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

Key
Industries

Iowa is home to a diverse economy driven by key and emerging industries – all helmed by Iowans committed to growth and innovation. Here, you’ll find the people, places and partnerships to turn our shared strengths into momentum. 

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

Iowa knows how to make it happen (and how to make just about anything). From medical devices to heavy machinery, our advanced manufacturing industry brings Iowa’s unique brand of innovation to the world.

Iowa knows how to make it happen (and how to make just about anything). From medical devices to heavy machinery, our advanced manufacturing industry brings Iowa’s unique brand of innovation to the world.

Iowa’s business-friendly regulatory climate, world-class research institutions and unrelenting commitment to innovation make the state a competitive hub for breakthroughs in bioproducts, precision agriculture, immunotherapies and more.

Our finance and insurance industry is fueled by a workforce of nearly 95,000 professionals working across 7,000 companies. Combined with a rich talent pipeline and the world’s first insurtech business accelerator, the smart money is on Iowa.