Major Employers
Major companies that do business nationally and internationally find that Greater Des Moines (DSM) is the place for them. DSM's key industries include financial services, insurance, government, manufacturing, trade and service. The region's finance and insurance sector has a $4.8 billion annual payroll and contributed $17 billion to the GDP in 2019.
For more information, contact Mike Swesey, Senior Vice President of Economic Development at (515) 286-4997 or mswesey@DSMpartnership.com.
Major Non-Government Employers
A selection of the largest non-government employers (1,000 or more employees) in The Partnership's service area is shown below or download a complete list of major employers here:
- Wells Fargo & Co.: Home mortgages
- UnityPoint Health Partners: Healthcare
- Principal: Financial services
- Hy-Vee, Inc.: Retail grocery and drugstore chain
- MercyOne: Healthcare (includes hospitals and home care)
- Nationwide: Insurance
- John Deere companies: Agricultural machinery, GPS/ag equipment software, consumer financial services
- Vermeer Corporation: Agriculture, construction and mining equipment manufacturing
- Corteva AgriscienceTM, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont: Crop inputs for worldwide agribusiness
- JBS USA: Pork processing and packaging
- Pella Corporation: Windows, doors and skylights
- Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa: Health insurance, Medicare PDP/PPO/supplement, dental insurance, flex benefits, HSAs/HRAs
- Kum & Go: Convenience store chain
- UPS: Logistics and distribution, transportation and freight, customers brokerage
- Mercer Health & Benefits, LLC: Insurance
- Amazon: Data center, distribution
- CenturyLink: Telecommunications, ISP
- EMC Insurance Companies: Insurance
- Dee Zee, Inc.: Aftermarket automotive accessories
- Casey's General Stores, Inc.: Gasoline, prepared food, fountain items, groceries, other merchandise
- Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.: Processor and marketer of chicken, beef and pork
- Emerson — Fisher Division: Control valves and systems — divisional headquarters
- Athene: Financial services
- FBL Financial Group, Inc.: Insurance and investments
- Drake University: Higher education
- TPI Composites, LLC: Wind turbine blade manufacturer
- MidAmerican Energy Company: Energy and complementary services