# Business establishments (QCEW) in Los Angeles County

Business establishments (QCEW) in Los Angeles County was 577,270 in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `establishments_qcew`
- Place id: `us-county-06037`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.
- Note: Counts places of business, not firms: for firms use employer_firms. Changes in how large employers report their locations can move the count without any change in activity.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/los-angeles-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishments_qcew&place=us-county-06037

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 577,270 |
| 2024 | 572,385 |
| 2023 | 545,376 |
| 2022 | 536,769 |
| 2021 | 525,496 |
| 2020 | 516,205 |
| 2019 | 507,326 |
| 2018 | 495,918 |
| 2017 | 481,216 |
| 2016 | 465,340 |
| 2015 | 451,888 |
| 2014 | 439,097 |
| 2013 | 423,084 |
| 2012 | 417,884 |
| 2011 | 435,693 |
| 2010 | 422,911 |
| 2009 | 421,249 |
| 2008 | 420,999 |
| 2007 | 397,584 |
| 2006 | 390,766 |
| 2005 | 367,375 |
| 2004 | 358,618 |
| 2003 | 345,602 |
| 2002 | 328,866 |
| 2001 | 311,236 |