­Major Downtown Employers

A downtown address gives employers an advantage by being located in the heart of the region's thirteen counties with central access to the region's workforce. Downtown is home to six Fortune 500 companies as well as major downtown employers:

• Hamilton County* (6,094 downtown employees)
• Procter & Gamble* (3,900 downtown employees)
• Fifth Third Bankcorp (3,000 downtown employees)
• Western & Southern Financial Group* (1,760 downtown employees)
• Duke Energy (1,600 downtown employees)
• Convergys* (1,460 downtown employees)
• Cincinnati Bell* (1,200 downtown employees)
• The Kroger Company* (1,190 downtown employees)
• U.S. Bank (780 downtown employees)
• Macy's* (760 downtown employees)
• American Financial Group* (750 downtown employees)

*Main headquarters located downtown

Downtown also houses...

96% of the region's largest law firms

76 % of the region's largest advertising agencies and PR firms

56% of the region's largest financial brokerage firms

52% of the region's largest accounting firms

Expanded Convention Center

Upon completion of a $135 million expansion, the Duke Energy Center celebrated its grand reopening in June 2006, making downtown Cincinnati's convention center among the "best in class" within its competitive set. The Duke Energy Center can now accommodate 75% of the existing U.S. convention, conference and meeting market and boasts more than 300,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, 37 meeting rooms, including one of the largest ballrooms in the Midwest.

And this is just a glimpse at the information we have available to present an accurate and complete look at downtown's business climate. For a comprehensive guide to the facts and figures on downtown Cincinnati, Downtown Cincinnati Inc. compiles and publishes an annual State of Downtown report, in addition to quarterly updates.