Top companies in Los Angeles
Media, gaming, consumer tech, and a fast-growing aerospace cluster.
Ranked by current headcount across companies headquartered in Los Angeles. Refreshed daily.
- 1The Walt Disney Company· Burbank, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 186.9k employees
- Founded 1923
- 2The California State University· Long Beach, California, United States
- 94.4k employees
- Founded 1947
- 3TikTok· Los Angeles, California, United States
- 85.5k employees
- Founded 2003
- 4Los Angeles Unified School District· Los Angeles, California, United States
- 45.2k employees
- Founded 1961
- 5UCLA· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Grant
- 29.3k employees
- Founded 1919
- 6Tetra Tech· Pasadena, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 27.8k employees
- Founded 1966
- 7Trader Joe's· Monrovia, California, United States
- 25.1k employees
- Founded 1967
- 8University of Southern California· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Grant
- 24k employees
- 9Live Nation Entertainment· Beverly Hills, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 23.8k employees
- Founded 2005
- 10VXI Global Solutions· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Series A
- 22.2k employees
- Founded 2015
- 11Korn Ferry· Los Angeles, California, United States
- 20.2k employees
- Founded 1969
- 12Forever 21· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Private equity
- 19.3k employees
- Founded 1984
- 13The Cheesecake Factory· Agoura Hills, California, United States
- 19.2k employees
- Founded 1978
- 14Universal Music Group· Santa Monica, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 19k employees
- Founded 1934
- 15SpaceX· Hawthorne, California, United States
- Secondary
- 18.2k employees
- Founded 2002
- 16Panda Restaurant Group· Rosemead, California, United States
- Series A
- 18.1k employees
- Founded 1973
- 17Molina Healthcare· Long Beach, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 17.6k employees
- Founded 1980
- 18UCLA Health· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Grant
- 17.5k employees
- Founded 1955
- 19Work From Home Jobs· Los Angeles, California, United States
- 17.2k employees
- Founded 2019
- 20Cedars-Sinai· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Grant
- 16.5k employees
- Founded 1902
- 21Harbor Freight Tools· Calabasas, California, United States
- 16.1k employees
- Founded 1977
- 22City of Los Angeles· Los Angeles, California, United States
- 15.8k employees
- Founded 1979
- 23DIRECTV· El Segundo, California, United States
- 15.2k employees
- Founded 1994
- 24Herbalife· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 15.2k employees
- Founded 1980
- 25Skechers· Manhattan Beach, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 15.1k employees
- Founded 1992
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