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 |
IBT Industrial Solutions |
Bioscience (Hdq.) |
Bioscience, Headquarters |
ICL Specialty Solutions |
Phosphorus chemicals mfg. |
Bioscience, Manufacturing |
ICON PLC |
Pharmaceutical R&D services |
Bioscience, Information Technology |
IFF: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. |
Food emulsifiers and stabilizers mfg. |
Bioscience, Manufacturing |
IMA, Inc. |
Insurance broker and financial services |
Financial Services, Insurance |
Imperial PFS |
Loan financial services |
Financial Services |
Independence School District |
Public education |
Other |
Indra Air Traffic |
Electronic air navigation systems mfg. (U.S. Hdq.) |
Headquarters, Manufacturing, Information Technology |
Informa |
Event digital platforms |
Information Technology |
Information Communications Group |
Contract call center services |
Contact Centers |
Ingesoll Rand Pumps |
Pump mfg. |
Manufacturing |
Ingredion |
Starch and food by-products mfg. |
Manufacturing |
International Paper |
Corrugated boxes mfg. |
Manufacturing |
INTRUST Bank |
Banking |
Financial Services |
IQVIA |
Pharmaceutical product dev services |
Bioscience |
Irca Group USA LLC |
Food ingredients, breakfast coating mfg. |
Manufacturing |
J. Rieger & Co. |
Distillery |
Manufacturing |
J.M. Smucker Co. |
Pet food and snacks mfg. |
Bioscience, Distribution, Manufacturing |
Jack Cooper Transport Company |
Trucking (Hdq.) |
Distribution, Headquarters |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. |
Computing systems for banking industry |
Information Technology |

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
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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.