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Top federal contractors in Iowa

684 SAM.gov-registered federal contractors based in Iowa. Ranked by lifetime federal award amount. Updated 2026-05-07.

Firms tracked
684
Top-50 lifetime $
$4.58B
Top NAICS
8

Top 50 federal contractors in Iowa

# Firm City NAICS Lifetime $ Contracts
1 ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. CEDAR RAPIDS 336413 $736.75M 0
2 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IOWA DES MOINES 541720 $594.60M 0
3 DATA LINK SOLUTIONS LLC CEDAR RAPIDS 334220 $514.87M 0
4 AMERICAN ORDNANCE LLC MIDDLETOWN 561210 $297.55M 0
5 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DES MOINES 924120 $258.48M 0
6 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DES MOINES 923120 $245.81M 0
7 THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA CITY 541715 $243.20M 0
8 ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. CEDAR RAPIDS 336413 $206.74M 0
9 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AMES — $206.55M 0
10 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER DES MOINES 541612 $116.18M 0
11 PMX INDUSTRIES, INC. CEDAR RAPIDS 331420 $115.51M 0
12 REGENCY CONSULTING INC SIOUX CITY 541519 $102.46M 0
13 INTERTRADE LIMITED CEDAR RAPIDS 336413 $92.14M 0
14 TELLIGEN, INC WEST DES MOINES 541611 $74.22M 0
15 BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC. CEDAR RAPIDS 334511 $66.94M 0
16 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE JOHNSTON 721110 $66.25M 0
17 THE CBE GROUP, INC. CEDAR FALLS 561440 $63.56M 0
18 HENDRICKSON TRANSPORTATION LLC HAMBURG 237990 $43.99M 0
19 DEAN SNYDER CONSTRUCTION CO. CLEAR LAKE 236220 $32.79M 0
20 COVENANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC CLIVE 236220 $29.99M 0
21 DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE CO DUBUQUE 237990 $28.98M 0
22 ROCKWELL COLLINS SIMULATION & TRAINING SOLUTIONS LLC CEDAR RAPIDS 334310 $27.65M 0
23 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS 332999 $25.99M 0
24 IOWA STATE OF IOWA VETERANS HOME MARSHALLTOWN 622110 $25.10M 0
25 COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES, INC WEST DES MOINES 336310 $23.47M 0
26 FLEETSIDE FORD, LLC. OSCEOLA 336120 $23.09M 0
27 DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ANKENY 611310 $23.08M 0
28 MISSION SYSTEMS DAVENPORT INC. DAVENPORT 333998 $22.67M 0
29 FIDELIS-BBD, LLC ANKENY 562910 $22.44M 0
30 PRIME PHYSICIANS PLLC SIOUX CITY 621112 $20.75M 0
31 RDZM, LLC MIDDLETOWN 332993 $19.28M 0
32 DIVERSIFIED MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. GARNER 541990 $17.44M 0
33 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DES MOINES 518210 $16.35M 0
34 LIFESKILLS CONNECTION INC MANNING 611710 $13.77M 0
35 NCS PEARSON INC CEDAR RAPIDS 541720 $13.28M 0
36 STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS APPEALS AND LICENSING DES MOINES 923120 $12.12M 0
37 WRH INC SOUTH AMANA 237990 $12.09M 0
38 CITY OF DAVENPORT DAVENPORT 813311 $11.77M 0
39 IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORT DODGE 611310 $11.38M 0
40 ALLSTEEL LLC MUSCATINE 337214 $11.09M 0
41 VIXEN LLC CRESCENT 237990 $10.97M 0
42 LEWIS MACHINE & TOOL CO. ELDRIDGE 332994 $10.68M 0
43 HEARTLAND GOODWILL ENTERPRISES CEDAR RAPIDS 561720 $9.55M 0
44 CARVER PUMP COMPANY MUSCATINE 333996 $9.44M 0
45 CHARLES F. DAY & ASSOCIATES, LLC DAVENPORT 541511 $9.09M 0
46 CHENHALL SEDONA SERVICES JOINT VENTURE, LLC DAVENPORT 541611 $8.70M 0
47 AIR CONTROL, INC. CLINTON 236220 $7.70M 0
48 RYAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. DAVENPORT 238220 $7.30M 0
49 POLK COUNTY AUDITOR DES MOINES 624190 $6.85M 0
50 LOFFREDO GARDENS, INC DES MOINES 311991 $6.67M 0

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BesaGov tracks 684 SAM.gov-registered firms whose physical state of business is Iowa. The list updates weekly as new entities register or update their SAM profile.

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By lifetime federal award amount, the largest Iowa-based contractors include ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IOWA, DATA LINK SOLUTIONS LLC. See the full top-50 list above.

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