
Small business resources
Hennepin County provides resources and information for small businesses.
- Access free advising and consulting from marketing, legal, and financial experts to help grow your business: Elevate HennepinSM
- Find current events and resources for small businesses: Resources for small businesses
- Connect with our business resource navigator: economic.development@hennepin.us
- Learn about business support through the pandemic: Small Business Relief impacts
Find your place here
As the largest county in Minnesota, Hennepin County is an economic and cultural epicenter with Midwest appeal and global reach. We work in partnership to advance an inclusive and resilient economy. Our economic development programs and resources support the success of all our people, businesses, and cities, and help make this the ideal place to prosper.
Minnesota's economic engine
Access current data on Hennepin County’s labor market, including employment, unemployment, wages, occupations, and industries.


1.3 million
residents

41,500
businesses

878,000
jobs

10
fortune 500 companies

$122 billion
GDP (37% of state GDP)

since 1977
AAA bond rating
Ready for growth
By 2040, we expect:

250,000
new residents

22%
population growth

28%
increase in jobs