NAICS 541110 · California overview

Law Offices in Colusa County

Colusa County had 6 Law Firm establishments in 2023, ranking 47 of 53 California counties and accounting for 0.0% of the statewide total.

Establishments (2023)
6
Rank 47 of 53 counties
Employees
14
Mid-March employment
Annual payroll
$448,000
All establishments
Per 10k residents
2.7
21,836 residents

More recent reading

BLS QCEW, 2026Q1

The figures above are County Business Patterns, which carries the size distribution but runs about two years behind. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes quarterly, so this is the same industry roughly 3 years later. The two count different universes, Census counts establishments with paid employees in the March pay period and BLS counts worksites covered by unemployment insurance during the quarter, so the numbers are not directly comparable and either can be the larger.

Establishments
6
2026Q1
Employment
13
Quarter-end level
Average weekly wage
$873
Per covered worker
Quarterly trend
0.0%
2025Q2 to 2026Q1
Concentration vs the national averageBLS, 2026Q1

0.20 location quotient. Law Firm employment in Colusa County is about 5.0 times less concentrated than in the United States as a whole.

Computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not derived here. Above 1.0 means the industry is a larger share of local employment than of national employment.

Establishments by size

Employee-count distribution for Law Firm in Colusa County.

EmployeesEstablishmentsShareDistribution
1-46100.0%

Establishment trend

Year-over-year establishment counts, County Business Patterns. Net decline of 25.0% since 2020.

YearEstablishmentsChange
20208n/a
20216-2
202260
202360

How this market compares

Colusa County against every other county in California on the same measure. The median excludes places under 2,000 residents, where per-capita figures are arithmetically true but analytically useless.

Typical2.7 per 10,000 residents, against a state median of 2.8

Close to the state median for this industry. Provision is roughly what the population would predict.

Vs state median
-0%
Businesses per resident
Rank by count
#47
of 53 counties
Rank by density
#28
of 53 ranked
Since 2020
-25%
Change in establishments

Density compares law offices provision per resident. It does not measure revenue, profitability or whether a market is worth entering.

Business size mix

Colusa is more fragmented than California as a whole: a larger share of very small operators. Fragmented markets are where roll-ups are assembled, and where an owner nearing retirement has no obvious internal buyer.

Share of establishmentsColusaCaliforniaDifference
Under 5 employeesOwner-operated, often no management layer100.0%72.4%+27.6%
5 to 49 employeesThe range most individual buyers target0.0%25.5%-25.5%
10 or more employeesPractical floor for acquisition financing0.0%13.4%-13.4%

What acquirers look at

Ownership is restricted to licensed attorneys in California. Relevant to the index as a succession signal and a referral source rather than as an acquisition target.

Cities in Colusa

The figures above cover the county as a whole. These are the places within it.

Other industries in Colusa

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2026Q1). Quarterly establishment counts and employment for employers covered by unemployment insurance. Retrieved 2026-09-08.