These are the 5 best Kansas City area companies to work for in 2025, Inc. says
Looking for a new job? You might consider these five highly rated employers in the Kansas City area.
Inc., a business publication, released their list of the 514 best employers for 2025 in June. For almost a decade, the national magazine has chosen some top employers through an application process.
A total of 10 companies in Kansas and Missouri made the 2025 list, including five in the KC area.
Eligible businesses can submit an application to Inc. Then the publication scores each organization based on employee benefits and the responses to a 40-question employee satisfaction survey.
All the companies on the list are independent, based in the United States, have five or more employees, are two or more years old and bring in less than $1 billion in total annual revenue.
The Inc. list mostly includes businesses with fewer than 500 employees. Forbes compiles a similar list each year that focuses on large businesses.
Where are the best places to work in the Kansas City area, according to Inc.?
Here are the best employers based in the Kansas City area from to Inc. Magazine.
27Global, a Leawood IT company
Basys, a Leawood financial technology company
Benefitbay, a Kansas City health insurance-related company
BranchPattern, a Kansas City engineering consulting company
Chief of Staff, a Leawood human resources company. The firm has appeared on the list for four years in a row.
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This story was originally published July 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM.
