 Originally named "Above the Belt" when the first store was opened at Seattle's Northgate Mall in 1978, the company grew quickly through the early 1980s with the addition of stores at Everett Mall (Everett, Washington), Alderwood Mall (Lynnwood, WA), Tacoma Mall (Tacoma, WA) and Bellevue Square (Bellevue, WA).The mid and late eighties brought new stores online outside of the Puget Sound area, and the corporate name changed to Zumiez.The corporate office was moved from Everett to Lynnwood, Washington in 2012.