This is
Iowa.
Minding
your
business.
Connect with us for a personalized consult on how Iowa can serve your company’s needs.
Your business
is our business.
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.
#1
State in Renewable Energy
American Clean Power & Rocky Mountain Institute
#2
Largest percentage of workers in STEM occupations in the U.S.
#2
State for Opportunity
U.S. News & World Report, 2025
#3
Highest concentration of manufacturing workers in the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024
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
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
BUILT FOR
SPEED.
READY FOR
GROWTH.
“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.
Our high quality of life and lower cost of living results in a committed workforce that chooses to stay and build something meaningful.
