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Private Companies - Top 26

Ranked by revenue | List information taken from the 2009-2010 Business Information Guide
Source: Company representatives and Web sites. If you were not contacted for this list but would like to be in the future, please contact research@tcbmag.com.
*See note at bottom of list.

Rank	Company	Revenue for most recent fiscal year	Employees in MN / worldwide	Nature of business
1	Cargill, Inc. 15407 McGinty Road Wayzata, MN 55391 952-742-7575 \| cargill.com	$116,600,000,000	5,700 / 160,000	Provides food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services internationally
2	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 625 Fourth Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55415 800-847-4836 \| thrivent.com	$6,413,000,000	1,214 / 2,926	Financial services membership organization; offers life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, and bank products
3	Carlson 701 Carlson Parkway Minnetonka, MN 55305 763-212-5000 \| carlson.com	$4,330,000,000*	5,000 / 160,000	Operates hotels and restaurants and provides marketing and travel services internationally
4	The Schwan Food Company 115 West College Drive Marshall, MN 56258 507-532-3274 \| theschwanfoodcompany.com	$3,530,000,000*	3,000 / 17,000	Manufactures and markets fine frozen foods through home delivery, retail grocery, and food-service channels
5	M.A. Mortenson Company 700 Meadow Lane North Golden Valley, MN 55422 763-522-2100 \| mortenson.com	$2,825,000,000	550 / 2,200	Provides pre-construction, construction, sustainable, and development services; market specialties include health care, higher education, hospitality, commercial office, renewable energies, sports venues, data centers, and federal, state and municipal facilities
6	Securian Financial Group 400 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55101 651-665-3500 \| securian.com	$2,700,000,000	2,400 / 3,500	Provides insurance, retirement products and services. and investments to more than 9 million people in the United States
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7	Andersen Corporation 100 Fourth Avenue North Bayport, MN 55003 651-264-5150 \| andersenwindows.com	$2,500,000,000*	3,400 / 10,000	Manufactures numerous types of windows and patio doors
8	Rosen's Diversified, Inc. 1120 Lake Avenue, P.O. Box 933 Fairmont, MN 56031 507-238-6001 \| rosensdiversifiedinc.com	$2,500,000,000	800 / 4,000	Agricultural holding company with interests in beef packing plants, pet food and treats, trucking, and agricultural chemicals and fertilizer
9	AgriBank FCB 375 Jackson Street St. Paul, MN 55101 651-282-8800 \| agribank.com	$2,370,060,000	182 / 182	Largest of five banks within the national Farm Credit System; oversees agricultural lending and business services for a 15-state network of local associations
10	Holiday Companies 4567 American Boulevard West Bloomington, MN 55437 952-830-8700 \| holidaystationstores.com	$2,000,000,000*	Not provided / Not provided	Provides wholesale and retail gasoline and convenience-store merchandise
11	Michael Foods, Inc. 301 Carlson Parkway, Suite 400 Minnetonka, MN 55305 952-258-4000 \| michaelfoods.com	$1,804,373,000	1,200 / 3,800	Provides wholesale food and food ingredients; offerings include processed egg products, refrigerated potato products, and specialty dairy products
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12	Taylor Corporation 1725 Roe Crest Drive North Mankato, MN 56003 507-625-2828 \| taylorcorp.com	$1,700,000,000*	Not provided / 10,925	Holding company with print, communications, marketing, and technology interests
13	Ceridian Corporation 3311 East Old Shakopee Road Minneapolis, MN 55425 800-729-7655 \| ceridian.com	$1,695,000,000	Not provided / 8,776	Provides managed human resource solutions, including financial, technology, health and wellness, and productivity
14	Fagen, Inc. 501 West Highway 212 Granite Falls, MN 56241 320-564-3324 \| fageninc.com	$1,664,053,810	Not provided / 1,800	Provides civil, mechanical, structural, and electrical services with a special focus on heavy-industrial construction and building ethanol plants
15	APi Group, Inc. 1100 Old Highway 8 Northwest New Brighton, MN 55112 651-636-4320 \| apigroupinc.com	$1,600,000,000	310 / 8,000	Provides oversight of more than 32 independent companies within the life safety and industrial and specialty construction industries
16	Buffets, Inc. 1460 Buffet Way Eagan, MN 55122 651-994-8608 \| buffet.com	$1,588,450,000*	Not provided / Not provided	Operates more than 500 restaurants nationally that focus on traditional home cooking
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17	Federated Mutual Insurance Companies 121 East Park Square Owatonna, MN 55060 507-455-5200 \| federatedinsurance.com	$1,372,000,000	1,600 / 2,700	Provides multi-line insurance and risk management products and services to businesses within selected industries
18	Prime Therapeutics 1305 Corporate Center Drive Eagan, MN 55121 612-777-4000 \| primetherapeutics.com	$1,150,000,000	760 / 1,650	Pharmacy benefit management company dedicated to providing clinically-based and cost-effective pharmacy solutions for clients and members; provides pharmacy benefit services nationwide to approximately 14.7 million covered lives; client base includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, employer and union groups, and third-party administrators
19	Lifetouch, Inc. 11000 Viking Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 952-826-4000 \| lifetouch.com	$1,050,000,000*	Not provided / Not provided	Provides professional portraits for schools, houses of worship, and the retail market; publishes yearbooks
20	Merrill Corporation 1 Merrill Circle St. Paul, MN 55108 651-646-4501 \| merrillcorp.com	$1,006,709,000*	1,426 / 5,528	Provides financial printing and publishing services and outsourced solutions for complex business communication and information management
21	Coborn's, Inc. 1445 East Highway 23 St. Cloud, MN 56304 320-252-4222 \| cobornsinc.com	$1,000,000,000	6,150 / 6,500	Operates 34 Coborns and Cash Wise Foods grocery stores in the upper Midwest, along with convenience, liquor, video, and other stores, and pharmacies; operates an online grocery ordering and home delivery service
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22	Davisco Foods International, Inc. 11000 West 78th Street, Suite 210 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 952-914-0400 \| daviscofoods.com	$1,000,000,000*	331 / 821	Family-owned international cheese and food ingredient company; produces 200 million pounds of whey protein isolates annually as well as 200 million pounds of cheese annually
23	Digi-Key Corporation 701 Brooks Avenue South Thief River Falls, MN 56701 218-681-6674 \| digikey.com	$983,400,000	1,989 / 1,994	Provides catalog distribution of electronic components
24	Jostens, Inc. 3601 Minnesota Drive Bloomington, MN 55435 952-830-3300 \| jostens.com	$865,700,000	750 / 4,000	Provides products for youth, education, and sports, including school yearbooks and memory books, class rings, graduation products, and products for athletes and their fans
25	Great River Energy 12300 Elm Creek Boulevard Maple Grove, MN 55369 763-445-5000 \| greatriverenergy.com	$829,900,000	540 / 875	Provides wholesale electric service to 28 distribution cooperatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin; those member cooperatives distribute electricity to approximately 1.7 million Minnesotans and more than 645,000 homes, businesses, and farms
26	Ryan Companies US, Inc. 50 South 10th Street, Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-492-4000 \| ryancompanies.com	$808,756,487	338 / 687	Provides development, design-build, and real estate management services
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Note: Denny Hecker Family Holdings and Opus Group, both of which appeared on last year's list, have faced significant financial turmoil within the past year or more. Neither company provided revenue figures, and reliable estimates were not available, but they likely would not qualify for this year's list based upon their sales.
* Indicates an estimate from Forbes or Dun & Bradstreet. Figures are for the fiscal year indicated, or the latest period for which data was available.
• Cooperatives were not included on this list. However, if they had been listed, three Minnesota-based cooperatives would have qualified based on their 2008 revenue: Land O'Lakes, Inc. ($12 billion), Associated Milk Producers, Inc. ($1.7 billion), and American Crystal Sugar Company ($1.2 billion).
• Josten's revenue figures includes revenue from parent company Visant Corporation's other subsidiaries with similar offerings, which account for an insignificant portion of the total.