There are at least 115 publicly traded companies in Orange County. They combined for 31,368 employees and more than 560 key executives. 27.8% of them employ 100 to 249 people; 21.7% have 20 to 49 employees. Irvine has the most publicly traded companies, counting at least 43. Santa Ana has 15, and Newport Beach has 10. These figures were provided by San Diego-based Inside Prospects Inc. and differ slightly from the Business Journal’s count of publicly traded companies.
The Business Journal counts at least 120 active and reporting publicly traded companies based here.