Minnesota businesses are a large part of the history of the State of Minnesota. For historians, they chronicle the changes over time with respect to products and services that the state provided to its citizens. For genealogists, they were the businesses that their ancestors owned or were employed with. Reading articles about businesses can give you insight into Minnesota history and your own family history.

Various resources exist to give us information about Minnesota businesses. KinSource provides some short business sketches in the KinSource Archives. The current collection of sketches have been extracted from local newspapers.

Currently included are sketches for businesses in the following cities:
   St. Paul (view a list of included businesses)