What makes family businesses different?

Family businesses are vital to the state, national and worldwide economy. What sets family-owned companies apart from privately-owned companies? And what makes Iowa's families unique? See for yourself.

80%
of all business

across the world are family-owned

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80 million

people in the U.S. are employed by family businesses 

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7.7 trillion

are contributed to the U.S. economy

Iowa Family Features

LAGOMARCINO'S: FOLDING IN ITS FOURTH GENERATION

Vintage photo of Lagomarcino's

W‌EILER: LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER

Man with child playing mini-golf

 

 

‌KENT CORP, T&S, SUKUP: FEED MILL SETS IOWA APART

Grain elevator

‌STUTSMAN'S: LEADING WITH THE NEXT GENERATION

Family posing for photo