These Are The 100 Largest Companies In Iowa

If you live in Iowa and you’re looking for a job, you have come to the right place.

Because, sure, you can google things like ‘biggest companies in Iowa’ and get a fairly long list of companies with a lot of employees, or perhaps that have the biggest names — but here, we bring you the companies with the most current employees that are actually headquartered in Iowa.

Below, we’ll give you a complete list of Iowa’s 100 largest companies, but first, here’s a look at the top 10:

1. Casey’s General Stores
2. Rockwell Collins
3. Principal Financial Group
4. Hy-Vee
5. Iowa State University
6. Fareway Stores
7. HNI
8. Pella
9. Marsden Services
10. University of Iowa Health Care

Casey’s General Stores comes in at the top, with more current employees than any other company in the . We’ll get to specifics in a moment; first, here’s a look at our methodology.

How we identified the biggest companies in Iowa

Here at Zippia we have developed a database of over 250,000 companies that spans the entire country.

For this report, we looked at the companies headquartered in Iowa with at least 100 employees. That left us with 408 companies.

We then ranked each company from most to least current employees to determine the biggest companies in Iowa.

As it turns out, Casey’s General Stores looks to the be the biggest company in Iowa clocking in with 25,463 employees.

Now, check out how the 100 biggest companies in Iowa ranked.

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Detailed List Of The 100 Biggest Companies In Iowa

Rank	Company	City	Employees
1	Casey’s General Stores	Ankeny	25,463
2	Rockwell Collins	Cedar Rapids	19,000
3	Principal Financial Group	Des Moines	14,854
4	Hy-Vee	West Des Moines	10,750
5	Iowa State University	Ames	10,740
6	Fareway Stores	Boone	9,000
7	HNI	Muscatine	8,900
8	Pella	Pella	8,726
9	Marsden Services	Des Moines	8,160
10	University of Iowa Health Care	Iowa City	7,638
11	Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines	Des Moines	7,000
12	Ruan	Des Moines	5,600
13	TMC Transportation	Des Moines	5,052
14	DuPont Pioneer	Johnston	5,025
15	Von Maur	Davenport	4,500
16	The HON Company	Muscatine	4,000
17	Pizza Ranch	Orange City	3,800
18	Heartland Express	North Liberty	3,600
19	Meredith	Des Moines	3,560
20	Omega Cabinets	Waterloo	3,500
21	Lee Enterprises	Davenport	3,445
22	Ruffalo Noel Levitz	Cedar Rapids	3,136
23	Winnebago	Forest City	3,050
24	Buhrow William L Dr MD	Waverly	3,000
25	Kum & Go	West Des Moines	3,000
26	Uni-Mart	Ames	3,000
27	United Building Centers	Waukon	3,000
28	American Crane	Garner	3,000
29	Breitkreuz David R MD	Waterloo	3,000
30	Adventure Lands Of America Inc	Des Moines	3,000
31	Racing Association-Central Ia	Altoona	3,000
32	ACT Educational Svc	Iowa City	3,000
33	Wells Enterprises	Le Mars	2,800
34	West Liberty Foods	West Liberty	2,736
35	Wright Tree Service	West Des Moines	2,700
36	WTC Communications	Wilton	2,700
37	Per Mar Security Services	Davenport	2,500
38	CDS Global	Des Moines	2,500
39	Wright Service	West Des Moines	2,500
40	EMC Insurance Companies	Des Moines	2,338
41	ABCM	Hampton	2,215
42	McFarland Clinic	Ames	2,048
43	Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield	Des Moines	2,013
44	The Weitz Company	Des Moines	2,000
45	St Lukes Methodist Hospital	Cedar Rapids	2,000
46	Heartland Financial USA	Dubuque	1,862
47	Kent	Muscatine	1,800
48	Dubuque Schools	Dubuque	1,800
49	BH Management	Des Moines	1,711
50	ACT	Iowa City	1,685
51	Lifespace Communities	West Des Moines	1,679
52	Dubuque Bank and Trust	Dubuque	1,676
53	FBL Financial Group	West Des Moines	1,644
54	Allsteel	Muscatine	1,600
55	Des Moines Area Community College	Ankeny	1,500
56	Flexsteel Industries	Dubuque	1,460
57	Titan Tire Corporation	Des Moines	1,450
58	Genesis Health System	Davenport	1,400
59	Kinseth Hospitality	North Liberty	1,282
60	UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s	Sioux City	1,250
61	EFCO	Des Moines	1,250
62	Prairie Meadows	Altoona	1,223
63	Wilson Trailer Company	Sioux City	1,206
64	Curries	Mason City	1,200
65	Vista Bakery Inc	Burlington	1,200
66	Workiva	Ames	1,195
67	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	Des Moines	1,170
68	Dee Zee	Des Moines	1,122
69	Linn-Mar Community Schools	Marion	1,118
70	UFG Insurance	Cedar Rapids	1,102
71	Mercy Services Iowa City Inc	Iowa City	1,100
72	Dahl’s Foods	Des Moines	1,100
73	Mercy Iowa City	Iowa City	1,100
74	idX	Coralville	1,045
75	West Des Moines Community Schools	West Des Moines	1,000
76	Sears Seating	Davenport	1,000
77	Stanley Consultants	Muscatine	1,000
78	Iowa 80 Group	Walcott	1,000
79	Broadlawns Medical Center	Des Moines	1,000
80	VT Industries	Holstein	996
81	Lutheran Services in Iowa	Des Moines	995
82	The Waldinger	Des Moines	991
83	CBE Companies	Cedar Falls	957
84	Four Oaks	Cedar Rapids	939
85	Advanced Component Technology	Northwood	930
86	Kemin Industries	Des Moines	919
87	Farner-Bocken	Carroll	908
88	Decker Truck Line	Fort Dodge	905
89	Engineered Plastic Components	West Des Moines	901
90	Mercy Clinton	Clinton	900
91	VGM Group	Waterloo	900
92	Marshalltown Community School District	Marshalltown	900
93	ISU Research Park	Ames	900
94	Centro	North Liberty	896
95	American Republic Insurance	Des Moines	891
96	Musco Lighting	Oskaloosa	874
97	Rhythm City Casino	Davenport	868
98	Hagie Manufacturing	Clarion	860
99	Iowa Select Farms	Iowa Falls	850
100	Grain Processing	Muscatine	840

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