Missouri Connections: United Kingdom
Population
Missourians of British ancestry: 13,139
Missourians of English ancestry: 328,855
Missourians of Irish ancestry: 577,232
Missourians of Scottish ancestry: 72,266
Missourians of Welsh ancestry: 23,916
Missourians born in the UK: 5,379
Source: American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau,
2015, 1-year estimates
Exports & Imports
Missouri exports to the UK in 2016
$302,049,069
Top export commodities
Chemicals
Computer and electronic products
Machinery, except electrical
Printed matter and related products
Primary metal mfg
Missouri imports from the UK in 2016
$316,816,293
Top import commodities
Chemicals
Goods returned/reimported
Machinery, except electrical
Computer and electronic products
Beverages and tobacco products
Source: International Trade Administration
Companies
UK-owned in Missouri recently added
or expanded
Associated British Foods: AB Mauri Food Inc.
(St. Louis)
Caparo Industries PLC: Bull Moose Tube
Company (Gerald, Chesterfield)
Miicard: Miicard (St. Louis)
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC: Reckitt Benckiser
Inc (Springfield, St. Peters, Linn, Maryland Heights)
Thomson Reuters (St. Louis)
WPP PLC: Groupm (St. Louis); VML, Inc.
(Kansas City)
The Weir Group PLC: Weir Minerals Lewis
Pumps (St. Louis)
Universal Group of Companies (St. Louis)
Largest UK-owned in Missouri
Amdocs Ltd: Amdocs, Inc. (Chesterfield)
Amec PLC: Amec Foster Wheeler (Ballwin,
Jefferson City)
Aon PLC: Aon (St. Louis, Kansas City)
Ashtead Group PLC: Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.
(Jefferson City, Springfield, St. Louis, Kansas City,
Joplin, St. Charles)
BBA Aviation PLC: Dallas Airmotive, Inc.
(Neosho, Chesterfield); Signature Flight Support
Corporation (Kansas City, St. Louis)
BP PLC: BP Pipelines (North America) Inc.
(Freeman, La Plata, Galt, Carrollton)
Brandenburg Holdings Ltd: Brandenburg NA,
LLC (St. Louis)
Bunzl PLC: Bunzl Distribution Midcentral, LLC
(St. Louis, North Kansas City); Bunzl USA Holdings
Corporation (St. Louis)
CEF Holdings Ltd: City Electric Supply Company
(Lees Summit, Springfield, Grandview, Liberty,
Independence)
Electrocomponents Public Limited Company:
Allied Electronics, Inc (St. Charles)
Elementis PLC: Elementis Specialties, Inc.
(St. Louis)
ERM Worldwide Ltd: Environmental Resources
Management, Inc. (St. Louis)
G4s PLC: G4s Secure Solutions (USA) Inc
(St. Louis)
GKN PLC: G K N Aerospace North America Inc.
(Hazelwood)
Glaxosmithkline PLC: Glaxosmithkline LLC
(St. Louis)
Grant Thornton International Ltd: Grant
Thornton LLP (Kansas City, St. Louis)
Horizon Discovery Group: Sage Labs (St. Louis)
International Game Technology PLC: IGT Global
Solutions Corporation (Jefferson City, St. Louis)
Intertek Group PLC: Intertek U.S.A., Inc.
(St. Louis)
Keller Group PLC: Hayward Baker Inc. (St. Louis,
Kansas City)
Laird PLC: Laird Technologies, Inc. (Earth City)
Mash Holdings Ltd: Everlast Sports Mfg. Corp.
(Moberly)
Melrose Industries PLC: Nortek Global HVAC
(O’Fallon)
Mondi PLC: Mondi Jackson LLC (Jackson)
Moore Stephens International Limited: Moore
Stephens Brown Smith Wallace LLC (St. Charles,
St. Louis)
Premier Farnell PLC: Newark Electronics
Corporation (Maryland Heights)
Qinetiq Group PLC: Westar Aerospace &
Defense Group, Inc. (St. Charles)
Scot Young Research Ltd: SYR Scot Young
Research Ltd (St. Joseph)
Serco Group PLC: Serco (Wentzville)
TDR Capital LLP: Williams Scotsman, Inc. (Kansas
City, Imperial)
Unilever PLC: Unilever United States, Inc.
(Sikeston, Jefferson City, Independence)
Universal Components UK Ltd: Universal
Components Group (O’Fallon)
Wasp Management Software Ltd: Labor
Solutions International, Inc. (Arnold)
Wolseley PLC: Ferguson Enterprises (Ballwin,
Independence, Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis)
Largest Missouri-owned in UK
Adknowledge, Inc.
Aegion Corporation
American Century Proprietary Holdings, Inc.
Baldwin Technology Company, Inc.
Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc.
Belden Inc.
Brewer Science, Inc.
Bryan Cave LLP
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Cass Information Systems
Cerner Corporation
Coin Acceptors, Inc. (Coinco)
CSI Leasing, Inc. (CSI)
DST Systems, Inc.
Edgewell Personal Care
Emerson Electric Company
Emerson Industrial Automation, Inc.
Energizer Holdings Inc.
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
Esco Technologies Inc.
H&R Block Inc.
Hallmark Cards Inc.
Hok Group, Inc.
Husch Blackwell LLP
IDX Corporation
Leggett & Platt Incorporated
Lockton, Inc.
Maritz Holdings Inc.
Monsanto Company
Perficient, Inc.
Populous
Reinsurance Group Of America, Inc.
Reliv’ International, Inc.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Llp
Stifel Financial Corp.
Watlow Electric Mfg. Co.
World Wide Technology Inc. (WWT)
Culture
Scottish St. Andrew Society of Springfield:
facebook.com/sgfscots/
Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis:
stlstandrews.com
St. David’s Welsh Society of Greater Kansas City:
kcwelsh.com
Daughters of the British Empire:
dbeinmissouri.org
St. Louis Scottish Games: stl.scot
Kansas City Scottish Highland Games:
kcscottishgames.org