Hallmark Facts

Hallmark headquarters in Kansas City

Company Name:

  • Hallmark Cards, Inc.

President & CEO:

  • Donald J. Hall, Jr.

Founded:

  • 1910

Headquarters:

  • Kansas City, Mo.

Ownership:

  • Private

Consolidated Annual Revenues:

  • $4.0 billion in 2012

Employees:

  • 12,000 full-time worldwide (Hallmark and subsidiaries).
  • 7,100 associated full-time with U.S. business.
  • 3,200 work full-time at Kansas City headquarters.
  • 625 artists, designers, stylists, writers, editors, web designers, and photographers based in Kansas City.

Products:

  • 10,000 new and redesigned greeting cards each year.
  • 49,000 products available at any one time.

Licensing:

  • Hallmark holds licensing agreements for 7 of the top 10 most popular licensed properties.

U.S. Distribution:

U.S. Production Facilities:

  • Center, Texas
  • Columbus, Georgia
  • Enfield, Connecticut
  • Lawrence, Kansas
  • Leavenworth, Kansas
  • Liberty, Missouri
  • Metamora, Illinois
  • Topeka, Kansas*

U.S. Subsidiaries:

  • 8 related businesses in the Hallmark family of companies.

International Business:

  • Products in 30 languages distributed in 100 countries around the world.


Headquarters Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 419034
Mail Drop 216
Kansas City, MO 64141-6580

Headquarters Physical Address:
2501 McGee Trafficway
Kansas City, MO 64108

Web Site:
http://www.hallmark.com/ 

Phone:
1-800-HALLMARK (800-425-5627)
816-274-5111

* Note: During 2013, Kansas manufacturing is being consolidated into Lawrence and Leavenworth facilities.

Fun Fact

The first Hallmark Hall of Fame production, Amahl and the Night Visitors, aired in 1951 and was the first original opera created for television.