Harbor Freight Tools headquarters in Calabasas. Photo by David Stargell, CC by SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
In 2022, there were 246 companies in Forbes' list of the largest private companies in America (those not offering ownership of stock in the company to the public). Of these, 26 were based in California and eight were based in Los Angeles County.
| Company | Location | Industry | Global Sales ($billion)* |
Employees | Year Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Group Companies | Los Angeles | Financial Services & Asset Management | $8.0 | 8,000 | 1931 |
| Harbor Freight Tools | Calabasas | Hardware Retailer | $6.8 | 25,000 | 1977 |
| The Wonderful Company† | Los Angeles | Holding Company - Nut & Citrus Farms, Teleflora, Juice & Water, Freight, Vineyards & Winery, Pest Control, Etc. |
$5.0 | 10,000 | 1979 |
| Panda Restaurant Group | Rosemead | Restaurants | $4.5 | 30,000 | 1973 |
| Company | Location | Industry | Global Sales ($billion)* |
Employees | Year Founded |
| 99 Cents Only Stores | Commerce | Retailing | $2.9 | 17,000 | 1982 |
| Guitar Center | Westlake Village | Musical Instrument Retailer | $2.6 | 10,000 | 1964 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Los Angeles | Law Firm | $2.5 | 2,500 | 1890 |
| Red Chamber Co. | Vernon | Seafood Exporter/Processor | $2.2 | 1,700 | 1973 |
* Sales numbers are Forbes Magazine estimates.
† The Wonderful Company was known as Roll Global prior to 2015 and Roll International prior to that.
Source: Forbes Magazine
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