{
  "title": "El Segundo business hub",
  "path": "/business/",
  "compiledAt": "2026-10-24",
  "status": "published",
  "disclaimer": "Not an official City site. Public facts only; every item links its source. Employee counts are as published by the source and may cover all of Los Angeles County, not El Segundo alone.",
  "snapshot": [
    {
      "label": "Residential population",
      "value": "17,272",
      "basis": "2020 Census, as cited by the City's economic development site",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/why-el-segundo/community-snapshot"
    },
    {
      "label": "Daytime workforce population",
      "value": "70,000+",
      "basis": "City economic development site",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/why-el-segundo/community-snapshot"
    },
    {
      "label": "Business establishments",
      "value": "3,156",
      "basis": "2021 Esri estimate in SCAG's 2022 SoCal Atlas profile",
      "sourceUrl": "https://economy.scag.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/el-segundo-atlas.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "Hotel rooms",
      "value": "2,600+",
      "basis": "Destination El Segundo",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.destinationelsegundo.com/hotels/all-hotels"
    },
    {
      "label": "Hard tech companies",
      "value": "32",
      "basis": "Broker estimate quoted by the Los Angeles Business Journal, largest count in LA County",
      "sourceUrl": "https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/smoky-hollow-high/"
    }
  ],
  "sectors": [
    {
      "id": "aerospace-defense-space",
      "name": "Aerospace, defense and space",
      "employers": [
        {
          "name": "The Boeing Company",
          "fact": "10,700 Los Angeles County employees; 1950 E. Imperial Hwy., El Segundo",
          "sourceUrl": "https://labusinessjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250825_labj_012-15_PRIVATE-LISTPUBLIC-LIST.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "RTX (Raytheon)",
          "fact": "5,646 Los Angeles County employees (2024 list); 2000 E. El Segundo Blvd.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://labusinessjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/014-15_Manu-LIST.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "Northrop Grumman",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers; 500 N. Douglas St.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        },
        {
          "name": "The Aerospace Corporation",
          "fact": "4,800+ employees company-wide in 2025",
          "sourceUrl": "https://aerospace.org/video/aerospace-numbers"
        },
        {
          "name": "Blue Origin",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers; 300 N. Continental Blvd.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        },
        {
          "name": "Millennium Space Systems",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        },
        {
          "name": "Teledyne Controls",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "hard-tech-startups",
      "name": "Hard tech startups (Smoky Hollow and nearby)",
      "employers": [
        {
          "name": "Varda Space Industries",
          "fact": "Founded 2020 in El Segundo; on-orbit manufacturing and re-entry capsules",
          "sourceUrl": "https://jacquestalk.substack.com/p/2025-la-hard-tech-50"
        },
        {
          "name": "Amca",
          "fact": "Founded 2024 in El Segundo; modernizes aerospace component suppliers",
          "sourceUrl": "https://jacquestalk.substack.com/p/2025-la-hard-tech-50"
        },
        {
          "name": "Picogrid, Cambium, Valar Atomics, Rainmaker, Rangeview",
          "fact": "Named as Smoky Hollow hard tech companies",
          "sourceUrl": "https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/smoky-hollow-high/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "energy",
      "name": "Energy",
      "employers": [
        {
          "name": "Chevron El Segundo Refinery",
          "fact": "Since 1911; 1,100+ Chevron employees and 500 contractors; rated 290,000 barrels of crude per day (state lists 269,000)",
          "sourceUrl": "https://elsegundo.chevron.com/what-we-do",
          "secondarySourceUrl": "https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-petroleum-market/californias-oil-refineries"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "media-consumer-sports",
      "name": "Media, consumer brands and sports",
      "employers": [
        {
          "name": "Mattel",
          "fact": "Headquarters at 333 Continental Blvd.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        },
        {
          "name": "Los Angeles Times",
          "fact": "2300 E. Imperial Hwy.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        },
        {
          "name": "AT&T",
          "fact": "8,000 Los Angeles County employees (Business Journal estimate); 2230 E. Imperial Hwy.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://labusinessjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250825_labj_012-15_PRIVATE-LISTPUBLIC-LIST.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "L'Oreal USA, Saatchi & Saatchi, Internet Brands, TechStyle",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        },
        {
          "name": "Los Angeles Lakers",
          "fact": "UCLA Health Training Center, 2275 E. Mariposa Ave.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.nba.com/lakers/ucla-health-training-center/info"
        },
        {
          "name": "Los Angeles Kings",
          "fact": "Toyota Sports Performance Center, 555 N. Nash St.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sports_Performance_Center"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "life-sciences-health",
      "name": "Life sciences and health",
      "employers": [
        {
          "name": "Kite Pharma (a Gilead company)",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers; 2355 Utah Ave.",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        },
        {
          "name": "Karl Storz Endoscopy-America",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "hospitality-aviation",
      "name": "Hospitality and aviation services (near LAX)",
      "employers": [
        {
          "name": "El Segundo hotels",
          "fact": "2,600+ rooms across 15 listed hotels",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.destinationelsegundo.com/hotels/all-hotels"
        },
        {
          "name": "Worldwide Flight Services",
          "fact": "Listed among the City's top 20 employers",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "main-street-smoky-hollow",
      "name": "Main Street and Smoky Hollow small businesses",
      "employers": [
        {
          "name": "Craft breweries",
          "fact": "Chamber directory lists Boardroom Brewery, El Segundo Brewing Company, Five Point Five Brewing Co. and Sugar Monkey Brewing & Social Club",
          "sourceUrl": "http://www.elsegundochamber.org/autowebsite/cw_1570.htm"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "name": "25-mile business directory (OpenStreetMap-derived)",
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    },
    {
      "name": "El Segundo Chamber of Commerce",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundochamber.com/"
    },
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      "name": "City economic development: who's here",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundobusiness.com/business-community/who-s-here/top-20-employers"
    },
    {
      "name": "Destination El Segundo hotels",
      "url": "https://www.destinationelsegundo.com/hotels/all-hotels"
    }
  ],
  "resources": [
    {
      "category": "licenses",
      "name": "City Business Services (business tax registration and renewal)",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.gov/government/departments/finance/business-services"
    },
    {
      "category": "permits",
      "name": "Building permits (E-Z Permit Hub)",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.gov/government/departments/community-development/building-and-safety-division/apply-for-a-permit"
    },
    {
      "category": "permits",
      "name": "Planning applications, guides and forms (including Smoky Hollow site plan review and temporary use permits)",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.gov/government/departments/community-development/planning-division/planning-applications"
    },
    {
      "category": "permits",
      "name": "Hotel transient occupancy tax",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.gov/government/departments/finance/business-services/transient-occupancy-tax-tot"
    },
    {
      "category": "permits",
      "name": "CalGold: California permit finder",
      "url": "https://www.calgold.ca.gov/"
    },
    {
      "category": "small-business-help",
      "name": "Small Business Development Center hosted by El Camino College (no-cost advising)",
      "url": "https://southbaysbdc.org/"
    },
    {
      "category": "small-business-help",
      "name": "U.S. Small Business Administration, Los Angeles District",
      "url": "https://www.sba.gov/district/los-angeles"
    },
    {
      "category": "small-business-help",
      "name": "LA County Department of Economic Opportunity",
      "url": "https://opportunity.lacounty.gov/"
    },
    {
      "category": "workforce",
      "name": "South Bay Workforce Investment Board",
      "url": "https://www.sbwib.org/"
    },
    {
      "category": "civic",
      "name": "City Council agendas and minutes",
      "url": "https://www.elsegundo.gov/government/departments/city-clerk/agendas-minutes"
    }
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