Top 10 Woman-Owned Companies
Published July 19, 2006, Sioux Falls Business Journal
Copyright © The Source, 2006-07
Ranked by number of employees in Sioux Falls MSA
Sources: Sioux Falls Business Journal research; information from companies
Notes: List includes only companies with more than half female ownership. When tied, ranked by length of ownership; Dakota News has a total of 120 employees in South Dakota and Minnesota;
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Top 10 Woman-Owned Companies
| Rank |
Company |
Owner |
# Employees |
Founded |
Type |
| 1 |
Taco John's of Sioux Falls |
Penny Paclik, Jacqueline Murray, Richard Murray |
250 |
1998 |
Restaurant |
| 2 |
Sullivan Inc. |
Marian Sullivan |
100 |
1968 |
Distributor of imported prducts, wholesaler |
| 3 |
K&J Trucking Inc. |
Sharon Koch |
50 |
1979 |
Refrigerated trucking |
| 4 |
Buskerud Construction |
Kari Karst |
50 |
1992 |
Construction Ð highway, commercial |
| 5 |
Dakota News Inc. |
Terri Bourne, Mary Widmann, Patti Nash DuBois, Bob Mitchell |
35-40 |
2005 |
Distributor of magazines and books; owns bookstores |
| 6 |
Prairie Contracting |
Wendy Aasen |
30 |
1989 |
Concrete work, small structures, bank stabilization |
| 7 |
Discovery Learning Center |
Lissa Mouw |
22 |
1997 |
Child care |
| 8 |
Excel Achievement |
Stephanie Spaan |
20 |
2004 |
Tutoring service for students from kindergarten through college |
| 9 |
Construction Signing Corp. |
Karla Schievelbein |
17 |
1992 |
Pavement grooving, traffic control signs |
| 10 |
Backyard Oaks |
Jane Nutter Johnson |
14 |
1996 |
Wholesale greeting cards and handbags |
