| City: | Sumner, Washington |
| Names to Avoid: | Recreational Equipment Inc, Rei |
| County: | Pierce County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 12:05:43 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 253 / 360 / 564 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 47.2034, -122.2395 |
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Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), the nation's largest consumer cooperative, operates under dedicated ZIP code 98352 in Pierce County, Washington. Founded in 1938 by Lloyd and Mary Anderson to help Seattle-area mountaineers acquire quality climbing gear, REI has grown into a community of 25 million members with 181 stores in 41 states. The company maintained its corporate headquarters in Kent from 1988 until 2020, when it shifted to a distributed workplace model. This postal designation has served REI operations for over two decades.
Located near the Lakeland area, approximately 25 miles south of Seattle, postal records identify two delivery codes routing mail to REI facilities on 45th Street. Census Business Patterns data indicates 4 establishments employing 716 workers at this location. Though the original Kent campus was demolished and replaced with warehouses in 2021, the ZIP code continues serving REI's regional operations. The absence of Census population data reflects this designation's purely commercial function. Sumner is the valid mailing city for this ZIP code.
| Establishments: | 4 |
| Employment: | 716 |
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 2 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 98352 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 723 people with an annual payroll of $30,742,000. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 2 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 2Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 101Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $8,272,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $30,742,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 723Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 98352 is located in Pierce County, Washington, within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42660) and Washington's 10th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 4,021,467 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 98352, and is subdivided into the Tacoma-Lakewood, WA division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42660Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Tacoma-Lakewood, WA (CBSA Div 45104)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 4,021,467Source: Census |
| MSA: | Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 10Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 826.67 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Tacoma, WA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5368435Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Sumner city; WashingtonSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 98352 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.