LA-Area Businesses by the Numbers (2026)
We counted 54,562 LA-area businesses in our directory. About 1 in 4 (26.6%) has no website on file. Handymen are the least online: 70% have no website. Property managers have the lowest average Google rating, 3.65 stars.
Which trades are least online?
Share of businesses with no website on file. A Facebook, Instagram or Yelp page does not count as a website.
The most online: lawyers. Only 8% have no website.
Average Google rating by trade
Among businesses with at least one Google review. Lowest first. Bars start at 3.5 stars so the gaps show.
The highest rated: chiropractors, at 4.79 stars.
By city
Share with no website on file, by area.
Every trade, side by side
Trades with at least 100 businesses in the directory.
| Trade | Businesses | No website | Has Google reviews | Avg. rating | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contractors & builders | 5,493 | 24.9% | 83.1% | 4.58 | 10 |
| Lawyers | 3,695 | 8.1% | 89.5% | 4.55 | 20 |
| Auto repair & dealers | 3,288 | 42.6% | 96.2% | 4.49 | 52 |
| Hair, nails & barbers | 2,317 | 34.7% | 95.5% | 4.48 | 48 |
| Cleaning services | 1,964 | 39.2% | 86.2% | 4.61 | 14 |
| Landscaping & tree | 1,645 | 40.1% | 80.7% | 4.47 | 10 |
| Accountants & tax | 1,448 | 29.0% | 69.2% | 4.55 | 6 |
| Pet care & vets | 1,411 | 22.7% | 94.7% | 4.55 | 63 |
| Dentists | 1,294 | 20.6% | 89.6% | 4.59 | 66 |
| Med spas & cosmetic | 1,098 | 9.8% | 92.2% | 4.68 | 46 |
| Electricians | 1,041 | 36.2% | 82.0% | 4.68 | 12 |
| Roofers | 929 | 28.0% | 88.2% | 4.64 | 14 |
| Insurance agents | 890 | 17.6% | 83.1% | 4.32 | 12 |
| Mortgage & lending | 847 | 19.5% | 78.6% | 4.67 | 16 |
| HVAC | 833 | 22.4% | 94.3% | 4.65 | 28 |
| Painters | 766 | 45.2% | 86.2% | 4.72 | 10 |
| Property managers | 720 | 22.8% | 86.6% | 3.65 | 26 |
| Chiropractors | 706 | 30.2% | 86.8% | 4.79 | 18 |
| Handymen | 701 | 69.9% | 80.4% | 4.6 | 8 |
| Plumbers | 658 | 30.2% | 95.5% | 4.71 | 28 |
| Movers | 574 | 20.7% | 93.2% | 4.62 | 76 |
| Restoration | 566 | 26.9% | 89.8% | 4.73 | 16 |
| Pest control | 509 | 21.2% | 92.4% | 4.62 | 18 |
| Real estate agents | 492 | 11.0% | 79.9% | 4.38 | 10 |
| Locksmiths | 475 | 37.5% | 98.6% | 4.6 | 58 |
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Los Angeles Business Directory lists 54,562 active businesses in Los Angeles and nearby cities. We grouped their categories into trades. For example, “Plumber” and “Plumbing Service” both count as plumbers. Trades with fewer than 100 businesses are left out.
No website on file means the listing has no website address, or only a social media page. Some of these businesses may have a site we have not found yet.
Google numbers (reviews, ratings) only use the 40,662 businesses we matched to a Google Business Profile. A business we could not match is left out of those numbers, not counted as zero.
This page shows totals only. It never shows a business name, owner or contact detail.
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26.6% of LA-area businesses have no website on file (Los Angeles Business Directory, 54,562 listings, 2026). Source: <a href="https://losangelesbusinesses.org/business-stats/">LA-Area Businesses by the Numbers (2026)</a>