Leading Industries

Some of the best-known companies in the world call the Milwaukee Region home, including Briggs & Stratton, Harley-Davidson, Jockey International, Kohl’s Department Stores, Master Lock, ManpowerGroup, Northwestern Mutual, Rockwell Automation and S.C. Johnson.

We’re also home to several international leaders in business-to-business commerce, including A.O. Smith, Brady Corp., Fiserv, GE Healthcare Technologies, Johnson Controls, Joy Global and Modine Manufacturing.

It’s no coincidence that so many leading-edge companies call Milwaukee home. Consider the following:

• In 2008, Forbes named Milwaukee to its list ofTop 10 Up-And Coming Tech Cities

• Milwaukee ranks No. 16 on MarketWatch's 50 best U.S.metro areas for business, outpacing cities such as Austin,Texas, Chicago,Los Angeles and Portland, Ore.

• The Milwaukee Region is ranked one of the 25 best places for doing business by Inc. magazine
• Between 1994 and 2004, the region’s economic improvement ranked among the 10 best regions in the country, according to the Federal Reserve
• KPMG, the internationally recognized audit, tax and advisory firm, says the region’s cost of doing business is among the best in the United States
  
  

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