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POPULATION ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA
20
total firms
16
companies
2
VC / investor firms
2
schools
1
known people

CompaniesNorth Dakota

16 records
Real Estate & Construction
Everus Construction Group
● Bismarck, ND
Bismarck-headquartered electrical, mechanical, and specialty construction services company serving utility, industrial, and commercial customers nationwide; spun off from MDU Resources in 2024. NYSE: ECG.
Energy & Climate / Environment
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
● Bismarck, ND
Bismarck-headquartered wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative serving member systems across nine states from the Dakotas to the Pacific Northwest; owns subsidiaries Dakota Gasification Company and Dakota Coal Company.
$482M
Financial Services
Bell Bank
● Fargo, ND
Fargo-headquartered privately held bank with roughly $14 billion in assets and 2,000 employees, offering banking, mortgage, and insurance services across North Dakota, Minnesota, and Arizona; the nation's largest family- and employee-owned bank.
Est. 1966
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Aldevron, LLC
● Fargo, ND
Fargo-founded biomanufacturer producing plasmid DNA, mRNA, and recombinant proteins for biopharma and gene-therapy clients; acquired by Danaher in 2021 for $9.6 billion, described as the largest acquisition of a North Dakota-founded company on record. Fargo remains a primary manufacturing campus.
Est. 1998
Financial Services
Alerus Financial Corporation
● Grand Forks, ND
Grand Forks-headquartered diversified financial services company providing banking, retirement and benefits administration, wealth management, and mortgage services through subsidiary Alerus Financial, N.A. Nasdaq: ALRS.
Operating Company
Bobcat Company
● West Fargo, ND
Compact equipment manufacturer headquartered in West Fargo, part of Doosan.
Enterprise / General Business
Border States Industries, Inc.
● Fargo, ND
Fargo-headquartered, 100%-employee-owned electrical, industrial, and utility products distributor operating more than 120 branches across 29+ states; ranked among the largest electrical distributors in the US.
Agriculture & Food
Bushel, Inc.
● Fargo, ND
Fargo-headquartered agricultural technology company building software for grain elevators, ag retailers, and farmers; its platform connects more than 2,600 grain facilities across the US and Canada to manage originations, settlements, and farmer relationships.
Agriculture & Food
Cloverdale Foods Company
● Mandan, ND
Mandan-headquartered processed-meat manufacturer founded in 1915, producing more than 350 sausage, bacon, ham, and deli-meat products distributed across 37 states and US territories; roughly 450 employees.
Est. 1915
Real Estate & Construction
Knife River Corporation
● Bismarck, ND
Bismarck-headquartered construction materials and contracting company producing aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt across the western and central US; spun off from MDU Resources in 2023. NYSE: KNF.
Energy & Climate / Environment
MDU Resources Group
● Bismarck, ND
Bismarck-headquartered diversified natural gas and electric utility holding company serving more than 1.2 million customers across the Upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest; parent of Montana-Dakota Utilities, Cascade Natural Gas, and Intermountain Gas. NYSE: MDU.
AI Application
Microsoft
● Fargo, ND
Nearly 3.9 million square feet of hyperscale data center space in West Des Moines, with more planned, drawn by cheap power and available land.
Reid Hoffman
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
● Fargo, ND
Fargo-headquartered health insurance company and parent of Noridian Healthcare Solutions, a Medicare administrative contractor processing federal, state, and commercial health-program claims across all 50 states; roughly 2,000 employees.
Agriculture & Food
Sysco North Dakota
● ND
Regional operating company (OpCo) of Sysco Corporation -- a distinct legal subsidiary per SEC filing (Exhibit 21.1, FY2020 10-K), serving the Sysco North Dakota area.
Automotive & Transportation
Titan Machinery Inc. (TITN)
● West Fargo, ND
West Fargo-headquartered agricultural and construction equipment dealer network (Case IH, New Holland) operating dealerships across the US and Europe; founded 1980. Nasdaq: TITN.
Est. 1980
Healthcare & Life Sciences
WalkWise, Inc.
● Fargo, ND
Fargo-based digital-health startup making a patented smart walker and mobility-aid attachment with sensors and companion software that alerts caregivers to falls, inactivity, and mobility changes; raised $2.56M in seed funding from investors including Groove Capital, gener8tor, and the 701 Angel Fund.
Est. 2016