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Accounting Firms in California: 18,655 accounting and tax offices

California has 18,655 accounting and tax offices (Census County Business Patterns 2023), 13.6% of the US total and the largest count of any state. In California, 72% of accounting and tax offices have fewer than five employees, above the national share of 70%. The average accounting firm location in California employs 9.0 people, against 9.5 nationally. Annual payroll per employee is $76,663 in California and $76,876 for the US as a whole. Los Angeles County alone has 5,684 of them (30% of the state), followed by Orange County with 2,300.

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Accounting Firms in California by size

California accounting and tax offices by number of employees, with the US share for comparison (County Business Patterns 2023)
Employees	Locations	Share	US share
1-4	13,408	71.9%	69.7%
5-9	3,137	16.8%	17%
10-19	1,218	6.5%	7.5%
20-49	538	2.9%	3.5%
50-99	184	1%	1.2%
100-249	99	0.5%	0.7%
250-499	35	0.2%	0.2%
500-999	23	0.1%	0.1%
1,000+	13	0.1%	0.1%

Counties with the most accounting and tax offices in California

California counties, County Business Patterns 2023 (56 counties have published counts)
County	Locations	Share of state
Los Angeles County	5,684	30.5%
Orange County	2,300	12.3%
San Diego County	1,730	9.3%
Santa Clara County	964	5.2%
Riverside County	747	4%

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Questions

How many accounting and tax offices are in California?

18,655, according to County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 5412). 2,110 of them have 10 or more employees.

How does California compare with other states for accounting and tax offices?

California ranks 1st by number of accounting and tax offices. Florida has 12,917 and Texas has 11,224.

What would a California accounting firm list cost?

Covering every California accounting firm location with 10 or more employees once would be 2,110 records, about $19 at $9 per 1,000 delivered records.

About the numbers

Business counts: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. They count establishments (single physical locations) with paid employees, so firms with several locations count more than once and businesses with no employees are not included. Occupation and pay figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. BLS counts employees only, so self-employed owners are not included in occupation figures. These are public statistics, not the size of the Evascrape database: list cost figures on these pages are upper bounds, because not every location has a matching contact, and you pay only for rows that are delivered. Evascrape prices are from the pricing page: $9 per 1,000 delivered contact records, smallest top-up $10 (about 1,100 records), optional email verification $5 per 1,000, no subscription.