Plumbing businesses in California.
California holds 3,550 tracked plumbing businesses, 7.2% of the national total, ranking #2 of 51 with 4.89 per 1,000 employer firms in the state.
3,550
Tracked businesses
#2
National rank
4.89
Per 1,000 businesses
Los Angeles
Top city
Where they concentrate
| City | Tracked businesses | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 94 | 2.6% |
| San Diego | 77 | 2.2% |
| San Jose | 59 | 1.7% |
| San Francisco | 57 | 1.6% |
| Sacramento | 46 | 1.3% |
| Long Beach | 25 | 0.7% |
| Bakersfield | 24 | 0.7% |
| Riverside | 23 | 0.6% |
| Torrance | 22 | 0.6% |
| Anaheim | 22 | 0.6% |
Methodology. Web-present plumbing businesses tracked nationally (deduplicated). An activity-verification pass is in progress; counts are tracked entities, not verified-active counts, and will tighten as verification completes.
Total employer firms (all sectors) per state, US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, 2023. Density is vertical entities per 1,000 employer firms. California: 725,847 employer firms. Last updated 2026-06-11. Cite freely with a link.
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