These are the 5 largest companies headquartered in the state of Kansas, as ranked by total revenue during the year from September 30, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

#1 Koch Industries ($125 Billion)

Koch Industries is a privately owned multinational petrochemical conglomerate headquartered in Wichita. However, the conglomerate also has subsidiaries involved in fertilizer production, paper manufacturing, electronic component manufacturing, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. Total revenue over the last 4 quarters was $125 billion.

Official Company Name	Koch Industries, Inc.
Headquarters Address	4111 East 37th St N Wichita, KS 67220
Corporate Phone Number	316-828-5500
Website	kochind.com

#2 Dairy Farmers of America ($20.3 Billion)

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a milk marketing cooperative that markets and sells the raw milk and milk derivative products of its members to wholesale buyers. DFA members and other producer-customers account for 29% of total milk production in the U.S. Total revenue was approximately $20.3 billion.

Revenue Estimation Methodology: DFA revenue for the 4 quarters ended September 30, 2022 was estimated conservatively based on available data. For calendar year 2021, the co-op generated $19.3 billion in revenue. From October 2021 to October 2022, “food at home” price inflation was 12.4% and “food away from home” price inflation was 8.6%. With that in mind, we assume 5% revenue growth for these last 4 quarters versus for 2021.

Official Company Name	DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA INC.
Headquarters Address	1405 N. 98th St. Kansas City, KS 66111
Corporate Phone Number	816-801-6455
Website	dfamilk.com

#3 Seaboard Corporation ($11.0 Billion)

Seaboard is an agricultural and transportation conglomerate primarily engaged in hog production and pork processing in the U.S., commodity trading and grain processing in Africa and South America, cargo shipping services in the Americas and Caribbean, sugar and alcohol production in Argentina, and electrical power generation in the Dominican Republic.

The company is publicly traded on a second-tier exchange called “NYSE American” (formerly the “American Stock Exchange” or “Amex” and not to be confused with the more prestigious “NYSE”) under the ticker SEB. However, the majority of the company’s stock is owned directly or indirectly by the Bresky family.

Total revenue was $11.041 billion.

Official Company Name	SEABOARD CORPORATION
State of Incorporation	Delaware
Headquarters Address	9000 West 67th Street Merriam, KS 66202
Corporate Phone Number	913-676-8928
2021 Annual Report	10-K
Investor Relations Website	Investor Relations

#4 Associated Wholesale Grocers ($11.0 Billion)

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the largest U.S. cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets. That means AWG sources food from producers, negotiates bulk purchase pricing, and then sells the food to its member supermarkets. Additionally, AWG also operates subsidiaries which provide certain real estate and supermarket development services, print and digital marketing services, and various lines of merchandise. Essentially, the co-op tries to provide all the services that an independent supermarket needs to successfully compete against large competitors such as Walmart and Kroger.

Total revenue over the last four quarters was approximately $11.0 billion.

Revenue Estimation Methodology: Since AWG does not release quarterly financials, trailing 12 month revenue is estimated by combining several pieces of data. Firstly, we have the total revenue from the last 3 calendar years: 2021 revenue ($10.83 billion), 2020 revenue ($10.63 billion), and 2019 revenue ($9.67 billion). Secondly, we have the total personal consumption expenditures on food which has grown from $1.123 trillion (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in December 2020 to $1.239 trillion in December 2021 to $1.292 trillion in September 2022. Conservatively, these numbers are consistent with a trailing 12 month revenue of approximately $11.00 billion. However, the margin of error is large enough that the revenue may actually be higher, and AWG might in fact deserve the 3rd place position on this list.

Official Company Name	ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
Headquarters Address	5000 Kansas Avenue Kansas City, KS 66106
Corporate Phone Number	913-288-1000
2021 Annual Report	Annual Report
Website	awginc.com

#5 Spirit Aerosystems ($4.8 Billion)

Not to be confused with Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE), Spirit Aerosystems (NYSE: SPR) designs & manufactures aircraft structures such as fuselages, nacelles, struts/pylons, wing structures, and flight control surfaces for use in both commercial and military aircraft. Total revenue was $4.780 billion.

Spirit Aerospace’s largest customers are Boeing and Airbus.

Official Company Name	SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.
State of Incorporation	Delaware
Headquarters Address	3801 South Oliver Wichita, KS 67210
Corporate Phone Number	316-526-9000
2021 Annual Report	10-K
Investor Relations Website	Investor Relations

Note: You may be wondering why certain companies with larger revenues than Spirit Aerosystems are not included on this list. The most likely reason is that those companies are not actually headquartered in the state of Kansas. Evergy, for instance, is actually headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri (with only a subsidiary actually headquartered in the state of Kansas). Garmin is headquartered in Switzerland. And Yellow Corporation recently moved its headquarters from Kansas to Nashville, Tennessee.

Additionally, Sprint has now merged with T-mobile which is headquartered in Washington state.

These are the 5 largest companies headquartered in Nebraska, as ranked by total revenue for the 4 quarters ended September 30, 2022.

#1 Berkshire Hathaway ($295.7 Billion)

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) is a diversified conglomerate built around a core insurance business that includes Geico as a subsidiary. Berkshire was transformed from a failing textile mill company into the world’s largest conglomerate by Warren Buffett over the course of 57 years. Total revenue over the last 4 quarters was $295.7 billion.

A few impressive stats:

• Berkshire owns about 0.5% of the entire U.S. national debt
• Berkshire owns Geico
• Berkshire owns BNSF, one of the largest freight railroads in North America
• Berkshire owns Dairy Queen
• Berkshire owns the kitchenware company Pampered Chef
• Berkshire owns Fruit of the Loom

Official Company Name	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
State of Incorporation	Delaware
Headquarters Address	3555 Farnam Street Omaha, NE 68131
2021 Annual Report	10-K
Investor Relations Website	Investor Relations

#2 Union Pacific ($24.4 Billion)

Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) is a holding company for the Union Pacific Railroad — one of the largest railroad companies in the U.S. with routes concentrated in the western two thirds of the country. Total revenue was $24.4 billion.

Official Company Name	UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION
State of Incorporation	Utah
Headquarters Address	1400 Douglas Street Omaha, NE 68179
2021 Annual Report	10-K
Investor Relations Website	Investor Relations

#3 Kiewit Corporation ($12.5 Billion)

Kiewit is a privately-owned engineering and construction company with industrial, commercial, and infrastructure customers. Total revenue over the last 4 quarters was approximately $12.5 billion.

Headquarters Address	1550 Mike Fahey St Omaha, NE 68102
Website	kiewit.com

#4 Mutual of Omaha Insurance ($11.5 Billion)

Mutual of Omaha is a Fortune 500 mutual insurance and financial services company that owns many subsidiaries with similar names including United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, Omaha Health Insurance Company, Omaha Supplemental Insurance Company, Mutual of Omaha Medicare Advantage Company, Mutual of Omaha Holdings, and others.

Annual revenue is approximately $11.5 billion, although the precise number is not available due to the quirky way its financial accounting is done. For a publicly traded company, majority owned subsidiaries typically have their revenue included in the parent company’s consolidated financial statements. However, Mutual of Omaha does not use GAAP but rather the NAOI SAP (National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ statutory accounting principles).

Under NAOI SAP, there is no consolidated income statement. What we do have though is an income statement for Mutual of Omaha without its subsidiaries (total income of $4.2 billion) and an income statement for one of its largest subsidiaries, United Omaha Life Insurance Company (total income of $6.1 billion). Given the growth in premiums that comes with inflation along with the additional revenue from the other subsidiaries, it seems reasonable that the total consolidated revenue of the company would be at least $11.5-12 billion for the last 4 quarters. That’s consistent with Fortune’s estimate of $11.5 billion in revenue for 2021.

Headquarters Address	3300 Mutual of Omaha Plaza Omaha, NE 68175
Website	mutualofomaha.com

#5 Valmont Industries ($4.2 Billion)

Valmont Industries (NYSE: VMI) offers a diversified portfolio of products to the agriculture and infrastructure industries across the world. Key customers include local and national governments, utility companies, construction companies, farms, and industrial companies.

The company uses four global reporting segments:

• Engineered Support Structures Segment (ESS) — Produces metal and wood poles for road lighting and highway transportation applications. Key customers include construction companies and governments.
• Utility Support Structures Segment (Utility) — Produces concrete and steel hybrid structures used as electrical poles and structures that support power lines. Key customers are electrical utility companies.
• Coatings Segment (Coatings) — Takes unfinished metal products from customers and applies coatings that inhibit corrosion, extend service lives, and enhance aesthetics. Customers of this segment come from a diverse range of industries.
• Irrigation Segment (Irrigation) — Produces mechanical irrigation (water & chemicals) equipment under the “Valley” brand name. Customers are crop growers, sometimes supported by governments.

Valmont’s revenue has grown 50% in two years, from $2.781 billion for the 4 quarters ended September 30, 2020 to now $4.177 billion for the 4 quarters ended September 30, 2022. This comes after 5 years of revenue stagnation ($2.748 billion for the 4 quarters ended September 30, 2015) and about 2 years of declining revenue before that ($3.305 billion for 4 quarters ended December 31, 2013).

If we look at the company’s capital allocation strategy for 2021, we can start to see what may be driving this high revenue growth: acquisitions.

Official Company Name	Valmont Industries, Inc.
State of Incorporation	Delaware
Headquarters Address	15000 Valmont Plaza Omaha, NE 68154
2021 Annual Report	10-K
Investor Relations Website	Investor Relations

Honorable Mentions

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation is a large company based in Omaha, and it does many billions in revenue each year. However, this list does not consider companies which are majority owned subsidiaries of other companies, and TD Ameritrade is owned by Charles Schwab Corporation which is headquartered in Texas, not Nebraska.

HDR, Inc. is a large, employee-owned engineering, construction, and architecture company headquartered in Omaha with over 11,000 employees globally. However, the company generated only $2.5 billion in 2021 revenue, and hasn’t grown enough in the past 3 quarters to push that number into top 5 territory. This 2020 article is very consistent with that conclusion as it reports $2.5 billion for the total annual revenue in that year as well.