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 (ERS & 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 |
PepsiCo |
Beverage distribution |
Distribution |
182 |
0 |
182 |
Performance Roof Systems |
Commercial roofing mfg. (N.A. Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
60 |
0 |
0 |
Peruvian Connection |
Clothing retailer distribution |
Distribution, Contact Centers |
100 |
22 |
23 |
Peterson Manufacturing Co. |
Vehicle safety lighting and wiring harness mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
617 |
0 |
0 |
PGAV Architects |
Planning and design services including site development, financial feasibility studies and architecture |
Architectural Engineering |
31 |
0 |
0 |
Physicians Business Network |
Medical billing service |
Contact Centers |
8 |
8 |
0 |
Pioneer Container Corp. |
Paper bag mfg. |
Manufacturing |
60 |
0 |
0 |
Piper-Kansas City School District |
Public education |
Other |
350 |
0 |
0 |
Piston Automotive |
Auto parts mfg. |
Manufacturing |
151 |
0 |
0 |
Pivot International |
Electrical mfg. assemblies (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
57 |
0 |
0 |
Plastic Omnium |
Plastic auto parts mfg. |
Manufacturing |
68 |
0 |
0 |
Platte County R-3 School District |
Public education |
Other |
697 |
0 |
0 |
Platte County, Missouri |
Government |
Other |
190 |
0 |
0 |
Pleasant Hill R-III School District |
Public education |
Other |
248 |
0 |
0 |
Ply Gem |
Vinyl siding & related products mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
75 |
0 |
0 |
PNC Bank |
Financial services (Hdq.) |
Financial Services, Headquarters |
600 |
0 |
0 |
Polsinelli PC |
Law firm (Hdq.) |
Headquarters |
479 |
0 |
0 |
Polynt Composites |
Chemical mfg. |
Manufacturing |
63 |
0 |
0 |
Polytainers Inc. |
Plastic containers mfg. |
Manufacturing |
281 |
0 |
0 |
Populous |
Architectural and design services specializing in sports facilities, arenas and convention centers as well as major special events (Hdq.) |
Architectural Engineering, Headquarters |
297 |
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.