Talk:List of companies based in Seattle

message: Seems like it's getting a bit out of control. --Lukobe 22:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder how necessary this article is, given that there's a category that compiles all of the Seattle-based companies. Regardless, the threshhold of notability has probably been crossed with places like Dick's on the list. -- Scarequotes 23:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are all these companies truly notable/well-known? 

message: Looks like it's going to have to leave the list soon.. http://seattlepi.com/business/339489_beer14.html --Lukobe (talk) 08:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redhook 

message: Hi, can I get added to the list under "marketing"? My marketing practice is located in Seattle. www.KulinMarketing.com. We do marketing for startups.
LizKulin (talk) 22:37, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, your company doesn't appear to qualify for this list: "This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in the Seattle Metropolitan Area."
Cataobh (talk) 23:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marketer to Add 

message: There are now a handful of non-profits on the list, which are arguably not companies. Should these be split to a separate list, a la List of non-profit organizations in Jacksonville, Florida, or should this list be renamed to allow any type of organization? Ibadibam (talk) 21:20, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Arguably? What is that argument? It's not in the definition of company. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 00:31, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It's actually included in the first bullet point at company. But it's not really what most of us associate with the word. Ibadibam (talk) 01:18, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of who?  --Dennis Bratland (talk) 01:37, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of the editors heretofore in this discussion, unless I misinterpreted your comment. Ibadibam (talk) 01:55, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see where anyone above discussed non-profits. But even if they did, the definition of "company" comes from dictionaries, not a non-random sample editors.<P>Anyway, I only count two non-profits on the list. Why not put an asterisk next to them? Or the words (non-profit) next to these two entries? Or a make a non-profit subsection and if it grows far beyond two entries, consider a separate list. Or do nothing, because there's no actual contradiction here and the list serves its main purpose. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:28, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I misinterpreted when you said "It's not in the definition of company" to mean you thought non-profits weren't included in the definition, where now I think I realize you meant they're not excluded. I'll drop the question. Thanks for your correspondence! Ibadibam (talk) 19:25, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-profits 

message: The following entries on this list are products/brands/susidiaries that are not based in Seattle:
*EMC Isilon — Not a company. A product made by EMC Corporation of Hopkinton, Massachusetts
*Avanade — subsidiary of Accenture, based in Dublin, Ireland
*Capital One Investing – subsidiary of Capital One, of Virginia
*Russell Investments – subsidiary of London Stock Exchange Group, London, UK
*Mike's Hard Lemonade Co. – owned by Mark Anthony Group Inc. of Vancouver, B.C., Canada
*Seattle's Best Coffee – subsidiary of Starbucks
*Emeritus Senior Living – subsidiary of Brookdale Senior Living, Tennessee
*Group Health Cooperative – subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
*Safeco — subsidiary of Liberty Mutual, Boston, Massachusetts
*Getty Images — subsidiary of The Carlyle Group, Washinton, D.C.
*Allrecipes.com – subsidiary of Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa
*I Can Has Cheezburger? – subsidiary of Literally Media, Israel
*Classmates.com – subsidiary of United Online, Woodland Hills, California
*Leafy subsidiary of Privateer Holdings, Seattle
*thePlatform – subsidiary of Comcast, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Cutter & Buck New Wave Group AB, Sweden
*Filson (company) – subsidiary of Fossil Group, Texas
*Vigor Shipyards – subsidiary of Vigor Industrial, Portland, Oregon
*Callison CallisonRTKL, Baltimore, Maryland
*Attachmate – subsidiary of Micro Focus International, UK
*Brooks Sports – subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Omaha, Nebraska
*K2 Sports – subsidiary of Newell Brands, Atlanta, Georgia
*QFC – subsidiary of Kroger, Cincinnati, Ohio
*Sur La Table – subsidiary of Investcorp, Bahrain
*Tommy Bahama – subsidiary of Zumiez, Lynnwood, Washington
*Ambassadors Group defunct
*Holland America Line – subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc Miami, Florida 
*Windstar Cruises — brand or subsidiary of Xanterra Parks and Resorts, Colorado
*ArenaNet – subsidiary of NCSOFT South Korea
*Big Fish Games – subsidiary of Churchill Downs Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky
*PopCap Games – subsidiary of Electronic Arts, Redwood City, California
*Sucker Punch Productions – subsidiary of Sony, Tokyo, Japan
I think if we do keep all these on the list, they should at least move to a separate section. Some, like Tommy Bahama are brands that shouldn't be listed; instead list Zumiez. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:34, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of companies not based in Seattle, or that are not companies, or both