Is this a second ranking of Iowa agencies?

No. The ranking is topmarketingagenciesiowa.com. This domain explains that list. Publishing another order would compete with it and could disagree with it.

Can a firm pay to be listed?

No. The standards page says rank is not for sale. The only paid placement is the Featured card for Fracs, which is labeled and sits outside the ranked order.

Why isn't there a typical monthly retainer on this page?

Because we have not surveyed one, and inventing one would read as a fact. The cost sketch multiplies a number you supply. Until you change it, the starting figures are marked as an illustration, not a quote.

What does an email from this page do?

It sends you the steps. It does not introduce you to a firm. The introduction, if you want one, is the form on the Iowa list itself.

Checked October 11, 2026

One Iowa list of marketing agencies. This domain does not publish a second one.

The ranked list lives at topmarketingagenciesiowa.com. This page is how to read it, what the rank does and does not mean, and how to turn a firm's own price into a monthly figure you can compare. It does not estimate a going rate.

1
ranked list
topmarketingagenciesiowa.com. This domain does not keep another.
2
sources per entry
the firm's site, plus one independent source, as the standards page describes
Blank
when price is unpublished
the list leaves a price blank rather than guessing one

In order

Five steps. The ranking is not one of them.

1
Open the Iowa list, not a second catalogue
topmarketingagenciesiowa.com is the ranked list of marketing agencies in Iowa. This site links to it. It does not reorder those firms or add names the list does not carry.
What it costs
Free to read
Editorial standards, canonical copy
2
Read how an entry earned its place
A firm has to be operating and doing the work. Both are checked from the firm's own site and at least one independent source. Rank weighs longevity, named clients, scale, and how clear the specialism is. Firms cannot pay for a rank. One card, Fracs, is marked Featured and sits outside the order.
Entries are re-checked each quarter
What it costs
No fee
Editorial standards
3
Write the job in one sentence before you ask for a price
A price for 'marketing' is not comparable across firms. A price for a named job — a site, a search program, a retained lead — is. Take that sentence to two or three firms from the list.
What it costs
No fee
This page
4
Ask for the price in writing
The list prints a price only when the firm already publishes one. Otherwise the field is blank on purpose. The number you can compare is the one the firm sends you.
What it costs
Whatever the firm writes down
Editorial standards, what each entry records
5
Put that number in the cost sketch
The sketch on this page turns a salary, a day rate, or a retainer into a monthly figure. It starts with a round illustration so the arithmetic is visible. Those starting numbers are not a survey and not a quote. Replace them.
What it costs
An estimate from your inputs, labeled as such
This page

What expires

What actually expires, and what does not.

A list entry
until the next quarterly check
Starts the day it was last confirmed.
A firm's written price
as long as the firm says it does
Starts the date on their note, not ours.
This page
until the standards change
Starts 11 October 2026, when this guide was written against the standards page.

A firm's price expires when the firm says it does. This page does not set that date.

Asked, answered

Asked before anyone starts

Is this a second ranking of Iowa agencies?: No. The ranking is topmarketingagenciesiowa.com. This domain explains that list. Publishing another order would compete with it and could disagree with it.
Can a firm pay to be listed?: No. The standards page says rank is not for sale. The only paid placement is the Featured card for Fracs, which is labeled and sits outside the ranked order.
Why isn't there a typical monthly retainer on this page?: Because we have not surveyed one, and inventing one would read as a fact. The cost sketch multiplies a number you supply. Until you change it, the starting figures are marked as an illustration, not a quote.
What does an email from this page do?: It sends you the steps. It does not introduce you to a firm. The introduction, if you want one, is the form on the Iowa list itself.

Estimates, not quotes

Compare a price a firm wrote down

Type the retainer, day rate, or salary you were given. The figures start as a round illustration so the monthly arithmetic is visible. They are estimates, not quotes, and they are not a survey of Des Moines agencies.

Full-time salary, per yearBurden you want to add, %Day rateDays per monthAgency retainer, per month

Full-time lead
$12,500/mo
$120,000 salary, 25% added for tax and benefits, divided by 12. Illustration until you change it.
Fractional, a few days a month
$6,000/mo
$1,500 a day × 4 days. Illustration until you change it.
Agency retainer
$8,000/mo
The monthly figure a firm put in writing, typed in here. Illustration until you change it.

Nothing here is a fee from Primortul, Fracs, or any firm on the lists. A quote is a number a firm sends you. If you want that, ask for it in writing.

The list, and the standards page, both linked.

The ranking rules were read from the standards page linked below. This guide does not add firms, and it does not fill in a price the standards page leaves blank.

The linked pages are the authority if this page disagrees with them. This is general information, not professional advice.