Kenmore Business Incubator and Business Resources | City of Kenmore Washington

The Kenmore Business Incubator program, which began in 2013, ended as a City-funded and operated program at the end of 2020. However, resources for business consultation are available through experienced private providers, and the owner of the current incubator location plans to lease workspace to small businesses. Three long time incubator companies are renting their current workspace from the property owner. To inquire about renting work space, please contact Zakir Butte at [email protected]

The Kenmore Business Incubator program has served 40 businesses with low cost workspace and business development consultation provided by experienced consultants, including in-house businesses and virtual incubator clients. Those 40 companies represent a total of over 325 jobs in a wide range of sectors such as technology, construction, counseling, and cultural, to name a few. The incubator has also served as a model for other cities in the region who have established comparable programs.

Business Acceleration Training

The Port of Seattle’s Economic Development Partnership Grant has supported our successful Business Acceleration Training series for several years. Since 2016, 64 businesses have completed the course led by our Incubator Business Development consultants. Some of the businesses have joined up as Incubator clients after completing the training.

The Business Acceleration training series went virtual in the Fall of 2020. Depending on grant funding, this training may be offered in the future.