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 |
| St. Joseph School District |
Public education |
Other |
1,547 |
0 |
0 |
| Stahl Specialty Company |
Aluminum castings mfg. for several industries including automotive (Division Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
197 |
0 |
0 |
| Standard Aero |
Metal & ceramic coating service/mfg. |
Manufacturing |
133 |
0 |
0 |
| Standard Motor Products |
Battery cable & ignition wire set distr. (Wire & Cable Division) |
Distribution |
121 |
0 |
121 |
| Staples Promotional Products |
Apparel mfg. |
Manufacturing |
106 |
0 |
0 |
| Starlight Theatre |
Performing arts organization |
Other |
47 |
0 |
0 |
| State of Kansas |
State government |
Other |
9,669 |
0 |
0 |
| State of Missouri |
State government |
Other |
7,062 |
0 |
0 |
| State Street Corporation |
Mutual fund & insurance industry services; Insurance broker |
Financial Services, Insurance |
654 |
0 |
0 |
| Stephens & Associates |
Marketing agency |
Other |
32 |
0 |
0 |
| Stinson LLP |
Law firm (Distributed Hdq.) |
Headquarters |
300 |
0 |
0 |
| StoneX Group, Inc. |
Financial services |
Financial Services |
183 |
0 |
0 |
| Stormont-Vail Hospital |
Health services |
Bioscience |
5,126 |
0 |
0 |
| Stouse, Inc. |
Commercial advertising signs mfg. |
Manufacturing |
425 |
0 |
0 |
| Stowers Institute for Medical Research |
Biomedical research center (Hdq.) |
Bioscience, Headquarters, Information Technology |
500 |
0 |
0 |
| Stryten Energy, Div. of Exide Group |
Batteries mfg. for several industries including automotive |
Manufacturing |
245 |
0 |
0 |
| Sun Life Financial Inc. |
Insurance broker |
Contact Centers, Insurance |
455 |
27 |
0 |
| Sunflower Health Plan |
Healthcare provider |
Insurance |
397 |
0 |
0 |
| Superior Bowen |
Asphalt and development contracting (Hdq.) |
Headquarters |
480 |
0 |
0 |
| Swift Transportation |
Trucking |
Other |
200 |
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.