Editing Orem, Utah (section)

==Economy==
[[File:LDS Church in Orem against winter mountain background.jpg|thumb|right|A meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orem set against winter mountain backdrop]]
Orem has a wide variety of stores and businesses. It is also home to [[University Place (Utah)|University Place]], Utah County's oldest mall, opened in March 1973.<ref>{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jay H.|title=Orem|year=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-7882-8}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Finances – City of Orem |url=https://orem.org/city-finances/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=orem.org}}</ref> the city's top employers are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
!Percent of Total 
City Employment
|-
|1
|[[Utah Valley University]]
|3,030
|5.9%
|-
|2
|[[Alpine School District]]
|1,222
|2.4%
|-
|3
|City of Orem
|569
|1.1%
|-
|4
|[[Timpanogos Regional Hospital]]
|507
|1.0%
|-
|5
|[[Avetta|Avetta, LLC]]
|500
|1.0%
|-
|6
|[[Walmart|Wal-Mart]]
|499
|1.0%
|-
|7
|[[Target Corporation]]
|409
|0.8%
|-
|8
|[[United Parcel Service|United Parcel Service, Inc.]]
|360
|0.7%
|-
|9
|[[Costco]]
|350
|0.7%
|-
|10
|[[Dover Corporation|U.S. Synthetic Corporation]]
|347
|0.7%
|-
|
|Total
|7,793
|15.3%
|}

=== Company startups ===
Several notable companies started in Orem:
*[[Blendtec]]
*[[Bluehost]]
*[[Caldera, Inc.|Caldera]]
*[[Chess.com]]
*[[Fishbowl Inventory]]
*[[Flexsim]]
*[[Mity-Lite]]
*[[Novell]] (now owned by [[Micro Focus]])
*[[Omniture]] (now owned by [[Adobe Systems]])
*[[PowerQuest]]
*[[Wahoo Studios]]
**[[NinjaBee]], subdivision of Wahoo Studios
*[[WordPerfect]] (now owned by [[Corel]], it was first named Satellite Software International and used Orem City Center as its headquarters for a time in offices the city had available in the basement)
*[[Zuka Juice]]