Top companies in Seattle
Cloud, ecommerce, gaming, and biotech anchored by Amazon and Microsoft.
Ranked by current headcount across companies headquartered in Seattle. Refreshed daily.
- 1Amazon· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 786.5k employees
- Founded 1994
- 2Starbucks· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 186.8k employees
- Founded 1971
- 3Costco Wholesale· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 84.9k employees
- Founded 1983
- 4Nordstrom· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 47.7k employees
- Founded 1901
- 5University of Washington· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Grant
- 32k employees
- Founded 2012
- 6Expedia Group· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 21.9k employees
- Founded 1996
- 7Avanade· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 17.2k employees
- Founded 2000
- 8Amazon Business· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 15.1k employees
- Founded 1994
- 9Kellogg Company· Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
- 14.3k employees
- Founded 1906
- 10Alaska Airlines· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 13.2k employees
- Founded 1932
- 11Rover.com· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 11.4k employees
- Founded 2011
- 12City of Seattle· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 10.8k employees
- 13Slalom· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Series unknown
- 10.4k employees
- Founded 2001
- 14REI· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 9.9k employees
- Founded 1938
- 15Zillow· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 9.9k employees
- Founded 2006
- 16Coupang· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 9k employees
- Founded 2010
- 17Holland America Line· Seattle, Washington, United States
- undisclosed
- 8.7k employees
- 18Seattle Children's· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Grant
- 8.7k employees
- Founded 1907
- 19Swedish· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 8.5k employees
- Founded 1908
- 20Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 8.4k employees
- Founded 2006
- 21King County, WA· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Grant
- 8k employees
- Founded 1973
- 22Windermere Real Estate· Seattle, Washington, United States
- 7.8k employees
- Founded 1972
- 23Weyerhaeuser· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 7.3k employees
- 24F5· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 6.1k employees
- Founded 1996
- 25Getty Images· Seattle, Washington, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 6.1k employees
- Founded 1995
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