Key Industries

Financial + Corporate Services

Milwaukee thrives with a significant concentration of company headquarters, global operations, and financial firms, underscored the city's exceptional business environment.

Milwaukee has nurtured the growth and success of globally recognized corporate and financial powerhouses, including Northwestern Mutual, Fiserv, Manpower; and Baird, whose impact has spanned both domestic and international markets. Additionally, visionary companies such as Formlabs, OpenGov, and The Expert Institute have been drawn to Milwaukee, attracted by the region's abundant assets and compelling opportunities for growth and success.

A financial trading center built on long-term success

The Milwaukee region has the financial tools needed to facilitate commerce – access to capital, investment management services and equity trading. Since the city's founding, Milwaukee’s finance and insurance industry have been a key part of the city’s economy and several Milwaukee insurance firms grew into significant regional and national leaders. Approximately 7% of the region’s workforce is employed in the financial services sector, which is second only to Boston. The region's finance and insurance cluster generates $8.9 billion in gross regional product and employs more than 45,000 workers.

Locally-based global fintech firms power the world economy

Fiserv is one of the largest providers of financial services technologies, serving more than 10,000 financial institutions in more than 90 countries. The company recently announced plans to relocate its Brookfield headquarters and 800 employees to a new location in downtown Milwaukee. FIS, the world’s largest technology solution provider for merchants, banks and capital markets firms globally, employs more than 3,000 people in the region.

Leading Financial + Corporate Services Companies in the Milwaukee Region

 

 

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