NAICS 531130 · California overview

Self-Storage Facilities in Madera County

Madera County had 6 Self Storage establishments in 2023, ranking 38 of 46 California counties and accounting for 0.3% of the statewide total.

Establishments (2023)
6
Rank 38 of 46 counties
Employees
27
Mid-March employment
Annual payroll
$820,000
All establishments
Per 10k residents
0.4
167,927 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
16
Quarter-end level
Average weekly wage
$1,393
Per covered worker
Quarterly trend
+20.0%
2025Q2 to 2026Q1
Concentration vs the national averageBLS, 2026Q1

0.72 location quotient. Self Storage employment in Madera County is about 1.4 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 Self Storage in Madera County.

EmployeesEstablishmentsShareDistribution
1-4583.3%

Establishment trend

Year-over-year establishment counts, County Business Patterns. Net growth of 50.0% since 2020.

YearEstablishmentsChange
20204n/a
20215+1
202250
20236+1

How this market compares

Madera 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 served0.4 per 10,000 residents, against a state median of 0.6

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
-42%
Businesses per resident
Rank by count
#38
of 46 counties
Rank by density
#43
of 46 ranked
Since 2020
+50%
Change in establishments

Density compares self-storage facilities provision per resident. It does not measure revenue, profitability or whether a market is worth entering.

Business size mix

Madera tracks the California size distribution closely.

Share of establishmentsMaderaCaliforniaDifference
Under 5 employeesOwner-operated, often no management layer83.3%87.3%-4.0%
5 to 49 employeesThe range most individual buyers target0.0%10.6%-10.6%
10 or more employeesPractical floor for acquisition financing0.0%1.3%-1.3%

What acquirers look at

Priced as real estate on cap rates rather than as an operating business on earnings. The most automatable category in the index.

Cities in Madera

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

Other industries in Madera

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.