tenet. Other health care and biotechnology institutions with operations in the region include [[Pfizer]], the [[Donald Danforth Plant Science Center]], Bayer, [[Sigma-Aldrich]], [[Mallinckrodt]], and [[Multidata Systems International]]. 

Several once-independent pillars of the local economy have been purchased by other corporations. Among them are [[Anheuser-Busch]], purchased by Belgium-based [[InBev]]; [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]], merged with the [[Omaha, Nebraska]]-based [[Union Pacific Railroad]] in 1982;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/heritage/mopac/index.htm|title=Missouri Pacific Railroad|website=Up.com|access-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817054351/http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/heritage/mopac/index.htm|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[McDonnell Douglas]], whose operations are now part of [[Boeing Defense, Space & Security]]; [[Trans World Airlines]], which was headquartered in the city for its last decade of existence prior to being acquired by [[American Airlines]]; and [[Ralston Purina]], now a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Nestlé]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stlrcga.org/x2212.xml |title=Ratings and Rankings – Area Companies |publisher=Stlrcga.org |access-date=March 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129211233/http://stlrcga.org/x2212.xml |archive-date=November 29, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The [[May Department Stores Company]] was purchased by [[Federated Department Stores]], now [[Macy's]], although it still has its regional headquarters in the area. Most of the assets of [[Furniture Brands International]] were sold to [[Heritage Home Group]] in 2013, which moved to [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2014/04/30/heritage-home-formerly-furniture-brands-moving-hq.html|title=Triad bound? Heritage Home moving HQ to North Carolina|last1=Kirn|first1=Jacob|last2=Acieri|first2=Katie|work=[[Triad Business Journal]]|date=April 30, 2014|access-date=May 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090639/http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2014/04/30/heritage-home-formerly-furniture-brands-moving-hq.html|archive-date=May 31, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2015/05/19/heritage-home-group-names-interim-ceo.html|title=Heritage Home Group names interim CEO|last=Arcieri|first=Katie|work=Triad Business Journal|date=May 19, 2015|access-date=December 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523061431/http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2015/05/19/heritage-home-group-names-interim-ceo.html|archive-date=May 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:JeffersonLake BJC.jpg|thumb|[[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]] is affiliated with the [[Washington University School of Medicine]].|alt=]][[Cortex Innovation Community]] in [[Midtown St. Louis|Midtown]] is the region's largest innovation hub. Cortex is home to offices of [[Square, Inc.|Square]], [[Microsoft]], [[Aon (company)|Aon]], [[Boeing]], and [[Centene]]. Cortex has generated 3,800 tech jobs in 14 years, and once built out, is projected to generate $2 billion in development and create 13,000 jobs for the region.<ref name="brookings-stl">{{cite web |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/metropolitan-revolution/2016/05/05/in-st-louis-a-gateway-to-innovation-and-inclusion/ |title=In St. Louis, a gateway to innovation and inclusion |first=Julie |last=Wagner |access-date=18 September 2018 |date=5 May 2016 |work=Brookings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919061811/https://www.brookings.edu/blog/metropolitan-revolution/2016/05/05/in-st-louis-a-gateway-to-innovation-and-inclusion/ |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The nonprofit [[Arch Grants]] is attracting new startups to the region, while the nonprofit [[LaunchCode]] trains future tech workers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Toler |first1=Lindsay |date=Jan 22, 2014 |title=Launch Code: How 42 "Unqualified" People Landed Dream Tech Jobs in St. Louis |url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/01/launch_code_program_apprentice_terrence_bowen.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613041604/http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/01/launch_code_program_apprentice_terrence_bowen.php |archive-date=June 13, 2015 |access-date=August 10, 2017 |website=Daily RFT |publisher=Riverfront Times |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/21/arch-grants/|title=Arch Grants Raises $2.5M To Turn St. Louis Into A Startup Hub; Square Co-founder Signs On|first=Rip|last=Empson|website=TechCrunch |date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709221309/https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/21/arch-grants/|archive-date=July 9, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the ''[[St. Louis Business Journal]]'', the top employers in Greater St. Louis as of March 29th, 2023 are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Louis' largest employers |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/subscriber-only/2024/03/29/st-louis-largest-employers.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of local employees
|-
|1
| [[BJC HealthCare|BJC Health Care]]
|33,797
|-
|2
| [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]]
|21,278
|-
|3
| [[Walmart]]
|17,000
|-
|4
| [[Boeing Defense, Space & Security]]
|16,681
|-
|5
| [[SSM Health]]
|15,631
|-
<!--  old numbers and ranks from June 2013
|4
| [[Boeing Defense, Space & Security]]
|15,000
|-
|5
| [[Scott Air Force Base]]
|13,000
|-
|8
| [[Schnucks|Schnuck Markets]]
|10,919
-->
|}

According to St. Louis's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city only as of 2021 are:<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 13, 2023 |title=Office of the Comptroller 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/comptroller/documents/2022-comprehensive-annual-financial-report.cfm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827001242/https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/comptroller/documents/2022-comprehensive-annual-financial-report.cfm |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=City of St. Louis, MO}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
| [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]]
|19,380
|-
|2
| [[BJC HealthCare|Barnes Jewish Hospital]]
|18,920
|-
|3
| [[Saint Louis University]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE; the university ALWAYS is referred to as "Saint Louis University" and is never abbreviated --&gt; comment, 2022-01-06: Not always in full; it is abbreviated in the city's financial report. If there is an issue, please take it up with the report creators -->
| 9,152
|-
|4
| City of St. Louis
| 7,033
|-
|5
| [[Defense Finance and Accounting Service]]
| 6,051
|-
|6
| [[Wells Fargo Advisors]]
| 5,801
|-
|7
| [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Service]]
| 4,960
|-
|8
| [[St. Louis Public Schools|St. Louis Board of Education]]
| 4,131
|-
|9
| [[SSM Health|SSM SLUH]]
| 3,794
|-
|10
| State of Missouri
| 3,259
|}