Governor Of Oregon PANICS After Dutch Bros LEAVES Oregon For Arizona
Fuel Scope
Jan 21, 2026
Governor Tina Kotek is watching as Dutch Bros, Oregon's second-most-valuable company worth $11.8 billion, officially moved its headquarters from Grants Pass to Phoenix, Arizona in June 2025 after 33 years, marking the first large homegrown Oregon company to abandon the state in generations as Oregon Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham declared they were pushed out by a state that punishes success. This video exposes how Dutch Bros was founded in 1992 as a single coffee cart in Grants Pass and grew into a national chain with $1.3 billion in revenue and 1,012 stores before abandoning Oregon.

Discover why CEO Christine Barone, an Arizona native hired in January 2024, immediately began moving 40 percent of corporate roles to Phoenix before officially announcing in June 2025 that Phoenix would become the headquarters, how a University of Oregon study found that 68 percent of Oregon businesses contacted by recruiters eventually expand outside the state with Business Oregon calling it an insane success rate, and why Oregon's business ranking collapsed from 21st place in 2023 to 39th place in 2025 while ranking 47th for business friendliness just above California, New York, and New Jersey.

We'll explore how over one billion dollars in high-income households are leaving Multnomah County annually, why other Oregon companies are fleeing including Jeld-Wen moving to North Carolina, Owens Corning closing its Prineville plant laying off 184 workers, and REI closing its Pearl District co-op, and how Oregon ranking fifth for total tax burden combined with poor services, poor schools, and duplicative regulations created a retention challenge where companies just need a little nudge to leave.

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