Doing Business
Top Employers
Key industries and top employers in Yakima County, Washington
Key Industries
Yakima County’s assets are particularly well suited for key industries like food processing, warehouse/distribution, industrial machinery and supplies, aerospace, back office and health care industries.
Regional Cluster
Top Assets
Top Companies
- Efficient market access
- Extensive transportation infrastructure
- No inventory tax
- Walmart
- Ace Hardware
- Horizon Distribution
- R.E. Powell
- Quality Transportation
- 12th largest agriculture production area in the nation
- 39 commodities plus established suppliers/support services
- U.S. and International market access
- Smuckers
- Seneca Foods
- Del-Monte
- Tree Top
- AB Foods/Washington Beef
- Innovative packaging and sorting machine manufacturers
- Various industrial suppliers (metals, plastics, etc.)
- Low cost electric power
- Shields – Novolex
- Irwin Research and
- Development
- Kwik Lok
- Marq Packaging
- Sims Manufacturing
Business and Professional Services
- Available high energy workforce
- Available sites and buildings
- Extensive telecom infrastructure
- Costco
- Med Assets
- Wilkinson Corporation
- New medical university
- Award winning hospitals and specialized treatment centers
- Center of Excellence for healthcare training
- Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
- Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
- Surgimark
- Four regional hospitals
- Highly skilled workforce
- Two technical schools
- Proximity to international aerospace cluster
- Triumph Actuation Systems
- CubCrafters
- Pexco