founders in washington
washington founders build around aircraft manufacturing and software in the puget sound area, navy bases and shipyards, ports at seattle and tacoma, and apples and wheat in the east, with hydropower along the columbia. reagent matter and reagent defense fit the aerospace and naval work, and reagent logistics fits the pacific ports.
talk to reagentwashington at a glance
- new business applications
- 119,413
- filed in the twelve months to september 2026, down 19.3% on the twelve months before.
- likely employers
- 33,230
- applications the Census Bureau flags as likely to hire, over the same twelve months.
- economy
- $892.3 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, up 5.4% on the year before in current dollars.
- population
- 8.0 million
- residents in 2025, about $111,518 of output per person.
- manufacturing jobs
- 275,500
- people employed in manufacturing, september 2026.
our companies
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- business applications, U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics
- high-propensity business applications, U.S. Census Bureau
- gross domestic product, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- resident population, U.S. Census Bureau
- manufacturing employees, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.