Regional Employers
Numerous Fortune 1,000 companies operating in the area. Select other companies headquartered in the Kansas City area include AMC, American Century, Black & Veatch, Burns & McDonnell, Cerner Corporation, Evergy, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Ferrellgas Partners, Garmin International, H&R Block, Hallmark Cards, JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City Southern, Lockton Companies, Populous, Russell Stover Chocolates, ScriptPro, Seaboard Corporation, T-Mobile (Sprint Legacy), USDA (IRS & NIFA), Waddell & Reed, Water.org and YRC Worldwide.
To view the KC region's major employers, please make selections from the categories listed below.
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Name |
Description |
Industry |
Employees |
Contact Center Employees |
Distribution Center Employees |
FireMon |
Cyber security (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Information Technology |
69 |
0 |
0 |
FitBark |
Pet GPS tracker |
Bioscience, Information Technology |
16 |
0 |
0 |
Foresite |
Cyber security services |
Information Technology |
19 |
0 |
0 |
Freightquote |
Online freight shipping broker |
Contact Centers, Information Technology |
701 |
90 |
0 |
Garmin International, Inc. |
Global positioning system mfg. (Hdq.) |
Distribution, Contact Centers, Headquarters, Manufacturing, Information Technology |
4,744 |
317 |
220 |
Genesis10 |
Technology consulting |
Information Technology |
97 |
0 |
0 |
H&R Block |
Tax preparation and financial services (Hdq.) |
Contact Centers, Financial Services, Headquarters, Information Technology |
1,076 |
250 |
0 |
Homebase LLC |
Technology for multifamily living |
Information Technology |
40 |
0 |
0 |
Honeywell Aerospace Electronic Systems |
Aircraft comm. & nav. equip. mfg. |
Manufacturing, Information Technology |
420 |
0 |
0 |
Hyland Software, inc. |
Software development |
Information Technology |
250 |
0 |
0 |
IBM Corporation |
Computers & equipment |
Information Technology |
200 |
0 |
0 |
ICON PLC |
Pharmaceutical R&D services |
Bioscience, Information Technology |
613 |
0 |
0 |
Indra Air Traffic |
Electronic air navigation systems mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing, Information Technology |
80 |
0 |
0 |
Informa |
Event digital platforms |
Information Technology |
150 |
0 |
0 |
Intouch Group |
Digital pharmaceutical marketing (Hdq.) |
Bioscience, Headquarters, Information Technology |
560 |
0 |
0 |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. |
Computing systems for banking industry |
Information Technology |
105 |
0 |
0 |
Kansas City National Security Campus, managed by Honeywell FM&T |
Electronic & mech. weapons components mfg. |
Manufacturing, Information Technology |
7,800 |
0 |
0 |
KGP Co. |
Telecommunications hardware. |
Distribution, Information Technology |
257 |
0 |
45 |
Labconco Corporation |
Laboratory equipment mfg. (Hdq.) |
Bioscience, Headquarters, Manufacturing, Information Technology |
238 |
0 |
0 |
Lumen (previously CenturyLink) |
Telecommunications |
Information Technology |
406 |
0 |
0 |
DEFINING THE GREATER KC METRO AREA
Kansas City is a Missouri/Kansas bi-state metropolitan area. All statistical references made to Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) include the counties of Bates, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The greater Kansas City area also includes the adjoining Lawrence, KS, St. Joseph, MO, and Topeka, KS MSAs, as well as the Atchison, KS, Chillicothe, MO, Ottawa, KS, and Warrensburg, MO areas.