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 headquarted 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:
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.
If you’re interested, you can read more about the Iowa job scene here:
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 321 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.
For more reading, check out:
Rank | Company | City | Employees |
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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 | 10,300 |
5 | University of Iowa | Iowa City | 10,090 |
6 | RSM US | Davenport | 9,000 |
7 | Fareway Stores | Boone | 9,000 |
8 | HNI | Muscatine | 8,900 |
9 | Pella | Pella | 8,726 |
10 | University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | Iowa City | 7,638 |
11 | Ruan | Des Moines | 5,600 |
12 | TMC Transportation | Des Moines | 5,052 |
13 | DuPont Pioneer | Johnston | 5,025 |
14 | Von Maur | Davenport | 4,500 |
15 | Pizza Ranch | Orange City | 3,800 |
16 | Heartland Express | North Liberty | 3,600 |
17 | Meredith | Des Moines | 3,560 |
18 | Omega Cabinets | Waterloo | 3,500 |
19 | Lee Enterprises | Davenport | 3,445 |
20 | Bandag | Muscatine | 3,362 |
21 | Ruffalo Noel Levitz | Cedar Rapids | 3,136 |
22 | Winnebago | Forest City | 3,050 |
23 | Kum & Go | West Des Moines | 3,000 |
24 | Buhrow William L Dr MD | Waverly | 3,000 |
25 | Uni-Mart | Ames | 3,000 |
26 | United Building Centers | Waukon | 3,000 |
27 | Breitkreuz David R MD | Waterloo | 3,000 |
28 | Adventure Lands Of America, Inc. | Altoona | 3,000 |
29 | University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls | 2,860 |
30 | Wells Enterprises | Le Mars | 2,800 |
31 | West Liberty Foods | West Liberty | 2,736 |
32 | WTC Communications | Wilton | 2,700 |
33 | Wright Tree Service | West Des Moines | 2,700 |
34 | Wright Service | West Des Moines | 2,500 |
35 | EMC Insurance | Des Moines | 2,338 |
36 | ABCM | Hampton | 2,215 |
37 | McFarland Clinic | Ames | 2,048 |
38 | Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Des Moines | 2,013 |
39 | The Weitz | Des Moines | 2,000 |
40 | United Community Bank | Milford | 1,928 |
41 | Heartland Financial USA | Dubuque | 1,862 |
42 | Kent Corporation | Muscatine | 1,800 |
43 | Dubuque Community Schools | Dubuque | 1,800 |
44 | BH Management Services | Des Moines | 1,711 |
45 | ACT | Iowa City | 1,685 |
46 | Lifespace Communities | West Des Moines | 1,679 |
47 | Dubuque Bank & Trust | Dubuque | 1,676 |
48 | Allsteel | Muscatine | 1,600 |
49 | Flexsteel Industries | Dubuque | 1,460 |
50 | Genesis Health System | Davenport | 1,350 |
51 | Kinseth Hospitality | North Liberty | 1,282 |
52 | UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s | Sioux City | 1,250 |
53 | Des Moines Area Community College | Ankeny | 1,250 |
54 | IDEAL INDUSTRIES | Fayette | 1,225 |
55 | Prairie Meadows | Altoona | 1,223 |
56 | Wilson Trailer | Sioux City | 1,206 |
57 | Curries | Mason City | 1,200 |
58 | Workiva | Ames | 1,195 |
59 | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | Des Moines | 1,170 |
60 | Dee Zee | Des Moines | 1,122 |
61 | UFG Insurance | Cedar Rapids | 1,102 |
62 | Mercy Iowa City | Iowa City | 1,100 |
63 | West Des Moines Community Schools | West Des Moines | 1,000 |
64 | Iowa 80 Group | Walcott | 1,000 |
65 | Luther College | Decorah | 1,000 |
66 | Sears Seating | Davenport | 1,000 |
67 | Broadlawns Medical Center | Des Moines | 1,000 |
68 | Stanley Consultants | Muscatine | 1,000 |
69 | VT Industries | Holstein | 996 |
70 | Lutheran Services in Iowa | Waverly | 995 |
71 | The Waldinger | Des Moines | 991 |
72 | Great River Health Systems | West Burlington | 960 |
73 | CBE Companies | Cedar Falls | 957 |
74 | Bomgaars Supply | Sioux City | 944 |
75 | Four Oaks | Cedar Rapids | 939 |
76 | Kemin Industries | Des Moines | 919 |
77 | Farner-Bocken | Carroll | 908 |
78 | Decker Truck Line | Fort Dodge | 905 |
79 | Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. | West Des Moines | 901 |
80 | ISU Research Park | Ames | 900 |
81 | Mercy Clinton | Clinton | 900 |
82 | The VGM Group | Waterloo | 900 |
83 | Centro | North Liberty | 896 |
84 | American Republic Insurance | Des Moines | 891 |
85 | Musco Lighting | Oskaloosa | 874 |
86 | Marshalltown Community School District | Marshalltown | 870 |
87 | Rhythm City Casino | Davenport | 868 |
88 | Hagie Manufacturing | Clarion | 860 |
89 | Iowa Select Farms | Iowa Falls | 850 |
90 | Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines | Des Moines | 827 |
91 | WesleyLife | Johnston | 821 |
92 | Iowa Telecom | Newton | 800 |
93 | Des Moines Register | Des Moines | 800 |
94 | Dexter Apache Holdings, Inc. | Fairfield | 794 |
95 | Custom-Pak | Clinton | 788 |
96 | Bertch Cabinets | Waterloo | 770 |
97 | Altorfer | Cedar Rapids | 759 |
98 | Iowa Western | Council Bluffs | 750 |
99 | Vista-Wayne Joyce A MD | Ottumwa | 750 |
100 | NRG Media | Cedar Rapids | 749 |