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EL SEGUNDO / A WORKING TOWN

Business
in El Segundo.

El Segundo is a small town with a big working day. About 17,000 people live here, and more than 70,000 come in to work. This page is a starting point: who's here, where to find local shops and services, and where to get help with licenses, permits and hiring.

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Residential population17,272

2020 Census, as cited by the City's economic development site.

Community snapshot ↗ Daytime workforce70,000+

People who come in to work, from the City's economic development site.

Community snapshot ↗ Business establishments3,156

2021 Esri estimate in SCAG's 2022 SoCal Atlas profile.

SCAG atlas ↗ Hotel rooms2,600+

Across 15 hotels listed by Destination El Segundo.

Hotel list ↗ Hard tech companies32

Broker estimate quoted by the Los Angeles Business Journal, the largest count in LA County.

LA Business Journal ↗
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Who's here.

Sectors and key employers, each with its source.

Employee counts come from the source shown. Some cover all of Los Angeles County, not just El Segundo.

Sector

Aerospace, defense and space

Sector

Hard tech startups

  • Smoky Hollow and nearby. El Segundo has 32 hard tech companies, the most of any city in LA County, according to a broker quoted by the LA Business Journal. Many are in Smoky Hollow, including Picogrid, Cambium, Valar Atomics, Rainmaker and Rangeview. LA Business Journal ↗
  • Varda (founded 2020) and Amca (founded 2024) are El Segundo-based. LA Hard Tech 50 ↗
Sector

Energy

  • Chevron El Segundo Refinery. Here since 1911; the city is named after it. More than 1,100 Chevron employees and 500 contractors work there. Rated 290,000 barrels of crude per day (the state lists 269,000). Chevron ↗ California Energy Commission ↗
Sector

Media, consumer brands and sports

Sector

Main Street and Smoky Hollow

  • Restaurants, cafés, shops and craft breweries. The Chamber directory lists Boardroom Brewery, El Segundo Brewing Company, Five Point Five Brewing Co. and Sugar Monkey Brewing & Social Club. Chamber directory ↗

Find a business.

A directory for the region, and the local lists people already use.

Resources for businesses.

Official desks and no-cost help. Follow the link for the current rule.

Jobs and events.

Dated listings on this site, and the Chamber's own calendar.

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The figures on this page are also in business.json. Facts were checked Oct 24, 2026.

Not an official City site. Independent, created by Michael Hoydich. Facts were checked Oct 24, 2026; tell us if something has changed through feedback.