founders in south dakota
south dakota founders work around grain and cattle, tourism in the black hills, banking and card processing in sioux falls, and an air force base near rapid city. reagent matter fits the farm equipment, reagent capital fits the finance side, and reagent defense fits the base.
talk to reagentsouth dakota at a glance
- new business applications
- 13,603
- filed in the twelve months to september 2026, up 15.2% on the twelve months before.
- likely employers
- 3,746
- applications the Census Bureau flags as likely to hire, over the same twelve months.
- economy
- $82.0 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, up 5.2% on the year before in current dollars.
- population
- 935,094
- residents in 2025, about $87,694 of output per person.
- manufacturing jobs
- 43,800
- people employed in manufacturing, september 2026.
our companies
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- business applications, U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics
- high-propensity business applications, U.S. Census Bureau
- gross domestic product, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- resident population, U.S. Census Bureau
- manufacturing employees, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.