Kansas City and the surrounding area is home to many Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies, as well as many large privately held businesses. Financial companies, technology and communications. Below is a list of some of the larger employers in the area, and companies headquartered in the Kansas City metro area divided by industry.
Financial, Banking, & Insurance :
- American Century Investments
- BATS Exchange, Inc. – 3rd largest securities exchange in the US behind NYSE and NASDAQ, headquarters in Lenexa, KS.
- Commerce Bancshares
- UMB Financial Corporation - formerly United Missouri Bank
- Kansas City Board of Trade – commodities futures and options exchange, specializes in hard red winter wheat
- H&R Block – tax preparation, Fortune 500 company
- Kansas City Life Insurance
- Lockton – largest privately held insurance company
Energy & Natural Resources
- Great Plains Energy – Fortune 1000 company
- Ferrel Gas – largest propane distributer
- Compass Minerals – Nation’s second largest producer of salt
Food and Agriculture:
- Russell Stover Candies
- Applebees
- Wishbone Dressing
- Dairy Farmers of America – Largest dairy co-op in the US
Science & Healthcare
- Cerner Corporation – Healthcare information technology, Fortune 1000 company
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research – established by a donation from founders of American Century Investments
- Midwest Research Institute
- Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center (Robert E. Hemenway Life Sciences Innovation Center) – located at KU Medical Center
- The Biotechnology Development Center
- Xenotech
- Proteon Therapeutics
Technology & Telecommunications
- Garmin International – Fortune 500 company
- DST – Information processing and management software development firm, Fortune 1000 company
- Sprint Nextel – One of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, Fortune 500 company
Manufacturing
- Ford – Claycomo plant manufactures the popular F-150. Ford recently announces a $400 million investment to the plant, and will add an additional assembly line.
- GM – Fairfax plant in Kansas City, KS is ranked as the most productive auto assembly plant in North America
- Harley Davidson
- Smith Electric Vehicles
Building, Construction, Architecture & Engineering
- Black and Veatch
- Burns and McDonnell
- JE Dunn
- Walton Construction
Transportation & Logistics
- YRC international – Holding company for Yellow freight, Fortune 500 company
- Kansas City Southern Industries – Rail company
Misc
- Hallmark Cards – largest greeting cards company (Annual revenues large enough to be Fortune 500, but Hallmark is a private company)
- Crayola
- AMC – movie theater company, Fortune 1000 company
