Good to see
St. Louis would have a more substantial downtown and the associated population growth if local companies were located on Market St. instead of I-270.addxb2 wrote: ↑May 21, 2025This is why St. Louis will continue to feel “on a different level” even while population peers grow faster. St. Louis continues to hit above its weight for corporate operations.
Number of Fortune 1000 companies (~$2.5B+ revenue) PLUS Fortune Largest Private Companies ($2B+ revenue) by Metro Area they're HQ'd in:
1. NYC: 112 companies
2. Chicago: 79
3. Dallas: 58
4. Houston: 51
5. San Francisco: 46
6. Los Angeles: 44
7T. Atlanta: 43
7T. Boston: 43
9. Washington DC: 41
10. Philadelphia: 36
11. San Jose: 33
12T. Minneapolis: 27
12T. Phoenix: 27
14. Miami: 26
15. St. Louis: 25
16. Denver: 24
17. Detroit: 23
18T. Charlote: 20
18T. Columbus, OH: 20
18T. Pittsburgh: 20
18T. Seattle: 20
22. Bridgeport, CT: 19
23. Cleveland: 16
24T. Richmond, VA: 13
24T. San Diego: 13
26T. Milwaukee: 12
26T. Nashville: 12
28. Omaha: 11
29T. Cincinnati: 9
29T. Kansas City: 9
29T. Las Vegas: 9
29T. Providence: 9
29T. San Antonio: 9
Yea the reason STL is struggling is because of those 25 companies, like 5 or less are downtown. The business community has no civic pride.goat314 wrote: ↑May 21, 2025St. Louis would have a more substantial downtown and the associated population growth if local companies were located on Market St. instead of I-270.addxb2 wrote: ↑May 21, 2025This is why St. Louis will continue to feel “on a different level” even while population peers grow faster. St. Louis continues to hit above its weight for corporate operations.
Number of Fortune 1000 companies (~$2.5B+ revenue) PLUS Fortune Largest Private Companies ($2B+ revenue) by Metro Area they're HQ'd in:
1. NYC: 112 companies
2. Chicago: 79
3. Dallas: 58
4. Houston: 51
5. San Francisco: 46
6. Los Angeles: 44
7T. Atlanta: 43
7T. Boston: 43
9. Washington DC: 41
10. Philadelphia: 36
11. San Jose: 33
12T. Minneapolis: 27
12T. Phoenix: 27
14. Miami: 26
15. St. Louis: 25
16. Denver: 24
17. Detroit: 23
18T. Charlote: 20
18T. Columbus, OH: 20
18T. Pittsburgh: 20
18T. Seattle: 20
22. Bridgeport, CT: 19
23. Cleveland: 16
24T. Richmond, VA: 13
24T. San Diego: 13
26T. Milwaukee: 12
26T. Nashville: 12
28. Omaha: 11
29T. Cincinnati: 9
29T. Kansas City: 9
29T. Las Vegas: 9
29T. Providence: 9
29T. San Antonio: 9
I'm surprised to see Miami ranked so high. I never think of them as a business city.
And obviously this list doesn’t account for massive non-profit HQs like BJC, Mercy, SSM, and Ascension.addxb2 wrote: ↑May 21, 2025This is why St. Louis will continue to feel “on a different level” even while population peers grow faster. St. Louis continues to hit above its weight for corporate operations.
Number of Fortune 1000 companies (~$2.5B+ revenue) PLUS Fortune Largest Private Companies ($2B+ revenue) by Metro Area they're HQ'd in:
1. NYC: 112 companies
2. Chicago: 79
3. Dallas: 58
4. Houston: 51
5. San Francisco: 46
6. Los Angeles: 44
7T. Atlanta: 43
7T. Boston: 43
9. Washington DC: 41
10. Philadelphia: 36
11. San Jose: 33
12T. Minneapolis: 27
12T. Phoenix: 27
14. Miami: 26
15. St. Louis: 25
16. Denver: 24
17. Detroit: 23
18T. Charlote: 20
18T. Columbus, OH: 20
18T. Pittsburgh: 20
18T. Seattle: 20
22. Bridgeport, CT: 19
23. Cleveland: 16
24T. Richmond, VA: 13
24T. San Diego: 13
26T. Milwaukee: 12
26T. Nashville: 12
28. Omaha: 11
29T. Cincinnati: 9
29T. Kansas City: 9
29T. Las Vegas: 9
29T. Providence: 9
29T. San Antonio: 9
Edit: Kinda makes me laugh that Indy isn’t even on the list.
Fortune 500 2025 includes 7 St. Louis based companies, up from 6 last year.
Peers Fortune 500 (change from 2024)
Indianapolis: 3 (-)
Nashville: 6 (+1)
Kansas City: 1 (-)
Detroit: 9 (+1)
Minneapolis-St. Paul: 15 (-)
Denver: 8 (-)
St. Louis: 7 (+1)
Cincinnati: 8 (+1)
Columbus: 5 (-)
Milwaukee: 6 (+1)
Phoenix: 9 (-1)
- No. 23: Centene Corp. (down from No. 22); revenue rose 5.9% to over $163 billion.
- No. 196: Reinsurance Group of America (up from No. 223); revenue jumped 19.1% to $22.1 billion.
- No. 238: Emerson Electric (down from No. 224); revenue fell 4.8% to $17.5 billion.
- No. 260: Edward Jones, listed as Jones Financial (up from No. 303); revenue rose 15.5% to $16.3 billion.
- No. 365: Graybar Electric (up from No. 367); revenue up 5.5% to $11.6 billion.
- No. 477: Post Holdings (up from No. 504 in the Fortune 1000 last year); revenue up $13.3% to $7.9 billion.
- No. 497: Core & Main (up from No. 526 in the Fortune 1000 last year); revenue rose 11% to $7.4 billion.
- No. 505: Ameren Corp. (down from No. 494); revenue rose 1.5% to $7.3 billion.
- No. 546: Olin Corp. (down from No. 521); revenue dropped 4.3% to $6.5 billion.
- No. 582: Stifel Financial (up from No. 634); revenue rose 15.4% to over $5.9 billion.
- No. 750: Peabody Energy (down from No. 646); revenue fell 14.4% to $4.2 billion.
- No. 821: Advantage Solutions (down from No. 717; it was ranked with California companies in 2024, as it moved to St. Louis in early 2024); revenue fell 13.7% to $3.6 billion.
- No. 938: Energizer Holdings (down from No. 896); revenue fell 2.5% to nearly $2.9 billion.
- No. 983: Caleres (down from No. 925); revenue fell 3.4% to $2.7 billion.
Peers Fortune 500 (change from 2024)
Indianapolis: 3 (-)
Nashville: 6 (+1)
Kansas City: 1 (-)
Detroit: 9 (+1)
Minneapolis-St. Paul: 15 (-)
Denver: 8 (-)
St. Louis: 7 (+1)
Cincinnati: 8 (+1)
Columbus: 5 (-)
Milwaukee: 6 (+1)
Phoenix: 9 (-1)
An interesting resource I recently found, Indeed Hiring Lab. The dashboard has the ability to see job postings by MSA utilizing an index set to Feb 2020 (pre-covid) and is updated every few days. Here is the St. Louis region along with peers.
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Trumps recession is here. #winning
“Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a gain of 100,000. June and May totals were revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from previously announced levels.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/jobs-re ... -2025.html
“Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a gain of 100,000. June and May totals were revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from previously announced levels.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/jobs-re ... -2025.html
That is a massive downward revision holy crapaddxb2 wrote: ↑Aug 01, 2025Trumps recession is here. #winning
“Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a gain of 100,000. June and May totals were revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from previously announced levels.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/jobs-re ... -2025.html
It's been amusing to see the contrast in coverage on right-wing media outlets between this downward revision (they aren't covering it) and when it happened under Biden (it's a CONSPIRACY!!).
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Any rate cuts we get this year will be driven by recession. This sucks.
Oh it’s officially over. America is dead. Shame on all who participated.
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Tough to add jobs when you cut immigration and deport 100k people per month.
Region is 35th of 35 in employment growth YOY. Most significant losses in Manufacturing. STL is 32nd of 35 in that category. 35 being the number of regions over a million.
This isn’t the first month. STL is one of only a few MSAs that have been wobbling below 0% growth multiple months this year. As a country we might be skirting a recession but there is evidence that STL, being towards the bottom of the national picture, is already below the water line.
The biggest surprise is that KC is nearly right there with STL in the bottom every month this year. Might be a Missouri problem although nothing obvious when comparing the MSA by States.
This isn’t the first month. STL is one of only a few MSAs that have been wobbling below 0% growth multiple months this year. As a country we might be skirting a recession but there is evidence that STL, being towards the bottom of the national picture, is already below the water line.
The biggest surprise is that KC is nearly right there with STL in the bottom every month this year. Might be a Missouri problem although nothing obvious when comparing the MSA by States.
US manufacturing job numbers haven't been doing well after the Covid rebound.
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I feel like we had been posting good job numbers periodically throughout the year near the middle and the top, how did we end up at the very bottom?
I assume that Boeing strikes aren't helping.
Here is August 2023 to August 2024 Change for STL MSA
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Here is August 2024 to August 2025 Change for STL MSA
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Here is August 2023 to August 2024 Change for STL MSA
Here is August 2024 to August 2025 Change for STL MSA
Massive revisions.delmar2debaliviere2downtown wrote: ↑Sep 24, 2025I feel like we had been posting good job numbers periodically throughout the year near the middle and the top, how did we end up at the very bottom?
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So many revisions that we went from articles published with evidence that we had the highest job growth as a metro in the country to last?
Literally 900,000 less jobs so yea it's possible.delmar2debaliviere2downtown wrote: ↑Sep 24, 2025So many revisions that we went from articles published with evidence that we had the highest job growth as a metro in the country to last?
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/inn ... hmitt.html
50 new jobs in Washington after a $77 million upgrade.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... mazon.html
66 jobs lost after a Fenton contractor loses its contract with Amazon.
50 new jobs in Washington after a $77 million upgrade.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... mazon.html
66 jobs lost after a Fenton contractor loses its contract with Amazon.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... mazon.html
77 jobs lost in Hazelwood after another Amazon contract was lost.
77 jobs lost in Hazelwood after another Amazon contract was lost.