Editing Conroe, Texas (section)

== Economy ==
In the early 1980s, [[Exxon]] considered consolidating its employees to a site in Conroe. The company ended the plans after [[1980s oil glut|the local oil-based economy collapsed]].<ref name="DawsonExxon2">Dawson, Jennifer. "Exxon Mobil campus 'clearly happening'." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. Friday January 15, 2010. [http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/01/18/story2.html?b=1263790800^2732161&page=2 2]. Retrieved on January 16, 2010.</ref>

According to the city's 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="City of Conroe 2016 CAFR">[http://www.cityofconroe.org/home/showdocument?id=14189 City of Conroe 2016 CAFR, page 138] Retrieved February 25, 2018</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Conroe Independent School District]]
|7,200
|-
|2
|Montgomery County
|2,166
|-
|3
|Conroe Regional Medical Center
|1,226
|-
|4
|City of Conroe
|529
|-
|5
|Community Pathology Associates
|424
|-
|6
|[[National Oilwell Varco|National Oilwell Varco - Downhole]]
|400
|-
|7
|Tony Gullo Motors
|305
|-
|8
|[[Lowe's]]
|300
|-
|9
|Medivators, Inc.
|300
|-
|10
|[[Walmart]]
|300
|}