Made in KC

Made in KC is a Kansas City-based retail marketplace that curates and sells products from 300+ local makers, artists, and designers across a metro-wide network of stores — buying inventory wholesale and paying makers quickly rather than on consignment.¹²³

Locations

Made in KC operates several store formats across the metro. The full retail Marketplace stores are listed below; smaller Neighborhood Shops and the separate Café + Bar concept are detailed in the Disputes section below for disambiguation.⁴

Store	Address	Format	Status
Country Club Plaza (flagship)	306 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO 64112	Marketplace	Open45
Lee’s Summit	860-U NW Blue Parkway, Lee’s Summit, MO 64086	Marketplace + Café/Bar	Open4
Lenexa City Center	8703 Penrose Lane, Lenexa, KS 66219	Marketplace	Open46
Oak Park Mall	11579 W 95th St, Overland Park, KS 66214	Neighborhood Shop	Open4
Downtown Overland Park	7325 W 80th St, Overland Park, KS 66208	Neighborhood Shop	Open4
Barrywoods	6515 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City, MO 64154	Neighborhood Shop	Open4
Prairiefire	5601 W 135th St, Suite 2220, Overland Park, KS 66224	Neighborhood Shop	Open4
Union Station	30 W Pershing, Kansas City, MO 64108	Neighborhood Shop	Open4

Description

Made in KC is a Kansas City retail marketplace that aggregates and sells the work of local makers, artists, and designers under one roof, with a product mix spanning apparel, home goods, apothecary, gifts, and gourmet foods.¹ The company describes itself as “Kansas City’s premiere destination for local goods, gifts, apparel, and more,” and its Marketplace stores feature offerings from hundreds of local brands.¹

The business has grown from 13 makers at its founding to more than 300 local artists, designers, and makers over roughly a decade, and operates a metro-wide network of store formats — full Marketplaces, smaller Neighborhood Shops, and a sister Café + Bar concept.³ Its commercial model is distinctive: rather than selling maker goods on consignment, Made in KC purchases inventory wholesale and pays makers nearly immediately, then asks makers to restock regularly to provide a more predictable income stream.²³

The flagship Marketplace sits on the Country Club Plaza at 306 W 47th St and combines shopping with grab-and-go local food and beer; additional Marketplaces operate in Lee’s Summit and Lenexa City Center, alongside Neighborhood Shops across both the Missouri and Kansas sides of the metro.⁴⁵

Ownership and history

Made in KC was founded in May 2015 by three friends — Tyler Enders, Thomas McIntyre, and Keith Bradley.²⁷ It began as a one-weekend pop-up in a roughly 300-square-foot space at the Prairiefire shopping center in Overland Park, Kansas, where Enders and McIntyre organized an event featuring about 15 local artists.² The pop-up outperformed expectations, and the two founded Made in KC as an ongoing business; Keith Bradley joined as a third owner roughly a month later.²⁷

Enders and McIntyre were friends at Shawnee Mission East High School, while McIntyre and Bradley both attended Truman State University.² McIntyre brought an accounting background, Enders is described as the visionary, and Bradley as the operational integrator.² From an original mission of giving local artists more market exposure, the company expanded steadily into a multi-location retail group with Marketplaces, Neighborhood Shops, and Café concepts across the metro.³⁷

Links

• Website: https://madeinkc.co/
• Locations: https://madeinkc.co/pages/locations
• Visit KC listing (Plaza): https://www.visitkc.com/listings/made-in-kc-marketplace-country-club-plaza/

Sources

Disputes

Disambiguation: “Made in KC” also operates a separate sister concept, Made in KC Café + Bar (e.g., Downtown Café + Bar at 1114 Baltimore Ave; Outta the Blue in Leawood; Front Range cafés in KC and Fairway), which is a food-and-beverage operation distinct from the retail Marketplace covered here.⁴ This page covers the retail local-maker marketplace stores, not the café/bar concept. Some smaller locations are branded “Neighborhood Shops” rather than full “Marketplaces”; both are retail and operated by the same company.⁴

See also

• _Tier1-Non-Service-Local-Businesses

Footnotes

1. https://madeinkc.co/ — asserts: Made in KC bills itself as “Kansas City’s premiere destination for local goods, gifts, apparel, and more,” selling products from local KC makers across apparel, home goods, apothecary, gifts, and gourmet foods. ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. https://www.bgtogether.org/articles/sustaining-local-creativity-with-keith-bradley-of-made-in-kc — asserts: Made in KC started May 2015 as a one-weekend ~300 sq ft pop-up at Prairiefire featuring ~15 artists; founded by Tyler Enders and Thomas McIntyre with Keith Bradley joining a month later; founders’ backgrounds (SM East, Truman State) and roles; wholesale fast-pay model vs. consignment. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

3. https://innovationsoftheworld.com/made-in-kansas-city-a-beacon-of-creativity-and-community/ — asserts: Made in KC grew from 13 to 300+ artists; operates multiple locations and sister concepts; Marketplaces feature 300+ local artists/designers/makers; wholesale purchasing model paying artists immediately. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. https://madeinkc.co/pages/locations — asserts: current store roster with street addresses and hours, including Marketplaces (Country Club Plaza 306 W 47th St; Lee’s Summit 860-U NW Blue Parkway; Lenexa City Center 8703 Penrose Lane) and Neighborhood Shops; all listed open. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

5. https://www.visitkc.com/listings/made-in-kc-marketplace-country-club-plaza/ — asserts: Made in KC Marketplace, 306 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO 64112, listed currently open with hours. ↩ ↩²

6. https://www.yelp.com/biz/made-in-kc-marketplace-lenexa-4 — asserts: Made in KC Marketplace at 8703 Penrose Ln, Lenexa, KS listing updated June 2026 with photos/reviews, consistent with active operation. ↩

7. https://www.startlandnews.com/2019/02/teamkc-mvp/ — asserts: Made in KC founded 2015 by Keith Bradley, Tyler Enders, and Thomas McIntyre; KC-pride-focused local retailer recognized as TeamKC MVP. ↩ ↩² ↩³