There were 49 food manufacturing 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 food manufacturing businesses with 500 or more employees were in California during the period from 2012 to 2016.
Food manufacturing businesses with 500 or more employees in California (2012-2016)
Year
Total businesses
2012
25,798
2013
25,267
2014
26,947
2015
26,819
2016
27,138
