Business filings, licensing, and formation data show where entrepreneurial activity is clustering - and where it is quietly stalling - county by county.
Iowa Secretary of State via data.iowa.gov · Business & Economy
New LLC/corp registrations: names, agents, addresses, effective dates
ENTEDRE Monthly free
View source → Iowa Secretary of State · Business & Economy
Individual entity lookups, filing history, officers
ENTED Live / Daily free
View source → Bureau of Labor Statistics · Business & Economy
Employment & wages by county by industry - the ground truth
EDWF Quarterly free
View source → Bureau of Labor Statistics · Business & Economy
County unemployment rates - context for claims spikes
WFED Monthly free
View source → IowaWORKS · Business & Economy
Layoff notices 60 days ahead - the loudest early warning there is
WFEDENT Live / Daily free
View source → IEDA · Business & Economy
Incentive awards: which companies got what to locate/expand where
EDENTRE Monthly free
View source → Iowa Secretary of State · Business & Economy
Full 600K+ entity file for historical baselines
ENTED Monthly free/fee
View source → Bureau of Economic Analysis · Business & Economy
County personal income, farm income, industry earnings
EDAG Annual free
View source → Iowa Dept of Revenue · Business & Economy
Taxable retail sales by city - main-street health by town
ENTEDRE Annual free
View source → Iowa Dept of Commerce via data.iowa.gov · Business & Economy
Store-level Class E liquor purchases - proxy for retail/hospitality activity by town
ENTED Monthly free
View source → FDIC · Business & Economy
Bank branch openings/closures, deposits by branch, local bank health
EDREENT Quarterly free
View source → NCUA · Business & Economy
Credit union call reports - rural lending pulse
AGED Quarterly free
View source → U.S. SBA · Business & Economy
Who's borrowing to start/expand what, where, via which lender
ENTED Quarterly free
View source → U.S. Treasury · Business & Economy
Federal contracts/grants flowing to Iowa entities by county
EDENT Live / Daily free
View source → GSA · Business & Economy
Federal contract opportunities; new registrations signal intent
ENTED Live / Daily free
View source → SEC · Business & Economy
Public-company filings mentioning Iowa towns/plants/expansions
EDRE Live / Daily free
View source → OpenCorporates · Business & Economy
Cross-state entity resolution for out-of-state buyers/owners
REED Live / Daily freemium
View source → Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division · Business & Economy
New liquor license applications = restaurants/bars opening soon
ENTRE Monthly free
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