Based or created in MN (Q-R)

• Rainforest Cafe (Hopkins) - the theme restaurant that started up 1994 is now a Houston-based company
• Red House Records (St. Paul) - label specializing in acoustic performances
• Red Wing Shoes (Red Wing) - Charles H. Beckman starts his company in 1905
• Regis Corp. (Edina) - world's largest salon industry company founded in Minneapolis in 1922
• Retek (Minneapolis) - sells retail business software; sold to Oracle
• Riedell Skates (Red Wing) - well-known manufacturer of ice skates
• Rollerblades (Minneapolis) - two brothers, who played hockey, refined the inline skate design in 1980