Kansas Business by the Numbers: 2026 Company Breakdown
Kansas has 521,459 business records in Factur’s directory — the 28th-most of any U.S. state, or 0.8% of the national total. Wichita leads its cities with 14.6% of the state’s records, Industrial & mechanical is the largest sector at 27.9%, and Kansas ranks 33rd for large employers (500+ employees).
Data as of July 2026. The figures come from Factur’s U.S. business directory, spanning 9 Kansas cities and 7 industry sectors. They count records, not unique companies: one company can have more than one record (see the methodology). Every number links to the browsable list behind it. Journalists and researchers are welcome to cite these figures with a link back to this page.
Key findings
- Kansas ranks 28th nationally with 521,459 business records — 0.8% of all 64,799,929 U.S. records in the directory.
- A national-average share of large employers. Kansas is 33rd for records of companies with 500+ employees (723), with 13.9 per 10,000 records against 14.0 nationally (25th of 52 states).
- Kansas has more food & beverage than the U.S. mix:Food & Beverage is 3.4% of the state’s records against 1.4% nationally (2.4×).
- Wichita is the state’s largest business hub, with 14.6% of all Kansas records.
- Business is concentrated in a few metros: Wichita, Overland Park and Topeka together hold 30.8% of the state’s records.
How Kansas ranks nationally
Kansas and its closest neighbours by total business records. Select a state to open its own study.
Top Kansas cities by number of business records
These 9 cities account for 48.9% of all records in Kansas. Select any city to browse its full company list.
Kansas businesses by industry
Every record is classified by its primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes; the shares are of all Kansas records. Select a sector to see those Kansas companies.
What sets Kansas apart
Sectors that make up a bigger share of Kansas’s records than of the U.S. as a whole. A ratio of 2.0× means the sector is twice as common here as nationally. Select a sector to browse it.
Kansas businesses by size
Most records in every state are small businesses. In Kansas, 1.64% of records with a known size have 51 or more employees, against 1.77% nationally. 146 records belong to companies with $1 billion or more in revenue.
| Employees | Records | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-50 | 507,870 | 98.36% | 98.23% |
| 51-200 | 6,334 | 1.23% | 1.37% |
| 201-1000 | 1,850 | 0.36% | 0.33% |
| 1001-5000 | 229 | 0.04% | 0.05% |
| 5001+ | 80 | 0.02% | 0.02% |
What the numbers show
Kansas’s 521,459 records place it 28th nationally, 0.8% of the U.S. total, and 33rd for large employers. That large-employer rank is well below its rank by records: its business base is weighted toward small companies. Activity clusters in its largest metros — Wichita, Overland Park and Topeka alone account for 30.8% of the state’s records — and the state leans toward food & beverage compared with the rest of the country. For buyers and sellers, that means the deepest pools of suppliers sit in a handful of cities and sectors; the charts above link straight into each so you can shortlist by capability and region.
Frequently asked questions
How many businesses are in Kansas?
Factur’s directory has 521,459 business records for Kansas, the 28th-most of any U.S. state. That counts records rather than unique companies: a company can have more than one record, so the number of distinct businesses is lower.
How many large companies are in Kansas?
723 Kansas records belong to companies with 500 or more employees, 33rd among U.S. states, or 13.9 per 10,000 records against 14.0 nationally. Large companies often have several records (one per department or location), so this overstates the number of distinct large employers.
Which Kansas city has the most businesses?
Wichita has the most, with 14.6% of the state’s records.
What is the largest industry in Kansas?
Industrial & mechanical is the largest sector, at 27.9% of Kansas records. Compared with the U.S. mix, Kansas has proportionally more food & beverage.
Where does this data come from?
From Factur’s U.S. business directory as of July 2026, classified by city and by primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. Every figure on this page links to the list behind it.
Cite this data
Free to use with attribution — please credit Factur and link back to this page.
Factur. (2026). Kansas Business by the Numbers: 2026 Company Breakdown. data.facturmfg.com. https://data.facturmfg.com/insights/kansas<a href="https://data.facturmfg.com/insights/kansas">Kansas Business by the Numbers: 2026 Company Breakdown</a> — data by FacturMethodology
Figures count records in Factur’s U.S. business directory as of July 2026, classified by city and primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. Records cover manufacturers, suppliers and businesses of all sizes. They are not a count of unique companies: one company can have several records (for example one per department or location), and some records are duplicates. That affects large companies most, so treat raw totals as an upper bound and rely on the ranks, shares and comparisons, which it affects much less. These are directory totals, not official census figures. Percentages are computed against the Kansas directory total; size shares use records with a known employee count. Data compiled by Factur, a sales and marketing firm for B2B manufacturers.
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