List of Kansas companies
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List of Kansas companies includes notable companies that are, or once were, headquartered in Kansas.
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- Ace Aircraft Manufacturing CompanyAce Aircraft Manufacturing CompanyThe Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company was established in Wichita, Kansas in 1929 by Orland Corben to market the world's first homebuilt aircraft, a machine of his own design called the Baby Ace...
- Aerial DistributorsAerial DistributorsAerial Distributors was a US aircraft manufacturer established in Wichita, Kansas in 1967. It set up to develop the Distributor Wing DWA-1, an unorthodox agricultural aircraft....
- Affiliated Foods MidwestAffiliated Foods MidwestAffiliated Foods Midwest is a retailers' cooperative based in Norfolk, Nebraska and Elwood, Kansas and serving the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Michigan...
- Air MidwestAir MidwestAir Midwest, Inc., was a Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965. It was headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States, and was a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. It operated flights as US...
- Applebee'sApplebee'sApplebee’s International, Inc., is an American company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain. As of September 2011, there were 2,010 restaurants operating system-wide in the United States, one U.S. territory and 14 other countries...
- Associated Wholesale GrocersAssociated Wholesale GrocersAssociated Wholesale Grocers is the second-largest retailer-owned grocery wholesaler in the United States, after Wakefern Food Corporation. The cooperative serves over 1,900 stores in 21 states. It was founded in 1924 as Associated Grocers of Kansas City and is based in Kansas City, Kansas...
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- Castle Creations
- Cessna Aircraft Company
- ChemidexChemidexInnovadex is a specialized search engine in the chemical, food & beverage and life science industries that supplies product developers and innovators at formulated-product manufacturers with technical data and connects them to sales/support personnel at raw material/ingredient suppliers.-Corporate...
- Coleman CompanyColeman CompanyColeman Company, Inc., is an American company that specializes in outdoor recreation products. Historically, Coleman is known for camping gear....
- CoreFirst Bank & TrustCoreFirst Bank & TrustCoreFirst Bank & Trust is a community bank headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. Commerce Bank & Trust changed its name to CoreFirst Bank & Trust in order to differentiate itself from other Commerce Banks, both in Kansas and nationwide. Since the name change, CoreFirst has operated under three...
- CZ-USACZ-USACZ-USA is the US-based subsidiary of Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, a Czech firearms manufacturer. CZ-USA, based in Kansas City, Kansas, is responsible for the importation and distribution of CZ products in the United States.- About CZ-USA :...
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- Dickinson TheatresDickinson TheatresDickinson Theatres is a privately owned movie theater chain based in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. As of summer 2010, the company operates 26 theaters with 278 screens in over 10 states: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and...
- DillonsDillonsDillons is a grocery supermarket chain based in Hutchinson, Kansas, and is a division of The Kroger Company. Other banners under Dillon Stores Division include Gerbes in Missouri, Baker's in Omaha, Nebraska and a Food 4 Less store in Fremont, Nebraska...
, a division of KrogerKrogerThe Kroger Co. is an American supermarket chain founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported US$ 76.7 billion in sales during fiscal year 2009. It is the country's largest grocery store chain and its second-largest grocery retailer by volume and second-place general retailer... - Duckwall-ALCO Retail StoresDuckwall-ALCO Retail StoresDuckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. is a small retail chain operating 258 stores in 23 states in the United States Midwest, founded in 1901 in Kansas by A.L. Duckwall.-History:...
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- Zurich Direct UnderwritersZurich Financial ServicesZurich Financial Services AG is a major financial services group based in Zurich, Switzerland.-History:The Company was founded in 1872 as subsidiary of the Schweiz Marine Insurance Company under the name Versicherung Verein...