Where the “next big thing” begins

The birthplace of such legendary businesses as Amazon, Costco, Expedia, Microsoft, Nordstrom, PACCAR, REI and Starbucks, Washington State offers businesses, site selectors and investors a critical mass of innovative partners, highly-skilled workers, mature supply chains,  five high-growth sectors and more than a dozen emerging clusters ripe with opportunity. 

Over the years, we’ve made world travel affordable, put a phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in another, brought thousands of products to your door, made revolutionary cures commonplace, gave astronauts a ride on the moon and transformed the way we spend our free time. And now we’re looking at the next big thing, be it hydrogen fuel, electric aircraft, targeted therapies, digital crop management, multiverse communities – the possibilities are truly endless. While the pandemic may have slowed down some other states, our highly diversified economy has been hard at work shaping the future.