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 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:

1. Casey’s General Stores
2. Rockwell Collins
3. Principal Financial Group
4. Hy-Vee
5. University of Iowa
6. RSM US
7. Fareway Stores
8. HNI
9. Pella
10. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

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.

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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 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.

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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	10,300
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

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