Towner Communications Ranks #67 on Kansas City Business Journal’s 2026 Family-Owned Business List
Towner Communications Ranks #67 on Kansas City Business Journal’s 2026 Family-Owned Business List
Towner Communications has earned the #67 spot on the Kansas City Business Journal’s 2026 Largest Family-Owned Businesses List, recognizing the company’s place among the Kansas City area’s largest family-owned businesses based on 2025 revenue.
Founded in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1947 and now headquartered in Kansas City, Towner Communications has spent nearly eight decades helping businesses stay connected through changing technology, evolving communications systems, and the occasional technological headache.
From traditional business phone systems to cloud communications, Mitel support, structured cabling, and network infrastructure, a lot has changed since 1947.
One thing hasn’t changed: We still call our own shots, keep it in the family, and take the hell out of Hello.
Family-Owned Since 1947. Still Taking the Hell Out of Hello.
When Towner Communications opened its doors in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1947, business communications looked a little different.
No cloud. No Microsoft Teams. No AI meeting assistants politely inviting themselves into conversations.
Just telephones, wires, and the expectation that when someone called, somebody answered.
Nearly 80 years later, the technology has changed dramatically. So have the businesses depending on it.
Today, Towner Communications calls Kansas City, Missouri, home and helps businesses throughout the Midwest keep their technology working as hard as they do. From business phone systems, cloud communications, and Mitel support to structured cabling, fiber optic networks, data center cabling and infrastructure, and integrated security solutions, we handle the technology that keeps businesses connected, protected, and moving forward.
From connecting conversations to building the physical network infrastructure that keeps businesses and data centers running, we’ve evolved right alongside the technology.
But the family-owned part? That’s stayed the same.
And in an industry where mergers, acquisitions, and changing ownership are practically a business model, we’re proud to remain independent.
Different decade. Different technology. Same commitment to keeping businesses connected.
Kansas City Roots. Family-Owned Grit. Nearly 80 Years and Counting.
The Kansas City Business Journal’s 2026 Largest Family-Owned Businesses List includes nearly 100 companies that collectively generated approximately $11.4 billion in revenue in 2025.
We’re proud that Towner Communications earned the #67 spot among businesses helping shape the Kansas City region’s economy.
Of course, a ranking doesn’t tell the whole story.
Nearly eight decades in business don’t happen by accident. They happen because customers keep putting their trust in us, employees roll up their sleeves and get things done, and relationships outlast the technology we originally installed. And trust us, we’ve installed some pretty old technology.
To our customers, employees, and partners: Thank you for being part of the journey.
79 years down. And we’re just getting warmed up.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal, “KC’s family-owned businesses generate $11.4B in revenue in 2025,” published November 6, 2026. Rankings are based on company-reported 2025 revenue.
Nearly 80 years of experience. One family-owned company.
