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 |
| Post Holdings (Previously The J.M. Smucker Co.) |
Pet food mfg. |
Bioscience, Manufacturing |
160 |
0 |
0 |
| Power Engineers |
Engineering and environmental services for power delivery, generation, food and beverage, government, renewables, storage, campus energy and oil and gas industries |
Architectural Engineering |
185 |
0 |
0 |
| PPC Flexible Packaging |
Flexible packaging mfg. |
Manufacturing |
380 |
0 |
0 |
| Premium Waters, Inc. |
Bottled water mfg. |
Manufacturing |
116 |
0 |
0 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Finance |
Financial Services |
278 |
0 |
0 |
| Pro-Pet LLC (Cargill) |
Pet food mfg. |
Bioscience, Manufacturing |
45 |
0 |
0 |
| ProAmpac |
Paper packaging mfg. |
Manufacturing |
86 |
0 |
0 |
| Procter & Gamble |
Soap, detergent, & industrial chemicals mfg. |
Manufacturing |
76 |
0 |
0 |
| Profile Cabinet |
Cabinet & rel. products mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
160 |
0 |
0 |
| Progress Rail |
Brake parts assembly |
Manufacturing |
150 |
0 |
0 |
| ProMax |
Automotive software |
Information Technology |
26 |
0 |
0 |
| ProPharma Group |
Compliance solutions to pharmaceutical biotechnology & medical device industry |
Bioscience |
58 |
0 |
0 |
| Providence Medical Center |
Health services |
Bioscience |
752 |
0 |
0 |
| PTMW, Inc. |
Prefabricated metal bldg. mfg. |
Manufacturing |
374 |
0 |
0 |
| Pure Fishing, Inc. |
Fishing equipment distribution center |
Distribution |
360 |
0 |
360 |
| QCHI |
Finance (Hdq.) |
Financial Services, Headquarters |
110 |
0 |
0 |
| Quality Custom Distribution |
Restaurant distribution |
Distribution |
67 |
0 |
23 |
| Quest Analytics LLC |
Health network access provider (Hdq.) |
Bioscience, Headquarters, Information Technology |
100 |
0 |
0 |
| Quest Diagnostics, Inc. |
Medical testing customer service center |
Bioscience, Contact Centers, Information Technology |
2,180 |
485 |
0 |
| QuikTrip |
Prepared foods mfg. & distribution |
Distribution, Manufacturing |
483 |
0 |
223 |
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.