The Best Small Companies to Work For

1-49 or more full-time Washington employees

CloudMoyo, Inc.
Bellevue

Information services

The company’s guiding light centers on its FORTE values of “Fairness, Openness, Respect, Teamwork, and Execution.” Those values lead to CloudMoyo’s Four Rings of Responsibility: “Take Care of Self, Family, Community, and Business.” The company’s annual TechFest allows employees to build innovative solutions and present them to leadership.

Co-Founder and CEO: Manish Kedia

Exbabylon
Newport

Information technology

Staffers are guided by the company’s motto, “Imagination Is The Only Limitation,” which emphasizes creative thinking and simple solutions to complex problems. Company leaders emphasize a human-centric approach to technology that “meets human needs” and prioritizes “the human element in everything we do.”

CEO: Tina Peralta

Schlemlein Fick & Franklin, PLLC
Seattle

Law firm

It’s not unusual to see team members’ four-legged friends in the office. The gourmet kitchen offers cereal, fruit, snacks, and beverages of all types. Three taps on the kegerator ensure employees don’t have to go far for happy hour. The full onsite gym features weight machines, rowing machines, treadmills, elliptical trainers and bikes, as well as a big-screen TV.

Managing Partner: Garth Schlemlein

Total Benefit Solutions
Bellevue

Health insurance agency

Company values focus on creativity and innovation. Leaders ask team members to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset; seek opportunities for personal and professional growth; and be self-aware, self-critical, and self-confident. TBS’ Culture Club plans company activities on a regular basis. Employees and managers also nominate and recognize team members for embodying the company’s core values.

President: Michael Crosetto

Davidson & Associates Insurance Agency Inc
Vancouver

Insurance Agency

Office perks include massage chair gifts, a monthly Friday off and employee recognition programs. Co-owner Bryce Davidson says, “My dad started the company in 1990, and even though he was running a successful business, he always had time for me and the family. I want to encourage that same framework, knowing that it will make our work culture much healthier and happier.”

President: Anthony Johnson

Whitepages
Seattle

Online directory services

In-office massages, team game time, and rest and relaxation days are hallmarks at this company, which was founded in 1997. The company, which is largely remote, encourages flexible work and provides limitless snacks for home offices. In-office weeks include team outings, and the team gathers annually for a retreat.

CEO: Leigh McMillan

Volt Athletics
Seattle

Fitness Technology

Social interaction among employees is commonplace at Volt, a company founded almost 14 years ago. A social calendar brings team members together for regular happy hours, sporting events, company picnics, wellness competitions, and a white elephant gift exchange. The company, which has a four-day workweek, calls its team “small and scrappy” that lives and breathes the company’s mission to help people on their journeys to overall health and wellness.

Operations Manager: Dan Giuliani

Fully Integrated Team HR
Maple Valley

Consulting

Team members at this certified, woman-owned business work remotely, but hold regular meetings and in-person events to foster communication, including an annual employee appreciation dinner. Leaders say they strive for a balance of autonomy and support.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer: Amanda Mayo

Northwest Asset Management / RIA Innovations
Mercer Island

Financial planning

Paid gym memberships, a day off on birthdays, paid leave for volunteer work, and team-building activities such as virtual escape rooms are just a few of the unique and fun perks at this 16-year-old company, whose advisers average more than 20 years of experience. Employees can choose a remote, hybrid, or in-office work schedule.

CEO: Nelly Mubashi

CFO Selections
Bellevue

Financial consulting

CFO Selections says employees have the ability to “be their own bosses” by choosing whether to work on-site or remotely. Start and stop times are flexible — the only requirement is that employees complete their work. The CFOS Foundation returns a portion of company profits to those working to help foster children.

Managing Partner: Kevin Briscoe

Revolution Custom / Civil Builders
Issaquah

General contractor

Team members unwind by playing PingPong, with holiday parties, and by attending Mariners’ games with their families. Summer barbecues are common, and raffles feature expensive prizes and trips to sporting events. The word “fun” even appears in the company’s mission statement.

Managing Member: JC Clementz

Pacific Capital Resource Group, Inc.
Bellevue

Financial planning

Founded in 1998, Pacifi c’s more than 40 advisers work with more than 25,000 families and businesses nationwide. The company says its bedrock centers around culture, platform, and people. Company leaders say, “We like to grow, we like to win, and we like to have fun doing it.”

CEO: Kurt D. Jonson

Parcion Private Wealth
Bellevue

Financial planning

The company’s concierge service covers dry cleaning, meal catering, child care arrangements, and automobile services. Family-friendly activities include free or discounted tickets to entertainment or sporting events. Parcion also pays 100% of health care costs for employees.

CFP®, CIMA®, CEO, Managing Principal: Terry Cook

Davis Law Group
Seattle

Personal injury law firm

A seasonal potluck, a pet-friendly offi ce, and surprise days off are just a few of the perks at this 30-year-old fi rm, which says it strives to keep overtime “at a minimum.” An internal recognition program rewards team members based on how often they’re “recognized,” and those who exceed expectations receive tickets to concerts and sporting events. Davis also holds a monthly happy hour and other social events.

CEO / Founder: Christopher Davis

Carlisle Classic Homes LLC
Seattle

Homebuilder

Overtime is discouraged. As a result, meetings and staff -only events are limited to work hours. The homebuilder gives “nail stickers” to reward employees for exceptional performance, and also recognizes them at an annual end-of-year award ceremony. Company leaders call the culture “resilient,” believing that it provides a foundation that “sustains us, embraces us, and keeps us whole.”

President: Robert Carlisle

Pot O’ Gold Coffee Service
Seattle

Office coffee service

This is a company where “perks” come naturally. Besides free food and beverages at work (coff ee, anyone?) there’s also tickets to Kraken games, a pet-friendly workplace, and Friday lunches and barbecues. Team members also have access to company vehicles and unwind at quarterly happy hours. “We try to make our workplace a fun and carefree environment for everyone,” company leaders say.

President/CEO: Larry Jones

Gentle Giant Moving Company
Seattle

Moving services

Back in 1980, Larry O’Toole founded the company with a vision to create a people-centric organization where movers were seen as leaders, not laborers. The company provides meditation services, an on-site gym and chiropractic care, and its dedicated Wellness Committee promotes physical and mental health through an annual wellness week.

CEO: Tom O'Gorman

Equipment Experts, Inc.
Lakewood

Truck repair

The company works closely with team members on “PFFs” — personal, professional, and fi nancial goals. Perks include Fabulous Friday Lunches (featuring items including steak, fajitas, and biscuits and gravy, cooked by the team and owner), and “Holiday Games,” where employees can earn extra paid holidays.

President: Stacy Conner

Image Source
Kirkland

Promotional products supplier

Crazy costumes during the company’s “spirit week” and a weekend at Lake Chelan are just two fun events that defi ne Image Source, which says its culture refl ects the playfulness of the promotional marketing industry. Core programs include a DEIB council; a Culture Club that schedules events such as bowling and painting nights; and Community Corp., which works with team members to identify meaningful volunteer opportunities.

President: Thomas Goos

Best Small Companies

The Best Small Companies to Work For

CloudMoyo, Inc.
Bellevue

Exbabylon
Newport

Schlemlein Fick & Franklin, PLLC
Seattle

Total Benefit Solutions
Bellevue

Davidson & Associates Insurance Agency Inc
Vancouver

Whitepages
Seattle

Volt Athletics
Seattle

Fully Integrated Team HR
Maple Valley

Northwest Asset Management / RIA Innovations
Mercer Island

CFO Selections
Bellevue

Revolution Custom / Civil Builders
Issaquah

Pacific Capital Resource Group, Inc.
Bellevue

Parcion Private Wealth
Bellevue

Davis Law Group
Seattle

Carlisle Classic Homes LLC
Seattle

Pot O’ Gold Coffee Service
Seattle

Gentle Giant Moving Company
Seattle

Equipment Experts, Inc.
Lakewood

Image Source
Kirkland

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Best Small Companies

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CloudMoyo, Inc. Bellevue

Exbabylon Newport

Schlemlein Fick & Franklin, PLLC Seattle

Total Benefit Solutions Bellevue

Davidson & Associates Insurance Agency Inc Vancouver

Whitepages Seattle

Volt Athletics Seattle

Fully Integrated Team HR Maple Valley

Northwest Asset Management / RIA Innovations Mercer Island

CFO Selections Bellevue

Revolution Custom / Civil Builders Issaquah

Pacific Capital Resource Group, Inc. Bellevue

Parcion Private Wealth Bellevue

Davis Law Group Seattle

Carlisle Classic Homes LLC Seattle

Pot O’ Gold Coffee Service Seattle

Gentle Giant Moving Company Seattle

Equipment Experts, Inc. Lakewood

Image Source Kirkland

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CloudMoyo, Inc.
Bellevue

Exbabylon
Newport

Schlemlein Fick & Franklin, PLLC
Seattle

Total Benefit Solutions
Bellevue

Davidson & Associates Insurance Agency Inc
Vancouver

Whitepages
Seattle

Volt Athletics
Seattle

Fully Integrated Team HR
Maple Valley

Northwest Asset Management / RIA Innovations
Mercer Island

CFO Selections
Bellevue

Revolution Custom / Civil Builders
Issaquah

Pacific Capital Resource Group, Inc.
Bellevue

Parcion Private Wealth
Bellevue

Davis Law Group
Seattle

Carlisle Classic Homes LLC
Seattle

Pot O’ Gold Coffee Service
Seattle

Gentle Giant Moving Company
Seattle

Equipment Experts, Inc.
Lakewood

Image Source
Kirkland