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How to find wine & spirits distributors in Iowa
1,002 federally permitted wine & spirits wholesalers at a Iowa address across 273 cities, from TTB Basic Permit records. Account Finder doesn’t yet have a direct Iowa state wholesale licence integration, so a search here leans on federal data — thinner and less differentiated than our licensed-state searches, and this page says so rather than dressing it up.
What Account Finder actually holds for Iowa
1,002 TTB federal permits
671 distinct companies hold a federal Basic Permit to wholesale wine & spirits at a Iowa address, per the latest TTB refresh.
273 cities represented
Des Moines leads with 62 permitted wholesalers; see the full breakdown below.
Federal data only, today
No direct Iowa state wholesale licence integration yet — this page and a distributor search here both lean on TTB federal permits.
Top cities by TTB wholesaler permits
Every city with a federally permitted wine & spirits wholesaler, ranked by count. A permit address is a business location, not a proof of active solicitation in that market.
| City | Permits | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines | 62 | 6.2% |
| Cedar Rapids | 39 | 3.9% |
| Davenport | 29 | 2.9% |
| Sioux City | 28 | 2.8% |
| Iowa City | 25 | 2.5% |
| West Des Moines | 24 | 2.4% |
| Dubuque | 22 | 2.2% |
| Waterloo | 20 | 2.0% |
| Ankeny | 18 | 1.8% |
| Urbandale | 18 | 1.8% |
Companies with the most permitted locations in Iowa
Ranked by how many separate TTB-permitted locations each company holds in the state — the closest honest proxy for footprint that federal Basic Permit data supports. It is not a curated “top distributor” list: TTB permits cover any wholesaler, importer or self-distributing retailer, carry no phone number, portfolio or category, and a permit-holder is not necessarily taking on new brands.
| Company | Federal footprint |
|---|---|
| Hy-Vee Food Store | 125 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Fast And Fresh | 28 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Dollar Fresh | 16 permitted locations |
| Regal Liquors | 12 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee | 9 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Fast And Fresh #1 | 9 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Fast And Fresh #2 | 9 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Fast And Fresh #3 | 8 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Fast And Fresh Express | 6 permitted locations |
| Doll Distributing LLC | 5 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Drugstore | 5 permitted locations |
| Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits | 5 permitted locations |
| Iowa Beverages Systems INC. | 5 permitted locations |
| Mahaska Bottling Company | 5 permitted locations |
| Okoboji Wines | 5 permitted locations |
Coverage note
Account Finder doesn’t yet have a direct Iowa state wholesale licence integration — today that’s live for CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, NJ, NY, OR, TX and VA. A Iowa search still runs, but it draws on federal TTB permit records only, which carry no phone number, portfolio or licence category, and are thinner than our licensed-state searches. We’d rather tell you that up front than have you spend a search finding out.
Distributor search, step by step
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