Some Businesses Fort Dodge has is a Shimkat car store that was voted best used car store five years in a row.They also have a medium sized hospital. 

Some industries Fort Dodge has is a Pharmaceuticals which is a place that makes drugs (medicine) for old people. Fort Dodge also has a  gypsum industry, gypsum is a kind of plaster. The gypsum industry is the bed rock of Fort Dodge because it employs so many people.