Washington has 281 incorporated cities, towns and villages, home to 5,265,379 of the state’s 8,001,020 residents in 2025. Aria builds small business websites for companies in any of them for $89 a month, with domain, business email and hosting included and no setup fee.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
The largest Washington cities
By population, the largest municipalities in Washington are Seattle (784,777), Spokane (230,783), Tacoma (229,816), Vancouver (199,698), Bellevue (154,193), Kent (134,871), Everett (113,567), Spokane Valley (108,405), Renton (104,975) and Federal Way (99,729).
Washington rules for a business with a website
- Corporations and LLCs are formed with the Washington Secretary of State’s Corporations & Charities Division; after that filing the business must still get its state business license from the Department of Revenue. Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division
- Doing business under a name other than the owner’s full legal name is one of the conditions that requires a Washington state business license, so the trade name is registered together with that license at the Department of Revenue. Official source
- Many Washington cities license businesses, and those city licences are added to the state business license as endorsements, each with its own fee and extra processing time. Official source
- Washington’s state retail sales tax rate is 6.5%, with a local rate added depending on the city or county. Washington State Department of Revenue
- A business that owns or licenses data containing personal information must tell affected Washington residents about a breach no more than thirty calendar days after it was discovered. RCW 19.255.010
This is general information, not legal advice.
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A website for your Washington business
Website, domain, business email and hosting for $89 a month, built with your brand and published only after your approval.
- Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates for incorporated places.
- List of municipalities: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer (incorporated places).
