Irvine has more than 7,400 businesses. The city represents roughly 9.3% of all Orange County business locations and about 15.3% of all employment. Roughly 6% of Irvine businesses have 50 to 99 workers. More than 40% of them have one to four employees. The services sector has nearly 1,500 businesses. The finance, insurance and real estate sectors have about 1,155, and retail trade has 925.

