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The economy of Kansas City Metropolitan Area is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, which is the largest city in Missouri and 37th largest city 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 Kansas City area is a large, influential, and important economy in its region. Historically, Kansas City, Missouri has been the third largest beef capital in the United States (behind Chicago and Cincinnati) and home to the second largest rail network. The Kansas City Metropolitan Area houses many factories, manufacturing plants, an official international trade zone, and more foreign trade zone space than anywhere else in the nation (KC SmartPort ). ==Other major companies and employers== Kansas City is also home to a number of other very large, national and international companies, some of which are: * American Century Investments (mutual fund manager and broker) * Barts Electric (Electrical Contractor specializing in commercial and government installations) * Bernstein-Rein (nationally recognized advertising firm) * Black & Veatch Corporation * Burns & McDonnell Engineering * Bushnell Corporation (Manufacturer of outdoor products specializing in optics and imaging) * Cerner Corporation * Commerce Bancshares (large bank operating in Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois) * Crayola (a division of Hallmark) * Dairy Farmers of America * Embarq Corporation (Large telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. It was spun off from Sprint in 2006.) * Garmin (develops consumer, aviation, and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System) * Hallmark Cards (largest greeting card manufacturer in the world) (NOTE: 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 Hall family and is thus ineligible for the ''Fortune'' 500 or 1000.) * HNTB (global infrastructure planning, engineering, and consulting firm). * Interstate Bakeries (maker of Wonder Bread, Twinkies, and other assorted products) * Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City * Kansas City Southern Industries (railway management) * Kansas City Life Insurance (major national insurer) * Russell Stover Candies (currently under purchase by Swiss-based company, Lindt) * Sprint Nextel (One of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. Its world headquarters is located in Overland Park, Kansas.) * Wish-Bone salad dressing * YRC Worldwide (One of the largest transportation and logistics companies in the world. Based in Overland Park, Kansas.) Other major regional and national non-corporate employers headquartered and/or located in Kansas City include: * Shook, Hardy & Bacon (major national and international law firm) * University of Missouri - Kansas City (full branch of the University of Missouri) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of Kansas City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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