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# New Washington Car Dealers, Transporters & Tow Licenses: 2026 statistics from 385 public records

**Washington leads with 376 of 385 records (97.7%), ahead of Oregon with 3 (0.8%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov)).**

Data as of 2026-10-28 · Compiled by Zalwin from Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's WaVehicleBusinessLicensePulse dataset holds 385 WaVehicleBusinessLicensePulse records dated 2026-05-04 to 2026-09-30 (as of 2026-10-28; source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov)). [#](#finding-1)
- Washington leads with 376 of 385 records (97.7%), ahead of Oregon with 3 (0.8%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov)). [#](#finding-2)
- The most common business group is Vehicle dealer or manufacturer: 174 of 385 records (45.2%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov)). [#](#finding-3)
- Across 165 records with a stated amount, the total is 4,443,000 and the median is 30,000; the largest is 300,000 (Park Model Nation LLC) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov)). [#](#finding-4)
- The top 10% of records by amount (17 of 165) account for 17.6% of the total (as of 2026-10-28; source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov)). [#](#finding-5)
- In Washington, the leading business group is Vehicle dealer or manufacturer with 169 of 376 records (44.9%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov)). [#](#finding-6)

## WaVehicleBusinessLicensePulse records by state

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 376 | 97.7% |
| Oregon | 3 | 0.8% |
| Alabama | 1 | 0.3% |
| California | 1 | 0.3% |
| Colorado | 1 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | 1 | 0.3% |
| Texas | 1 | 0.3% |
| Virginia | 1 | 0.3% |

## WaVehicleBusinessLicensePulse records by business group

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle dealer or manufacturer | 174 | 45.2% |
| Vehicle transporter | 105 | 27.3% |
| Limousine / for-hire carrier | 85 | 22.1% |
| Tow, wrecker, salvage or scrap | 21 | 5.5% |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 385 public records dated 2026-05-04 to 2026-09-30; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: Washington State Department of Licensing business licenses related to the transportation industry (data.wa.gov). Refreshed automatically about every 168 hours; figures above are as of 2026-10-28.

- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated amount.

- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.

### Cite this study

Zalwin Research, "WaVehicleBusinessLicensePulse statistics" (data as of 2026-10-28), https://zalwin.com/research/wavehiclebusinesslicensepulse

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