Seattle is home to thousands of businesses, both large and small but for right now, we're giving some love to the former. A handful of large companies like Starbucks, Nordstrom and Alaskan Airlines got their start in Seattle but today, a new class of major tech companies are stepping up as employment hubs in the city. According to Statista, nearly 11% of Seattle’s workforce is employed in tech. With that in mind, we've compiled a list of some of Seattle's largest tech and tech-enabled companies for anyone looking to jumpstart their research on the city's tech scene. While this list is far from definitive, we've narrowed it down to only companies headquartered in Seattle with at least 200 local employees in our database.
Location: Pioneer Square
Employees: 500+
Industry: Software, Fintech
What they do: Avalara is a software company bringing together tech and taxes, offering cloud-based solutions for transaction tax compliance. The company works with businesses of all sizes across multiple industries, helping their clients keep up with constantly changing rules and rates.
Location: Downtown
Employees: 400+
Industry: Logistics
What they do: Convoy is a platform connecting carriers and shippers, creating a more efficient trucking and supply chain industry. On average, 40% of trucks are empty and Convoy helps carriers fill those trucks, eliminate wasted space, and save time and fuel.
Location: Downtown (Pike Street)
Employees: 250+
Industry: Cybersecurity, Cloud, Big Data
What they do: ExtraHop creates cybersecurity solutions for enterprise customers. The company’s range of products and solutions includes threat detection, cloud migration, application analytics and network security.
Location: International District
Employees: 500+
Industry: Media
What they do: Getty Images is a stock imagery and footage company providing licensed photo, audio and video content. Founded in 1995, Getty now offers access to over 200 million pieces of content through their applications and websites.
Location: Wallingford
Employees: 200+
Industry: B2B, Software
What they do: Outreach makes engagement solutions for sales and customer success teams to enhance their performance throughout the sales cycle. The management platform can be tailored to fit each business and even manage recruiting activities and candidates.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 350+
Industry: Fintech, Software
What they do: PitchBook is a financial data and software company that provides information about private and public equity markets to a variety of clients like investment banks, investors, lenders and venture capital firms.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 500+
Industry: On-Demand, Pets
What they do: Rover is an on-demand dog-walking and pet-sitting platform connecting people to walkers and sitters in their area. Rover provides pet owners with more options in who cares for their animals than the traditional dog-walking companies and boarding facilities.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 300+
Industry: HR
What they do: PayScale provides compensation tools and software that uses data to give companies and employees information about current salary trends. Their solutions ensure employees are being paid fairly and help employers attract and retain better talent.
Location: Industrial District
Employee count: 200+
Industry: Cloud, Productivity
What they do: Zipwhip enables companies to communicate through business lines in the cloud, specifically on their desktops or smartphones. The software allows existing landlines and mobile numbers to send and receive texts across devices, making business communication easier.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 45,000+
Industry: E-commerce, AI, Cloud, IT
What they do: Amazon is famous for being the "Everything Store," but it's also a powerful technology company specializing in e-commerce, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. As the second largest employer in the United States, Amazon’s Seattle headquarters boasts an impressive head count and more than forty office buildings.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 300+
Industry: Legal
What they do: Avvo is an online marketing place for legal services, connecting people with lawyers and legal advice. Avvo actually represents 97% of the lawyers in the United States on their site, making it easier than ever to find legal help.
Location: Pioneer Square
Employee count: 500+
Industry: Gaming
What they do: Big Fish is a game development, publishing and distribution company that also provides a platform for third-party game developers. Big Fish’s portfolio includes a range of games played on PC, Mac, online or mobile devices.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 1000+
Industry: Big Data, AI
What they do: Cray creates cutting-edge computing platforms largely used by scientists and researchers in government and academic institutions. The company’s products include supercomputing, analytics, artificial intelligence and storage.
Location: Industrial District
Employee count: 250+
Industry: Retail, E-commerce
What they do: Filson is a retailer and now e-commerce brand that has been around almost as long as the state of Washington. Providing goods made to test the outdoors, their products range from clothing and luggage to fishing and hunting accessories.
Location: Lower Queen Anne
Employee count: 1000+
Industry: Cloud
What they do: F5 Networks specializes in application management, deployment and security for companies looking to break into the cloud. Currently 49 out of the Fortune 50 companies use F5 Networks for app services.
Location: South Lake Union
Employee count: 200+
Industry: Media
What they do: IMDb, which stands for Internet Movie Database, is a comprehensive online database of film and television information. From complete cast lists, directors to film trivia and television soundtracks, IMDb is the go-to website for every film buff.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 200+
Industry: Retail, E-commerce, Sports
What they do: K2 is a winter sporting goods brand and parent company to a variety of brands like K2 Snowboarding, Tubbs Snowshoes and Backcountry Access. K2 is known for their innovative designs and development that includes 3D printing and pressing their own small product batches to cut time to testing.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 200+
Industry: Marketing, B2B
What they do: Marchex is a call analytics platform for sales, marketing and service teams. Marchex provides helpful information about inbound calls like source tracking and analytics that drive more conversions and enhance customer experience.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 200+
Industry: Marketing
What they do: Moz provides software for inbound marketing analytics as well as additional community content and tools for marketing teams. The company offers products like a comprehensive suite of SEO tools that help customers track rankings, target strategic keywords and perform self audits.
Location: South Lake Union
Employee count: 350+
Industry: Healthcare
What they do: NanoString Technologies provides life science tools and technology that enables research, applications for in vitro diagnostics and translational medicine. In 2013, the company launched an in vitro product for prognosis of early stage breast cancer called Prosigna.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 800+
Industry: Real Estate
What they do: Redfin is a technology company providing real estate and brokerage services online. Redfin uses non-commission brokers on salary so customers get the best deals possible during the buying and selling process.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 200+
Industry: Fintech
What they do: Remitly is a payments and financial services company that helps people make simpler international money transfers from the United States. Remitly makes it more affordable to send and transfer money across borders while allowing users to track it every step of the way.
Location: Wallingford
Employee count: 2,000+
Industry: Big Data, Software
What they do: Tableau Software offers data analytics for a variety of departments including finance, IT, sales and marketing. The company specializes in creating solutions that help any employee better understand and share their data.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 500+
Industry: Fintech
What they do: Tamarac offers software that automates processes like portfolio management, rebalancing and trading for investment advisors. Used by over 1,000 RIA firms, Tamarac's SaaS helps advisors engage better with clients, create flexibility in their work through automated processes and have access to quality data.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 250+
Industry: Agency
What they do: TEAGUE is a design consultancy made up of researchers, industrial designers, strategists and many others working together to build brand experiences. Though founded in 1926, TEAGUE works with the newest products and technology to enhance brands like XBOX, Intel and Microsoft.
Location: Harbor Island
Employee count: 200+
Industry: Logistics
What they do: Tideworks provides terminal operating systems and graphical planning for cargo terminals. Currently, more than 300,000 logistics professionals use Tideworks' solutions for supply chain operations across marine vessels and trains.
Location: Georgetown
Employee count: 300+
Industry: Insurance, Pets
What they do: Trupanion is one of the top providers of medical insurance for pets. The insurance company works with 100% of veterinarians and their online processes make enrollment and insurance claims fast and simple
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 600+
Industry: IT, Cybersecurity
What they do: WatchGuard is a cloud and network security provider offering multi-function threat management solutions to small and mid-size companies around the world.
Location: Downtown
Employee count: 800+
Industry: Real Estate
What they do: Zillow is a marketplace for real estate and rentals, providing an end-to-end experience throughout renting, buying, selling and financing. Launched in 2006, Zillow’s database features over 110 million homes currently in the U.S.
Location: Belltown
Employee count: 1000+
Industry: E-commerce
What they do: Zulily Inc. is an e-commerce destination that brings customers brand new deals every morning, offering up to 70% off on popular brands. Zulily’s products originally catered to mom's and children, but now their clothing, footwear and home goods are for all.
