Outstanding Business Climate

Kansas City hosts the North American or global headquarters of 70+ global leaders in the animal health industry, including: Bayer HealthCare Animal Health, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Intervet/Schering-Plough, Nestle/Purina PetCare, CEVA/Biomune and many others.

This list represents 4 of the 10 largest global animal health companies, 3 of the 5 largest pet food companies and the world’s largest animal health generics manufacturer.

Kansas City is at the center of the cattle industry as Kansas is 2nd and Missouri is 7th in cattle and calves inventory in the U.S. Within 350 miles of the KC Corridor, there is more than 45% of the fed cattle in the US, more than 40% of US hogs, and 20% of US beef cows and calves.

Kansas City is home to three nationally recognized publishers within the animal health industry including: Vance Publishing, Prism Business Media and Advanstar Communications. These companies publish such leading animal health publications as:

  • Veterinary Forum
  • Veterinary Technician
  • Veterinary Therapeutics
  • Veterinary Economics
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • dvm
  • Beef
  • Pork
  • National Hog Farmer
  • Dairy Herd Management
  • Farm Industry News

Innovative Incentives at the State Level

Extensive information on business incentives in Greater KC can be found in the Kansas City Area Development Council’s Tax & Incentive Profile on the thinkKC.com web site.

The state of Kansas recently approved the Kansas Economic Growth Act, which established the Kansas Biosciences Authority that will generate over $580 million in revenue for the development of the biosciences industry over the next 15 years.

The state of Missouri recently approved the Missouri Quality Jobs Act that provides a new incentive program for the creation of high-skilled jobs by offering companies quarterly cash payments of up to five percent of new taxable payroll based upon their new payroll investment.

For more information on business incentives, please visit these web sites:

Industry Associations

The Kansas City area is home to a large number of national and regional associations – ranging from life sciences to agriculture – that support the animal health and nutrition industry.