Editing Bellevue, Washington (section)

==Economy==
{{See also|List of companies based in Bellevue, Washington}}

Bellevue is an economic hub of the Seattle region's Eastside and home to the headquarters of various sizes, including the U.S. operations for many international firms. Since 2005, the city has become a hub for software engineering and other technology development centers. These include [[Paccar|PACCAR Inc]], [[T-Mobile US]], [[Eddie Bauer]], [[SAP Concur]], and [[Symetra]]. Bellevue hosts a number of satellite offices for large technology companies such as [[eBay]], [[Meta Platforms|Meta]], [[ByteDance]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Salesforce]], [[Google]], and [[Microsoft]]; Microsoft was at one point headquartered in Bellevue but has since moved to the neighboring community of [[Redmond, Washington]]. Celebrated video game companies [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], [[Bungie]], [[Sucker Punch Productions]], and [[The Pokémon Company International]] are also based here.

In 2019, Amazon<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-details-plan-for-bellevue-expansion-bringing-several-thousand-jobs-in-coming-years/ | title = Amazon details plan for Bellevue expansion, bringing several thousand jobs in coming years | date = April 3, 2019 | website = The Seattle Times | language = en-US|access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> and Facebook<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/01/28/facebook-block-16-spring-district-bellevue.html | title = Facebook leases 11-story Block 16 in Bellevue's Spring District | last = Stewart | first = Ashley | date = January 28, 2019 |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> announced plans to open large engineering centers in Bellevue with plans to add several thousand employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/06/amazon-says-it-will-create-15000-jobs-in-bellevue-washingtonr.html|title=Amazon says it will create 15,000 jobs in Bellevue, Washington, and build its biggest tower ever|last=Palmer|first=Annie|date=February 6, 2020|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> In 2018, Google also opened a major engineering facility in downtown Bellevue.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Ashley |last2=Stiles |first2=Marc |date=August 24, 2018 |title=Sources: Google leases 80,000 square feet in Bellevue office complex and plans to take more |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/08/24/google-bellevue-office-lease-one-twelfth-a-twelfth.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> {{As of|2020}}, there are several high-rise office buildings in Downtown Bellevue that are under construction or in active planning and design phases, including [[Bellevue 600]], part of a major Amazon campus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=January 9, 2020 |title=Legacy adds to Bellevue development boom with plans for 2 office towers |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12128668.html |work=[[Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=February 7, 2020 |title=More details emerge for 2-tower Amazon development in Bellevue |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12129468.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> Several high-rise residential buildings are also planned in downtown, spurred in part by future light rail service, on former retail and low-rise commercial lots.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=February 28, 2019 |title=On the Block: Avenue Bellevue offers 'city within a city' including some grandkid-friendly condos |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12119505.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref><ref name= "mpl">{{cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Downtown Bellevue Major Projects List |url=https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/lu_MajorProjects.pdf |publisher=City of Bellevue |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818193625/https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/lu_MajorProjects.pdf |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, Amazon has 12,000 employees in Bellevue and has reduced its workforce in Seattle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nickelsburg |first=Monica |date=March 20, 2024 |title=As Seattle lost 10K Amazon employees, the company added corporate workers in Bellevue |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-lost-10-000-amazon-employees-in-4-years-bellevue-gained |publisher=KUOW |accessdate=March 21, 2024}}</ref>

By the late 2010s, Microsoft had become the largest employer in Bellevue, where it had several offices to supplement its [[Microsoft headquarters|headquarters campus]] in Redmond. The company's workforce in the city peaked at 9,300 in 2021 and later declined as it consolidated offices at its headquarters and vacated its leased offices pace in Downtown Bellevue and Eastgate.<ref>{{cite news |last=Halverson |first=Alex |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Microsoft was a key part of downtown Bellevue. Now it has all but left |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-was-a-key-part-of-downtown-bellevue-now-it-has-all-but-left/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=July 16, 2024}}</ref> Other technology companies, including ByteDance and The Pokémon Company International, have since expanded their office leases in Downtown Bellevue.<ref>{{cite news |last=Halverson |first=Alex |date=May 28, 2024 |title=Office 180: How did a business-friendly city lose its largest employer? |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/05/28/microsoft-bellevue-exit-redmond-campus-expansion.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=July 16, 2024}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the City's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref name="ACFR">{{cite web|url=https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/2024/city-of-bellevue%2C-washington-2023-annual-report.pdf |title=City of Bellevue, Washington: 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the Year Ended December 31, 2023|page=184|date=July 16, 2024}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Type of Business
! # of Employees
! Percentage
|-
| 1
| [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]
| Online Retail
| 11,000
| 6.62%
|-
| 2
| [[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]]
| Cellular Telephone
| 5,200
| 3.13%
|-
| 3
| [[Meta Platforms|Meta]]
| Online Social Network
| 3,600
| 2.17%
|-
| 4
| [[Overlake Hospital Medical Center]]
| Medical Hospital
| 3,600
| 2.17%
|-
| 5
| [[Bellevue School District]]
| Education K-12
| 2,800
| 1.68%
|-
| 6
| City of Bellevue
| Government
| 1,700
| 1.02%
|-
| 7
| [[Salesforce]]
| Business Services
| 1,500
| 0.90%
|-
| 8
| [[Smartsheet]]
| Technology
| 1,100
| 0.66%
|-
| 9
| [[Bellevue College]]
| Higher Education
| 1,000
| 0.60%
|-
| 10
| [[Bungie]]
| Video Game Developer
| 1,000
| 0.60%
|-
|—
|'''Total employers'''
|—
|'''32,500'''
|'''19.55%'''
|}

The city has numerous thriving commercial districts, with four major shopping centers: [[Bellevue Square]] in the downtown area, [[Factoria|Factoria Mall]] to the south, [[Crossroads, Bellevue|Crossroads Mall]] to the east, and the Overlake Shopping District in the north.

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