North Dakota’s Top Employers in 2026

Have you ever wondered which companies employ the most people in North Dakota? If so, you're in luck, a company called Zippia put together a database of over 250,000 companies across the nation to find out which companies are the largest.

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North Dakota's Largest Employers in 2026

After they complied the national list, they narrowed in down and ranked the companies based on employee counts in North Dakota. As of April 2026, these are our top 50 employers

1. Noridian Mutual Insurance Company Fargo (16,000)
2. MDU Resources Bismarck (10,140)
3. State of North Dakota Bismarck (10,001)
4. Knife River Bismarck (7,500 Jobs)
5. MDU Construction Services Group Bismarck (7,500)
6. Basin Electric Power Cooperative Bismarck (7,500)
7. TMI Hospitality Fargo (7,500)
8. Scheels Fargo (6,615)
9. Bismarck Public Schools Bismarck (3,500)
10. University of North Dakota Grand Forks (3,465)
11. Altru Health System Grand Forks 3,000 Jobs
12. Grand Forks Public Schools Grand Forks (3,000)
13. MBI Energy Services Belfield (3,000)
14. Bilfinger Westcon Bismarck (3,000)
15. Fisher Industries Dickinson (3,000)
16. The City of Fargo Fargo (3,000)
17. CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck (3,000)
18. Eide Bailly Fargo (2,501)
19. Clark Equipment Company West Fargo 2,500)
20. Noridian Administrative Services, LLC Fargo (1,909)
21. Titan Machinery West Fargo (1,801)
22. Bobcat Company West Fargo (1,694)
23. Border States Fargo (1,668)
24. Shazzam Inc Fargo (1,600)
25. Fargo Public Schools Fargo (1,500)
26. Link Energy Limited Partnership Dodge (1,370)
27. Flexmls Platform by FBS Fargo (1,250)
28. Forum Communications Fargo (1,201)
29. Dan S Super Markets Inc. Bismarck (999)
30. Montana-Dakota Utilities Bismarck (930)
31. Centennial Energy Resources LLC Bismarck (890)
32. LM Wind Power Blades Grand Forks (880)
33. Tharaldson Hospitality Management Fargo (780)
34. Gate City Bank Fargo (770)
35. WBI Energy Bismarck (750)
36. Midwest Motor Express Bismarck (750)
37. Wanzek Construction West Fargo (750)
38. Missouri Slope Bismarck (750)
39. Kalix Minot (750)
40. Flint Group Fargo (725)
41. University of Mary Bismarck (723)
42. Black Gold Farms Grand Forks (717)
43. Chairman Jamie Azure Belcourt (700)
44. RDO Equipment Co. Fargo (700)
45. Intelenet Upstream Ltd Fargo (670)
46. Ulteig Fargo (613)
47. Dan’s Supermarket Inc Bismarck (600)
48. Hornbacher’s Fargo (600)
49. Minot State University Minot (584)
50. Paradiso Mexican Restaurant Fargo (565)

These are the top 50 employers, but if you want to see what the source listed as the top 100, click here.