Grand Rapids, Michigan

==Economy==
{{Further|List of Michigan companies}}

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| colspan="6" style="background:tan;" |'''Top Employers in Grand Rapids Metro (2019)'''
<small>Source: [https://rightplace.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/production/uploads/downloads/public-resources/West-Michigan-Largest-Employers-2020.pdf The Right Place]</small>
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||'''Rank'''|| style="background:#ccc;" |'''Company/Organization'''|| style="background:#ccc;" |'''#'''
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| 1
|[[Spectrum Health]]
|25,000
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| 2
|[[Meijer]]
|10,340
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| 3
|[[Mercy Health (Michigan)|Mercy Health]]
|8,500
|-
| 4
|[[Gentex (automotive manufacturer)|Gentex]]
|5,800
|-
| 5
|[[Gordon Food Service]]
|5,000
|-
| 6
|[[Amway Corporation]]
|3,791
|-
| 7
|[[Herman Miller (manufacturer)|Herman Miller]]
|3,621
|-
| 8
|[[Perrigo Company]]
|3,500
|-
| 9
|[[Steelcase Inc.]]
|3,500
|-
| 10
|[[Farmers Insurance Group]]
|3,500
|-
| 11
|[[Grand Valley State University]]
|3,306
|-
|12
|Lacks Enterprises
|3,000
|-
|13
|[[Grand Rapids Public Schools]]
|2,800
|-
|14
|[[Arconic]]
|2,350
|-
|15
|[[Hope Network]]
|2,162
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| 16
|[[Metro Health Hospital]]
|2,100
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| 17
|Roskam Baking Co.
|2,090
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| 18
|[[Fifth Third Bank]]
|2,280
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| 19
|[[Haworth (company)|Haworth]]
|2,000
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| 20
|[[SpartanNash]]
|2,000
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[[File:Grand Rapids Medical Mile.jpg|thumb|A collection of Spectrum Health facilities and affiliates on the [[Grand Rapids Medical Mile|Medical Mile]].|alt=|left]]

Headquartered in Grand Rapids, [[Beaumont Health|Corewell Health]] (formerly Spectrum Health) is West Michigan's largest employer, with over 60,000 staff and 11,500 physicians in 2023.<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://corewellhealth.org/about |access-date=December 19, 2017 |publisher=Spectrum Health System |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017185635/https://corewellhealth.org/about |url-status=live }}</ref> Corewell Health's Meijer Heart Center, Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion, and [[Butterworth Hospital (Michigan)|Butterworth Hospital]], a [[level I trauma center]], are on the [[Grand Rapids Medical Mile]], which has world-class facilities that focus on the [[health science]]s. They include the [[Van Andel Institute#Van Andel Institute|Van Andel Research Institute]], [[Grand Valley State University]]'s Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences, and the [[Michigan State University College of Human Medicine]] medical school's Secchia Center, along with [[Ferris State University]]'s College of Pharmacy. Nearly a billion dollars has been invested in the Spectrum Health Cancer Pavilion, the Spectrum Health [[Helen DeVos Children's Hospital]], and the expansion to the Van Andel Institute. These facilities have attracted many health science businesses to the area.

Grand Rapids has long been a center for manufacturing, dating back to its original roots in [[furniture]] manufacturing. Office furniture manufacturers such as [[American Seating]], [[Steelcase]] (and its subsidiaries [[Coalesse]] and [[Turnstone (company)|Turnstone]]), [[Haworth (company)|Haworth]], and [[Herman Miller (office equipment)|Herman Miller]] are based in and around the Grand Rapids area.<ref>{{cite web |title = The History of American Seating |url = http://www.americanseating.com/architectural/about/history |access-date = August 20, 2017 |publisher = American Seating |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821050927/http://www.americanseating.com/architectural/about/history |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Corporate Locations |url = https://www.steelcase.com/find-us/locations/corporate/ |access-date = August 20, 2017 |publisher = Steelcase |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821063642/https://www.steelcase.com/find-us/locations/corporate/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date = June 7, 2014 |title = Talking to Coalesse New Design Director John Hamilton |url = http://designapplause.com/events/fairs/talking-to-coalesse-new-design-director-john-hamilton-milan-2014/42054/ |access-date = August 20, 2017 |website = Design Applause |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043930/http://designapplause.com/events/fairs/talking-to-coalesse-new-design-director-john-hamilton-milan-2014/42054/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1 = Scanlon |first1 = Jessie |date = January 2, 2016 |title = The Mini Cooper of Office Furniture |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-01-02/the-mini-cooper-of-office-furniture |access-date = August 20, 2017 |website = Bloomberg |archive-date = February 24, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170224052608/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-01-02/the-mini-cooper-of-office-furniture |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last = Knape |first = Chris |date = September 13, 2011 |title = Haworth Will Open Furniture Showroom in Downtown Grand Rapids |url = http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2011/09/haworth_will_open_furniture_sh.html |access-date = August 20, 2017 |website = MLive |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821045013/http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2011/09/haworth_will_open_furniture_sh.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last = Keith |first = Kelsey |date = July 22, 2016 |title = Company Town |url = http://www.curbed.com/2016/7/22/12251540/herman-miller-manufacturing-michigan |access-date = August 21, 2017 |website = Curbed |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821124802/https://www.curbed.com/2016/7/22/12251540/herman-miller-manufacturing-michigan |url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1881, the Furniture Manufacturers Association (FMA) was organized in Grand Rapids; making it the country's first furniture manufacturing advocacy group.<ref name="FMA">{{cite web |title = History of FMA |url = http://www.iserv.net/~plucas/grafma.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080725103533/http://www.iserv.net/~plucas/grafma.htm |archive-date = July 25, 2008 |access-date = August 20, 2007 |publisher = Furniture Manufacturers Association }}</ref> The Kindel Furniture Company<ref name="KF">{{cite web |year = 2009 |title = Kindel History |url = http://www.kindelfurniture.com/history/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713151046/http://www.kindelfurniture.com/history/ |archive-date = July 13, 2011 |access-date = January 14, 2010 |publisher = Kindel Furniture }}</ref> and the [[Howard Miller Clock Company|Hekman Furniture Company]]<ref name="hekman">{{cite web |year = 2007 |title = Hekman History |url = http://www.hekman.com/Info/About/Hekman.aspx |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071210073707/http://www.hekman.com/Info/About/Hekman.aspx |archive-date = December 10, 2007 |access-date = December 10, 2007 |publisher = Hekman/Woodmark Furniture Company }}</ref> have been designing and manufacturing furniture in Grand Rapids since 1912 and 1922 respectively.

The Grand Rapids area is also known for its [[automobile]] and [[aviation]] manufacturing industries, with [[GE Aviation Systems]] having a location in the city.<ref>{{cite web |date = January 31, 2013 |title = Grand Rapids Lands New Boeing Contract |url = http://fox17online.com/2013/01/31/grand-rapids-lands-new-boeing-contract/ |access-date = August 21, 2017 |website = Fox 17 West Michigan |publisher = [[WXMI-TV]] |location = Grand Rapids |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043534/http://fox17online.com/2013/01/31/grand-rapids-lands-new-boeing-contract/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

The Grand Rapids area is home to a number of well-known companies including [[Alticor]]/[[Amway]] (a [[multi-level marketing]] company), [[Bissell]] (a privately owned vacuum cleaner and floor care product manufacturer), [[SpartanNash]] (a food distributor and grocery store chain), [[Farmers Insurance Group|Foremost Insurance Company]] (a specialty lines insurance company), [[Meijer]] (a regional [[supercenter]] chain), GE Aviation (formerly [[Smiths Industries]], an [[aerospace]] products company), [[Wolverine World Wide]] (a designer and manufacturer of shoes, boots and clothing), [[Universal Forest Products]] (a building materials company), and [[Schuler Books & Music]], one of the country's largest independent bookstores.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

The city is known as a center of Christian publishing, home to [[Zondervan]], [[Kregel Publications]], [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company|Eerdmans Publishing]] and [[Our Daily Bread Ministries]].

The city and its surrounding region house a successful food processing and agribusiness industry, which experienced a 10-year job growth rate of 45% from 2009 to 2019. The [[Grand Rapids Downtown Market]], opened in 2013, provides food education services, entrepreneurship guidance and serves as a [[farmers market]]. With Michigan being the second most agriculturally diverse state in the nation, the Greater Grand Rapids region is well known for its fruit production. Due to its proximity to [[Lake Michigan]], the climate is considered especially prime for apple, peach, and blueberry farming. Greater Grand Rapids produces 1/3 of Michigan's total agricultural sales.