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Medical and retail establishments continue grow, firmly establishing themselves as the backbone of private business in Great Falls .

Today, nine of the top 15 employers in Great Falls are health care and retail establishments, joined by six businesses as diverse as National Electronics Warranty, the Heritage Inn and Davidson Companies.

The top 15 private businesses in Great Falls employ just fewer than 6,100 people, about 16.5 percent of the city's total work force.

The top seven public employers, including the U.S. Postal Service and Great Falls Public Schools , employ 7,442 full-time workers – about 20 percent of the city's work force. City and county governments employ 868 workers.

Two of the city's public employers – Malmstrom Air Force Base and the Montana Air National Guard – have perhaps the greatest economic impact on the city. The two military operations employ 5,665 full and part time workers.

The Bureau of Business and Economic Research recently reported that Malmstrom and regional trade center activities account for more than half of Great Falls ' economic base.

(Sources provided by the Great Falls Tribune)