Active business licenses in Seattle and Puget Sound

BrokerHQ, a Seattle tenant-representation intelligence platform, monitors 40,491 active business licenses across Seattle and the Puget Sound region as of August 7, 2026, sourced from official business license records.

Methodology

The primary source is official municipal and state business license records for Seattle and the surrounding Puget Sound jurisdictions. Only licenses in an active status count; expired, closed, and revoked records are dropped. The set is refreshed as each issuing agency publishes new license data, so new filings and closures move the number.

Last updated August 7, 2026