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 |
| City of North Kansas City, Missouri |
City government |
Other |
200 |
0 |
0 |
| City of Olathe, Kansas |
City government |
Other |
1,034 |
0 |
0 |
| City of Overland Park, Kansas |
City government |
Other |
1,030 |
0 |
0 |
| City of Raymore, Missouri |
City government |
Other |
108 |
0 |
0 |
| City of Riverside, Missouri |
City government |
|
80 |
0 |
0 |
| City of St. Joseph, MO |
City government |
Other |
700 |
0 |
0 |
| City of Topeka, Kansas |
City government |
Other |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| City Wide Facility Solutions |
Facilities management and maintenance (Hdq.) |
Headquarters |
290 |
0 |
0 |
| Clarios |
Automotive storage battery mfg. & distribution |
Distribution, Contact Centers, Manufacturing, Information Technology |
1,342 |
322 |
220 |
| Clark & Enersen |
Full-service design firm in primary disciplines of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, and mechanical, electrical, structural and civil engineering |
Architectural Engineering |
48 |
0 |
0 |
| Clarkson Construction Co |
Construction firm specializing in large-scale projects such as highways, interstates, bridges and sports facilities (Hdq.) |
Architectural Engineering, Headquarters |
300 |
0 |
0 |
| Clay County, Missouri |
County government |
Other |
688 |
0 |
0 |
| Clinical Reference Laboratory |
Pharmaceutical testing laboratory |
Bioscience, Information Technology |
540 |
0 |
0 |
| Cloud Inventory |
Cloud-based inventory solutions provider |
Information Technology |
200 |
0 |
0 |
| CNA Insurance Co. |
Insurance |
Insurance |
48 |
0 |
0 |
| Collective Brands, Inc. (Payless ShoeSource) |
Retailer (Hdq.) |
|
211 |
0 |
0 |
| Colliers |
Real estate firm |
Other |
86 |
0 |
0 |
| Collins Aerospace |
Flight deck avionics, cabin electronics, communications and simulation products mfg. |
Manufacturing, Information Technology |
425 |
0 |
0 |
| Commerce Bank |
Banking (Hdq.) |
Financial Services, Headquarters |
2,450 |
0 |
0 |
| CommunityAmerica Credit Union |
Financial services (Hdq.) |
Contact Centers, Financial Services, Headquarters |
784 |
141 |
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.