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 |
| Smiths Interconnect |
Electronic components design for many industrial industries including aerospace (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing, Information Technology |
82 |
0 |
0 |
| SnapIT Solutions LLC |
Technology solutions and training (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Information Technology |
40 |
0 |
0 |
| Solar Spectrum |
Solar panel company, sales and support center |
Contact Centers |
30 |
30 |
0 |
| Sonoco Plastics |
Plastic food trays mfg. |
Manufacturing |
198 |
0 |
0 |
| SOR, Inc. |
Mechanical and electronic devices mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
140 |
0 |
0 |
| Sosland Publishing Company |
Trade publishing |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
90 |
0 |
0 |
| South Western Communications, Inc. |
Technology and security solutions |
Information Technology |
47 |
0 |
0 |
| Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits of Kansas |
Wine, spirits and beer distributor (Hdq.) |
Distribution, Headquarters |
153 |
0 |
65 |
| Southwest Airlines |
Airline |
Other |
403 |
0 |
0 |
| Sparhawk Laboratories, Inc. |
Veterinary pharmaceuticals mfg. |
Bioscience |
110 |
0 |
0 |
| Spear Power Systems |
Lithium-ion battery mfg. for several industries including aerospace (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
76 |
0 |
0 |
| Spectrum |
Cable television |
Contact Centers, Information Technology |
600 |
600 |
0 |
| Spencer Fane LLP |
Legal services (Hdq.) |
Headquarters |
215 |
0 |
0 |
| Spencer Reed Group, LLC |
Human resources consulting (Hdq.) |
Headquarters |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Spire, Inc. |
Utility |
Other |
678 |
0 |
0 |
| Sporting Kansas City |
Major League Soccer team |
Other |
200 |
0 |
0 |
| Spring Hill School District |
Public education |
Other |
650 |
0 |
0 |
| Spring Venture Group |
Insurance broker (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Insurance |
400 |
0 |
0 |
| SPX Cooling Technologies |
HVAC equipment mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
411 |
0 |
0 |
| SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. |
Financial and healthcare services (shared service center) |
Contact Centers, Financial Services, Information Technology |
2,301 |
428 |
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.