Commercial lead generation and B2B appointment setting in Wichita

Wichita has 1,727 business sites with 20 or more people on site in the categories commercial trades sell to, #79 of the 100 markets we cover, and 1.54 times the national concentration of hospitals. Private business establishments grew 5.5% from 2025 Q1 to 2026 Q1. Abstrakt's U.S.-based reps prospect those buyers by phone, email and LinkedIn and book meetings with the people who sign.

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Local B2B snapshot

How many businesses are in Wichita, and which ones buy

Wichita has 7,897 establishments in the categories commercial trades sell to, 1,727 of them with 20 or more people on site. Compared with the national mix it over-indexes on hospitals (1.54x), auto dealerships (1.48x) and bank and credit union offices (1.45x). Added over the past year: medical, dental and outpatient offices (+49), restaurants (+36) and trucking companies (+28). Down: commercial property managers (-2).

  • 7,897 establishments in the 21 categories commercial trades sell to

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

  • 1,727 of them with 20 or more people on site, where a prospecting list starts

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

  • +5.5% private business establishments, 2025 Q1 to 2026 Q1 (17,372 now; U.S. +3.6%)

    Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1

  • 1.54x the national concentration of hospitals

    Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1

  • 1,624 decision-maker records Abstrakt can prospect for a construction and roofing program (territory: Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield)

    Source: Abstrakt territory record counts, October 2026

An establishment is one physical location, so a company with three sites counts three times; decision-maker records are contacts, not companies; open programs are not reservations.

Largest buyer groups in Wichita

  1. Restaurants 1.24x the U.S. mix486
  2. Retail stores362
  3. Manufacturing plants 1.32x the U.S. mix237
  4. Medical, dental and outpatient offices211
  5. Wholesale distributors 1.17x the U.S. mix130
  6. Senior living and nursing 1.20x the U.S. mix85
  7. Churches and religious organizations51
  8. Auto dealerships 1.48x the U.S. mix46

Sites with 20 or more people on site, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; concentration, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1.

All 21 categories, with establishments, concentration and one-year change
Business categories in Wichita: larger sites, all establishments, concentration and one-year change
CategorySites with 20+All establishmentsvs. U.S. mix1-yr change
Restaurants 4861,346 1.24x +36
Retail stores 3621,939 1.13x +5
Manufacturing plants 237609 1.32x +26
Medical, dental and outpatient offices 2111,482 1.10x +49
Wholesale distributors 130672 1.17x +12
Senior living and nursing 85241 1.20x +17
Churches and religious organizations 51477 0.24x +2
Auto dealerships (also counted in retail) 46119 1.48x +4
Grocery stores (also counted in retail) 44262 1.05x +2
Trucking companies 43271 1.05x +28
Bank and credit union offices 37410 1.45x +17
Hotels 29106 1.13x +4
Private K-12 schools 1639 0.65x +1
Hospitals 1221 1.54x +4
Warehousing and distribution 634 1.08x +1
Apartment and residential property managers 6102 1.23x +26
Golf courses and country clubs 618 0.81x +1
Colleges and universities 47 1.28x +4
Commercial property managers 337 1.12x -2
Hosting and data processing companies 326 1.30x +6
Nonresidential building owners 060 1.18x 0
Total, each site once1,7277,897

Sites and establishments: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; concentration (location quotient) and one-year change in establishments: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1, summed across the metro's counties.

Your industry in Wichita

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Every trade in Wichita at a glance

Largest buyer groups (sites with 20+ people)

  1. Restaurants486
  2. Retail stores362
  3. Manufacturing plants237
  4. Medical, dental and outpatient offices211
  5. Wholesale distributors130

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.

Most room per contractor

  1. Commercial Landscaping#23 of 100
  2. Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial#26 of 100
  3. Commercial HVAC & Mechanical#40 of 100

Larger buyer sites per contractor, ranked across up to 100 markets. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1.

Trade panels: buyer sites, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; contractors, their one-year change and employment, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1; decision-maker records, Abstrakt territory record counts, October 2026; open programs, Abstrakt territory availability.

Compare all 11 trades in Wichita

Ranked by larger buyer sites per contractor against up to 100 markets (only markets with 10 or more contractors in a trade are ranked; n/r means not ranked). A higher rank means more buildings worth calling for every competitor working them.

Commercial trades in Wichita: contractors, buyer sites and rank
TradeContractors1-yr changeLarger buyer sitesPer contractorRankDecision-maker records
Commercial Landscaping
Largest buyer group: retail stores
208 +13 947 4.6 #23 not counted
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial
Largest buyer group: manufacturing plants
161 +5 745 4.6 #26 567
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical
Largest buyer group: manufacturing plants
61 +4 640 10.5 #40 497
Fire Protection
Largest buyer group: restaurants
22 0 1,014 46.1 #40 not counted
Paving & Asphalt
Largest buyer group: retail stores
21 +4 901 42.9 #43 not counted
Commercial Construction
Largest buyer group: manufacturing companies
122 +12 577 4.7 #47 1,624
Commercial Electrical
Largest buyer group: retail stores
81 +8 806 10.0 #56 not counted
Managed Service Providers
Largest buyer group: manufacturers
392 +60 974 2.5 #59 not counted
Commercial Painting & Coatings
Largest buyer group: retail stores
21 -1 934 44.5 #76 not counted
Commercial Roofing
Largest buyer group: retail stores
21 +3 900 42.9 #79 1,624
Commercial Flooring
Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care
5 -1 579 115.8 n/r not counted

Sources: contractors and change, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1; buyer sites, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (each trade's own buyer categories, each site counted once); decision-maker records, Abstrakt territory record counts, October 2026.

Growth and trends

Is Wichita adding businesses? Five years of counts

Private business establishments in the metro's counties went from 15,288 in 2021 to 16,620 in 2025 (+8.7%), while private employment moved +7.8% to 264,259. In the Census Bureau's latest count, 1,319 establishments opened and 1,096 closed in a year. New sites start without an incumbent vendor.

Private establishments and employment, 2021 to 2025

Private establishments, employment and average weekly wage by year, Wichita
YearEstablishmentsEmploymentAvg weekly wage
202115,288245,150$992
202215,986253,399$1,064
202316,695260,730$1,114
202417,151263,229$1,146
202516,620264,259$1,192

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (opens in a new tab), private ownership, 2021 to 2025 annual averages, 4 counties summed. n/a: BLS withholds the figure for at least one county.

Establishments opened and closed each year

Establishment openings and closings by year, Wichita, KS
Year to MarchOpenedRateClosedRate
20191,0978.1%1,0747.9%
20201,1278.3%1,0797.9%
20211,2839.3%1,0978.0%
20221,2418.9%1,1438.2%
20231,3199.4%1,0967.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (opens in a new tab), 2023 release, Wichita, KS. Each year runs March to March; rates are per 100 establishments.

New business applications

9,190 applications for an employer ID number were filed in the metro's counties in 2025, +85.4% on 2019 (4,958): Sedgwick County 7,848, Butler County 829, Harvey County 301 and Sumner County 212. Applications include sole proprietors and filings that never hire, so they measure new business activity, not new buyers.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics (county annual) (opens in a new tab), calendar 2025, retrieved 2026-10-15.

Contractors by trade, 2021 to 2025
Contractor establishments by trade, 2021 and 2025, Wichita
Trade20212025Change
Managed Service Providers254339+85 (+33.5%)
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical4955+6 (+12.2%)
Commercial Roofing1718+1 (+5.9%)
Paving & Asphalt1819+1 (+5.6%)
Commercial Electrical7174+3 (+4.2%)
Commercial Construction108109+1 (+0.9%)
Fire Protection22220 (0.0%)
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial157154-3 (-1.9%)
Commercial Landscaping204199-5 (-2.5%)
Commercial Painting & Coatings2221-1 (-4.5%)
Commercial Flooring76-1 (-14.3%)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages, the same NAICS codes as the trade comparison above. More contractors means more competition for the same buyers; fewer means more room for outbound.

When to prospect: the Wichita calendar

Cooling demand peaks in July (484 cooling degree days in a normal year), and 67% of the 1,052 severe hail and wind reports from 2015 to 2024 fell in May, June and April. Start roofing and HVAC prospecting ahead of those months.

Average high temperature, cooling degree days and severe storm reports by month, Wichita
MonthAvg high (F)Cooling degree daysHail and wind reports
January4400
February4915
March591038
April6820151
May77116278
June87334275
July92484127
August91440113
September8321718
October713033
November5719
December4605

Sources: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county monthly series, 1991-2020 averages (opens in a new tab); NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab), 2015 to 2024. Reports of hail 1 inch or larger and thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more, by month, across the market counties.

Buying signals

Where the money is moving in Wichita

Federal contracts and building permits are early signs that a building is changing: new construction, a renovation, a re-roof.

Federal contracts performed in the metro

Federal agencies obligated $357.3 million in contracts with a place of performance in Wichita's counties in federal fiscal year 2026 (October 2025 to September 2026), against $1.13 billion in fiscal 2025 (-68.4%). Construction (NAICS 23) took $24.5 million.

Contract obligations by county
CountyFY2026FY2025
Butler County$25.2 million$43.0 million
Harvey County$1.7 million$3.0 million
Sedgwick County$326.9 million$1.08 billion
Sumner County$3.4 million$1.6 million
Metro counties$357.3 million$1.13 billion
FY2026 obligations in each trade's own NAICS code
TradeNAICSFY2026
Commercial Construction236220$15.8 million
Commercial Landscaping561730$1.2 million
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial561720$1.1 million
Commercial Electrical238210$493,977
Managed Service Providers541512$169,965
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical238220$692

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury) (opens in a new tab), contract award types A to D, obligations dated October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, by place of performance; data as of 2026-10-15. Defense contract actions are published 90 days late, so fiscal 2026 will still rise. Place of performance is coded by the contracting officer.

Territory intelligence

Where the Wichita buyers are

Sedgwick County, Butler County and Harvey County hold 96% of the metro's 1,727 larger business sites, so most programs start there and add the rest of the metro for larger accounts, depending on how far your crews travel.

Larger business sites (20+ people) by county, Wichita, KS
CountySitesShare
Sedgwick County 1,50687%
Butler County 814.7%
Harvey County 653.8%
Sumner County 221.3%
Not assigned to a county by Census533.1%
Metro total1,727100%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, metro and county files, summed across the buyer categories on this page (each site counted once). County files withhold some size-class counts that the metro file reports, so 53 sites cannot be placed in a county.

Abstrakt territories in this market

Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS. A strategist confirms which one your program would hold.

The owners that anchor Wichita

Each fact links to its source, checked 2026-10.

4 more anchor owners in Wichita
Projects and economic activity

What is being built in Wichita, and who it puts to work

Named projects from primary and local news sources, researched September 2026. Market intelligence, not open bids: confirm timing with the owner.

Boeing Wichita investment (new buildings and facility upgrades)

$1 billion over three years

Announced or plannedAnnounced June 2026; project details not yet disclosed

Boeing plans to construct new buildings and upgrade facilities at its Wichita operations, alongside a 35,000 square foot, $45 million Boeing Workforce Training Center with WSU Tech expected to open by the end of 2026.

Aerospace plant work brings industrial electrical, HVAC and fire protection packages plus roofing and paving on large footprints; contractors should watch for permit filings as Boeing releases specific projects.

electricalHVACfire protectionroofingpaving

Engineering News-Record, 2026-06-10 (opens in a new tab)

Wichita Biomedical Campus

$300 million

Under wayUnder construction, building completion targeted December 2026, classes summer 2027

A nine-story, 350,000 square foot biomedical and healthcare education building at English and Topeka streets in downtown Wichita, a joint effort of Wichita State, WSU Tech and the University of Kansas Medical Center.

As the building closes out, interior finish trades (flooring, painting) and lab mechanical and electrical commissioning peak, followed by janitorial and maintenance contracts when staff move in during spring 2027.

flooringpaintingHVACelectricalcleaning

Engineering News-Record, 2026-04-03 (opens in a new tab)

South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital

more than $100 million

Under wayUnder construction, completion late 2026, patients early 2027

A 104-bed state mental health hospital in south Wichita providing inpatient treatment and forensic services.

Secure behavioral health space needs specialized HVAC, electrical and fire protection, and the late-2026 finish puts flooring and painting work on the near-term calendar, with institutional cleaning after opening.

HVACelectricalfire protectionflooringcleaning

KAKE, 2026-08-02 (opens in a new tab)

Delano Ballpark District hotel and mixed-use development

$133 million

Under wayBroke ground July 2026, opening planned for 2028

A seven-story, 160-room hotel with 192 residences, 10,000 square feet of street-level retail and structured parking from EPC Real Estate Group at South McLean Boulevard and West Maple Street, across from Equity Bank Park in Delano.

Hospitality and residential space carries HVAC, electrical and fire sprinkler work through 2028, with large flooring and painting packages at the end and ongoing hotel cleaning and landscaping contracts after.

HVACelectricalfire protectionflooringpainting

KWCH 12, 2026-07-30 (opens in a new tab)

Ascension Via Christi West ER

11,250 sq ft

Under wayUnder construction (broke ground March 2026), opening 2027

An 11,250 square foot freestanding emergency room with 10 treatment rooms, CT and X-ray imaging and an onsite lab at the northwest corner of West Kellogg and 119th Street in west Wichita.

A short, roughly 10-month build means electrical (imaging), HVAC and fire protection bids now, then parking lot paving, landscaping and recurring clinical cleaning once it opens.

electricalHVACfire protectionpavingcleaning

Ascension Via Christi, 2026-03-31 (opens in a new tab)

Wichita Public Schools (USD 259) bond proposal

$615 million

See sourceOn the November 3, 2026 ballot

A two-question bond from Wichita Public Schools: Question 1 (just over $407 million) would rebuild five elementary and middle schools, preserve North and East high schools and fix HVAC at 17 schools and buildings; Question 2 ($207 million) would renovate and expand Horace Mann, rebuild Coleman Middle and Adams Elementary and improve career and technical space at South, Northwest and Heights high schools.

If voters approve it, the district moves into design and bidding for multiple school rebuilds, giving general contractors, roofers, flooring installers and mechanical contractors a multi-year run of K-12 work across Wichita.

constructionHVACroofingflooring

KAKE, 2026-06-01 (opens in a new tab)

Wichita Fire Station 23

Under wayBroke ground August 2026

A new fire station near Pawnee and Maize in southwest Wichita, the city's first new station in more than 16 years, part of more than $62.5 million the city says it has committed to new and rebuilt fire stations.

Municipal station builds bring general construction, roofing and site paving packages now, and the city's wider station program means more of the same bids as other stations are rebuilt.

constructionroofingpaving

KAKE, 2026-08-20 (opens in a new tab)

Derby Shores

$160 million

Under wayBroke ground May 2026; lagoon phase about a year, full completion about two years

A STAR bond tourism district in Derby anchored by a 4-acre Crystal Lagoon with white sand beaches, with apartments, a hotel, restaurants and bars planned alongside, led by Genesis Health Clubs developer Rodney Steven.

Site clearing and lagoon work come first, then vertical construction and roofing on the hotel and apartments, and the finished district needs grounds maintenance and hotel and venue cleaning contracts.

constructionlandscapingroofingcleaning

KAKE, 2026-05-26 (opens in a new tab)

Redbud Trail improvements (Woodlawn to K-96 and Rock Road overpass)

$17,830,824 proposed budget

Under wayPhase one under construction since February 2026; phase two bidding pending council approval

About three and a half miles of new trail between Woodlawn and K-96 in northeast Wichita with upgraded crossings at Woodlawn, Greenwich and Webb roads, and a pedestrian overpass at the Rock Road crossing in phase two.

Trail and crossing work is federally funded public bid work for paving and site contractors, and the overpass and connections in phase two add structural construction and landscape restoration along the corridor.

pavinglandscapingconstruction

KAKE, 2026-09-01 (opens in a new tab)

Botanica Wichita expansion into Sim Park

about 15 acres

Approved or fundedLease approved September 2026; construction could be several years away

The Wichita City Council approved a 30-year lease of about 15 acres of Sim Park next to the Arkansas River so Botanica can nearly double its grounds and add a Hydro Learning Center connected to a conservatory.

An early signal rather than a bid: garden expansion means planting, tree replacement and grounds work, plus a new conservatory and learning center building once grants and Sim family approval are in place.

landscapingconstruction

KAKE, 2026-09-18 (opens in a new tab)

Exploration Place Adventure Playscape

6.5 acres

Opening or openOpened March 2026

A 6.5-acre outdoor play destination on Exploration Place's riverfront campus in Wichita with 10 themed environments, a large water play area, more than 40,000 plants, 500 tons of Kansas limestone and 250 new trees, open into the evening in spring break and summer.

A planted, irrigated site this size needs ongoing grounds, irrigation and tree care contracts as the plantings mature, and evening hours mean site lighting that has to be maintained.

landscapingelectrical

Exploration Place (via KAKE), 2026-03-13 (opens in a new tab)

Wichita State University dance and theater building

$46.35 million

Approved or fundedApproved by Kansas Board of Regents; construction date not set

A 58,800-square-foot, three-story building on the west side of the Wichita State campus near the Duerksen Fine Arts Center, with a 180-seat black box theater, dance studios, acting and movement studios and faculty offices.

Dance studios and a black box theater call for specialty flooring and an assembly-occupancy fire sprinkler and alarm package, with mechanical and electrical work across a build the university expects to take about three years.

flooringfire protectionHVACelectricalconstruction

KSN-TV, 2026-09-21 (opens in a new tab)

Hotel Indigo downtown Wichita

$40 million

Under wayUnder construction; opening expected 2027

A 119-room hotel with a restaurant and bar converting the historic Petroleum Building and the O'Rourke Title (McClellan Hotel) building at Broadway Avenue and William Street, across from the Wichita Biomedical Campus.

Converting two 1920s-era office buildings into guest rooms brings life-safety upgrades (sprinklers and fire alarm for hotel occupancy), new flooring and paint throughout, then recurring floor care and fire system inspections once it opens in 2027.

fire protectionflooringpaintingHVAC

KSN-TV, 2026-02-04 (opens in a new tab)
Market view

What we see in Wichita

Wichita is growing across the board. In the latest year nearly every buyer category added establishments, led by medical offices (49), restaurants (36) and trucking (28), and private establishments rose 8.7% from 2021 to 2025. Sedgwick County holds 87% of the larger buyer sites, so the program lives there.

The near-term work is downtown and medical. The Wichita Biomedical Campus at English and Topeka is targeted to finish in December 2026, so flooring, painting and lab commissioning peak now and janitorial contracts follow when staff move in. The state's South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital finishes in late 2026, the Hotel Indigo conversion of the Petroleum Building opens in 2027 with sprinkler and alarm upgrades, and the Delano Ballpark District hotel broke ground in July 2026 for 2028.

Two decisions set the bigger pipeline. Boeing announced new buildings and facility upgrades at its Wichita operations in June 2026 without project details, so watch for permit filings. Wichita Public Schools has a two-question bond on the November 2026 ballot; if it passes, school rebuilds and HVAC fixes go to design and bid.

Roofing is the trap. Severe weather drives demand, with 1,052 hail and wind reports from 2015 to 2024 and 67% of them in May, June and April, but roofing ranks #79 of 89 markets on larger buyer sites per contractor. Landscaping (#23) and cleaning (#26) have more room per firm.

Abstrakt's reading of the sourced figures and projects above, written .

Decision-makers

Who signs, and how many of them work in Wichita

5,060 general and operations managers, 1,760 buyers and purchasing agents and 920 medical and health services managers work in the Wichita, KS metro. Jobs across every industry, not a contact list.

Jobs and median annual pay by title, Wichita, KS
TitleJobsMedian payTrades that call this title first
General and operations managers
SOC 11-1021
5,060$85,230MSP
Buyers and purchasing agents
SOC 13-1020
1,760$76,840
Medical and health services managers
SOC 11-9111
920$104,410
Construction managers
SOC 11-9021
730$108,180
Property, real estate, and community association managers
SOC 11-9141
630$55,000landscaping, painting, paving
Computer and information systems managers
SOC 11-3021
550$156,130
Education administrators, postsecondary
SOC 11-9033
320$112,010
Facilities managers
SOC 11-3013
230$113,310cleaning, construction, electrical, flooring, roofing, fire protection, HVAC
Purchasing managers
SOC 11-3061
160$155,970

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) (opens in a new tab), May 2025, Wichita, KS, all industries. Each title is the closest BLS occupation to a role in the trade's playbook; titles BLS does not publish for this metro are left out. Each trade link opens the Wichita guide's decision-maker questions.

Opportunity estimator

What Could Your Next 12 Months in Wichita Look Like?

A planning model, not a forecast: put in your own numbers and it applies Abstrakt's national sales center rates for your trade.

Default 16.1%: Abstrakt national rate for this trade. Use your own if you know it.

Baseline, 12 months

12,000prospecting dials
86meetings set
22proposals
3.6customers won
$89,355first-year value of those customers
Scenarios
ScenarioDials per meetingMeetingsCustomers wonFirst-year value
Conservative190632.6$65,841
Baseline140863.6$89,355
Optimistic1081114.6$115,831
Get My Wichita Opportunity Assessment

How it works. Meetings are dials divided by dials per appointment; proposals, customers won and value follow from the proposal rate, the win rate and your customer value. The rates are Abstrakt sales center, Performance Intelligence, national, October 2026, across all programs, not Wichita results; the scenarios use the slower and faster quarter of buyer industries. Outbound results typically build over 6 to 12 months, so a first year rarely runs at a full year's pace. Benchmarks by trade and method.

Hiring locally

What an in-house SDR costs in Wichita

  • 2,540people in the role locally, all competing for the same hires

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services and travel (SOC 41-3091).

In-house SDR, first year (illustrative)$124,700

An illustrative model, not a quote: in-house adds $15,000 commission, 25% payroll taxes and benefits, $550/month tools, $7,000 recruiting and training, 35% yearly turnover, and manager, QA and admin time, before ramp time. Abstrakt includes the SDR, management, tools and data.

Local sales intelligence

See how a Wichita program is built in Abstrakt Intelligence

Ava walks through the platform our strategists use, set to Wichita.

Abstrakt Intelligence

This demonstration showcases real Abstrakt Intelligence capabilities using fictional companies and contacts to protect client and prospect privacy. Ava is Abstrakt's AI guide. The screens are the demo set to the Wichita territory; its territory counts come from the demo data, not the Census figures above.

Read the transcript of Ava's Wichita walkthrough

Hi, I'm Ava.

Here's what an Abstrakt program looks like in Wichita.

First, we size your territory.

The Wichita area has about 14 thousand companies and 65 thousand business contacts.

Next, we pick the playbook for your industry.

Each playbook starts with criteria that have already booked meetings.

For roofing, that's roof size, roof age and who owns the building.

Then we build the list.

Anyone who isn't a fit comes off before a rep ever sees the name.

Every prospect gets a full profile.

The decision-maker, the building, and every touch so far.

Before the first dial, each rep practices in an AI role play and gets certified.

Now the calls start.

The dialer, the talk track and the follow-up all live in one place.

Every meeting is reviewed for quality before it reaches you.

And we track each one all the way to closed.

We take one client per trade per territory.

Once a spot is taken, it's gone.

Check if your trade is still open in Wichita.

Client results

Results from programs like this one

Each story is labeled with where the program ran. Abstrakt runs every program from its St. Louis sales floor.

  • Commercial cleaningLocal program, Tulsa

    How Century Facility Services broke its referral ceiling: $415K closed in year one

    Century Facility Services

    After losing a sales rep, Century Facility Services outsourced outbound and booked 58 appointments and closed $415K in year one.

    • 58 appointments booked
    • 7 deals closed
    • $415K closed business

    First year of the program (case published April 2026)

  • Commercial roofingRegional

    How Schena Roofing booked 475 appointments and kept a seasonal calendar full

    Schena Roofing & Sheet Metal

    Schena Roofing booked 475 appointments and closed $1.69M from 2018 to 2024, with another $1.39M in proposals delivered.

    • 475 appointments
    • $1.69M closed business
    • $1.39M in proposals delivered

    2018 to 2024, from Abstrakt program records. Closed business and proposals delivered are separate figures.

  • Fire protectionLocal program, Philadelphia

    How Harring Fire Protection turned outbound and inbound into $200K in new business

    Harring Fire Protection

    Outbound appointment setting plus an inbound website produced 195 appointments and 16 closed deals worth $200K in 28 months.

    • 195 appointments booked
    • 16 deals closed
    • $200K closed business

    28-month partnership (case published April 2026); search figures within 12 months of the February 2025 site launch

See all client stories

Outsourced sales development

How Abstrakt runs a Wichita program

Reps on Abstrakt's St. Louis sales floor work your Wichita list by phone, email, LinkedIn and direct mail after two weeks of training and certification on your account.

Contractor licensing in Kansas

Kansas has no statewide general contractor, electrical, or HVAC license; cities and counties set contractor licensing requirements. Roofing contractors are the exception and must register with the Kansas Attorney General.

Confirm with Kansas Attorney General (roofing registration); local city and county licensing (opens in a new tab). Checked 2026-09-30.

Free market report

The State of Outbound Sales in Wichita, 2026

This page's Wichita data in one report for your team, with the Kansas calling rules. No form to fill in.

Free trade territory report · PDF

Get the territory report for your trade in Wichita

One trade, one city, every page about your market: the account types that buy your work here and how many of each, Tier 1 sites, the counties to start in, who signs and what to ask them, the months that matter, federal contracts and permits, the Kansas calling rules, and whether the territory is still open. One client per trade per territory.

  • Account tiers and a worked first-list example
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Outsourced sales development in Wichita, answered

Does Abstrakt provide B2B lead generation and appointment setting in Wichita?

Yes. Abstrakt runs outsourced lead generation and B2B appointment setting across the Wichita, KS metro from its St. Louis sales floor: U.S.-based reps prospect the buildings, qualify the opportunity and book meetings with the person who signs. We take one client per trade per territory.

How does B2B appointment setting work for a Wichita program?

It starts with the list. Of the 1,727 sites in Wichita with 20 or more people on site, we keep the ones that buy your trade inside your service area, then a certified rep works them by phone, email, LinkedIn and direct mail. Meetings are booked with the decision-maker, reviewed before they reach you and tracked to a proposal and a close.

Which commercial trades have the most room to grow in Wichita?

Measured by larger buyer sites per contractor across the markets we track (a market is ranked for a trade only where it has at least 10 local contractors), commercial landscaping (#23 of 100), commercial cleaning & janitorial (#26 of 100) and commercial HVAC & mechanical (#40 of 100) rank best in Wichita.

What kinds of businesses are concentrated in Wichita?

Compared with the national mix, Wichita has more hospitals (1.54x), auto dealerships (1.48x) and bank and credit union offices (1.45x). Those industries are the best-represented buyers for trades that serve them.

Is the Wichita business market growing?

Yes, on both counts below. Private business establishments across Wichita's counties went from 15,288 in 2021 to 16,620 in 2025 (+8.7%), and private employment +7.8% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages). In the latest Census count, 1,319 establishments opened and 1,096 closed in the metro (U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics, 2023, March to March), so openings ran ahead of closings by 223.

How much federal construction money is spent in Wichita?

Federal contract obligations with a place of performance in Wichita's counties came to $357.3 million in federal fiscal year 2026 (October 2025 to September 2026), $24.5 million of it in construction (NAICS 23) (USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), retrieved 2026-10-15). Fiscal 2026 will still rise as delayed defense contract actions post.

What does the Wichita Public Schools bond mean for contractors?

Nothing until November, then a lot. Wichita Public Schools put a two-question bond on the November 2026 ballot. The first question would rebuild elementary and middle schools, preserve North and East high schools and fix HVAC across many buildings; the second would renovate and expand Horace Mann, rebuild Coleman Middle and Adams Elementary and improve career and technical space at South, Northwest and Heights high schools. If voters approve it, general contractors, roofers, flooring installers and mechanical contractors get a multi-year run of school work.

When will Boeing's Wichita expansion create contractor work?

Not yet in detail. Boeing announced in June 2026 that it will construct new buildings and upgrade facilities at its Wichita operations, but the project details were not disclosed. A Boeing Workforce Training Center with WSU Tech is expected to open by the end of 2026. Aerospace plant work brings industrial electrical, HVAC and fire protection packages plus roofing and paving on large footprints, so watch the permit filings and the general contractors Boeing names.

Which counties make up the Wichita market?

The metro covers 4 counties. Sedgwick County, Butler County and Harvey County hold 96% of the larger business sites, so most programs start there.

What does outsourced sales development cost in Wichita?

Starting at $5,000 per month for an Outbound BDR program, as a flat monthly program. The price depends on how many reps work your program, the channels, and how large a territory and how many trades it covers. For comparison, one in-house SDR costs about $124,700 in year one at a $55,000 base salary on our illustrative model, before ramp time.

Sources and method

Updated . Approved the local markets plan: the data sources, the method and the in-house SDR cost model shown on market pages: Scott Scully, Executive Chairman, October 15, 2026. Every figure is regenerated from its source by a script in the site's code, never typed by hand.

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