NAICS 561320, 561311
Staffing & Employment Agencies in California
Establishments primarily engaged in supplying temporary or long-term staff and in listing and placing employment candidates.
- Establishments (2023)
- 5,051
- Statewide, California
- Employees
- 818,643
- Mid-March employment
- Annual payroll
- $56B
- All establishments
- Avg. establishment size
- 162.1
- Employees per establishment
What acquirers look at
Working capital intensive: payroll funds before clients pay. Highly cyclical, and light-industrial staffing carries meaningful workers’ compensation exposure.
Staffing by county
Ranked by establishment count, 2023 County Business Patterns. For the crowded-versus-underserved reading, see the saturation ranking, which ranks by establishments per resident instead.
| # | County | Establishments | Per 10k residents | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 1,296 | 1.3 | 25.7% |
| 2 | Orange County | 537 | 1.7 | 10.6% |
| 3 | San Diego County | 415 | 1.3 | 8.2% |
| 4 | Santa Clara County | 291 | 1.5 | 5.8% |
| 5 | Sacramento County | 265 | 1.6 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Alameda County | 240 | 1.5 | 4.8% |
| 7 | San Bernardino County | 216 | 1.0 | 4.3% |
| 8 | San Francisco County | 195 | 2.4 | 3.9% |
| 9 | Riverside County | 177 | 0.7 | 3.5% |
| 10 | Contra Costa County | 159 | 1.4 | 3.1% |
| 11 | Ventura County | 109 | 1.3 | 2.2% |
| 12 | San Mateo County | 106 | 1.4 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Fresno County | 74 | 0.7 | 1.5% |
| 14 | Kern County | 61 | 0.7 | 1.2% |
| 15 | Placer County | 58 | 1.3 | 1.1% |
| 16 | San Joaquin County | 51 | 0.6 | 1.0% |
| 17 | Stanislaus County | 43 | 0.8 | 0.9% |
| 18 | Santa Barbara County | 42 | 1.0 | 0.8% |
| 19 | Sonoma County | 37 | 0.8 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Marin County | 35 | 1.4 | 0.7% |
| 21 | Tulare County | 32 | 0.7 | 0.6% |
| 22 | Solano County | 30 | 0.7 | 0.6% |
| 23 | Monterey County | 24 | 0.6 | 0.5% |
| 24 | Napa County | 22 | 1.7 | 0.4% |
| 25 | San Luis Obispo County | 21 | 0.7 | 0.4% |
Counties in California
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Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- 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.