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Kansas Department of Commerce presents 2025 report: $9.5 billion in committed investment and thousands of jobs
Summary
The Department of Commerce told the Legislative Post Audit Committee that 2025 closed 275 projects across 68 counties, produced more than 12,000 new or retained jobs and recorded about $9.5 billion in committed capital; Commerce highlighted Merck, Fiserv and reshoring projects and summarized incentive program activity.
Joshua Jefferson of the Department of Commerce gave the committee the agency’s 2025 annual report, saying the state closed 275 projects across 68 counties, generating more than 12,000 new and retained jobs and a historic committed capital investment figure of about $9.5 billion.
Jefferson highlighted several major projects: Merck Animal Health in DeSoto, a roughly $895 million project associated with about 400 net new jobs and significant job retention; Fiserv’s decision to locate a global fintech hub in Overland Park bringing about 2,000 jobs; and other attraction and reshoring projects including Great Plains Manufacturing…
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