Springfield, Missouri

==Economy==
Springfield's economy is based on health care, manufacturing, retail, education, and tourism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coxhealth.com/body.cfm?id=813 |title=Our Community |publisher=Coxhealth.com |date=September 30, 2006 |access-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref> In 2021, the city had a Gross Metropolitan Product of $19.49 billion, making up 6.6% of the Gross State Product of Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RGMP44180|title=Total Real Gross Domestic Product for Springfield, MO|website=St. Louis Fed|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meric.mo.gov/data/gross-domestic-product-data-series/state-gross-domestic-product-2020|title=State Gross Domestic Product 2021|website=Missouri Economic Research and Information Center|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref>

Total retail sales exceed $4.1 billion annually in Springfield and $5.8 billion in the Springfield MSA. Its largest shopping mall is [[Battlefield Mall]]. According to the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau, an estimated 3,000,000 overnight visitors and [[day-tripper]]s annually visit the city. The city has more than 60 lodging facilities and 6,000 hotel rooms. The Convention & Visitors Bureau spends more than $1,000,000 annually marketing the city as a travel destination.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

[[Positronic (company)|Positronic]], [[Bass Pro Shops]], John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, [[BKD, LLP|BKD]], Noble & Associates, Prime Inc., [[Springfield ReManufacturing]], [[Andy's Frozen Custard]], and [[O'Reilly Auto Parts]] all have national headquarters in Springfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business4springfield.com |title=Springfield Business Development Corporation |publisher=Business4springfield.com |access-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref> Two major American Christian denominations — [[General Council of the Assemblies of God in the United States of America]] (one of the largest of the [[Pentecostal]] denominations) and [[Baptist Bible Fellowship International]] (a fundamentalist Baptist denomination) — are headquartered in the city.

According to the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, these are the top 2019 employers in the metro:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springfieldregion.com/data-profile/major-employers/ |title=Major Employers &#124; Springfield Regional Economic Partnership |website=Springfieldregion.com |date=June 20, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
|-
| 1
| [[CoxHealth]]
| 11,669
|-
| 2
|[[Mercy (healthcare organization)|Mercy Health System]]
|10,950
|-
|3
|[[Wal-Mart]] 
|5,372
|-
|4
|[[Springfield Public Schools (Missouri)|Springfield Public Schools]]
| 4,100
|-
|5
| State of [[Missouri]]
| 4,018
|-
|6
| [[Bass Pro|Bass Pro Shops]]/[[Tracker Marine Group|Tracker Marine]] 
| 3,341
|-
|7
|[[Federal government of the United States|United States Government]]
| 3,005
|-
|8
| [[Missouri State University]]
| 2,874
|-
|9
|[[Jack Henry & Associates]]
|2,174
|-
|10
| [[O'Reilly Auto Parts]]
| 2,042
|-
|11
| [[Citizens Memorial Healthcare]]
| 1,900
|-
|12
| City of Springfield 
| 1,655
|-
|13
|[[Ozarks Technical Community College]]
|1,554
|-
|14
| [[EFCO]]
| 1,550
|-
|15
|[[Springfield ReManufacturing|SRC Holdings]]
|1,435
|}