Kansas Business by the Numbers: 2026 Company Breakdown

Key findings

• Kansas ranks 28th nationally with 521,459 companies — 0.8% of all 64,799,929 U.S. companies in the directory.
• Wichita is the state’s largest business hub, with 76,146 companies — 14.6% of every company in Kansas.
• Business is concentrated in a few metros: Wichita, Overland Park and Topeka together hold 30.8% of the state’s companies.
• Industrial & mechanical leads the state’s industries at 145,234 companies (27.9%), across 7 tracked sectors.

How Kansas ranks nationally

Kansas and its closest neighbours by total company count. Select a state to open its own study.

Top Kansas cities by number of companies

These 9 cities account for 48.9% of all companies in Kansas. Select any city to browse its full company list.

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Kansas companies by industry

Every company is classified by its primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. Select a sector to see those Kansas companies.

What the numbers show

Kansas’s 521,459 companies place it 28th nationally, 0.8% of the U.S. total. Activity clusters in its largest metros — Wichita, Overland Park and Topeka alone account for 30.8% of the state’s companies — while industrial & mechanical is the dominant sector at 27.9%. For buyers and sellers, that means the deepest pools of suppliers and manufacturers sit in a handful of cities and one or two sectors; the charts above link straight into each so you can shortlist by capability and region.

Methodology

Figures reflect companies listed in Factur’s U.S. business directory as of 2026, classified by headquarters city and primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. “Companies” includes manufacturers, suppliers, and B2B businesses of all sizes; counts are directory totals, not official census figures, and percentages are computed against the Kansas directory total. Data compiled by Factur, a sales and marketing firm for B2B manufacturers.