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• St. Louis is
strong in a number of industry clusters
including life sciences, financial
services, information technology, transportation, and advanced manufacturing.
• Over the past five years the
St. Louis MSA has grown by 7.8% in office
using employment
. At the same time, professional and business service jobs
have
added 21,300 jobs
to the local economy. Employment levels have risen
by
68,966 jobs since 2014
. St. Louis
unemployment rate fell to 4.3%
as of
year end 2015 which is approximately 60 bps below the national average.
Since 2013, the area has seen a
30% increase in new housing permits.
• More than
$1 billion in venture capital invested in technology firms
in
St. Louis since 2000.
St. Louis Business
Greater St. Louis Fortune 500
Headquarters
22
ND
Express Scripts
Holding Co
128
TH
Emerson
Electric
189
TH
Monsanto
271
TH
Reinsurance Group
of America
425
TH
Ameren Corp
382
ND
Edward
Jones
423
RD
Graybar
Electric
124
TH
Centene
Corporation
458
TH
Peabody
Energy