List of companies based in Seattle

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This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in Seattle.

As of April, 2005, Seattle, Washington is home to five Fortune 500 companies: financial services company Washington Mutual (#131), insurance company Safeco Corporation (#285), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#294), Internet retailer Amazon.com (#303) and coffee chain Starbucks (#372).

Contents 1 Companies currently headquartered in Seattle 1.1 Beverages 1.2 Biotechnology 1.3 Broadcasting 1.4 Computer Hardware 1.5 Conglomerates 1.6 Financial Services 1.7 Food 1.8 Intellectual Property 1.9 Internet 1.10 Manufacturing 1.11 Property 1.12 Publishing 1.13 Record Labels 1.14 Recreation 1.15 Retail 1.16 Software 1.17 Transportation 2 Companies formerly headquartered in Seattle 3 Companies based in the Seattle area 4 See also

[edit] Companies currently headquartered in Seattle

[edit] Beverages

• Hale's Ales — beer
• Jones Soda — soft drinks
• Pyramid Breweries, Inc. — beer
• Redhook Ale Brewery — beer
• Seattle's Best Coffee — espresso
• Starbucks — espresso
• Tully's Coffee — espresso

[edit] Biotechnology

• Corixa — immunotherapeutics
• Dendreon — immunotherapeutics
• NeoRx — cancer-treating biopharmaceuticals
• ZymoGenetics — therapeutic proteins

[edit] Broadcasting

• Fisher Communications — radio and television stations

[edit] Computer Hardware

• Cray Inc. — supercomputers

[edit] Conglomerates

• Vulcan Inc. — investment vehicle for Paul Allen

[edit] Financial Services

• Safeco Corporation — property and casualty insurance
• Washington Federal Savings — savings bank
• Washington Mutual — general financial services

[edit] Food

• Associated Grocers — grocery distribution retailers' cooperative
• Briazz — sandwiches, salads, and catering
• Dick's Drive-In — drive-in fast-food restaurant chain
• Taco Del Mar — Mexican fast casual restaurant chain
• Uwajimaya — Asian supermarket
• WestFarm Foods (Darigold) — dairy agricultural marketing cooperative

[edit] Intellectual Property

• Corbis — stock photography
• Getty Images — stock photography

[edit] Internet

• Allrecipes.com — cooking
• Amazon.com — retail
• Avenue A Razorfish — digital marketing
• Brio Realty — Internet based real estate brokerage
• Infopop Corporation — software
• Onvia — business leads
• PayScale — global employee compensation database
• PhotoWorks, Inc. — photo processing
• RealNetworks — software
• Speakeasy, Inc. — internet service provider
• Thriftbooks.com — online media retail
• FutureRanking — web marketing and design
• Zillow.com — real estate information service

[edit] Manufacturing

• Cutter & Buck — golf apparel
• Todd Pacific Shipyards — shipbuilding

[edit] Property

• Diamond Parking — parking lots
• Plum Creek Timber — timber
• Windermere Real Estate — real estate brokerage

[edit] Publishing

• Fantagraphics Books — comics and graphic novels

[edit] Record Labels

• Barsuk Records
• Sub Pop
• Tooth & Nail Records

[edit] Recreation

• Cranium, Inc. — board games

[edit] Retail

• Amazon.com
• Babeland (formerly Toys in Babeland) — sex toys
• Nordstrom — apparel
• Pink Godzilla — import and retro videogames
• PhotoWorks, Inc. — photo processing
• Sur La Table — cookware

[edit] Software

• Delicious Monster — Shareware
• Groupee, Inc. (formerly Infopop Corporation) — Internet
• QL2 Software — data aggregation and integration
• RealNetworks — Internet
• Sourcelabs — Open Source
• AttachmateWRQ — networking
• Avanade

[edit] Transportation

• Alaska Air Group (includes Horizon Air) — airlines
• Flexcar — car sharing
• Expeditors International — logistics
• Holland America Line — cruise ships

[edit] Companies formerly headquartered in Seattle

• Airborne Express (ground operations acquired by DHL, Plantation, Florida; air operations spun off as ABX Air, Wilmington, Ohio)
• Boeing (now in Chicago, Illinois)
• The Bon Marché (owned by Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, Ohio; name changed to Bon-Macy's in 2003; rebranded as Macy's in 2005)
• Cinnabon (acquired by FOCUS Brands, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia)
• Costco (now in Issaquah, Washington)
• Eddie Bauer (now in Redmond, Washington)
• Ernst Home & Nursery (shut down due to bankruptcy in 1997)
• Frederick & Nelson (went out of business in 1992)
• Immunex (acquired by Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California)
• Magnolia Audio Video (headquarters moved to Kent, Washington; now owned by Best Buy)
• Muzak (now in Fort Mill, South Carolina)
• MyLackey.com (defunct)
• Shurgard Storage Centers (acquired by Public Storage)
• Rainier Brewing Company (now owned by Miller Brewing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (now in Greenwood Village, Colorado)
• R.E.I. (now in Kent, Washington)
• United Parcel Service (now in Atlanta, Georgia)

[edit] Companies based in the Seattle area

Other companies popularly associated with Seattle are actually based in other Puget Sound cities:

• AT&T Wireless — Redmond
• Bungie Studios — Redmond
• Clearwire — Kirkland
• Codesic Consulting — Kirkland
• Costco — Issaquah (founded in Seattle)
• drugstore.com — Bellevue
• Eddie Bauer — Redmond (founded in Seattle)
• Expedia.com — Bellevue
• Inrix — Kirkland
• Labor Ready, Inc. — Tacoma
• Liftport Group — Bremerton, Washington
• Microsoft — Redmond
• Nintendo of America — Redmond
• Oberto Sausage Company — Kent
• PACCAR — Bellevue
• R.E.I. — Kent (founded in Seattle)
• Russell Investment Group — Tacoma
• T-Mobile USA — Bellevue
• Weyerhaeuser — Federal Way
• 180 Solutions — Bellevue
• Valve Corporation — Bellevue

[edit] See also

• List of companies based in Kirkland, Washington