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 |
| United BioSource Corporation |
Pharmaceutical support services |
Bioscience, Contact Centers |
309 |
201 |
0 |
| United Parcel Service |
Delivery services |
Distribution, Contact Centers |
3,888 |
250 |
3,480 |
| UnitedHealthcare |
Insurance |
Insurance |
2,194 |
0 |
0 |
| UnitedLex Corporation |
Technology powered legal and business solutions (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Information Technology |
100 |
0 |
0 |
| Unity School of Christianity |
Education & publishing |
Other |
233 |
0 |
0 |
| Universal Account Servicing |
Billing, finance and collection |
Contact Centers, Financial Services |
66 |
66 |
0 |
| University Health |
Health services |
Bioscience |
4,648 |
0 |
0 |
| University of Central Missouri |
Higher education |
Other |
1,041 |
0 |
0 |
| University of Kansas |
Higher education |
Other |
4,315 |
0 |
0 |
| University of Kansas Health System |
Health services |
Bioscience |
14,323 |
0 |
0 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City |
Higher education |
Other |
2,562 |
0 |
0 |
| Upfield |
Food products mfg. |
Manufacturing |
315 |
0 |
0 |
| Urban Outfitters |
Clothing distribution and fulfillment center |
Distribution |
1,400 |
0 |
1,400 |
| VA Medical Center |
Health services |
Bioscience |
4,388 |
324 |
0 |
| Valorem Reply |
Consulting services in user experience, cloud analytics, and mixed reality (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Information Technology |
95 |
0 |
0 |
| VekTek |
Industrial equipment sales |
Contact Centers |
40 |
40 |
0 |
| Velociti Inc. |
Wireless tech for transportation industry (Hdq.) |
Contact Centers, Headquarters, Information Technology |
225 |
40 |
0 |
| Ventura Foods LLC |
Food mfg. |
Manufacturing |
185 |
0 |
0 |
| Veritiv |
Paper, industrial & graphics products |
Distribution |
50 |
0 |
50 |
| Vestcom |
Barcode label mfg. |
Manufacturing |
170 |
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.