This dataset includes over 150 thousands businesses registered with the Office of Finance of the City of Los Angeles. A business within the City of Los Angeles must register for a Business Tax Registration Certificate (BTRC). Each business is registered with location account number, legal business name, doing business as (DBA) name, location, mailing address, industry code, business start date, etc.
| Subject | Administration and Finance |
| Jurisdiction | City of Los Angeles, State of California |
| Data Provider | Los Angeles Office of Finance |
| Source | data.lacity.org |
All individuals and companies doing business within the City of Los Angeles must register their business for a Business Tax Registration Certificate (BTRC) with the City Office of Finance and pay business taxes each year. This applies to any business that is physically located within the City limits or the business owner or his employees conducts business within the City limits.
A new business registration needs the following information: Legal Business Name, Business Name/Doing Business As, Business Start Date, Business Type, Primary Business Address, Mailing Address, Business Contact Information, Sales Tax Number and Business/Professional Activity Code. The business actitivity professions include Arts, Entertainment and Recreation, Construction Contractor, Finance and Insurance, Food Establishments and Sales, Health Care and Social Assistance, Internet Service Providers, Web Search Portals and Data Processing Services, Manufacturing, Radio, Television, Cable, Multimedia, Motion Picture and Sound Recording, Real Estate & Rental & Leasing, Services, Telecommunications and Utilities, Transportation and Warehousing.
This dataset includes current and previously registered businesses and trades. The registered information for each business includes location account number, legal business name, doing business as (DBA) name, business address, mailing address, industry code, business start date and end date, etc.
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The most common business activities of Los Angeles busineses are: All other personal services (7.99%), Independent artists, writers, & performers (3.76%), Single Family Housing Construction (1997 NAICS) (3.00%), Other direct selling establishments (2.87%), Lessors of real estate (including mini warehouses & self-storage units) (2.14%), All other specialty trade contractors (2.06%), Janitorial services (1.76%), All other professional, scientific, & technical services (1.74%), Full-service restaurants (1.59%). The vast majority of businesses are located in Los Angeles (45.41%) and its neighborhoods: Van Nuys (3.63%), North Hollywood (3.43%), Sherman Oaks (2.22%), Woodland Hills (2.09%), Encino (1.64%), Northridge (1.47%), Canoga Park (1.30%), Tarzana (1.18%), Reseda (1.13%), Panorama City (1.11%). The total number of registered businesses noticeably decreased since 2019 due to the pandemic; it dropped by about 14% in 2020 and 9% in 2021. In 2022, the number of businesses gets recovered, but still far below the pre-pandemic (2013-2018) level. We expect to see more businesses being registered in the upcoming years.
| City | Businesses | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 24565 | 45.41% |
| Van Nuys | 1965 | 3.63% |
| North Hollywood | 1855 | 3.43% |
| Sherman Oaks | 1200 | 2.22% |
| Woodland Hills | 1129 | 2.09% |
| Encino | 886 | 1.64% |
| Northridge | 794 | 1.47% |
| Canoga Park | 703 | 1.30% |
| Tarzana | 640 | 1.18% |
| Reseda | 614 | 1.13% |
| Panorama City | 602 | 1.11% |
| Sylmar | 551 | 1.02% |
| Zip | Businesses | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, 90025 | 802 | 1.48% |
| Los Angeles, 90015 | 741 | 1.37% |
| Los Angeles, 90026 | 731 | 1.35% |
| Los Angeles, 90004 | 699 | 1.29% |
| Reseda, 91335 | 698 | 1.29% |
| Van Nuys, 91405 | 698 | 1.29% |
| Los Angeles, 90036 | 679 | 1.26% |
| Los Angeles, 90019 | 678 | 1.25% |
| Los Angeles, 90006 | 665 | 1.23% |
| North Hollywood, 91605 | 663 | 1.23% |
| Los Angeles, 90028 | 662 | 1.22% |
| Arleta, 91331 | 657 | 1.21% |
| Year | Businesses | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19973 | 1.30% |
| 2021 | 34123 | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 36862 | 2.40% |
| 2019 | 42864 | 2.79% |
| 2018 | 54395 | 3.54% |
| 2017 | 51898 | 3.38% |
| 2016 | 55273 | 3.60% |
| 2015 | 63389 | 4.12% |
| 2014 | 57983 | 3.77% |
| 2013 | 55655 | 3.62% |
| 2012 | 50477 | 3.28% |
| 2011 | 48844 | 3.18% |
Address: 8727 Tobias Avenue, Unit #6, Panorama City, 91402 Location Start Date: 2025-12-03 | ||
Address: 1332 S Harbor Blvd, Unit #A15, San Pedro, 90731 Location Start Date: 2025-07-31 | ||
Address: 6343 Jackie Avenue, Woodland Hills, 91367 Location Start Date: 2025-07-06 | ||
Address: 2429 Monogram Avenue, Long Beach, 90815 Location Start Date: 2025-07-06 | ||
Address: 439 N Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, 90210 Location Start Date: 2025-06-30 | ||
Address: 2843 Franklin Blvd, Cleveland, 44113-2991 Location Start Date: 2025-06-01 | ||
Address: 231 Somersby Lane, Santa Ana, 92704-1096 Location Start Date: 2025-05-17 | ||
Address: 22003 Santaquin Drive, Diamond Bar, 91765-2846 Location Start Date: 2025-05-17 | ||
Address: 498 Champlain Avenue, Pasadena, 91103-3321 Location Start Date: 2025-05-17 | ||
Address: 18543 Devonshire Street, Northridge, 91324 Location Start Date: 2025-05-01 | ||
Address: 746 N Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, 90046-7206 Location Start Date: 2025-05-01 | ||
Address: 216 W Slauson, Los Angeles, 90003 Location Start Date: 2025-04-01 | ||
Address: 320 W Shady Shores Road, Shady Shores, 76208-5039 Location Start Date: 2025-03-26 | ||
Address: 1228 9th Street, Unit #4, Santa Monica, 90401 Location Start Date: 2025-03-25 | ||
Address: 217 Twin Lakes Road, Shohola, 18458-2100 Location Start Date: 2025-03-23 | ||
Address: 20101 Rinaldi Street, Porter Ranch, 91326-4919 Location Start Date: 2025-03-15 | ||
Address: 11777 San Vicente Blvd, Unit #134, Los Angeles, 90049-6623 Location Start Date: 2025-03-15 | ||
Address: 11620 Wilshire Blvd, Unit #700, Los Angeles, 90025 Location Start Date: 2025-03-15 | ||
Address: 414 Boyd Street, Unit #A, Los Angeles, 90013-1631 Location Start Date: 2025-03-15 | ||
Address: 9527 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, 90035-1201 Location Start Date: 2025-03-06 | ||
Address: 9820 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Unit #O, Chatsworth, 91311-4025 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 440 N Barranca Avenue, Unit #5955, Covina, 91723 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 4301 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, 90016-4114 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 10986 Elinda Place, Sun Valley, 91352 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 23530 Newhall Avenue, Unit #1, Newhall, 91321 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 2008 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, 90025-6230 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 16425 Hart Street, Van Nuys, 91406 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 1598 Stargaze Drive, Chula Vista, 91915-1819 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 1601 N Harrison Avenue, Unit #2B, Pierre, 57501-2376 Location Start Date: 2025-03-01 | ||
Address: 1360 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, 90024-4919 Location Start Date: 2025-02-25 | ||
Address: 13351 Commerce Parkway, Unit #1103, Richmond, Bc, V6V 2-X7 Location Start Date: 2025-02-24 | ||
Address: 8514 S Hoover Street, Unit #102, Los Angeles, 90044-4902 Location Start Date: 2025-02-20 | ||
Address: 818 12th Street, Unit #8, Santa Monica, 90403 Location Start Date: 2025-02-14 | ||
Address: 126 S Beacon Street, San Pedro, 90731-2826 Location Start Date: 2025-02-12 | ||
Address: 7434 Vassar Avenue, Canoga Park, 91303 Location Start Date: 2025-02-11 | ||
Address: 10466 S Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 90044-3136 Location Start Date: 2025-02-10 | ||
Address: 18437 Prairie Street, Unit #216, Northridge, 91325-2221 Location Start Date: 2025-02-10 | ||
Address: 1132 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, 90291 Location Start Date: 2025-02-05 | ||
Address: 928 S Western Avenue, Unit #103, Los Angeles, 90006 Location Start Date: 2025-02-04 | ||
Address: 1910 Magnolia Avenue, Unit #401, Los Angeles, 90007 Location Start Date: 2025-02-04 | ||
Address: 1404 Merritt Drive, El Cajon, 92020-7846 Location Start Date: 2025-02-03 | ||
Address: 1206 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, 90006-5518 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 1313 Stonewood Court, San Pedro, 90732-1539 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 1320 S St Andrews Place, Unit #206, Los Angeles, 90019-4780 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 1307 N Vermont Avenue, Unit #A, Los Angeles, 90027-6136 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 1237 W 9th Street, Upland, 91786-5706 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 12301 Wilshire Blvd, Unit #207, Los Angeles, 90025 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 11043 Hawthorne Blvd, Inglewood, 90304 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 7560 Woodman Place, Space #110, Van Nuys, 91405-5233 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 7025 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90047-1844 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 7 41st Avenue, Unit #414, San Mateo, 94403-5105 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 6316 N Vista Street, San Gabriel, 91775 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 2722 W Pico Street, Los Angeles, 90006 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 2740 W Florence Avenue, Los Angeles, 90043 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 4364 Toland Way, Los Angeles, 90041-3431 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 3653 Halldale Avenue, Los Angeles, 90018-4540 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 3407 W 6th Street, Unit #617, Los Angeles, 90020-2553 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 1835 S La Cienega Blvd, Unit #B, Los Angeles, 90035-4600 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 1916 Colorado Blvd, Unit #D, Los Angeles, 90041-3606 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 1920 Hillhurst Avenue #V948, Los Angeles, 90027 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 2304 S Union Avenue, Los Angeles, 90007-1843 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 8333 Sepulveda Blvd, North Hills, 91343 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 8870 Tampa Avenue, Northridge, 91324-3519 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 9500 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, 91311 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 5535 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90028 Location Start Date: 2025-02-01 | ||
Address: 13645 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar, 91342 Location Start Date: 2025-01-31 | ||
Address: 8215 S Broadway, Los Angeles, 90003 Location Start Date: 2025-01-31 | ||
Address: 22543 Ventura Blvd, Unit #220, Woodland Hills, 91364 Location Start Date: 2025-01-31 | ||
Address: 2880 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, 90006 Location Start Date: 2025-01-30 | ||
Address: 3806 College Avenue, Unit #4, Culver City, 90232-3644 Location Start Date: 2025-01-27 | ||
Address: 611 S Catalina Street, Unit #400 C, Los Angeles, 90005 Location Start Date: 2025-01-27 | ||
Address: 14708 Ventura Blvd, Unit #22B, Sherman Oaks, 91403-3674 Location Start Date: 2025-01-27 | ||
Address: 108 Janine Drive, La Habra Heights, 90631-8336 Location Start Date: 2025-01-26 | ||
Address: 8500 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 90048-6201 Location Start Date: 2025-01-26 | ||
Address: 9301 Tampa Avenue, Unit #134, Northridge, 91324-2503 Location Start Date: 2025-01-24 | ||
Address: 350 S Grand Avenue, Unit #R1, Los Angeles, 90071-3461 Location Start Date: 2025-01-24 | ||
Address: 25480 Pumalo Street, San Bernardino, 92404-6508 Location Start Date: 2025-01-22 | ||
Address: 1768 S Hayworth Avenue, Los Angeles, 90035 Location Start Date: 2025-01-21 | ||
Address: 1731 S Grove Avenue, Ontario, 91761 Location Start Date: 2025-01-21 | ||
Address: 601 S San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, 90014-2415 Location Start Date: 2025-01-21 | ||
Address: 3050 E Washington Blvd, Unit #3050, Los Angeles, 90023 Location Start Date: 2025-01-20 | ||
Address: 7349 Farmdale Avenue, North Hollywood, 91605-3908 Location Start Date: 2025-01-20 | ||
Address: 6775 Selma Avenue, Unit #101A, Los Angeles, 90028-6364 Location Start Date: 2025-01-20 | ||
Address: 7909 Atlantic Avenue, Unit #1, Cudahy, 90201 Location Start Date: 2025-01-20 | ||
Address: 12224 Corley Drive, Whittier, 90604 Location Start Date: 2025-01-19 | ||
Address: 8605 Santa Monica Blvd, Unit #479666, West Hollywood, 90069 Location Start Date: 2025-01-19 | ||
Address: 4532 Paulhan Avenue, Los Angeles, 90041-3318 Location Start Date: 2025-01-18 | ||
Address: 2130 Sawtelle Blvd, Unit #202, Los Angeles, 90025-6267 Location Start Date: 2025-01-18 | ||
Address: 2647 1/2 S Budlong Avenue, Los Angeles, 90007-2770 Location Start Date: 2025-01-16 | ||
Address: 3112 N Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, 90032-2104 Location Start Date: 2025-01-15 | ||
Address: 28118 S Western Avenue, Unit #106, San Pedro, 90732 Location Start Date: 2025-01-15 | ||
Address: 18954 Sherman Way, Unit #8, Reseda, 91335 Location Start Date: 2025-01-15 | ||