A Wichita, Kansas-based freight company has set up shop in Colorado Springs, and it's already put 31 new employees through training while it keeps recruiting for more openings. King of Freight has located its new local office inside the Focus on the Family building, and company representatives say they chose the city specifically because of the chance to make a difference in the community.
According to KOAA News 5, the company has already hired and trained those 31 people in Colorado Springs and is actively recruiting for additional positions. A company spokesperson told the station that King of Freight is currently looking to hire for about 70 positions before the end of the year. That figure doesn't quite match an earlier company announcement, which said King of Freight was aiming to hire 100 employees at the Colorado Springs office by the end of 2026, according to a September 22 statement distributed through FinancialContent. The same announcement said the Colorado Springs office officially opened that day.
Whichever number ends up being accurate, the hiring push represents a sizable bet on the Pikes Peak region for a company that's headquartered more than 600 miles away in Wichita. King of Freight currently has about 750 employees companywide, the station's report notes, and the company says more than 200 of those workers earn six-figure annual incomes.
What the Company Says It's Offering
King of Freight has emphasized professional development and ways for employees to increase their earnings over time as part of its pitch to prospective hires, per the same account. The company's stated reasoning for expanding into Colorado Springs centers less on logistics and more on community impact — the opportunity to make a difference locally, as the company put it in comments to the station.
Salary figures published by Glassdoor offer a wider lens on what freight industry pay can look like at the company, though they don't specify what the Colorado Springs roles themselves will pay. Based on 267 employee-submitted salaries, Glassdoor reports that King of Freight annual salaries typically range from $46,843 for a Billing Specialist up to $111,526 for a Senior Account Manager. The same listing gives the company a compensation and benefits rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars.
Mixed Reviews From Inside the Company
Not every account of working at King of Freight has been glowing. One review posted to Glassdoor Canada described a pattern of mass hiring followed by heavy sales pressure, with the reviewer writing that the company tends to “hire mobs of people at once, paint this glory story of high income from the 10 ten who are basically OGs from 2008-2017, hit the phones and call crap leads all day.” That's a single account, not evidence of a broader trend, but it's worth noting as job seekers weigh the opportunity.
For now, the headline news for Colorado Springs is straightforward: a new employer has moved into town, set up inside a building better known as the home of Focus on the Family, and is still actively recruiting. Exactly how many more positions remain open, and which of the two hiring targets will prove accurate, isn't yet clear from available reporting.
