Who is on the list of branding agencies in Iowa

12 branding agencies are on this list in Iowa. The list was re-checked September 28, 2026. Each firm was checked against its own site and at least one independent source. Nobody pays to be ranked.

Where they are based

Des Moines, IA (6); Cedar Falls, IA (2); West Des Moines, IA (1); Davenport, IA (1); Cedar Rapids, IA (1); Dubuque, IA (1).

What you can see before you call

12 of 12 name a leader. 11 of 12 name at least one client. 1 of 12 publish a price. If a line is missing on a profile, no source stated it.

Specialties named by more than one firm: brand strategy (3); video production (3); advertising (2); brand development (2); environmental graphics (2).

Why the first three are here

Lessing-Flynn (Des Moines, IA). Founded in 1907, it describes itself as the longest-standing independent advertising agency west of the Mississippi and has been named an Iowa Top Workplace seven years running, per its own site.

AMPERAGE Marketing & Fundraising (Cedar Falls, IA). Operating since 1979, with named higher-education and healthcare clients including Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy University, at a scale few eastern Iowa agencies match.

Meyocks (West Des Moines, IA). A 40-year West Des Moines agency with a named brand-strategy practice and a client roster of national agriculture and food brands.

The other profiles are on the list. Each one says who leads the firm when a source named them, work they can show when they published it, and a price when they published one.

How to use the list

Write what done looks like in one paragraph. Keep the two or three firms whose reason matches that job. Ask each for one piece of work like yours, and the name of the person who would do it.

The order weighs how long the firm has done the work, clients it can name, its size, and how clear its specialism is. This list has no featured card. Nothing on it is paid placement.