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Des Moines’s best local businesses

The 155 spots we’ve checked and stand behind — the ones we’d send a neighbor to. No stars, no pay-to-play.

BaseLocal's Best
155 businesses listed18 added this month11 categories

● Updated Aug 2

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155 businesses across 11 categories — pick a shelf, or search them below.

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Businesses in categories too small for their own page — yet.

  • Des Moines Water Works Park

    Parks & Outdoors

    Des Moines Water Works Park is basically our city’s backyard, with gardens to wander, prairie to breathe in, and the Arie Den Boer…

    2201 George Flagg Pkwy · dmww.com ↗

  • Inner Space

    Health & Wellness

    Inner Space is a gym for your insides, blending licensed psychotherapy and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy with red light, ZeroBody dry…

    1251 Keosauqua Way · innerspacedsm.club ↗

  • Project Body Wellness

    Health & Wellness

    Whether you're eyeing firmer skin or a sleeker silhouette, Project Body Wellness uses the T-Shape 2 system to combine low-level laser,…

    220 E 3rd St · projectbodywellness.com ↗

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