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Kansas City, MO has one of the most influential and important economies in it's region. It has been the third largest beef capital in the United States (Behind Chicago and Cincinnati), the second largest rail network and it houses many factories, manufacturing plants and an International Trade Zone.
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[[Image:Kc-hr-block.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[H&R Block]]'s new oblong headquarters in downtown Kansas City]]
==Fortune 500==
The '''economy of the Kansas City metropolitan area''' is anchored by [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], which is the largest city in the state{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} and the 37th largest in the [[United States]]. The [[Kansas City metropolitan area]] is the 27th largest in the United States, based on the [[United States Census Bureau]]'s 2004 population estimates. The metro's economy is large and influential to its region.
The Kansas City Metro is home to 10 Fortune 500 companies, and Kansas City proper is home to only 6 of those.


==Companies and employers==
This is how Kansas City stacks up to other cities in the region:
[[File:Sprint-hq2.jpg|thumb|Former Sprint world headquarters campus, now T-Mobile US's second headquarters, designed by [[RMJM Hillier]], in Overland Park]]
The Kansas City metro is the third largest [[beef]]-processing city in the US (behind [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] and [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]]), and has the second largest [[railroad|rail]] network. The area has many [[factory|factories]], manufacturing plants, an official [[international trade]] zone, and the most foreign trade zone space in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kcsmartport.thinkkc.com/|title=KC SmartPort &#124; Home|website=kcsmartport.thinkkc.com}}</ref> It has a number of large national and international companies, including these:


* [[American Century Investments]], mutual fund manager and broker
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
* [[Associated Wholesale Grocers]], grocery wholesale cooperative
|<CENTER>'''City'''||<CENTER>'''Fortune 500 Companies in city'''||<CENTER>'''City Population'''||<center>'''Metro Population'''||
* [[Barkley Inc.|Barkley, Inc.]], nationally recognized advertising firm
|-
*[[Barts Electric]], electrical contractor specializing in commercial and government installations
| St. Louis || 18 || 350,705 || 2,832,204 ||
* [[Bob Bernstein|Bernstein-Rein]], nationally recognized advertising firm
|-
* [[Black & Veatch Corporation]]
| Minneapolis || 11 || 373,943 || 3,437,464 ||
* [[BNSF Railway|BNSF Railway Co.]], freight railroad network operator
|-
* [[Burns & McDonnell]] Engineering
| Cleveland || 11 || 458,684 || 2,942,303 ||
* [[Bushnell Corporation]], manufacturer of outdoor products specializing in optics and imaging
|-
* [[Cerner Corporation]]
| Milwaukee || 11 || 583,624 || 1,709,926 ||
* [[Commerce Bancshares]], large bank operating in Kansas, Missouri, and [[Illinois]]
|-
* [[Crayola]], a division of Hallmark
| Cincinnati || 10 || 314,154 || 2,100,501 ||
* [[Dairy Farmers of America]]
|-
* [[Embarq Corporation]], large telecommunications company based in [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]]; it was [[corporate spin-off|spun off]] from [[Sprint Nextel|Sprint]] in 2006
| Columbus || 9 || 730,008 || 1,920,601 ||
* [[Evergy]], electric and gas utility company
|-
* [[Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City]]
| St. Paul || 7 || 276,963 || 3,437,464 ||
* [[Garmin]], develops consumer, aviation, and marine technologies for GPS
|-
* [[Hallmark Cards]], largest greeting card manufacturer in the world (Although Hallmark's gross revenues would generally be more than sufficient for inclusion in the ''Fortune'' 500 and 1000, those lists only apply to public companies. Hallmark is privately held by the [[Donald J. Hall, Sr.|Hall family]] and is thus ineligible for inclusion on the ''Fortune'' 500 or 1000.)
| Indianapolis || 7 || 784,242 || 1,939,349 ||
* [[HCA Healthcare|HCA Midwest Health]], for-profit hospital system
|-
* [[HNTB]], global infrastructure planning, engineering, and consulting firm
| ''Kansas City'' || ''6'' || ''444,387'' || ''1,992,836'' ||
* [[H&R Block]], tax preparation services
|-
* [[Interstate Bakeries]], maker of Wonder Bread, Twinkies, and other products
| Omaha || 6 || 409,416 || 839,867 ||
* [[J. E. Dunn Construction Group|JE Dunn Construction]], general contractor
|-
* [[Kansas City Life Insurance]], major national insurer
| Detroit || 4 || 900,198 || 5,425,588 ||
* [[Kansas City Southern Industries]], railway management
|-
* [[Lockton Companies|Lockton]], insurance brokerage and consulting firm
| Des Moines || 2 || 194,311 || 582,362 ||
* [[Netsmart Technologies|Netsmart]], health care IT provider
|}
* [[Polsinelli]], law firm
* [[Populous (company)]], architectural
* [[Russell Stover Candies]], currently under purchase by Swiss-based company Lindt
* [[T-Mobile US]], one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world; prior to its merger with T-Mobile, [[Sprint Corporation]] had its world headquarters in Overland Park.
* [[VMLY&R]], marketing and communications company
* [[Wish-Bone salad dressing]]
* [[YRC Worldwide]], one of the largest transportation and logistics companies in the world; based in Overland Park


Other major regional and national non-corporate employers headquartered and/or located in Kansas City include:
''-Sources''
* [[Shook, Hardy & Bacon]], major national and international [[law firm]]
* [[UMKC|University of Missouri - Kansas City]], full branch of the [[University of Missouri]]


==Products==
''Populations from U.S. Census Estimations''
* [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] trucks, including the [[Ford F-Series|F-150]] and [[Ford Transit|Transit]], manufactured at the [[Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant]] in [[Claycomo, Missouri|Claycomo]]
* [[Bon Ami]] cleaning powder, produced by [[Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company]] of Kansas City
* [[Chevrolet Malibu]] and [[Buick LaCrosse]], manufactured at the [[General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant]] in Fairfax, Kansas City
* [[Dawn (brand)|Dawn]] dishwashing detergent, manufactured by [[Procter & Gamble]] in Kansas City


==Federal government==
''Fortune 500 numbers from CNN.com''
The federal government is the largest employer in Kansas City. In the wider metropolitan area, the federal government, either directly or through contracts, employs 41,500 people. The combined annual payroll of these jobs is more than $3 billion.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Kansas City Star]] | url=https://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/10/3958568/no-1-employer-uncle-sam-keeps.html | date=December 10, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213004944/http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/10/3958568/no-1-employer-uncle-sam-keeps.html | archivedate=December 13, 2012 | access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>

The largest federal agencies in the Kansas City area by number of permanent employees are these:
* [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] - 15,294
* [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] - 2,740
* [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of Treasury]] (primarily the [[IRS]]) - 2,707
* [[Social Security Administration]] - 1,708
* [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]] - 1,451
* [[Department of Homeland Security]] - 1,230
* [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] - 1,210
* [[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] - 1,048
* [[General Services Administration]] - 883
* [[Environmental Protection Agency]] - 540

The [[U.S. Postal Service]] employs more than 6,000 in the Kansas City area. Postal jobs are often counted separately from other federal jobs, because these positions are generally in the [[excepted service]]. Employees in these positions cannot earn competitive status or reinstatement rights for traditional federal employment.

==Business publications==
Kansas City has many business publications. Two of the most prominent are the ''Kansas City Business Journal'' (weekly),<ref>[http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/bizspace/kansascity/ ''Kansas City Business Journal'']</ref> and ''Ingram's Magazine'' (monthly).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ingramsonline.com/home.html |title=''Ingram's Magazine'' |access-date=2006-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060225025243/http://www.ingramsonline.com/home.html |archive-date=2006-02-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many of Kansas City's business scions also frequently appear in the ''Independent'', the local [[upper class|society]] magazine (weekly),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kcindependent.com/|title=The Independent – Keeping Our Town In The Know Since 1899}}</ref> and ''KC Business Magazine'' (monthly).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kcbcentral.com/ |title="KC Business Magazine" |access-date=2007-09-07 |archive-date=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808025356/http://www.kcbcentral.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091216130547/http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/Top100_2006.pdf "The Role of Metro Areas in the U.S. Economy" - U.S. Conference of Mayors (2004–2006)]
* [http://www.edckc.com Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City]

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Latest revision as of 23:35, 30 April 2024

H&R Block's new oblong headquarters in downtown Kansas City

The economy of the Kansas City metropolitan area is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, which is the largest city in the state[citation needed] and the 37th largest in the United States. The Kansas City metropolitan area is the 27th largest in the United States, based on the United States Census Bureau's 2004 population estimates. The metro's economy is large and influential to its region.

Companies and employers

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Former Sprint world headquarters campus, now T-Mobile US's second headquarters, designed by RMJM Hillier, in Overland Park

The Kansas City metro is the third largest beef-processing city in the US (behind Chicago and Cincinnati), and has the second largest rail network. The area has many factories, manufacturing plants, an official international trade zone, and the most foreign trade zone space in the nation.[1] It has a number of large national and international companies, including these:

Other major regional and national non-corporate employers headquartered and/or located in Kansas City include:

Products

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Federal government

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The federal government is the largest employer in Kansas City. In the wider metropolitan area, the federal government, either directly or through contracts, employs 41,500 people. The combined annual payroll of these jobs is more than $3 billion.[2]

The largest federal agencies in the Kansas City area by number of permanent employees are these:

The U.S. Postal Service employs more than 6,000 in the Kansas City area. Postal jobs are often counted separately from other federal jobs, because these positions are generally in the excepted service. Employees in these positions cannot earn competitive status or reinstatement rights for traditional federal employment.

Business publications

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Kansas City has many business publications. Two of the most prominent are the Kansas City Business Journal (weekly),[3] and Ingram's Magazine (monthly).[4] Many of Kansas City's business scions also frequently appear in the Independent, the local society magazine (weekly),[5] and KC Business Magazine (monthly).[6]

References

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  1. ^ "KC SmartPort | Home". kcsmartport.thinkkc.com.
  2. ^ The Kansas City Star. December 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121213004944/http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/10/3958568/no-1-employer-uncle-sam-keeps.html. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2021. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Kansas City Business Journal
  4. ^ "Ingram's Magazine". Archived from the original on 2006-02-25. Retrieved 2006-03-10.
  5. ^ "The Independent – Keeping Our Town In The Know Since 1899".
  6. ^ ""KC Business Magazine"". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
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