Leading Employers & Regional Clusters

The Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Technology Corridor^TM is a diverse economy. That helps to ensure economic stability and broadens opportunities for our communities.

The Corridor is a center for education, insurance and financial services; bioscience; telecommunications; food processing; healthcare; education and logistics. There are more than 250 manufacturing operations, nearly 30 Fortune 500 companies and more than 25 foreign-based companies in the area.

As our name suggests, companies in the Corridor utilize the highest level of technology in their industry. Corporate centers of excellence include Rockwell Collins, Lear Corporation, Schneider Electric, Oral B and others.

Our exports continue to grow, as does our prominence in the business world. The Milken Institute in California reported, the region is a "high-tech prairie powerhouse."