— Serving Clients Nationwide Since 1979 —
Orange Commercial Credit works with trucking, staffing,
and manufacturing companies in the Minneapolis area.
This page has local industry information for these sectors.
The summaries are based on publicly available information from the sources named under each section. They are not comprehensive and may not reflect the latest developments.
For the latest details, check the original sources directly.
Metropolitan Council says the Twin Cities freight system moves goods by five modes: truck, rail, barge, air freight, and pipeline.
Union Pacific lists the Twin Cities Intermodal Terminal at 525 Kasota Avenue SE in Minneapolis, with COFC terminal capability.
MnDOT’s 2024 State Freight Plan says intermodal service in Minnesota has historically been limited to BNSF’s St. Paul facility and CP’s Shoreham facility in Minneapolis.
Metropolitan Airports Commission reported 207,896 total cargo metric tons at MSP in 2025.
For Minneapolis carriers working Kasota Avenue, Shoreham-area freight, MSP cargo, I-94, I-35W, and Twin Cities intermodal routes, fuel drafts, driver pay, insurance, and repair bills can still come due before the customer pays the invoice.
BLS reported Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington nonfarm payroll employment at 1,984,600 in February 2026, preliminary and not seasonally adjusted.
Education and health services employment reached 376,800 in February 2026.
Professional and business services employment reached 299,200 in February 2026.
Trade, transportation, and utilities employment reached 333,900 in February 2026.
For Minneapolis staffing firms serving healthcare, professional services, logistics, warehouse, airport-area, and industrial customers, more shifts can mean more payroll, taxes, benefits, and timecard billing before the customer pays the invoice.
BLS reported Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington manufacturing employment at 203,600 in February 2026, preliminary and not seasonally adjusted.
DEED’s Twin Cities manufacturing profile said the 7-county Twin Cities metro area had 4,031 manufacturing establishments in 2023.
Manufacturing employment totaled 175,817 jobs in 2023, with more than $15.59 billion in total payroll.
Average annual wages in Twin Cities manufacturing were $88,660 in 2023.
For Minneapolis manufacturers tied to medtech, machinery, food production, rail intermodal freight, MSP cargo, and Twin Cities suppliers, materials, outside shop work, payroll, packaging, and delivery costs can come due before the customer pays the invoice.