There were 817 machinery manufacturing businesses in California that had between one and four employees in 2016, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.
CBP data indicates that there are more establishments categorized as professional, scientific and technical services businesses with between one and four employees in California than in any other category.
The following table shows how many machinery manufacturing businesses with between one and four employees were in California during the period from 2012 to 2016.
Machinery manufacturing businesses with between one and four employees in California (2012-2016)
Year
Total businesses
2012
24,157
2013
23,877
2014
23,872
2015
23,794
2016
23,509
