In 2020, Wells Fargo was the largest company headquartered in California, employing about 258,700 people. Weston Comstor AU, Concentrix, Kaiser Permanente, and the Walt Disney Company rounded out the top five employers headquartered in California.
Leading companies headquartered in California in 2021, by number of employees
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Statistics on California
Population
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- Basic Statistic Population in the states of the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Resident population in California 1960-2022
- Premium Statistic Population share of California 2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Population of California 2021, by race and ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Percentage of foreign-born population U.S. 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic Educational attainment in California in 2021
Economy
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- Basic Statistic California - real GDP 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic California annual growth of real GDP 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic California GDP 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Business establishments in California, by industry 2020
- Premium Statistic California's leading companies 2022, by revenue
- Premium Statistic Leading companies headquartered in California by number of employees 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. state business tax climate index 2023
Employment & Earnings
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- Premium Statistic Number of nonfarm employees in California 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic California nonfarm employees 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic California - unemployment rate 1992-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. annual unemployment rate 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic Average annual pay of employees in California 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic California median household income 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic California per capita personal income 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic California poverty rate 2010-2021
State & Local Government
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Metro Areas
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- Basic Statistic Consumer Price Index for selected U.S. cities 2021
- Basic Statistic Leading metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rate U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area population in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Los Angeles metro area - GDP 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metro area population in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic San Francisco Bay Area - GDP 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area population in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area - GDP 2001-2021
Further related statistics
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- Vehicle manufacturing employees in U.S. states: California 2006-2021
- Total life sciences employment in California in 2020, by top county
- California - motor fuel tax rates 2016
- Hotel costs in the cheapest destinations in California in the U.S. in 2014
- California fastest growing private companies 2022, by growth
- Average retail electricity prices by sector in California 1998-2015
- Median total family income California 2010-2021
- Life sciences wages in California in 2019, by industry sector
- Number of AB 60 driver's licenses in California as of November 2017
- Number of households in Los Angeles, California by household income 2021
- California: produced avocado acreage 2015, by county
- California's monthly general imports of goods 2017-2022
- California's exports as a percentage of total U.S. exports 2007-2011
- California - Number of licensed young male and female drivers by age 2016
- Number of participants in high school athletic programs in California 2009-2019
- Renewable electricity generation in California
- Distribution of Medicaid: spending in California by service 2021
- Output value of life sciences industry California 2019, by sector
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- Vehicle manufacturing employees in U.S. states: California 2006-2021
- Total life sciences employment in California in 2020, by top county
- California - motor fuel tax rates 2016
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- Average retail electricity prices by sector in California 1998-2015
- Median total family income California 2010-2021
- Life sciences wages in California in 2019, by industry sector
- Number of AB 60 driver's licenses in California as of November 2017
- Number of households in Los Angeles, California by household income 2021
- California: produced avocado acreage 2015, by county
- California's monthly general imports of goods 2017-2022
- California's exports as a percentage of total U.S. exports 2007-2011
- California - Number of licensed young male and female drivers by age 2016
- Number of participants in high school athletic programs in California 2009-2019
- Renewable electricity generation in California
- Distribution of Medicaid: spending in California by service 2021
- Output value of life sciences industry California 2019, by sector
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Zippia. (June 7, 2021). Leading companies headquartered in California in 2021, by number of employees [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018670/leading-companies-headquartered-california-number-employees/
Zippia. "Leading companies headquartered in California in 2021, by number of employees." Chart. June 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018670/leading-companies-headquartered-california-number-employees/
Zippia. (2021). Leading companies headquartered in California in 2021, by number of employees. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018670/leading-companies-headquartered-california-number-employees/
Zippia. "Leading Companies Headquartered in California in 2021, by Number of Employees." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018670/leading-companies-headquartered-california-number-employees/
Zippia, Leading companies headquartered in California in 2021, by number of employees Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018670/leading-companies-headquartered-california-number-employees/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Leading companies headquartered in California in 2021, by number of employees [Graph], Zippia, June 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018670/leading-companies-headquartered-california-number-employees/