Quantcast

Hawkeye Reporter

Saturday, September 13, 2025

2,530 retail trade businesses in Iowa have between 5 and 9 employees in 2018

Webp genbusiness001

There were 2,530 retail trade businesses in Iowa with between 5 and 9 employees in 2018, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

CBP data indicates no other industry had more establishments with between 5 and 9 employees in Iowa than retail trade businesses.

The following table shows the top 10 industries in terms of total establishments with between 5 and 9 employees in Iowa in 2018.

Top 10 Industries with between 5 and 9 employees in Iowa (2018)
IndustryTotal Establishments
Retail trade businesses2,530
Health care and social assistance businesses1,521
Construction businesses1,047
Accommodation and food services businesses1,034
Professional, scientific and technical services businesses848
Finance and insurance businesses842
Wholesale trade businesses602
Administrative, support, waste management and remediation services businesses417
Real estate, rental and leasing businesses300
Manufacturing businesses290

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS