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This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in the [[Seattle metropolitan area]].

{{As of|2021|December}}, the Seattle metropolitan area is home to ten [[Fortune 500]] companies: Internet retailer [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] (#2), [[Costco|Costco Wholesale]] (#12), [[Microsoft]] (#15), coffee chain [[Starbucks]] (#125), [[Paccar]] (#159), clothing merchant [[Nordstrom]] (#289), [[Weyerhaeuser]] (#387), [[Expeditors International]] (#299), [[Alaska Airlines]] (#459), and [[Expedia]] (#500).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fortune 500|url=https://fortune.com/fortune500/2021/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Fortune|language=en}}</ref>

==Biotechnology==
* [[Alder Biopharmaceuticals]] (Bothell)
* [[Dendreon]] – [[immunotherapeutics]] (defunct)
* [[Juno Therapeutics]]
* [[NanoString Technologies]] – life sciences tools
* [[Seagen]] (Bothell)
* [[ZymoGenetics]] – therapeutic [[protein]]

==Computer hardware==
* [[Cray Inc.]] – [[supercomputer]]s
* [[EMC Isilon]] – [[computer storage]]
* [[F5 Networks]] – [[application delivery controller]]s

==Conglomerates==
* [[Vulcan Inc.]] – investment vehicle for [[Paul Allen]]

==Consulting==
* [[Alvarez and Marsal]] – [[management consulting]], [[turnaround management]] and [[performance improvement]]
* [[Avanade]] – business and technology consulting and [[information technology consulting]]
* [[Slalom Consulting]] – management consulting and information technology consulting

==Design==
*[[ClearSign Combustion]]

==Financial==
*[[Gravity Payments]]
*[[Moss Adams]]
*[[Russell Investments]]
*[[Seattle Credit Union]]
*[[WaFd Bank]]

==Food and beverage==
*[[American Seafoods]] – management company for [[Fish processing vessel|fishing vessels]] in the [[Bering Sea]]
*[[Beecher's Handmade Cheese]]
*[[Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting Company]] – [[coffee]] [[retailer]]
*[[Crowd Cow]] – [[online food ordering|online meat delivery]] marketplace
*[[Darigold]] – [[dairy]] [[agricultural marketing cooperative]]
*[[Jones Soda]] – soft drink maker
*[[MOD Pizza]] – [[pizza]] [[restaurant chain]]
*[[Pagliacci Pizza]] – [[pizza]] [[restaurant chain]]
*[[Piroshky Piroshky]] – [[pastry]] [[restaurant chain]]
*[[Seattle's Best Coffee]]
*[[Starbucks]] – coffee [[retailer]] and [[coffeehouse]] chain
*[[Theo Chocolate]] – organic and [[fair trade]] [[chocolate]] manufacturer
*[[Trident Seafoods]] – management company for fishing vessels in the Bering Sea
*[[Tully's Coffee]] – coffee retailer and [[wholesaler]]
*[[Uwajimaya]] – [[Asian supermarket]]

==Healthcare==
* [[Benaroya Research Institute]]
* [[CellNetix]]
* [[Center for Global Infectious Disease Research]]
* [[Emeritus Senior Living]]
* [[Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center]]
* [[Northwest Kidney Centers]]
* [[PATH (global health organization)|PATH]]
* [[The Polyclinic]]<!--- Polyclinic ---> 
* [[Providence Health and Services]]
* Remote Medical International<ref>[https://www.remotemedical.com/ Remote Medical International]</ref><!--- Remote ---> 
* [[Ventec Life Systems]]

==Insurance==
*[[PEMCO]] – auto, home, boat, and life insurance
*[[Safeco]] – property insurance
*[[Trupanion]] – pet insurance

==Intellectual property==
* [[Getty Images]] – stock photography
* [[Intellectual Ventures]] – patent assertion hedge fund

==Internet==
* [[Allrecipes.com]] – online recipe service and forum
* [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] – retail
* [[Avvo]] – legal services search
* [[Cheezburger]] – operates many humor web blogs such as [[I Can Has Cheezburger?]] and [[FAIL Blog]]
* [[Classmates.com]] – social networking service
* [[Coupang]] – retail<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenblatt |first=Lauren |date=September 19, 2022 |title=What the 'Amazon of South Korea' is doing in Seattle |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/what-the-amazon-of-south-korea-is-doing-in-seattle/ |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |accessdate=January 11, 2025}}</ref>
* [[eNotes|eNotes.com]] – educational resource service
* [[ExtraHop Networks]] – cloud security analytics
* [[F5 Networks]] – application delivery controllers
* [[findwell]] – online real estate brokerage
* [[Groundspeak]] – operators of [[Geocaching.com]]
* [[JetPunk]] – online trivia 
* [[Leafly]] – cannabis information 
* LetYouKnow.com<ref>[https://LetYouKnow.com LetYouKnow.com]</ref> – marketplace that empowers consumers to price bid on new cars 
* [[Onvia]] – government business intelligence portal
* [[Panopto]] – video content management
* [[PayScale]] – global employee compensation database
* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' – webcomic
* [[Porch (company)|Porch]] – home services platform
* [[RealNetworks]] – software
* [[Redfin]] – online real estate brokerage
* [[Smartsheet]] – [[SaaS]] work collaboration software
* [[Soundrangers]] – online sound effects and music
* [[Sporcle]] – online trivia
* [[Tableau Software]] – data visualization
* [[Thrift Books]] – retail
* [[Turbo (software)|Turbo]] (formerly Spoon) – application virtualization
* [[WhitePages.com]] – online people search, reverse phone & address lookup, and business search
* [[Zillow.com]] – real estate information service

==Law==
* [[Davis Wright Tremaine]]
* [[Lane Powell]] 
* [[Perkins Coie]]

==Manufacturing==
* [[Allied Marble & Granite]] – manufactured stone product installations<ref name="COC">{{cite web |url=http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/seattle-wa/6194522-allied-marble-inc/ |title=Allied Marble Inc |accessdate=2013-09-27}}</ref>
* [[Cutter & Buck]] – [[golf]] apparel
* [[Filson (company)|Filson]] – outdoor apparel
* [[Pacific Coast Feather Company]] – [[bedding]]
* [[Tom Bihn]] – bags and luggage

==Pet care==
* [[Rover.com]] – [[dog boarding]] and dog walking

==Property and architecture==
* [[Bassetti Architects]] – [[architectural firm]]
* [[Callison]] – architectural firm
* [[Diamond Parking]] – [[parking lot]]s
* [[Garret Cord Werner]] – architecture and interior design, reconstruction of historic places
* [[Howard S. Wright Companies]] – [[construction]]
* [[John L. Scott]] – [[real estate broker]]age
* [[Johnson Braund Design Group]] – design and [[architectural firm]]
* [[MG2 (company)|MG2]] – [[architectural firm]]
* [[Miller Hull|Miller Hull Partnership]] – architecture and planning
* [[Mithun, Inc|Mithun]] – architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, planning and urban design
* [[NBBJ]] – [[architectural firm]]
* [[Olson Kundig Architects]] – [[architectural firm]]
* [[Plum Creek Timber]] – [[timber]]
* [[Sellen Construction]]
* [[Weber Thompson]] – [[architectural firm]]
* [[Windermere Real Estate]] – [[real estate broker]]age

==Public relations==
* Revolution Public Relations<ref>[http://www.revolutionpr.com Revolution Public Relations]</ref> – [[public relations]]
* [[Waggener Edstrom]] – [[public relations]]

==Publishing==
*[[Bilingual Books|Bilingual Books, Inc.]] – [[foreign language]] books and [[computer software]]
*[[Fantagraphics Books]] – [[comics]] and [[graphic novel]]s
*[[Mountaineers Books]] – [[non-fiction]] books
*[[Sasquatch Books]] – non-fiction books

==Record labels==
* [[Barsuk Records]]
* [[Sub Pop]]
* [[Tooth & Nail Records]]

==Retail==
* [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]
* [[Babeland]] (formerly Toys in Babeland) – [[sex toy]]s
* [[Bartell Drugs]]
* [[Blue Nile Inc]] – [[diamonds]]
* [[Brooks Sports]] – athletic apparel
* [[Cascade Designs]] – outdoor [[apparel]] 
* [[Cequint]]
* [[Indix]] – product intelligence database
* [[Julep (company)|Julep]] – cosmetics and personal care
* [[K2 Sports]] – [[sporting goods]] and [[apparel]]
* [[NetMotion Wireless]] – Mobile VPN Solution
* [[Nordstrom]] – [[apparel]]
* [[The Omni Group]] – develops software for the [[Mac OS X]] platform
* [[Outdoor Research]] – [[apparel]]
* [[PCC Natural Markets]] – [[supermarket]]
* [[QFC]] – supermarket chain
* [[RealNetworks]] – Internet
* [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]] – online music service
* [[Sur La Table]] – [[cookware]]
* [[Tommy Bahama]] – [[apparel]]
* [[Zumiez]] – [[action sports]]
* [[Zulily]] – [[apparel]] and [[housewares]]

==Sports, leisure and entertainment==
* [[Evo (outdoors)|Evo]] – outdoor retailer <ref>{{Cite web|title=Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/as-climate-change-threatens-snow-sports-seattle-based-evo-branches-out/|website=Seattle Times|date=3 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Professional Bowlers Association]] – sanctioning body for the sport of professional [[ten-pin bowling]]
* [[Puzzle Break]] – first American-based live [[escape room]] company

==Transportation==
* [[Aero Controls Inc.]]
* [[Alaska Airlines]] – major US airline
* [[Ambassadors International]] – [[cruise ship]]s
* [[Convoy (company)|Convoy]] – trucking logistics software
* [[Expeditors International]] – [[logistics]]
* [[Holland America Line]] – cruise ships
* [[Saltchuk]] – [[transportation]] and [[logistics]]
* [[Windstar Cruises]] – cruise ships

==Video games==
* [[Arenanet]] – ''Guild Wars'' franchise
* [[Big Fish Games]] – casual games
* [[PopCap]] – casual games
* [[Sucker Punch Productions]] – ''Sly Cooper'' and ''Infamous'' franchise
* [[Undead Labs]] – ''State of Decay'' games

== Companies based in the Greater Seattle area ==
[[File:Alaska Airlines 4920s0.jpg|thumb|[[Alaska Airlines]] headquarters in [[SeaTac, Washington|SeaTac]]]]
[[File:Microsoft sign closeup.jpg|thumb|[[Microsoft]] headquarters in [[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]]]]
Other large or well-known interstate or international companies popularly associated with Seattle are actually based in other [[Greater Puget Sound|Puget Sound]] cities: 
* [[Alaska Air Group]], [[Alaska Airlines]], and [[Horizon Air]] – [[SeaTac, Washington|SeaTac]]
* [[ArenaNet]] – [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]]
* [[Blue Origin]] – [[Kent, Washington|Kent]]
* [[Bungie]] – Bellevue
* [[Classmates.com]] – [[Renton, Washington|Renton]]
* [[Clearwire]] – Bellevue
* [[Concur Technologies]] – Bellevue
* [[Costco]] – [[Issaquah, Washington|Issaquah]] (founded in Seattle)
* [[drugstore.com]] – Bellevue
* [[Eddie Bauer]] – Bellevue (founded in Seattle)
* [[eNom]] – [[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]]
* [[Expedia Group]] – Seattle (moved HQ from Bellevue to Seattle)
* [[Fluke Corporation]] – Everett
* [[Funko]] – Everett
* [[INRIX]] – Kirkland
* [[Intelius]] – Bellevue
* [[Kymeta]] – Redmond
* [[Microsoft]] – Redmond
* [[msnbc.com]] – Redmond
* [[MulvannyG2 Architecture]] – Bellevue
* [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]] – Redmond
* [[Oberto Sausage Company]] – Kent
* [[Outerwall]] (formerly [[Coinstar]]) – Bellevue
* [[Paccar]] – Bellevue
* [[Premera Blue Cross]] – [[Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]]
* [[Puget Sound Energy]] – Bellevue
* [[Raleigh Bicycle Company|Raleigh USA]] – Kent
* [[Recreational Equipment, Inc.|REI]] – Kent (founded in Seattle)
* [[Savers]]/[[Value Village]] – Bellevue
* [[SOG Specialty Knives]] – Lynnwood
* [[Sucker Punch Productions]] – Bellevue
* [[T-Mobile US]] – Bellevue
* [[Talking Rain]] – Preston
* [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] – Bellevue
* [[Wizards of the Coast]] – Renton

== Companies formerly headquartered in Seattle ==
* [[Airborne Express]] (ground operations acquired by [[DHL Aviation|DHL]], [[Plantation, Broward County, Florida|Plantation, Florida]]; air operations spun off as [[ABX Air]], [[Wilmington, Ohio]])
* [[Associated Grocers]] (acquired by [[Unified Western Grocers]] of [[Los Angeles]])
* [[Boeing]] (now in [[Crystal City, Virginia]])
* [[The Bon Marché]] (owned by [[Macy's, Inc.]], [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]; name changed to Bon-Macy's in 2003; rebranded as [[Macy's]] in 2005)
* [[Cinnabon]] (acquired by [[FOCUS Brands, Inc.]], [[Atlanta, Georgia]])
* [[Corixa (company)|Corixa]] – [[immunotherapeutics]], closed in 2006
* [[Costco]] (now in [[Issaquah, Washington]])
* [[Eddie Bauer]] (now in [[Bellevue, Washington]])
* [[Ernst Home Centers]] (liquidated following unsuccessful bankruptcy filing in 1996)
* [[Frederick & Nelson]] (went out of business in 1992)
* [[Group Health Cooperative]] (acquired by [[Kaiser Permanente]] in 2017)
* [[Immunex]] (acquired by [[Amgen]], [[Thousand Oaks, California]])
* [[Muzak Holdings|Muzak]] (now in [[Fort Mill, South Carolina]])
* [[MyLackey.com]] (defunct)
* [[Rainier Brewing Company]] (now owned by [[Pabst Brewing Company]], [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]])
* [[Red Robin|Red Robin Gourmet Burgers]] (now in [[Greenwood Village, Colorado]])
* [[Recreational Equipment, Inc.|REI]] (now in [[Kent, Washington]])
* [[Safeco]] (acquired by [[Liberty Mutual]])
* [[Seafirst Bank]] (acquired by [[Bank of America]])
* Shurgard Storage Centers (acquired by [[Public Storage]])
* [[Speakeasy (ISP)|Speakeasy, Inc.]] (acquired by [[Best Buy]] in 2007 and merged with [[MegaPath]] in 2010)
* [[Surreal Software]] (acquired by [[Midway Games]])
* [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] (now in [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]])
* [[Washington Mutual]] (failed in 2008, acquired by [[JPMorgan Chase]])
* [[World Vision]] (now in [[Federal Way, Washington]])
* [[Zulily]] (acquired by [[Liberty Interactive]])

==See also==
{{Portal|Companies}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wU8pkk8u6S3zHQji56hNTeSC3Qo&usp=sharing Map of Seattle companies]

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