While in large part now a bedroom community for workers commuting to nearby Seattle, Bothell, and Redmond, Kenmore retains a significant independent economic core centered around durable goods (construction materials, concrete, asphalt) and special trade contracting (construction, heavy construction, and highways).
Significant non-durable-goods businesses include the headquarters of Kenmore Air, a large private seaplane-based airline;[REF] Alaska General Seafoods's company headquarters and processing plant; Bastyr University, a school of naturopathic medicine.