Survey: More WA businesses considering leaving the state due to high taxes
- Posted on February 6, 2026
- By Yahoo News
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Survey: More WA businesses considering leaving the state due to high taxes
(The Center Square) – The latest Association of Washington Business quarterly survey shows bad news on the economic front, with 44% of business leaders saying they are considering moving their personal residence out of state and businesses indicating they are now more than twice as likely – 30% to 14% – to expand outside the state than within it. The results of AWB’s winter survey are based on 429 responses collected by email from business owners and operators across the state between Jan.