founders in oregon
oregon founders build in semiconductors and electronics around portland, outdoor gear and apparel, and timber and wood products, with the columbia river and its ports moving goods out. reagent matter fits the chips and gear, reagent logistics fits the river ports, and reagent creative fits the design work.
talk to reagentoregon at a glance
- new business applications
- 64,429
- filed in the twelve months to september 2026, down 2.6% on the twelve months before.
- likely employers
- 18,211
- applications the Census Bureau flags as likely to hire, over the same twelve months.
- economy
- $343.2 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, up 4.1% on the year before in current dollars.
- population
- 4.3 million
- residents in 2025, about $80,317 of output per person.
- manufacturing jobs
- 174,900
- people employed in manufacturing, september 2026.
our companies
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- business applications, U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics
- high-propensity business applications, U.S. Census Bureau
- gross domestic product, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- resident population, U.S. Census Bureau
- manufacturing employees, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.