Major Industries & Employers

Major industries include utilities, fabricated metal product manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, plastics and rubber manufacturing, furniture and related product manufacturing, manufacturing, health care and retail.

Reflecting its exceptional telecommunications capacity, the county is home to two Fortune 50 data centers - Target and United Health Care - as well as the Midwest uplink facility for Direct TV. A group of local energy companies and entrepreneurs earned Elk River, the county seat, the title of "Energy City" by the Minnesota Environmental Initiative.

The following tables show some of the largest employers in Sherburne County in the Production and Distribution, Retail, and Health Care industries.

This list is not comprehensive. Several local employers opted out of being included on this list for a variety of reasons. This list is intended to serve as a resource for those looking to work in Sherburne County, to highlight major employers and industries in the County.

Production & Distribution

Retail

Health Care