List of companies based in Kent, Washington

This is a list of large, well-known, interstate, or international companies headquartered in Kent, Washington.

B

• Blue Origin - privately funded aerospace company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos; develops technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal of dramatically lower cost and increased reliability
• Boeing Space & Defense - Washington State headquarters; engineers and manufactures military aircraft and missiles, as well as space exploration equipment such as the lunar rover

D

• Diamondback Bicycles - a major bicycle brand
• Door to Door Storage - self-storage company; introduced portable, containerized storage to the industry

L

• Labor Ready - the US' largest provider of temporary workers for manual day labor to the construction industry, other light industry, and small businesses
• LaserMotive - engineering firm developing technologies for efficiently transmitting power via lasers, a form of wireless energy transfer commonly called "laser power beaming"

N

• Novara - REI's brand of bicycles and cycling clothing

O

• Oberto Sausage Company - family-owned; makes beef jerky, pepperoni and other snack sausages
• Omax Corporation - second largest water jet manufacturer in the US

P

• Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company - manufactured and marketed food products, including Carnation evaporated milk, with its famous slogan that it came from "Contented Cows"
• Pay 'n Pak - home improvement chain; operated 112 stores on the West Coast
• Puget Sound Electric Railway - interurban railway that ran between Tacoma and Seattle
• Puget Systems - custom computer business operating primarily through their website; sells a mixture of custom and preconfigured computers including laptops, desktops, and servers

R

• Raleigh Bicycle Company USA - US headquarters of one of the oldest manufacturers of bicycles, motorcycles, and three-wheel cars
• Redline bicycles - manufacturer of BMX, freestyle, cyclocross, mountain, and road bicycles and components
• REI - retail corporation organized as a consumers' cooperative, selling outdoor recreation gear, sporting goods, and clothing

S

• Seattle-Tacoma Box Company - manufacturer of shipping containers, crates, boxes, and other wooden products

T

• Tazo Tea Company - tea and tisane manufacturer specializing in New Age-style marketing and product labeling
• ThyssenKrupp Aerospace - engineers and manufactures carbon fiber on a variety of Boeing products, including commercial aviation aircraft, military aircraft, and space and communications systems
• Torker - brand of bicycles, unicycles, strollers, and trailers, as well as cycling clothing

X

• X10 Wireless Technology - manufactures and markets wireless video cameras

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