DETAILED LIST OF THE 100 BIGGEST COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA
RANK - COMPANY - CITY - EMPLOYEES
1 - Wells Fargo - San Francisco - 270,600
2 - The Walt Disney Company - Burbank - 195,000
3 - Oracle - Redwood City - 138,000
4 - Gap - San Francisco - 135,000
5 - Apple - Cupertino - 116,000
6 - SYNNEX - Fremont - 108,000
7 - PORAC - Sacramento - 107,653
8 - Intel - Santa Clara - 106,000
9 - Alorica - Irvine - 92,000
10 - Western Digital - San Jose - 67,629
11 - McKesson - San Francisco - 64,500
12 - Dignity Health - San Francisco - 54,938
13 - HP - Palo Alto - 49,000
14 - Sutter Health - Sacramento - 43,000
15 - Seagate Technology - Cupertino - 43,000
16 - Concentrix - Fremont - 38,760
17 - L.A. Unified - Los Angeles - 36,420
18 - Sanmina - San Jose - 34,958
19 - Forever 21 - Los Angeles - 30,000
20 - TTM Technologies - Costa Mesa - 28,360
21 - Ingram Micro - Irvine - 27,700
22 - American Honda Motor - Torrance - 26,000
23 - Salesforce - San Francisco - 25,000
24 - Inter-Con Security Systems - Pasadena - 25,000
25 - Pilot Corporation - San Francisco - 24,337
26 - Petco Holdings Inc - San Diego - 22,400
27 - BJ’s Restaurants - Huntington Beach - 22,220
28 - Needle Holdings Inc - Los Angeles - 22,000
29 - Vons - Coachella - 20,750
30 - Facebook - Menlo Park - 20,658
31 - In-N-Out Burger - Irvine - 19,926
32 - First American Financial - Santa Ana - 19,531
33 - Ensign Group - Mission Viejo - 19,482
34 - Williams Sonoma - San Francisco - 19,400
35 - VMware - Palo Alto - 18,905
36 - PayPal - San Jose - 18,100
37 - Tesla - Palo Alto - 17,782
38 - Save Mart Supermarkets - Modesto - 17,500
39 - 99 Cents Only Stores - Commerce - 17,200
40 - Charles Schwab - San Francisco - 16,900
41 - Sempra Energy - San Diego - 16,575
42 - Robert Half - Menlo Park - 16,400
43 - Stater Bros. - San Bernardino - 16,100
44 - Tetra Tech - Pasadena - 16,000
45 - UC San Diego #TritonPride - San Diego - 15,250
46 - UC Davis - Davis - 15,090
47 - Parsons - Pasadena - 15,000
48 - Freeman Spogli & Co. - Los Angeles - 14,841
49 - VCA - Los Angeles - 14,700
50 - Finisar - Sunnyvale - 14,000
51 - California Pizza Kitchen - Los Angeles - 14,000
52 - Scripps Health - San Diego - 13,323
53 - Levi Strauss & Co. - San Francisco - 13,200
54 - City of Los Angeles - Los Angeles - 12,520
55 - Raley’s - West Sacramento - 12,000
56 - LA Fitness - Irvine - 11,930
57 - Beckman Coulter - Brea - 11,900
58 - Tutor Perini - Los Angeles - 11,603
59 - San Diego Data Processing - San Diego - 11,130
60 - Edwards Lifesciences - Irvine - 11,100
61 - Leoch Battery - Lake Forest - 11,000
62 - Real Mex Restaurants Inc - Cypress - 10,843
63 - Synopsys - Mountain View - 10,669
64 - John Muir Health - Walnut Creek - 10,243
65 - Unionbancal Corp - San Francisco - 10,164
66 - LinkedIn - Mountain View - 10,113
67 - General Atomics - San Diego - 10,109
68 - Magic Johnson - Los Angeles - 10,100
69 - NetApp - Sunnyvale - 10,100
70 - Johnson’s Baby - Sacramento - 10,001
71 - Microdyne Outsourcing Inc - Torrance - 10,001
72 - Centennial Bank - Fountain Valley - 10,001
73 - Yasheng Group - Redwood City - 10,000
74 - Solvis Staffing - Escondido - 10,000
75 - Jamba Juice - Emeryville - 9,951
76 - Franklin Templeton Investments - San Mateo - 9,400
77 - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power - Los Angeles - 9,400
78 - Lam Research - Fremont - 9,400
79 - DFS Group - San Francisco - 9,000
80 - Gilead Sciences - Foster City - 9,000
81 - Autodesk - San Rafael - 9,000
82 - Charlotte Russe - San Francisco - 8,961
83 - Electronic Arts - Redwood City - 8,800
84 - Stanford Health Care - Palo Alto - 8,550
85 - Cubic - San Diego - 8,500
86 - Panda Restaurant Group - Rosemead - 8,480
87 - Trimble - Sunnyvale - 8,388
88 - Live Nation Entertainment - Beverly Hills - 8,300
89 - Bio-Rad Laboratories - Hercules - 8,250
90 - Intuit - Mountain View - 8,200
91 - AMD - Sunnyvale - 8,200
92 - Farmers Insurance - Los Angeles - 7,935
93 - PriceSmart - San Diego - 7,835
94 - Varian Medical Systems - Palo Alto - 7,800
95 - UCSF Medical Center - San Francisco - 7,710
96 - Core-Mark International - South San Francisco - 7,688
97 - San Diego Unified School District - San Diego - 7,600
98 - Smart & Final - Los Angeles - 7,565
99 - CHMB - Escondido - 7,545
100 - LAPRA - Los Angeles - 7,514
Source: https://www.zippia.com/advice/biggest-companies-in-california/