Editing St. Joseph, Missouri (section)

==Business==
St. Joseph has a vibrant and diversified industrial economy making it the third largest exporter in Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uncommoncharacter.com/work/economic-overview-news/#:~:text=Our+city+is+the+third,in+exports+from+local+companies|title=St. Joseph, MO: Named one of the “Best Cities for Job Growth”|date=July 29, 2017|website=Uncommon Character - St. Joseph, MO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ustr.gov/map/state-benefits/mo#:~:text=In+2022+(latest+data+available),+the+following+metropolitan+areas,Jefferson+City+($280.9+million)|title=Missouri|website=United States Trade Representative}}</ref> The industry includes major food processing, research, development, and production facilities of animal health products.  Production of a wide range of heavy equipment, bio-fuels, meat and grains processing, candies, food processing equipment, metal can production, along with two major general contractors. 

At the center of the so-called 'Kansas City Animal Health Corridor', which extends from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, St. Joseph is home to major animal health, pharmaceutical, nutrition research facilities.  Including Boehringer Ingelheim <ref> {{Cite web |title=Boehringer Ingelheim unveils groundbreaking Research and Development space in St. Joseph, Mo. |url=https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us/animal-health/boehringer-ingelheim-unveils-groundbreaking-research-and-development-space-st-joseph-mo |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.boehringer-ingelheim.com}} </ref> and Nestle Purina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.saintjoseph.com/Research-Development/Nestle-Purina-PTC-995|title=Nestle Purina PTC|website=members.saintjoseph.com}}</ref>

Other agricultural products including herbicides for crop production and retail are produced in St. Joseph.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://choosesaintjoseph.com/business-clusters/bioscience/ |title=Bioscience, Agricultural Sciences and St. Joseph |website=St. Joseph Economic Development Partnership |date=July 30, 2013 |language=en-US |access-date=December 21, 2019}}</ref>

Herzog is based in St. Joseph.  [[TransitAmerica Services]], a subsidiary of Herzog, provides conductors and other railway technical positions for transit rail systems nationwide. Herzog Contracting, parent company to Transit America, is based in the city and provides construction services, rail equipment, rail testing, and signaling services to freight and transit systems throughout North America and the Caribbean.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caltrain Board Approves TransitAmerica to Run Train System |url=http://www.caltrain.com/about/News_Archive/Caltrain_Board_Approves_TransitAmerica_to_Run_Train_System.html |website=Caltrain News Archive |access-date=July 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908075149/http://www.caltrain.com/about/News_Archive/Caltrain_Board_Approves_TransitAmerica_to_Run_Train_System.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TransitAmerica combines Herzog, Stagecoach's expertise |url=http://www.metro-magazine.com/management-operations/article/210371/transitamerica-combines-herzog-stagecoachs-expertise |website=Metro Magazine |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> 

St. Joseph has the third-largest manufacturing economy in Missouri, after St. Louis and Kansas City. 

In June 2019, total employment in the St. Joseph Metropolitan Area was 65,099 persons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://choosesaintjoseph.com/eye-opening-facts-might-not-know-st-joseph/|title=Eye-Opening Facts |date=September 12, 2018 |website=St. Joseph Economic Development Partnership |language=en-US|access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref>

Below is a partial list of largest employers in St. Joseph. Some privately held manufacturing companies are also top employers but they do not publicly disclose employment numbers.<ref name="Choose">{{cite web |title=Largest Employers |url=https://choosesaintjoseph.com/largest-employers/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=May 21, 2024 |website=St. Joseph Economic Development Partnership}}</ref> 

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Largest known employers in St. Joseph<ref name="Choose" />
|-
!scope="col"| Employer
!scope="col"| Product or service
!scope="col"| Number employed
|-
!scope="row"| Mosaic Life Care
| Health care
|style="text-align:right;"| 3,067
|-
!scope="row"| Triumph Foods
| Food processing
|style="text-align:right;"| 2,400
|-
!scope="row"| St. Joseph School District
| Education
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,744
|-
!scope="row"| 139th Airlift Wing, MO Air National Guard
| Government
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,113
|-
!scope="row"| Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
| Animal pharmaceuticals
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,070
|-
! scope="row" | Walmart
| Retail
|style="text-align:right;"| 740
|-
! scope="row" | City of St. Joseph
| Government
|style="text-align:right;"| 673
|-
! scope="row" | Tyson Foods
| Food processing
|style="text-align:right;"| 670
|-
! scope="row" | American Family Insurance
| Insurance
|style="text-align:right;"| 664
|-
!scope="row"| Western Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center
| Government
|style="text-align:right;"| 583
|}

===Retail===
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St. Joseph is home to several retail areas, many of which are grouped along Belt Highway on the city's east side. [[East Hills Mall]] is located at North Belt Highway and Frederick Boulevard. Developed in 2005, the Shoppes at North Village is concentrated along North Belt Highway between approximately Cook and County Line roads. Other shopping districts include Belt Center, Hy-Vee Shopping Center, Hillcrest Plaza, East Ridge Village, and Woodlawn Shopping Center.