New businesses in Washington State — October 2026
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Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 5,038 Washington State business records entered our newly opened businesses section, 14th among U.S. states. Seattle received 765, about four times as many as Bellevue, the next city, and construction companies — not restaurants — were the largest of the 14 sectors we track.
How many new businesses are there in Washington State?
5,038 Washington State records reached our newly opened businesses section between September 27 and October 27, 2026 — 9.8 per 1,000 of the 516,529 records we hold for the state, which ranks 22nd of the 50 states and D.C. on that measure. By count it sits in a tight bunch: five states, from Virginia (5,138) to Arizona (4,984), are only 154 new records apart. Its two neighbors, Oregon (2,917) and Idaho (1,448), received fewer together than Washington State on its own. The Washington State page of our data section updates these counts every day.
| State | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records | Rank by new records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 5,138 | 524,515 | 9.8 | 12th |
| Colorado | 5,134 | 490,832 | 10.5 | 13th |
| Washington State | 5,038 | 516,529 | 9.8 | 14th |
| Massachusetts | 5,031 | 488,868 | 10.3 | 15th |
| Arizona | 4,984 | 466,133 | 10.7 | 16th |
| Oregon | 2,917 | 321,149 | 9.1 | 23rd |
| Idaho | 1,448 | 153,656 | 9.4 | 35th |
Seattle, the Eastside and South King County
| City | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records | With phone | With website information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 765 | 62,197 | 12.3 | 85.3% | 70.0% |
| Bellevue | 190 | 15,453 | 12.3 | 87.3% | 72.3% |
| Spokane | 176 | 18,204 | 9.7 | 88.6% | 67.5% |
| Vancouver | 168 | 14,409 | 11.7 | 90.3% | 71.1% |
| Tacoma | 160 | 14,921 | 10.7 | 86.8% | 67.1% |
| Kent | 124 | 6,910 | 17.9 | 88.1% | 65.3% |
| Everett | 118 | 8,992 | 13.1 | 89.0% | 69.2% |
| Renton | 117 | 6,170 | 19.0 | 87.1% | 67.1% |
| Kirkland | 101 | 6,913 | 14.6 | 88.8% | 75.5% |
| Yakima | 79 | 6,861 | 11.5 | 89.5% | 57.5% |
| Olympia | 76 | 7,838 | 9.7 | 89.6% | 67.5% |
| Bellingham | 75 | 9,788 | 7.7 | 89.7% | 71.9% |
| Federal Way | 73 | 5,406 | 13.5 | 89.6% | 67.8% |
| Kennewick | 72 | 5,808 | 12.4 | 88.9% | 66.2% |
| Spokane Valley | 55 | 6,921 | 7.9 | 91.0% | 70.1% |
Seattle leads with 765, about four times as many as Bellevue (190). Bellevue, across Lake Washington on the Eastside, comes second ahead of Spokane (176), although Spokane holds more records in our database (18,204 against 15,453). The eight other Puget Sound cities in the table — Bellevue, Tacoma, Kent, Everett, Renton, Kirkland, Olympia and Federal Way — received 959 together, more than Seattle itself. On rate, two South King County cities lead: Renton (19.0) and Kent (17.9) new per 1,000 records; Spokane Valley (7.9) and Bellingham (7.7) are lowest. East of the Cascades, Spokane, Yakima, Kennewick and Spokane Valley received 382 between them; Yakima has the lowest share of records with website information in the table (57.5%) and the highest share with a phone but no website information (34.4%).
Which sectors are opening in Washington State?
| Sector | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction companies | 119 | 14,721 | 8.1 |
| Hair and beauty salons | 110 | 12,200 | 9.0 |
| Restaurants | 103 | 14,446 | 7.1 |
| Dentists and dental clinics | 74 | 7,140 | 10.4 |
| Auto repair shops | 64 | 6,310 | 10.1 |
| Real estate agencies | 53 | 17,964 | 3.0 |
| Cafés | 47 | 4,332 | 10.8 |
| Gyms and fitness studios | 24 | 2,113 | 11.4 |
| Bakeries and pastry shops | 21 | 1,755 | 12.0 |
| Clothing stores | 20 | 2,655 | 7.5 |
| Bars and pubs | 20 | 1,496 | 13.4 |
| Car dealers | 18 | 1,829 | 9.8 |
| Supermarkets and grocery stores | 12 | 3,478 | 3.5 |
| Pharmacies | <5 | 1,533 | — |
Construction companies lead with 119, ahead of hair and beauty salons (110) and restaurants (103) — and construction starts at a disadvantage in this count: new construction records carry a state less often than new restaurant records do, so 119 is a floor. Washington State holds more café records than any other state in this month’s twelve-state series (4,332). New ones arrive more slowly against that base — 47, or 10.8 per 1,000, one of the lowest café rates in the series; and café records here list website information less often than in any of the other eleven states (62.0%). Grocery is the weak spot: 12 new supermarket and grocery records from 3,478 (3.5 per 1,000), the lowest grocery rate in the series.
Selling to new Washington State businesses
- King County first, then Pierce and Snohomish. Six of the 15 cities in the table — Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, Renton, Kirkland and Federal Way — are in King County; Tacoma is the seat of Pierce County and Everett of Snohomish County. Olympia, at the south end of Puget Sound, is in Thurston County.
- Portland territories cross the river. Vancouver’s 168 new records are in Washington State (Clark County), so a team that sells around Portland needs a Washington State search as well as an Oregon one.
- Trades. 119 construction companies, 64 auto repair shops and 18 car dealers — buyers of equipment, vehicles, parts and insurance. The construction flow across countries: new construction companies.
- Eastern Washington as a route of its own. Spokane and Spokane Valley (Spokane County), Yakima, and Kennewick in the Tri-Cities (Benton County) are a field trip or a call list apart from Puget Sound.
How to pull the Washington State list
- Location: United States, then Washington among the states — Washington, D.C. is listed separately as the District of Columbia — and the counties of your territory.
- Section and category: newly opened businesses (the last 30 days, updated daily), then a sector or a narrower category. Categories are each record’s own and are not merged: “general contractor” and “construction company” are separate choices.
- Reach: Phone — has, for a call list; Website — none, for web design prospects.
- Count, open, watch: search and counts are free on every plan; a credit is spent only when you first open a record, and an export counts as an open (pricing). Save the search and new matches arrive by email every day.
Where state business registries, Census statistics and directories fit next to a feed of new openings: U.S. business lists compared.