NAICS 337110, 321918 · California overview

Cabinet & Architectural Millwork in Contra Costa County

Contra Costa County had 14 Millwork establishments in 2023, ranking 13 of 36 California counties and accounting for 1.7% of the statewide total.

Establishments (2023)
14
Rank 13 of 36 counties
Employees
347
Mid-March employment
Annual payroll
$19M
All establishments
Per 10k residents
0.1
1,170,070 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
18
2026Q1
Employment
294
Quarter-end level
Average weekly wage
$1,621
Per covered worker
Quarterly trend
0.0%
2025Q2 to 2026Q1
Concentration vs the national averageBLS, 2026Q1

1.04 location quotient. Millwork is about as concentrated in Contra Costa County as it is nationally.

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 Millwork in Contra Costa County.

EmployeesEstablishmentsShareDistribution
1-4750.0%
5-9428.6%

Establishment trend

Year-over-year establishment counts, County Business Patterns. Net growth of 0.0% since 2020.

YearEstablishmentsChange
202014n/a
2021140
202212-2
202314+2

How this market compares

Contra Costa 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.

Thinly served0.1 per 10,000 residents, against a state median of 0.2

Well below the state median. Either a genuine gap in provision or a market served from somewhere nearby. Worth checking the neighbouring places below before drawing a conclusion.

Vs state median
-44%
Businesses per resident
Rank by count
#13
of 36 counties
Rank by density
#33
of 36 ranked
Since 2020
0%
Change in establishments

Density compares cabinet & architectural millwork provision per resident. It does not measure revenue, profitability or whether a market is worth entering.

Business size mix

Contra Costa tracks the California size distribution closely.

Share of establishmentsContra CostaCaliforniaDifference
Under 5 employeesOwner-operated, often no management layer50.0%53.9%-3.9%
5 to 49 employeesThe range most individual buyers target28.6%33.7%-5.1%
10 or more employeesPractical floor for acquisition financing0.0%13.7%-13.7%

What acquirers look at

Skilled labor scarcity is the binding constraint on growth. Commercial millwork with contractor relationships outperforms residential custom work.

Cities in Contra Costa

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

Other industries in Contra Costa

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.