Stretch wrap for Missouri
A Missouri request often mixes the hardest and easiest loads on the same list: drums of chemicals and boxes of beef at one end, mixed distribution cartons at the other. Give each its own line. Kansas City and St. Louis distribution centres send trucks both ways along I-70, so long, rough hauls are normal; checking containment force at the top of the pallet shows whether lighter film will survive them.
Who wraps pallets in Missouri
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Food manufacturing45,268
- Warehousing and storage26,726
- Chemical manufacturing22,970
- Meat and poultry processing16,925
- Motor vehicle manufacturing13,274
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing8,376
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing6,745
- Dairy product manufacturing6,107
- Fruit and vegetable preserving4,877
Most concentrated: motor vehicle manufacturing, 2.5 times its national share of employment.
Missouri ships from two metros, Kansas City and St Louis. Its docks wrap drums, boxed meat and parts, often in the same county, so blown film and cold-rated machine film are both everyday buys.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 100 gaugeDrums and pails
- Cold-rated machine filmBoxed and frozen meat
- 120 gaugeLoads with edges
- VCI and anti-static filmBare metal and electronics
Kansas City's rail yards and St Louis's river terminals both send freight that is re-palletised. Rebuilt loads are uneven, so blown hand film and generous top turns beat thin cast film.
Metro pages in Missouri
Pages for the busiest distribution areas.
Sources
- BLS QCEW 2025 annual averages, warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, food manufacturing (NAICS 311) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, dairy product manufacturing (NAICS 3115) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, fruit and vegetable preserving (NAICS 3114) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- USDA NASS, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, October 1, 2025 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 70 (Wikipedia) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, all private industries (reviewed 2026-11-12)
Facts on this page last reviewed 2026-11-12.
Ask for a stretch film quote in Missouri
Kansas City and St. Louis distribution centres, meat plants in the south-west of the state and chemical makers along the rivers are the usual buyers. Give each dock's ZIP and say which loads are drums or bagged product.
Put the Missouri delivery ZIP first: the quote is made out for that dock.
- Step 1 asks what you need, how much a month, the delivery ZIP and how to reach you
- Step 2 asks the film, the width and the gauge; skip what you don't know