List of the Largest Companies in Iowa

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Principal Financial Group NASDAQ : PFG Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Insurance	350,018	8	8	-
Casey's NASDAQ : CASY Ankeny, Iowa, United States website	Retail	14,863	5	5	-
Rockwell Collins Acquired RTX 2017-09-04 $30B Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States website	Electronics	5,259	28	25	3
Meredith Acquired Dotdash Meredith 2021-10-06 $2.7B Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Media	2,849	29	19	10
HNI NYSE : HNI Muscatine, Iowa, United States website	Furniture	2,526	9	8	1
Renewable Energy Group Acquired Chevron 2022-02-28 $3.15B Ames, Iowa, United States website	Renewable Energy	2,137	11	10	1
Terra Industries, Inc. Acquired Yara International 2010-03-12 Sioux City, Iowa, United States website	Chemicals	1,600	1	1	-
United Fire Group NASDAQ : UFCS Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States website	Insurance	1,252	1	1	-
Heartland Express NASDAQ : HTDL North Liberty, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	1,047	6	6	-
Workiva NYSE : WK Ames, Iowa, United States website	Internet Software and Services	739	2	2	-
EMC Insurance Private Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Insurance	661	-	-	-
Lee Enterprises NASDAQ : LEE Davenport, Iowa, United States website	Publishing	611	6	5	1
Barr-Nunn Transportation, Inc. Acquired Knight-Swift Transportation 2014-10-01 $112.4M Granger, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	120	-	-	-
SNI Companies, Inc. Acquired Gee Group 2017-04-03 $86M West Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Staffing	114	-	-	-
Barker Co., Ltd. Acquired Hill Phoenix, Inc. 2009-11-17 Keosauqua, Iowa, United States	Manufacturing	70	-	-	-
MidWestOne Bank NASDAQ : MOFG Iowa City, Iowa, United States website	Financial Services	69	4	3	1

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