- List of companies based in Seattle
This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in Seattle.
As of April, 2005,
Seattle, Washington was home to fiveFortune 500 companies: financial services companyWashington Mutual (#131), insurance companySafeco Corporation (#285), clothing merchantNordstrom (#294), Internet retailerAmazon.com (#303) and coffee chainStarbucks (#372).Safeco announced an agreement to be acquired by
Liberty Mutual on April 23, 2008. Washington Mutual was acquired byJPMorgan Chase on September 25, 2008.Companies currently headquartered in Seattle
Beverage s*
Hale's Ales —beer
*Jones Soda —soft drink s
*Pyramid Breweries, Inc. — beer
*Redhook Ale Brewery — beer
*Starbucks (includingSeattle's Best Coffee ) — espresso
*Tully's Coffee — espresso
*Mike's Hard Lemonade Co. — flavored malt beveragesBiotechnology *
Corixa —immunotherapeutics
*Dendreon —immunotherapeutics
*ZymoGenetics — therapeuticprotein sBroadcasting *
Fisher Communications — radio andtelevision stations *
Cray Inc. —supercomputer s
*Isilon Systems — computer storage*
Vulcan Inc. — investment vehicle forPaul Allen *
Safeco Corporation — property and casualtyinsurance
*Washington Federal Savings — savings bankFood *
Dick's Drive-In — drive-infast-food restaurant chain
*Uwajimaya — Asiansupermarket
*WestFarm Foods (Darigold) —dairy agricultural marketing cooperative
*American Seafoods — Management company for Fishing Vessels in theBering Sea
*Trident Seafoods — Management company for Fishing Vessels in theBering Sea Intellectual Property *
Corbis —stock photography
*Getty Images — stock photographyInternet *
Amazon.com — retail
*Brio Realty — Internet based real estate brokerage
*Infopop Corporation — software
*Onvia — government business intelligence portal
*PayScale — global employee compensation database
*PopCap — Casual Games
*RealNetworks — software
*Zillow.com — real estate information serviceManufacturing *
Cutter & Buck —golf apparel
*Todd Pacific Shipyards —shipbuilding
* BoeingMarketing *
Perpetual Promotion, The Marketing Agency —marketing
*Wines of Washington Promotion —marketing Property *
Diamond Parking —parking lot s
*Plum Creek Timber —timber
*Windermere Real Estate —real estate broker age
*John L. Scott —real estate broker agePublic Relations *
Perpetual Promotion, The Marketing Agency —public relations
*Waggener Edstrom —public relations Publishing *
Fantagraphics Books —comics andgraphic novel s*
Barsuk Records
*Sub Pop
*Tooth & Nail Records Recreation *
Cranium, Inc. —board game sRetail *
Amazon.com
*Babeland (formerly Toys in Babeland) —sex toy s
*Blue Nile Inc —diamonds
*Nordstrom —apparel
*Sur La Table —cookware Sales Promotion *
Perpetual Promotion, The Marketing Agency —sales promotion Software *
DatStat —Enterprise Research Management
*Delicious Monster —Shareware
*Groupee, Inc. (formerly Infopop Corporation) —Internet
*RealNetworks — Internet
*AttachmateWRQ — networking
*Avanade
*Isilon — Network storage devices
* MicrosoftTransport ation* Alaska Air Group (includes
Horizon Air ) —airline s
*Flexcar —car sharing
*Expeditors International —logistics
*Holland America Line —cruise ship sCompanies formerly headquartered in Seattle
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Airborne Express (ground operations acquired byDHL , Plantation, Florida; air operations spun off asABX Air ,Wilmington, Ohio )
*Associated Grocers (acquired byUnified Western Grocers ofLos Angeles )
*Boeing (now inChicago, Illinois )
* The Bon Marché (owned byMacy's, Inc. ,Cincinnati, Ohio ; name changed to Bon-Macy's in 2003; rebranded asMacy's in 2005)
*Cinnabon (acquired byFOCUS Brands, Inc. ,Atlanta, Georgia )
*Costco (now inIssaquah, Washington )
*Eddie Bauer (now inRedmond, Washington )
*Ernst Home & Nursery (shut down due to bankruptcy in 1997)
*Frederick & Nelson (went out of business in 1992)
*Immunex (acquired byAmgen ,Thousand Oaks, California )
*Magnolia Audio Video (headquarters moved toKent, Washington ; now owned byBest Buy )
*Muzak (now inFort Mill, South Carolina )
*MyLackey.com (defunct)
*Shurgard Storage Centers (acquired byPublic Storage )
*Seafirst Bank (acquired byBank of America )
*Surreal Software (acquired byMidway Games )
*Rainier Brewing Company (now owned byMiller Brewing ,Milwaukee, Wisconsin )
* Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (now inGreenwood Village, Colorado )
*R.E.I. (now inKent, Washington )
*United Parcel Service (now inAtlanta, Georgia )
*Washington Mutual (failed in 2008, acquired byJPMorgan Chase )Companies based in the Seattle area
Other companies popularly associated with Seattle are actually based in other Puget Sound cities:
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180 Solutions — Bellevue
*Action Engine — Bellevue
*Alaska Airlines — SeaTac
*Brooks — Bothell
*Bungie Studios — Redmond
*Clearwire — Kirkland
*Classmates.com — Renton
*Concur — Redmond
*Costco — Issaquah (founded in Seattle)
*drugstore.com — Bellevue
*Eddie Bauer — Redmond (founded in Seattle)
*Expedia, Inc. — Bellevue
*Liftport Group — Bremerton
*Microsoft — Redmond
* Nintendo of America — Redmond
*Oberto Sausage Company — Kent
*PACCAR — Bellevue
*Premera Blue Cross — Mountlake Terrace
* Raleigh USA — Kent
*R.E.I. — Kent (founded in Seattle)
*Russell Investment Group — Tacoma
*Savers /Value Village — Bellevue
*Sucker Punch Productions — Bellevue
*T-Mobile USA — Bellevue
* True Blue, Inc. — Tacoma
*Weyerhaeuser — Federal Way
*eNom — Bellevue
*Valve Corporation — Bellevueee also
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List of companies based in Kirkland, Washington
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