(Radio Iowa) – The law change that allows you to shoot off fireworks anywhere in the state on July 3rd and 4th hasn’t led to a big jump in the number of retail fireworks locations. Numbers from the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing show an increase of just five new licensed sites for fireworks sales this year to 612. There were 598 licensed fireworks sites when the law changed in 2017 to allow fireworks to be sold. That jumped to 795 in 2018, and then dropped down to the low mark of 552 in 2020.

The number of fireworks licensed sites stayed below 600 every year until a jump of 38 new licenses from 2023 to 2024.