NAICS 337110, 321918 · California overview

Cabinet & Architectural Millwork in San Francisco County

San Francisco County had 10 Millwork establishments in 2023, ranking 19 of 36 California counties and accounting for 1.2% of the statewide total.

Establishments (2023)
10
Rank 19 of 36 counties
Employees
49
Mid-March employment
Annual payroll
$2.4M
All establishments
Per 10k residents
0.1
826,079 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
11
2026Q1
Employment
27
Quarter-end level
Average weekly wage
$1,269
Per covered worker
Quarterly trend
-8.3%
2025Q2 to 2026Q1
Concentration vs the national averageBLS, 2026Q1

0.05 location quotient. Millwork employment in San Francisco County is about 20.0 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 Millwork in San Francisco County.

EmployeesEstablishmentsShareDistribution
1-4660.0%

Establishment trend

Year-over-year establishment counts, County Business Patterns. Net growth of 11.1% since 2020.

YearEstablishmentsChange
20209n/a
202110+1
2022100
2023100

How this market compares

San Francisco 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
-43%
Businesses per resident
Rank by count
#19
of 36 counties
Rank by density
#32
of 36 ranked
Since 2020
+11%
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

San Francisco 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 establishmentsSan FranciscoCaliforniaDifference
Under 5 employeesOwner-operated, often no management layer60.0%53.9%+6.1%
5 to 49 employeesThe range most individual buyers target0.0%33.7%-33.7%
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 San Francisco

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

Other industries in San Francisco

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.