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 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas |
Insurance (Hdq.) |
Contact Centers, Headquarters, Insurance |
1,435 |
229 |
0 |
| Blue Springs School District |
Public education |
Other |
1,820 |
0 |
0 |
| Blue Valley School District |
Public education |
Other |
3,363 |
0 |
0 |
| BlueLinx Corp. |
Lumber & wood products distributor |
Distribution |
35 |
0 |
35 |
| BlueScope Properties Group |
Pre-engineered buildings (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
630 |
0 |
0 |
| BMO |
Financial holding company |
Financial Services |
100 |
0 |
0 |
| BMS Logistics, Inc. |
Retail fulfillment services, warehousing, shipping, packaging |
Distribution |
30 |
0 |
30 |
| bnim |
Architecture, design and planning (Hdq.) |
Architectural Engineering, Headquarters |
55 |
0 |
0 |
| BNSF Railway Company |
Railroad |
Other |
3,057 |
0 |
0 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim |
Animal pharmaceuticals mfg. |
Bioscience, Manufacturing |
800 |
0 |
0 |
| BOK Financial |
Banking |
Financial Services |
139 |
0 |
0 |
| Bonner Springs School District |
Public education |
Other |
420 |
0 |
0 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City |
Youth organization |
Other |
35 |
0 |
0 |
| Bradken |
Steel castings mfg. (N.A. Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
274 |
0 |
0 |
| BranchPattern |
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing architectural and engineering firm |
Architectural Engineering |
34 |
0 |
0 |
| Bread Financial |
Credit card services, retail |
Contact Centers, Financial Services |
620 |
620 |
0 |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions |
Communications management, statement, billing services and data analytics |
Financial Services, Information Technology |
569 |
0 |
0 |
| Brock Grain Systems |
Grain bins & handling equipment mfg. |
Manufacturing |
100 |
0 |
0 |
| Brogdon Machine |
Aerospace and medical industry precision parts mfg. |
Manufacturing |
32 |
0 |
0 |
| BRR Architecture, Inc. |
Architecture firm specializing in retail, grocery, hospitality, industrial and corporate environment projects (Hdq.) |
Architectural Engineering, Headquarters |
174 |
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.