O’Reilly Automotive, Hallmark, and Enterprise Mobility were the top three of the nine Missouri companies to make Forbes’ America’s Best Companies List for 2026.
For its “most comprehensive ranking of companies ever,” Forbes partnered with several data firms to collect hundreds of quality measures and millions of data points, evaluating thousands of major public and private companies on criteria such as financial performance, employee and customer satisfaction, workplace culture, public reputation, cybersecurity, and more.
From an automotive parts supplier to a global agribusiness and food company, the Missouri businesses landing on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Companies are once again as stable and diverse as Missouri’s economy.
Here are the Missouri companies that made the list:
O’Reilly Automotive
Springfield, Missouri
O’Reilly Automotive was founded in 1957 in Springfield, Missouri. Its decades of growth in the state helped it expand into a nationwide network of over 6,400 locations in the U.S. as of 2025.
Hallmark
Kansas City, Missouri
Hallmark Cards, Inc., founded in 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri, grew from a small postcard business into a global greeting-card and gift-products company headquartered in Missouri, making it one of the largest and most enduring homegrown brands in the state.
Enterprise Mobility
St. Louis, Missouri
Coincidentally founded the same year as O’Reilly Automotive, Enterprise Mobility has grown from a fleet of seven cars in St. Louis, Missouri, into a worldwide mobility provider known for its iconic slogan, “We’ll pick you up.”
Ameren
St. Louis, Missouri
Ameren Missouri, the state’s largest electric utility, now provides electricity to about 1.3 million customers across roughly 60 counties and over 500 Missouri communities, and is actively expanding generation capacity to support up to 2 gigawatts of new energy demand by 2032 to fuel economic growth.
Jack Henry & Associates
Monett, Missouri
Jack Henry & Associates, founded in 1976 in Monett, Missouri, has grown from a two-person startup into a major fintech firm with roughly 7,200 employees, serving thousands of community banks and credit unions across the country.
Schnuck Markets
St. Louis, Missouri
Schnuck Markets, founded in St. Louis in 1939, has grown from a single small grocery store to operating more than 70 stores in Missouri alone (and over 110 across the Midwest), making it one of the region’s largest locally-based supermarket chains.
Emerson Electric
St. Louis, Missouri
Emerson Electric, founded in 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri, has grown from a regional maker of electric motors and fans into a global automation and technology powerhouse that continues to anchor its global corporate headquarters in the St. Louis area, now moving into a new office in the region to support future growth.
Bunge Global
St. Louis, Missouri
Bunge Global, headquartered in Chesterfield/St. Louis, Missouri, has grown from an 1818 Amsterdam-based grain trader into a global agribusiness giant operating in over 40 countries. Bunge relocated its global headquarters to Missouri a few years ago to deepen its presence in the U.S. agriculture and food-processing industry.
Stifel Financial
St. Louis, Missouri
Stifel Financial Corp., founded in 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri, has grown from a small regional broker-dealer into a major national wealth-management and investment-banking firm operating hundreds of offices across the U.S. (and abroad), while maintaining its headquarters in Missouri.
Missouri’s strong, diverse business ecosystem continues to demonstrate why many of America’s best companies choose to grow and thrive in the state. Each of these companies exemplifies how Missouri’s supportive business climate, skilled workforce, and industry breadth foster the long-term success recognized by Forbes’ America’s Best Companies List.