Radar · Transportation and Logistics in Missouri
Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in Missouri, United States
The 129 best Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: City Utilities of Springfield.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
129companies tracked
$76.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS × MISSOURI
Our analysis of 50 Transportation and Logistics companies
$13.3b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1996median founding year
57median Fliar Index™
88kcombined LinkedIn audience
52%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Utilities of Springfield Operator of utility services including electricity, natural gas, water, broadband, transportation 76Innovation top 20%Customers top 24%Market top 39%Tech top 39% All 9 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Customerstop 24% Markettop 39% Techtop 39% Growthtop 45% Producttop 48% Fundingtop 49% Globalbottom 29% Newsbottom 22% Innovation: 10 product lines Customers: Play-Store rating 4.64★ across 2,037 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +19% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $42M | 13 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1945 | Froala EditorMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+17 | — | — |
| 2 | Artur Express Provider of warehousing, trucking and transportation services 57Product top 32%Innovation top 36%Funding top 40%Tech top 40% All 8 signals ▾Producttop 32% Innovationtop 36% Fundingtop 40% Techtop 40% Growthtop 47% Marketbottom 48% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 32% Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Conventional Debt Innovation: 4 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $30M | 7 mo ago | Funding Raised | Artur Wagrodzki Owner | 1998 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 3 | UniGroup Provider of trucking and transportation services 29Tech top 18%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 45% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 18% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 45% Moatbottom 42% Globalbottom 37% Innovationbottom 31% Patentsbottom 26% Newsbottom 24% Marketbottom 15% Tech: 36 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $2M | 153 mo ago | Early Stage | Marc Rogers CEO | 1988 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | 2 patents Integrated multi-entity workflow automation platform for moving‑service quoting | — |
| 4 | Twin Cities And Western Operator of freight transportation services via rail for various industries | $2M | 15 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1991 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+21 | — | — |
| 5 | Wagner Logistics Provider of warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, and packaging services | — | 53 mo ago | Late Stage | Brian Smith Chief Executive Officer | 1946 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 6 | KCStreetcar Provider of transportation services | — | 65 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 7 | StorageMart Provider of storage units on rental basis | — | 68 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mike Burnam CEO | 1999 | Tailwind CSSReactPhusion Passenger+23 | — | 2 awards |
| 8 | Advanced Fulfillment Provider of integrated logistics and storage services | — | 82 mo ago | Late Stage | Karen Mathes Owner | 2007 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Kansas City Southern Transportation holding company | — | 183 mo ago | Acquired | Patrick Ottensmeyer CEO & President | 1887 | SalesforceJavaCloudflare+6 | — | — |
Top 9 Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri
#1
Funding Raised · Hazelwood, Missouri · founded 1998 · 435 employees$30Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Hazelwood, Missouri · founded 1998 · 435 employees
Provider of warehousing, trucking and transportation services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 32%Innovation
top 36%Funding
top 40%Tech
top 40%Growth
top 47%Market
bottom 48%Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Conventional Debt
Innovation: 4 product lines
Funding: Raised $30.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Oct 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 5.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Conventional Debt$30M
Founders & team
Investors
TAB Bank
Tech stack
Animate.CssCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#2
Funding Raised · Springfield, Missouri · founded 1945 · 714 employees$42.3Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Springfield, Missouri · founded 1945 · 714 employees
Operator of utility services including electricity, natural gas, water, broadband, transportation. The organization provides account management, payment options, and support for starting or stopping service. It offers resources related to safety, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Developer services, economic development, and purchasing information are available.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 20%Customers
top 24%Market
top 39%Tech
top 39%Growth
top 45%Product
top 48%Innovation: 10 product lines
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.64★ across 2,037 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +19% in 6 mo
Market: 714 employees (top 22% of Transportation and Logistics) · Top-500,000 web property
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 13.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$3.5M
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$20M
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$871.2K
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$3.5M
Investors
U.S. Department of Transportation, OSTI
Tech stack
Alpine.JsApache Http ServerAudioeyeAzureAzure MonitorBlazor
#3
Funding Raised · Glencoe, Missouri · founded 1991 · 34 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Glencoe, Missouri · founded 1991 · 34 employees
Operator of freight transportation services via rail for various industries. The company provides transloading, railcar storage, and railcar repair services. It focuses on connecting customers to the North American rail network. The company aims to offer dependable and cost-effective freight transportation.
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
Investors
U.S. Department of Transportation
Tech stack
CalendlyCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFont Awesome
#4
Early Stage · Fenton, Missouri · founded 1988 · 1 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Early Stage · Fenton, Missouri · founded 1988 · 1 employees
Provider of trucking and transportation services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 18%Growth
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Funding
bottom 45%Moat
bottom 42%Global
bottom 37%Tech: 36 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Devops: Envoy
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 13.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Sep 2013Unattributed$2M
- Dec 2010Unattributed$433.6K
Founders & team
Investors
Foxconn Electronics, Xing Wei Marine
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAngularApolloApple Icloud MailChart.JsCloudflare
#5
Late Stage · North Kansas City, Missouri · founded 1946 · 550 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · North Kansas City, Missouri · founded 1946 · 550 employees
Provider of warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, and packaging services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Dec 2021PE—
Founders & team
Investors
LongueVue Capital
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsCreativ.Email
#6
Funding Raised · Kansas City, Missouri · founded 2012 · 2 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Kansas City, Missouri · founded 2012 · 2 employees
Provider of transportation services
Investors
Federal Transit Administration
Tech stack
Animate.CssBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareFancyboxFingerprintjs
#7
Funding Raised · Columbia, Missouri · founded 1999 · 560 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Columbia, Missouri · founded 1999 · 560 employees
Provider of storage units on rental basis
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 5.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards · 2 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2020Unattributed—
Founders & team
Investors
GIC
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApolloBabelBootstrap
#8
Late Stage · Kansas City, Missouri · founded 2007—raised▾
Late Stage · Kansas City, Missouri · founded 2007
Provider of integrated logistics and storage services
Funding rounds
- Aug 2019PE—
Founders & team
Investors
Dunes Point Capital
#9
Acquired · Kansas City, Missouri · founded 1887 · 20000 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Kansas City, Missouri · founded 1887 · 20000 employees
Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company. It provides services like ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger services to individuals & businesses. In 2020, the company recorded annual revenues of $2.6 B and a net profit of $618.2 M.
Founders & team
Investors
U.S. Department of Transportation
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareDocusignFancybox
Funding & investor landscape
$76.7Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
11disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Artur Wagrodzki
Owner · Artur Express
Marc Rogers
CEO · UniGroup
Brian Smith
Chief Executive Officer · Wagner Logistics
Mike Burnam
CEO · StorageMart
Karen Mathes
Owner · Advanced Fulfillment
Patrick Ottensmeyer
CEO & President · Kansas City Southern
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,880,697 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Transportation and Logistics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 637 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 29% → 41% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Purdue University West Lafayette28
- Georgia Institute of Technology21
- National Laboratory of the Rockies20
- Idaho National Laboratory18
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology16
leading researchers
Fengqi You · William Crossley · Stephen Schey · Jim Francfort · Kara M. Kockelman · Dajun Yue · Tao Lin · Luis F. Rodríguez
▲
Breakthroughs113 · 18%
▲ 15%→18% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Fleet management research is surging — papers rose from 16 to 21, driving Breakthroughs field-share from 15% to 18%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Fleet management16→21
- Scalability4→9
- Key (lock)1→6
- Supply chain management1→4
- Automotive engineering1→4
Landmark DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning · 167 cites
◆
Advancements360 · 57%
▲ 55%→57% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Scheduling research is intensifying — production-process papers nearly tripled from 8 to 22 within Advancements segment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management5→21
- Scheduling (production processes)8→22
- Sustainability1→11
- Supply chain risk management1→10
- Electric vehicle3→11
Newly emergingAnalytics 0→8 · Big data 0→7 · Battery (electricity) 0→6
Landmark Life Cycle Optimization of Biomass-to-Liquid Supply Chains with Distributed–Centralized Processing Networks · 343 cites
▼
Concerns101 · 16%
▲ 14%→18% share
▲1.3× share momentum1 median citations54% since 2021mostly empirical
Electrification newly emerged with 9 papers while Fleet management concerns rose from 16 to 24, signaling growing operational risk focus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management2→11
- Fleet management16→24
- Transport engineering3→10
- Supply chain optimization4→9
- Sustainability1→5
Newly emergingElectrification 0→9 · Resilience (materials science) 0→6 · Agency (philosophy) 0→6
Landmark Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure · 312 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where logistics supply chain is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Boston31 · +0.55
Chicago21 · +0.61
Atlanta21 · +0.50
SF Bay Area18 · +0.54
Ann Arbor16 · +0.46
New York10 · +0.34
Austin10 · +0.38
Pittsburgh9 · +0.63
Seattle6 · +0.48
Los Angeles5 · +0.66
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in the United States
United States logistics supply chain patent filing is accelerating — 946 filings from 617 assignees (2016–2025), led by Amsted RAIL, Crown Equip, UBER Technologies; annual filings 68→95.
946 filings617 assigneespeak 140/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Amsted RAIL93
- Crown Equip69
- UBER Technologies65
- Kochanowski George E49
- Miner Enterprises37
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle System35
- R & L Carriers29
- Strong Force VCN Portfolio 201923
Common questions
How many Transportation and Logistics companies are there in Missouri, United States?
Radar tracks 129 indexable Transportation and Logistics companies headquartered in Missouri, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri, United States?
The Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri, United States on this list have raised a combined $76.7M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Missouri, United States?
City Utilities of Springfield is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Missouri, United States, with $42.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri, United States are funded?
4 of the 129 Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Transportation and Logistics unicorns are there in Missouri, United States?
None of the Transportation and Logistics companies in Missouri, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Missouri, United States Transportation and Logistics companies?
The most active investors in Missouri, United States Transportation and Logistics companies on this list include U.S. Department of Transportation, Aseel Islamic Finance Service, Dunes Point Capital, Federal Transit Administration, Foxconn Electronics.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.