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, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Evergy, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Garmin International, H&R Block, Hallmark Cards, JE Dunn Construction, Lockton Companies, Populous, Russell Stover Chocolates, ScriptPro, Seaboard Corporation, T-Mobile (Sprint Legacy) and USDA (ERS & NIFA).
To view the KC region's major employers, please make selections from the categories listed below.
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Name |
Description |
Industry |
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC |
Audit, tax and advisory |
Financial Services |
Gray Manufacturing |
Automobile & truck lifts mfg. (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
Great Plains Analytical Laboratory |
Grain testing laboratory |
Bioscience |
Great Western Manufacturing Co. Inc. |
Dry sifting machines mfg. for food processing and custom industrial applications |
Manufacturing |
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce |
Business organization |
Other |
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation |
Charitable foundation |
Other |
Growth Industries |
Component mfg. for wing, body and nose landing gears, galleys, seats, cockpits and lavatory for the aerospace industry (Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing |
Grundfos Pumps Corporation |
Shared service center for mfg. |
Contact Centers, Other |
Grupo Antolin North America |
Automotive modular interior parts mfg. |
Manufacturing |
Guitar Center (Musician's Friend) |
Music equipment retail distribution center |
Distribution |
H&R Block |
Tax preparation and financial services (Hdq.) |
Contact Centers, Financial Services, Headquarters, Information Technology |
H.W. Lochner |
Engineering firm specializing in environmental, design, construction engineering and inspection and right of way services for surface transportation, rail, transit, and aviation clients (Hdq.) |
Architectural Engineering, Headquarters |
Haldex Brake Products Corporation |
Brake products (N.A. Hdq.) |
Distribution, Contact Centers, Headquarters |
Hallcon |
Transportation call center |
Contact Centers |
Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
Greeting card mfg. (Hdq.) |
Distribution, Headquarters, Manufacturing |
Hantover, Inc. |
Safety equipment and supplies (Hdq.) |
Distribution, Headquarters |
Harcros Chemicals, Inc. |
Chemical mfg. & distribution (Hdq.) |
Distribution, Headquarters, Manufacturing |
Haren Companies |
Construction (Hdq.) |
Architectural Engineering, Distribution, Headquarters |
Harlan Global |
Airport towing tractors mfg. |
Manufacturing |
Harrah's North Kansas City Casino & Hotel |
Riverboat gaming |
Other |

For more information about the size or presence of these companies in the KC region, contact us:
JILL McCARTHY
Senior Vice President, Corporate Attraction | KCADC
Email | LinkedIn
816.591.1834
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.