Doing Business in the Greater Seattle Area

Before you hop on a plane and visit the Seattle Area for your next business trip you should be aware of the other cities that surround the Emerald city. Here is a list of the major cities of commerce in the Puget Sound Region and the primary distinguishing characteristics of each:

Everett—About 40 minutes North from Downtown Seattle. Within Everett’s sprawling city you will find a number of large businesses sprinkled about and, most notable, on the southern outskirts sits a Boeing Manufacturing plant. Everett is one of Washington’s more established city, but it probably does the least business of amount of business out f the four major metropolitan areas in the state.

Bellevue—About 20 minutes West of Downtown Seattle. The area surrounding Bellevue is also known as the Eastside and a large amount of the technology sector of our industry has made its home here (i.e. Microsoft). Because of the large number of successful technology firms and the businesses that support them, some parts of this area are extremely affluent. You will find that the city of Bellevue is comparatively new and the majority of businesses are concentrated in one downtown area.

Tacoma—About 45 minutes South of Downtown Seattle. Tacoma was once a booming log town, but visit it now and you will find most of the commercial and retail spaces left vacant. Like Everett, Tacoma is large in size but the economic output compared to Seattle and Bellevue is small.