Large or Well-known Companies Formerly Headquartered in Seattle
- Airborne Express (ground operations acquired by DHL, Plantation, Florida; air operations spun off as ABX Air, Wilmington, Ohio)
- Associated Grocers (acquired by Unified Western Grocers of Los Angeles)
- Corixa — immunotherapeutics, closed in 2006
- Boeing (now in Chicago, Illinois)
- The Bon Marché (owned by Macy's, Inc., 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 Bellevue, Washington)
- Ernst Home Centers (liquidated following unsuccessful bankruptcy filing in 1996)
- Gene Juarez Salon and Spas (Seattle, WA)
- 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)
- Seafirst Bank (acquired by Bank of America)
- Surreal Software (acquired by Midway Games)
- 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 Airlines (now in Chicago, IL)
- United Parcel Service (now in Sandy Springs, Georgia)
- Washington Mutual (failed in 2008, acquired by JPMorgan Chase)
- Insure Pacific Inc (now in Central Oregon)
- Community Service
- World Vision
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