Most workplace awards recognize a moment. This one reflects 21 years of intentional work

Clickstop has been named an Iowa Top Workplace for the 13th time since its founding in 2005. This year, Clickstop also received a special award for prioritizing employee well-being. The Des Moines Register and Energage present these awards, and they’re based entirely on confidential employee feedback. That’s what makes them meaningful: they come from the people living the culture every day.

A Culture Owned by the People Who Live It

For more than two decades, Clickstop has invested in building a place where people do meaningful work, grow their careers, and contribute to something larger than themselves. The result is a workplace where excellence is built into the whole business.

Through employee ownership, leadership development, and shared responsibility for results, employee-owners are trusted to improve systems, solve problems, care for customers, and help one another succeed.

The survey reflects more than how employees feel in a single moment. It points to the culture they help shape through ownership, communication, growth, and a shared commitment to serving customers well.

“Recognition like this is meaningful because it reflects the experience our employees are helping create every day,” said Jeremy Meyer, VP of Engagement at Clickstop. “When people feel connected to the mission, trusted to lead from where they are, and supported in their growth, they create the kind of workplace where performance and fulfillment can build together.”

Taking Care of the People Who Take Care of the Business

This year’s special award for well-being adds another layer to the story. Like the Top Workplace honor, it comes straight from employee feedback. It reflects a workplace where people feel supported as whole people, not just for the work they do.

That support shows up in benefits designed around the whole person. Clickstop offers a $0-premium healthcare plan for employees and their families, plus no-cost telemedicine and virtual mental health care. There’s dedicated time to recharge, too, including wellness, volunteer, and birthday PTO and paid sabbaticals for long-tenured employee-owners. Through the company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan, employee-owners also build long-term financial security as the business grows.

At Clickstop, taking care of people is part of building something that lasts. When employee-owners feel supported at work, at home, and in their futures, they’re free to grow, care for one another, and serve customers well.

“When you’re an owner, you care about the long-term health of the business. We think about our people the same way. Supporting employee-owners’ well-being is an investment in them, and in everything they’re building here.” – Cassie Mundorf, Payroll Benefits and Compliance Manager

What Makes Clickstop a Top Workplace?

At Clickstop, a top workplace is built through everyday actions. Employee-owners take care of customers like the business is theirs, because it is. They share ideas openly, fix processes that slow people down, and help teammates when work gets busy. When something new or difficult comes up, they dig in and see it through.

Those everyday habits have shaped Clickstop’s culture, and they’re a big reason employee-owners have named it a Top Workplace 13 times.

Culture and Growth, Built Together

The same culture has helped drive Clickstop’s growth. In 2026, Clickstop was also named to the Inc. 5000 and to the Corridor Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Companies list for the 15th time.

As an employee-owned company, Clickstop gives team members a stake in the business and a voice in building what comes next. That shared responsibility supports a culture where people grow their skills, lead from where they are, and help build a business that is sustainable, enjoyable, and provides opportunity for those who seek it.