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By the Numbers – OC Businesses and Professional Firms

There are 79,654 businesses and professional firms in Orange County, with a total of more than 1,163,000 workers. 56.8% of the companies have one to four workers. 16.7% have five to nine employees, and 0.1% of them have 500 or more. Companies with one location account for about 562,000 of the jobs. Anaheim has 8,016 companies. Irvine has 7,560, and Santa Ana has 7,344.


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