Size of Business Data – 2015 – 2024
These tables are from "California Size of Business – – Number of Businesses by Employment Size, Industry, and County" for the third quarters of 2015 to 2024.
Definitions of Terms and Source Notes
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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| All Data Tables (Zip file) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
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Data for California: (Quarterly 2015 - 2024) |
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| Charts - Number of Businesses and Number of Employees by Size of Business (Based on Table 1 – Adobe Acrobat format ) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Third Quarter Payroll and Number of Businesses by Size of Business - Classified by Industry (Table 2A) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Number of Employees by Size Category – Classified by Industry (Table 2B) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
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Third Quarter Payroll and Number of Businesses by Size
Category - Classified by County (Table 3A) |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Number of Employees by Size Category - Classified by County (Table 3B) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Data for Metropolitan Areas (Definition) : | ||||||||||
| Bakersfield MSA (Kern County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno & Madera Counties) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Madera MSA (Madera County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward MD (Alameda & Contra Costa Counties) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside & San Bernardino Counties) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento & Yolo Counties) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos MSA (San Diego County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco MD (San Francisco & San Mateo Counties) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (Santa Clara & San Benito Counties) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine MD (Orange County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta MSA (Santa Barbara County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Stockton MSA (San Joaquin County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield MSA (Solano County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Visalia-Tulare-Porterville MSA (Tulare County) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter & Yuba Counties) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
*QCEW MSA data from 2024 forward are classified using the July 2023 MSA definitions that were announced in July 2023 related to the decennial 2020 population census.
*As of 2024, Madera County is now part of Fresno MSA.
For a explanation of what
industries
are included
.
Additional
size of business data by county and industry are
available from the U.S. Census Bureau
in their "
County Business
Patterns (CBP)
" report. The data for 1998 to the present are
available by NAICS and 1994 to 1997 by Standard Industry Classification.