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> 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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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.

Thank you, I obviously didn't catch on to that.

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