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Fortune 1000 Companies
As of 2006, the Kansas City Metropolitan Area is home to eleven of the Fortune 1000 companies:
- AMC Entertainment – National Movie Theater Chain
- Aquila Inc. – Public Utility
- DST Systems – Software Developer
- Ferrellgas Partners
- Great Plains Energy – Public Utility
- H&R Block – Know for its tax preparation and finance, H&R Block is the only Fortune 500 company in Kansas City
- Interstate Bakeries Corporation – International wholesale baker and distributer
- Payless ShoeSource
- Seaboard
- Sprint Nextel
- YRC Worldwide
The following is a comparison of Kansas City’s Fortune 1000 status to other regional cities:
| City |
Fortune 1000
Companies in city |
City Population |
Metro Population |
| Chicago, Illinois |
28 |
2,873,790 |
9,505,748 |
| St. Louis, Missouri |
18 |
350,705 |
2,832,204 |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota |
11 |
382,578 |
3,437,464 |
| Cleveland, Ohio |
11 |
458,684 |
2,942,303 |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
11 |
583,624 |
1,709,926 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio |
10 |
314,154 |
2,100,501 |
| Columbus, Ohio |
9 |
730,008 |
1,920,601 |
| St. Paul, Minnesota |
7 |
276,963 |
3,437,464 |
| Indianapolis, Indiana |
7 |
784,242 |
1,939,349 |
| Kansas City |
6 |
459,787 |
2,125,836 |
| Omaha, Nebraska |
6 |
408,958 |
839,867 |
| Detroit, Michigan |
4 |
713,777 |
5,425,588 |
| Des Moines, Iowa |
2 |
194,311 |
582,362 |
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