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Why Iowa

Discover the workforce, cost advantages and central location that make Iowa the smart move for your business.

Key Industries

Advanced Manufacturing

Deep Talent and investment in smart manufacturing make Iowa the place to build, scale and lead.

Aerospace & Defense

Iowa’s innovation ecosystem and world-class facilities are helping aerospace and defense companies soar.

Biosciences

Finance & Insurance

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Business Growth Incentives

Supercharge your growth with incentives designed to elevate your operations and maximize profitability.

Innovation & Development

Build the workforce your business needs with programs that help offset the cost of training, upskilling and talent development.

Workforce & Training

Fund your company’s next big discovery with credits and incentives focused on advancing innovation.

Site Selection

Browse Iowa’s certified shovel-ready sites and find your next location.

Travel Iowa

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This is Iowa

Build the workforce your business needs with programs that help offset the cost of training, upskilling and talent development.

Opportunity Iowa

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We’re a call-anytime, roll-up-our-sleeves partner with the talent, cost, and ease of doing business to help you grow faster, realize profit sooner and dream bigger. 

8%

Lower construction costs for industrial space than the national average.
RSMeans, 2025

#1

State in Renewable Energy

American Clean Power, 2026

#3

Largest percentage of workers in STEM occupations in the U.S. 
National Science Foundation

#2

State for Opportunity

U.S. News & World Report, 2026

#3

Highest concentration of manufacturing workers in the U.S.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025

Key Industries

Built different. Built to last. With the third-highest concentration of manufacturing workers in the nation, Iowa gives you the talent and infrastructure to move faster and dominate your market. And our Manufacturing 4.0 grant program helps companies of all sizes adopt the technology they need to remain on the industry’s leading edge.

Advanced Manufacturing

Innovation is in the air and we’re ready to help your company soar to greater heights. Iowa offers the talent, R&D capabilities and shovel-ready land you need to transform ambition into reality.

Aerospace & Defense

Big discoveries happen in Iowa. Here, bioscience companies find the research strength, pro-business environment and innovative mindset to turn breakthroughs into momentum. 

Biosciences

With more than 7,000 finance and insurance companies, a workforce of nearly 95,000 talented professionals and an unwavering passion for fintech and Insurtech innovation, the smart money is on Iowa, one of the nation’s leaders in finance and insurance.

Finance & Insurance

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Find development ready sites in Iowa

Brianne Schulte, VP of Strategy and Technology at Vermeer smiles for a photo within their office building.

“A Better Way” to Do Business

With a global footprint and Iowa roots, Vermeer Corporation has never forgotten where it started.
Ossama Abdeklhalik in Ames, Iowa

“Here in Iowa, I have more resources than others closer to the ocean”

Launching an ocean-oriented company from landlocked Ames? Sounds far-fetched. Yet, thousands of miles from offshore surges in Alaska or Hawaii, Peak Engineering LLC (PEAK) is developing and testing technology to generate power from waves.

Why employees choose Iowa

Our high quality of life and lower cost of living results in a committed workforce that chooses to stay and build something meaningful.