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Re:California Businesses Leave the State by the Thousands by rascul on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:42PM (#24465846)
> In 2018 California had 954,000 businesses

> there are nearly 4 million small businesses in the state

I only glanced through the references but I didn't notice anything which would show me why there's such a large discrepancy there. What am I missing?

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Re:California Businesses Leave the State by the Thousands by trackone on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:50PM (#24465920)
Looking at the census information, the first number is for establishments with employees. They apparently don't include single person businesses in that number. The census data also lists "total non-employer establishments" at 3.4 million.
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Re:California Businesses Leave the State by the Thousands by rascul on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:51PM (#24465924)
Thank you, I obviously didn't catch on to that.
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