Editing Elk Grove Village, Illinois (section)

==Economy==
Elk Grove Village is home to the largest consolidated business park in North America.<ref name="madeinelkgroveexpo.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.madeinelkgroveexpo.com/the-place-for-manufacturing/ |title=Manufacturing at Elk Grove Village, IL &#124; Made in Elk Grove Manufacturing & Technology Expo |website=www.madeinelkgroveexpo.com |access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name="chicagobusiness.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20040702/NEWS12/200013037/sneak-peek-largest-industrial-parks|title=Subscription Center|work=Crain's Chicago Business|date=July 2004}}</ref> There are nearly 3,600 businesses operating in the Village's {{convert|5.9|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} business park along the western edge of [[O'Hare International Airport]], employing nearly 100,000 persons.<ref name="madeinelkgroveexpo.com"/><ref name="elkgrove.org"/> In 2018, the business park became the title sponsor of the [[Bahamas Bowl]] [[college football]] [[bowl game]], making it officially the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl after the business park's advertising slogan, "Makers Wanted".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2018/07/31/elk-grove-village-makes-history-with-makers-wanted-bahamas-bowl-sponsorship/#4603386b47ea |title=Elk Grove Village Makes History with Sponsorship of Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl |website=www.forbes.com |access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/12/20/18140969/makers-wanted-bahamas-bowl-elk-grove-village-chicago-what-why-sponsor |title=Exploring the weirdest bowl game sponsor of all time |website=www.sbnation.com |date= December 20, 2018|access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref>

The Elk Grove business park is home to the largest concentration of manufacturers in the Midwest; the largest concentration of logistic freight companies in the United States, and the second-largest source of manufacturing in Illinois behind only the City of Chicago.  The village is home to many large [[data center]]s which rely upon the convergence of national fiber optic networks and natural gas lines in Elk Grove, which has other strategic advantages for business including the convergence of national fiber optic cables, national gasoline and oil pipelines, and a virtually unlimited supply of fresh water from [[Lake Michigan]].

Elk Grove Village is home to [[Alexian Brothers]] Medical Center (ABMC) hospital, which is the largest employer in the community with over 2,200 workers. There are a number of other well-known corporations including Apple Vacations, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Illinois Tool Works (ITW), ADP, CitiGroup, Symons, and Pepsi Cola Distribution.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

On December 30, 2014, ''Global Trade Magazine'' named Elk Grove Village one of America's best cities for global trade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/community/chi-ugc-article-elk-grove-village-named-one-of-americas-best-2014-12-30-story.html|title=Elk Grove Village Named One of America's Best Cities for Global Trade|author=Chicago Tribune UGC|date=December 30, 2014|work=chicagotribune.com}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the village's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elkgrove.org/home/showpublisheddocument/13615/638023678061370000|title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) - Elk Grove Village|website=www.elkgrove.com}}</ref> the top employers in the village are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| Alexian Brothers Medical Center
|2,800
|-
| 2
| [[Automatic Data Processing|ADP]]
| 1,612
|-
| 3
| [[Ecolab]]
| 900
|-
| 4
| Seko Logistics
| 687
|-
| 5
| Marketplace Brands, LLC
| 418
|-
| 6
| SigmaTron International
| 400
|-
| 7
| Village of Elk Grove Village
| 333
|-
| 8
| Unilode
| 314
|}