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The Greater Des Moines area’s major industries include financial services, insurance, government, manufacturing, trade and service. Our largest private employers are located throughout the metro and include:
Wells Fargo and Co. – Financial services
Iowa Health – Des Moines – Healthcare
Mercy Hospital Medical Center – Healthcare
Hy-Vee Food Stores – Retail grocery and drugstore chain
Allied/Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. – Direct property and casualty insurance carriers
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. – Crop inputs for worldwide agribusiness
United Parcel Service – Logistics and distribution, transportation and fregith, customers brokerage
BFS North American Tire, LLC – Agricultural tires
Wellmark Inc. -- Health insurance, Medicare PDFP/PPO/supplement, dental, flex, HSs/HRAs
Communications Data Services Inc. -- Magazine and product fulfillment, data capture, direct marketing services
John Deere Des Moines Works -- Agricultural machinery
MidAmerican Energy Company -- Energy services
Major Employers

A list of our largest private employers, ranked by local employment.
List of metro area employers of over 400 people, courtesy of Iowa Workforce Development.
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