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 |
Washburn University |
Higher education |
Other |
789 |
0 |
0 |
WellSky |
Healthcare information systems (Hdq.) |
Bioscience, Headquarters, Information Technology |
500 |
0 |
0 |
Westin Kansas City at Crown Center |
Hotel |
Other |
93 |
0 |
0 |
Westlake Hardware, Inc. |
Retailer shared service center |
Distribution, Other |
150 |
0 |
50 |
WestRock |
Corrugated & specialty containers mfg. |
Manufacturing |
170 |
0 |
0 |
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company |
Construction management, general contract, and design-build services |
Architectural Engineering |
100 |
0 |
0 |
William Jewell College |
Higher education |
Other |
210 |
0 |
0 |
WireCo World Group |
Wire rope mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters |
100 |
0 |
0 |
Woodbridge Corporation |
Automotive seating mfg. |
Manufacturing |
224 |
0 |
0 |
Woodley Building Maintenance |
Janitorial services |
Other |
800 |
0 |
0 |
Worldwide Express |
Logistics consultation and sales |
Other |
172 |
0 |
0 |
XenoTech, a BioIVT Company |
Pharmaceutical research lab |
Bioscience |
120 |
0 |
0 |
Yanfeng USA Automotive Trim Systems |
Automotive interior mfg. |
Manufacturing |
500 |
0 |
0 |
Zephyr Products, Inc. |
Sheet metal mfg. |
Manufacturing |
100 |
0 |
0 |
Zerega |
Pasta mfg. |
Manufacturing |
164 |
0 |
0 |
Zillow Home Loans, LLC |
Financial services |
Financial Services |
73 |
0 |
0 |
Zinnia |
Life insurance broker (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Insurance, Information Technology |
394 |
0 |
0 |
Zoetis |
Animal pharmaceuticals mfg. |
Bioscience, Distribution, Contact Centers |
98 |
35 |
50 |
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. |
Video communications technology |
Information Technology |
250 |
0 |
0 |
Zurich |
Insurance |
Contact Centers, Insurance |
345 |
43 |
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.