There were 120 finance and insurance businesses in California that had 500 or more employees in 2016, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.
CBP data indicates that there are more establishments categorized as health care and social assistance businesses with 500 or more employees in California than in any other category.
The following table shows how many finance and insurance businesses with 500 or more employees were in California during the period from 2012 to 2016.
Finance and insurance businesses with 500 or more employees in California (2012-2016)
Year
Total businesses
2012
474,510
2013
472,242
2014
470,950
2015
470,062
2016
476,985
