San Francisco, California
What San Francisco is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 51,810 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
51,810 businesses on file · 165 trades · 33 sectors · census population 836,321 · registry population 826,079 · built from geonet.sanfrancisco on 2026-10-07
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The local economy
What the business base is made of, what it is specialised in against the national pattern, and what that mix implies. This is the part a development office would read first.
Composition, not health. geonet records what trades exist and where; it does not record formation, closure, employment or revenue, so none of those appear here. What makes this economics rather than a directory is the NAICS coding: it lets the local mix be read against the BLS survival curves and against the 323 industry groups this research has screened.
Every industry group on this page links through to its NAICS page, and to the screened market report where this research has one — that is what the trait-to-NAICS coding buys.
What this city is specialised in
Location quotient is this city's share of a trade divided by the same share across 10 US metro tables. Above 1.25 is the conventional threshold for a local specialisation.
Thin against the national pattern
Common trades that are under-represented here. For someone deciding what to open, this is the more useful half of the table — though a gap can mean unmet demand or a market that does not work here, and this does not tell you which.
The base against the entry screen
Businesses by the entry signal of the industry group they sit in, from the /markets screen. A large "structure decides" share means most local trades are ones where being better than the incumbent does not by itself win. A trade is matched to the screened record at whatever level the research wrote it — the same code, a broader one, or a narrower one. Where a group holds several screened sub-markets the count is shown, because no single one of them speaks for the whole group.
How to read the survival figure
Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.
Weighted over 98.5% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
And what it does not measure
A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.
Who lives here, and who the city is for
The census: the only figures on this page that count people rather than businesses, and the three cohort readings they make possible.
The register says what trades exist. The census says who lives here — and it is the only thing on this page that counts people. Figures are American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates for San Francisco city, California, the incorporated place, which is the city proper, and every comparison is against the United States as a whole, from the same ACS tables.
Detailed language is not published for American places. B16001, the table with individual languages, has no place-level rows; C16001 is what exists, and it names six languages and groups the rest into families. A Canadian city on this site names about forty.
Who the city is for
Three readings, each built from real numbers against real benchmarks. This is not an index. Every signal is shown with its own value, its benchmark and which way it points, and the band simply counts how many point the same way — so a reader who disagrees with one signal can drop it and still use the rest.
Seniors
moderateIs this a place to grow old, and is the care here?
| Residents 65 and over | 17.2% | –16.8% |
| Residents 85 and overthe group that needs care rather than the group that is merely retired | 2.6% | ▲1.9% |
| Median age | 39.7 years | –38.7 years |
| Poverty ratethe US poverty threshold — a different definition from the Canadian pages, and not comparable to them | 10.6% | ▲12.4% |
| Medical clinics per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.08 | – |
| Pharmacies per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.18 | – |
| Median rent | 2419 $/mo | ▼1348 $/mo |
A high share of over-65s says other people made this choice; it does not say the care exists. The register has no category for a hospital at all, so distance to an emergency department is still missing.
Students and young adults
moderateIs there a reason to be here between 19 and 25, and can they afford it?
| Residents 20 to 24 | 4.8% | ▼6.5% |
| Residents 15 to 19the cohort arriving next | 3.6% | ▼6.5% |
| Renter householdsa rental market is what makes a place possible to move to | 61.5% | ▲35% |
| Median rent | 2419 $/mo | ▼1348 $/mo |
| Unemployment rate | 5.6% | –5.2% |
| Degree holders in the adult population | 60.1% | ▲35% |
| Drinking places and recreationfrom the register | 367 | – |
Post-secondary institutions in the city are listed further down this page; where there are none, a high 20-to-24 share usually means work rather than study.
Newcomers and other-language speakers
moderateIs there already a community here, and has anyone built anything for it?
| Foreign-born residents | 34.2% | ▲13.9% |
| Arrived 2010 or laterthe band the ACS publishes; the Canadian pages use 2016 to 2021, so the two are not comparable | 26% | ▼29.4% |
| Speak a language other than English at home | 41.6% | – |
| Language groups above the reporting floor | 12 | – |
| Median household income | 141446 $ | ▲78538 $ |
The American census does not publish individual languages for a city — only the eleven groups below, six of which are single languages. A Canadian city on this site names about forty, so the two sections are not the same depth and should not be read as if they were.
What is spoken at home, and whether anyone built for it
The register-versus-census cross-check on the Canadian pages is not possible here: the ACS publishes language in groups, so "Other Indo-European languages" cannot be matched against an institution that names a community.
| Spoken most often at home | Speakers | Share | Community in the register | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) | 140,823 | 16.8% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Spanish | 89,269 | 10.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 24,187 | 2.9% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino) | 21,213 | 2.5% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other Asian and Pacific Island languages | 17,960 | 2.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages | 14,101 | 1.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Vietnamese | 10,534 | 1.3% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| French, Haitian, or Cajun | 9,540 | 1.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Korean | 6,719 | 0.8% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| German or other West Germanic languages | 4,661 | 0.6% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Arabic | 4,366 | 0.5% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 4,316 | 0.5% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
The rest of the profile
| Characteristic | Here | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Residents 65 and over | 17.2% | 16.8% |
| Residents 85 and over | 2.6% | 1.9% |
| Residents 20 to 24 | 4.8% | 6.5% |
| Arrived 2016 to 2021 | 26% | 29.4% |
| Non-permanent residents | — | — |
| Speak a non-official language at home | 41.6% | — |
| Renter households | 61.5% | 35% |
| Spending 30% or more on shelter | — | — |
| Participation rate | 70.1% | 63.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Median household income, 2020 | 141446 $ | — |
| Median after-tax household income, 2020 | — | — |
| Prevalence of low income (LIM-AT) | 10.6% | — |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 60.1% | — |
The one thing to keep in mind
Five-year estimates pooled over 2019–2023, so a figure is an average of the period rather than a single year, and every value carries a margin of error this extract does not keep. Unlike the Canadian census, which counts everyone, the ACS is a sample — a small place's figures are correspondingly uncertain. ACS five-year estimate for the incorporated place, which is the city proper. It will differ from the figure in wander.regions, which is sometimes a metropolitan population.
Source: American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates — Table-based summary file, 2023, United States Census Bureau, under the US federal government work, public domain. National comparison: The United States row of the same ACS tables, not an average of places — roughly a third of Americans live outside any incorporated place, so summing places would understate the country.
The communities the register shows
A community appears in the business register before it appears in prose — a national church, a society, a credit union, a newspaper. Those are counted as institutions, and they are what suggests residents. A restaurant serving a cuisine is counted separately as trade, because every city has those and they say nothing about who lives nearby. The ranking is by institutions.
| Community | Institutions | Worship | Trade | Where it shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 50 | 25 | 144 | institutions on Stockton St (5) · Balboa St (2) · California St (2) · Walter U Lum Pl (2) trade on Stockton St (8) · Kearny St (6) · Balboa St (5) · Noriega St (5)
Chinese Christian Music Association · Chinese Lutheran Church · S F Chinese Mennonite Church |
| Korean | 11 | 10 | 20 | trade on Buchanan St (3) · Geary Blvd (2) · Stockton St (2) · Fillmore St (2)
Korean United Presbyterian Chr · St Michaels Korean Catholic · Korean Evangelical Church |
| Russian | 10 | 6 | 42 | trade on Leavenworth St (4) · Geary Blvd (4) · Sutter St (4) · Clement St (2)
First Russian Christian Moloka · St Tichons Russian Church · Russian Orthodox Church |
| Jewish | 8 | 2 | 27 | institutions on Ellis St (2) · 14th Ave (2) trade on 20th St # 308 (2) · Steuart St (2)
Jewish Community High School · Jewish Community Ctr Pre Schoo · Hebrew Free Loan Association Of SF |
| Japanese | 7 | 3 | 35 | trade on Geary Blvd (4) · Post St (4) · Fillmore St (2) · Sutter St (2)
Aisei Japanese Language · St Francis Xavier Japanese · Seventh Day Adventist Japanese |
| French | 6 | — | 50 | trade on Gough St (2) · Ocean Ave (2) · Bush St (2) · Market St (2)
French Class · French American Chamber Cmmrc · LA Societe Francaise |
| Spanish-speaking | 4 | 1 | 77 | trade on Mission St (8) · 24th St (6) · Market St (5) · Brannan St (2)
Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce · Latin American National Senior · Spanish Speaking Baptist Chr |
| Italian | 4 | — | 49 | trade on Stockton St (4) · Mission St (3) · Chestnut St (3) · Taraval St (3)
Urbania School Of Italian · Italian Language Center · Istituto Italiano Scuola Iis |
| Armenian | 4 | 3 | 2 | institutions on Brotherhood Way (2) trade on Commonwealth Ave (2)
Calvary Armenian Congregation · Armenian School Krouzian · Armenian Apostolic Church |
| German | 3 | — | 15 | trade on Bush St (2)
German American Chamber Cmmrc · Goethe Institut German · German School of San Fran |
| Greek | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox · Greek Orthodox Diocese Bishops · Greek Orthodox Cathedral |
| Irish | 2 | — | 21 | trade on Green St (2) · Taraval St (2)
Fearon OConnor School Irish · Kennelly Irish Dance School |
| Filipino | 2 | — | 20 | trade on Sutter St (4) · Mission St (2)
Arkipelago Philippines Books · Filipino American ABC Drctry |
| Latvian | 2 | 1 | 1 | institutions on Hoffman Ave (2)
Northern California Latvian Cu · Latvian Lutheran Church |
| Serbian | 2 | 2 | — |
St John Serbian Orthodox Chr · St John Baptist Serbian Orthdx |
| Swiss | 1 | — | 10 |
Swiss American Chamber Cmmrc |
| Arabic-speaking | 1 | — | 8 | trade on Sutter St (2)
Pacific Arabic Resources |
| Polish | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Polish Club |
| Norwegian | 1 | 1 | 4 | trade on California St # 6 (2)
Norwegian Seamans Church |
| Indonesian | 1 | 1 | — |
Indonesian Evangelical Church |
| Islamic | 1 | 1 | — |
San Francisco Muslim Community |
| Thai | — | — | 98 | trade on Geary Blvd (7) · Clement St (4) · Haight St (4) · Mission St (3)
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| Vietnamese | — | — | 20 | trade on Clement St (4) · Irving St (3)
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| Dutch | — | — | 19 | |
| Brazilian | — | — | 10 | trade on Montgomery St (2)
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| Caribbean | — | — | 6 | |
| Swedish | — | — | 3 | |
| Danish | — | — | 2 | |
| Persian | — | — | 2 | |
| Afghan | — | — | 2 | |
| Scottish | — | — | 2 | |
| Welsh | — | — | 2 | |
| Malaysian | — | — | 1 | |
| South Asian | — | — | 1 | |
| Portuguese | — | — | 1 | |
| Hungarian | — | — | 1 | |
| Slovenian | — | — | 1 | |
| Turkish | — | — | 1 | |
| Ethiopian | — | — | 1 |
Where the communities are
Streets, not neighbourhood names. The data knows that Greek institutions sit on one street and Greek restaurants on another; it does not know the word "Greektown", so it does not use it.
Chinese
Korean
Russian
Jewish
Japanese
French
Spanish-speaking
Italian
Armenian
German
Irish
Filipino
Latvian
Arabic-speaking
Norwegian
What the city is made of
Every business on file, grouped by the sector it trades in. This is the economic-development view: where the 51,810 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 2,761 | 5.3% | mediator (254) · lawyer (43) · paralegal (7) · real estate (3) · insurance (2) · bank (1) |
| Dining | 2,532 | 4.9% | restaurant (2252) · pizza (181) · pubs (41) · diner (22) · burgers (16) · steakhouse (11) · chinese restaurant (4) · bistro (3) |
| Living | 2,333 | 4.5% | place of worship (614) · furniture (420) · cleaning (371) · apartment (329) · daycare (160) · laundry (123) · janitor (85) · veterinary (64) |
| Beauty | 2,253 | 4.3% | hair stylist (1431) · dentist (580) · barber (106) · bank (1) |
| Retail | 2,200 | 4.2% | jeweler (647) · photography (448) · gifts (402) · flowers (251) · antiques (195) · toys (72) · office equipment (48) · convenience (33) |
| Business | 2,138 | 4.1% | consulting (474) · accounting (414) · government (341) · association (293) · foundation (169) · vending (20) · auction (15) · bank (11) |
| Health | 2,115 | 4.1% | physician (1054) · chiro (167) · fitness club (125) · optical (80) · pharmacy (68) · medical clinic (63) · home healthcare (42) · cardiologist (7) |
| Travel | 1,757 | 3.4% | travel agent (762) · motel (483) · parking (194) · airline (65) · hotel (49) · bnb (47) · real estate (5) · truck rental (4) |
| Construction | 1,708 | 3.3% | home builder (462) · painting (340) · plumbing (251) · electrician (137) · carpet (108) · roofing (94) · flooring (76) · general contractor (75) |
| Realty | 1,677 | 3.2% | real estate (1665) · realtor (10) · fruit (1) · auction (1) |
| Finance | 1,387 | 2.7% | insurance (589) · bank (308) · real estate (190) · stock broker (63) · loans (41) · credit union (37) · mortgage (25) · bankruptcy (9) |
| Food & Beverage | 1,373 | 2.7% | fruit (72) · vegetable (8) · vineyard (2) |
| Tech | 1,140 | 2.2% | computers (820) · telecom (79) · wireless (76) · insurance (1) |
| Living & Home | 1,053 | 2% | greenhouse (3) · scooter (1) · garden (1) |
| Automotive | 868 | 1.7% | auto repair (376) · autos (225) · scooter (31) · tires (27) · auto parts (20) · motorcycle (8) · detailing (2) |
| Media | 855 | 1.7% | advertising (319) · signs (293) · printing (140) · books (100) · bank (1) · garden (1) · fruit (1) |
| Education | 848 | 1.6% | school (611) · library (85) · garden (84) · writing (24) · insurance (2) · pubs (1) · bank (1) |
| Entertainment | 800 | 1.5% | video producer (228) · nightclub (182) · video (131) · museum (61) · music instruments (52) · games (34) · amusement (27) · aquarium (14) |
| Food | 772 | 1.5% | grocer (328) · baker (172) · catering (107) · seafood (102) · ice cream (50) · vegetable (6) · fruit (2) · real estate (2) |
| Retail Goods | 618 | 1.2% |
The franchises already here
Brands from a register of 2,024 franchise systems, matched into this city by name. A high count is a signal in both directions: the territory works, and it may be taken.
87 of these brands are a single common word — Metro, Avenue, Budget — so their counts include businesses that merely share the word. They are marked rather than dropped.
| Brand | Category | Here | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America | bank | 19 | — |
| Enterprise Rent A Car | car | 16 | 5,400 |
| Hertz Rent A Car | car | 15 | 7,000 |
| 7-Eleven | convenience | 14 | 30,000 |
| Burger King | fastfood | 14 | 11,000 |
| Curves For Women | fitness | 14 | 10,000 |
| Salvation Army | retail | 14 | — |
| Blockbuster Video | video | 11 | 5,900 |
| St. John | retail | 11 | — |
| Holiday Inn | businesshotel | 10 | — |
| Public Storage locations | home | 10 | 2,000 |
| Rite Aid | pharmacy | 10 | 5,000 |
| Best Western | businesshotel | 8 | 4,200 |
| Budget Rent A Car | car | 8 | 1,900 |
| Round Table Pizza | pizza | 8 | 132 |
| ACE Hardware | hardware | 7 | 4,700 |
| Jamba Juice | dessert | 7 | 707 |
| Ann Taylor | retail | 6 | — |
| Hollywood Video | video | 5 | 2,700 |
| Nine West | retail | 5 | — |
| Sunglass Hut | retail | 5 | — |
| Alamo Rent A Car | car | 4 | 1,000 |
| Banana Republic | retail | 4 | — |
| Days Inn | economyhotel | 4 | — |
| Extreme Pizza | pizza | 4 | 30 |
| Office Depot | retail | 4 | 1,091 |
| Panda Express | fastfood | 4 | 1,072 |
| Pizza Hut | pizza | 4 | 10,000 |
| Sharper Image | retail | 4 | 190 |
| Bally Total Fitness | fitness | 3 | 390 |
| Baskin Robbins | dessert | 3 | 2,800 |
| City Market | supermarket | 3 | 38 |
| Dollar Rent A Car | car | 3 | 600 |
| IKON Office Solutions | retail | 3 | 400 |
| Jiffy Lube | auto | 3 | 2,200 |
| Kenneth Cole | retail | 3 | — |
| La Salsa | fastfood | 3 | 100 |
| Ramada Inn | familyhotel | 3 | 740 |
| AAMCO Transmissions | auto | 2 | 700 |
| American Eagle Outfitters | retail | 2 | 827 |
| Apple Store | retail | 2 | 194 |
| Armani Exchange | retail | 2 | 108 |
| Big O Tires | auto | 2 | 540 |
| California Pizza Kitchen | pizza | 2 | 210 |
| Carlson Wagonlit Travel | travel | 2 | 4,300 |
| Christian Dior | fashion | 2 | — |
| Comfort Inn | familyhotel | 2 | — |
| Franklin Covey | retail | 2 | 100 |
| Great Clips | hair | 2 | 2,600 |
| Great Frame Up | specialty | 2 | — |
| Harley Davidson locations | motorcycle | 2 | — |
| Home Hardware | home | 2 | 1,000 |
| Jenny Craig | fitness | 2 | 640 |
| Johnny Rockets | fastfood | 2 | 141 |
| Lush Cosmetics | retail | 2 | 370 |
| Rainforest Cafe | food | 2 | — |
| Rent-A-Center | retail | 2 | 3,500 |
| Rent-A-Wreck | car | 2 | — |
| Rodeway Inn | budgethotel | 2 | — |
| Sign-A-Rama | specialty | 2 | 800 |
| St. Regis | luxuryhotel | 2 | — |
| Sur La Table | retail | 2 | 57 |
| Surf City Squeeze | dessert | 2 | 150 |
| U-Haul | car | 2 | 13,700 |
| Whole Foods Market | health | 2 | 198 |
| A Pea in the Pod | retail | 1 | — |
| AAA Travel | travel | 1 | — |
| ACE Cash Express | cash | 1 | 1,573 |
| Allen Edmonds | retail | 1 | — |
| American Apparel | retail | 1 | — |
| Anne Fontaine | retail | 1 | — |
| ARCO Gas | fuel | 1 | 1,300 |
| Bon Ton | retail | 1 | — |
| Brighton Collectibles | retail | 1 | — |
| Brooks Brothers | retail | 1 | — |
| Bruno's | supermarket | 1 | — |
| Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. | food | 1 | 20 |
| Buca di Beppo | food | 1 | 105 |
| Burlington Coat Factory | retail | 1 | 350 |
| Cheesecake Factory | food | 1 | 108 |
| Chevron/Texaco | fuel | 1 | 26,500 |
| Circuit City | retail | 1 | 600 |
| Cole Haan | retail | 1 | — |
| Costco Wholesale | retail | 1 | 371 |
| Crowne Plaza | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| Cruise Holidays | travel | 1 | 125 |
| David Jones | retail | 1 | 37 |
| Del Taco | fastfood | 1 | — |
| DHL Express | post | 1 | 6,500 |
| Disney Store | retail | 1 | — |
| Econo Lodge | budgethotel | 1 | — |
| Eddie Bauer | retail | 1 | 370 |
| Group USA | retail | 1 | 26 |
| Harry and David | retail | 1 | 130 |
| Herbal Magic | health | 1 | 315 |
| Holiday Inn Express | familyhotel | 1 | — |
| Home Decorators | retail | 1 | — |
| Home Depot | home | 1 | 2,104 |
| Home Instead Senior Care | senior | 1 | 700 |
| Jack in the Box | fastfood | 1 | 2,079 |
| Jennifer Convertibles | retail | 1 | 191 |
| Kate Spade | retail | 1 | — |
| La Vie en Rose | retail | 1 | 150 |
| Liberty Tax Service | tax | 1 | — |
| Liz Claiborne | retail | 1 | — |
| Marble Slab Creamery | dessert | 1 | 616 |
| Max Mara | retail | 1 | — |
| Merry Maids | cleaner | 1 | 970 |
| Movie Gallery | video | 1 | 4,700 |
| NAPA Auto Parts | auto | 1 | 18,000 |
| North Face | retail | 1 | — |
| Omni Hotels | luxuryhotel | 1 | 39 |
| Pier 1 Imports | retail | 1 | 1,200 |
| Pita Pit | deli | 1 | 220 |
| Polo Ralph Lauren | — | 1 | — |
| Ritmo Latino | retail | 1 | 43 |
| Ross Stores | retail | 1 | 714 |
| Rotary Club | club | 1 | — |
| Saks Fifth Avenue | retail | 1 | 54 |
| Salvatore Ferragamo | retail | 1 | — |
| Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner | cleaner | 1 | 300 |
| Sylvan Learning | school | 1 | 710 |
| Taco Bell | tacos | 1 | 5,845 |
| Things Remembered | retail | 1 | 600 |
| Thomas Pink | retail | 1 | 60 |
| Toys "R" Us | retail | 1 | 1,400 |
| West Marine | specialty | 1 | 400 |
| Williams-Sonoma | inc | 1 | 212 |
| World Gym | fitness | 1 | 300 |
| Worldwide Express | post | 1 | — |
| Starbucks name only | coffee | 66 | 3,500 |
| Manor name only | retail | 26 | — |
| Limited name only | retail | 25 | — |
| AllState name only | insurance | 22 | — |
| Renaissance name only | upscalehotel | 20 | — |
| Coach name only | luggage | 19 | — |
| Burton name only | retail | 15 | — |
| Safeway name only | supermarket | 15 | 1,767 |
| Diana name only | supermarket | 14 | 3 |
| Walgreens name only | pharmacy | 14 | 4,000 |
| Michaels name only | retail | 12 | 805 |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 12 | — |
| Papyrus name only | retail | 10 | 170 |
| SuperCuts name only | inc | 10 | 2,000 |
| Honda name only | car | 7 | — |
| Marriott name only | upscalehotel | 7 | 2,800 |
| Armani name only | fashion | 6 | — |
| Hyatt name only | upscalehotel | 6 | — |
| Progressive name only | supermarket | 6 | 150 |
| Toyota name only | car | 6 | — |
| Albertsons name only | supermarket | 5 | 564 |
| Aldo name only | retail | 5 | — |
| Aveda name only | retail | 5 | — |
| Travelodge name only | economyhotel | 5 | — |
| Bebe name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Borders name only | book | 4 | 559 |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 4 | 1,000 |
| FastFrame name only | specialty | 4 | 300 |
| Gymboree name only | retail | 4 | 550 |
| Hallmark name only | greetingcards | 4 | 5,600 |
| Nordstrom name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Origins name only | haircare | 4 | — |
| Sears name only | inc | 4 | 2,300 |
| Tiffany name only | retail | 4 | 150 |
| Brookstone name only | retail | 3 | 306 |
| Greyhound name only | travel | 3 | — |
| Jacob name only | retail | 3 | 200 |
| Jeep name only | suv | 3 | — |
| Midas name only | auto | 3 | 1,800 |
| Sephora name only | inc | 3 | — |
| Benetton name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Clarion name only | businesshotel | 2 | — |
| Esprit name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Fossil name only | retail | 2 | — |
| HESS name only | fuel | 2 | 1,250 |
| Khalsa name only | fuel | 2 | — |
| Krystal name only | fastfood | 2 | 400 |
| MANGO name only | retail | 2 | 850 |
| Mitsubishi name only | auto | 2 | — |
| Powells name only | book | 2 | 9 |
| Radisson name only | upscalehotel | 2 | — |
| Talbots name only | retail | 2 | 592 |
| Westin name only | luxuryhotel | 2 | — |
| AEON name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Anthropologie name only | retail | 1 | — |
| AutoZone name only | auto | 1 | 3,800 |
| Blackwell name only | book | 1 | 6 |
| Burberry name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Cartier name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Chipotle name only | fastfood | 1 | — |
| CIBC name only | bank | 1 | — |
| Daimaru name only | retail | 1 | 52 |
| Eason name only | retail | 1 | 58 |
| FiltaFry name only | specialty | 1 | — |
| Gucci name only | — | 1 | 207 |
| HomeBase locations name only | retail | 1 | 320 |
| Hooters name only | food | 1 | 435 |
| HSBC name only | bank | 1 | — |
| Illuminations name only | retail | 1 | 16 |
| InterContinental name only | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Kinokuniya name only | book | 1 | 56 |
| Lacoste name only | — | 1 | — |
| Lenox name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Lexus name only | luxurycar | 1 | — |
| Loeb name only | supermarket | 1 | 35 |
| Lululemon locations name only | sportswear | 1 | 81 |
| MONTBLANC name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Nissan name only | auto | 1 | — |
| Orvis name only | retail | 1 | 36 |
| Rockport name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Roots name only | retail | 1 | 145 |
| Sheraton name only | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| Stitches name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Tourneau name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Versace name only | designerclothing | 1 | 61 |
| Volkswagen name only | — | 1 | — |
| Wellcome name only | retail | 1 | 240 |
Real estate as a local trade
Four unrelated jobs share the name: selling existing homes, owning and letting them, managing them for someone else, and building new ones. For anyone weighing a move or a licence these are the counts — and the ownership question goes to /property, which answers it building by building.
Real estate is a local job market in its own right, and four unrelated trades get the same name. Counts are businesses filed under each trade in the register, which lists a brokerage once however many agents work there — so this measures firms, not licensees.
Selling homes
5312Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.
Named in the register
- Bay City Mortgage Co — 3410 Geary Blvd
- Bernal Hill Realty — 178 Andover St
- Center Stone Property Mgmt — 1733 Mcallister St
- City Place — 846 Bush St
- ID Est Design — 235 Prospect Ave
- Innovative Networks — 111 Maiden Ln
- James Riccio Tishman Realty — 601 Montgomery St #665
- Keller Williams Williams Kel — 1255 Post St #400
- Luis Estrada Real Estate — 3243 Mission St
- Mc Devitt Co — 870 Market St # 1166
- Pacific Regional Group
- Porter Capital — 1521 Sutter St
- Silver Properties — 2122 Thomas Ave
- Ward Farm — 900 N Point St Ste D200
Owning and letting
5311Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.
Named in the register
- 9999 — 600 Stanyan St
- Apartment — 3469 18th St
- Carlin Apartment — 286 Valencia St
- Haight Street Apartments — 398 Haight St
- JP Properties — 283 6th Ave
- Lakewood Access Line — 515 John Muir Dr
- Lakewood Access Line — 555 John Muir Dr
- Lakewood Access Line — 655 John Muir Dr
- Lakewood Access Line — 595 John Muir Dr
- Little Lady
- Ocean Beach Apartments — 740 LA Playa St
- Paramount Apartments — 680 Mission St
- San Francisco Apartment Association — 265 Ivy St
- Shoreview Apartments — 36 Rosie Lee Ln
Managing for owners
5313Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.
Named in the register
- A 1 Perfection Janitorial — 1238 Ortega St
- Bay Vista Building Maintenance — 605 Chenery St
- Building and Property Mgmt — 505 Van Ness Ave Ste 2012
- Building Property Management — 455 Golden Gate Ave # 2600
- Chics Building Service — 559 Arballo Dr
- Franklins Building Mntnc — 362 Hearst Ave
- General Growth Management — 1700 Jones St APT 2
- Ksk Property Management — 1 Daniel Burnham CT 205-C
- Real Property Services — 220 Lombard St APT 514
- Savage Building Maintenance — 1185 Holloway Ave
- St Francis Place — 1 Saint Francis Pl
- Steve O Limo Services — 1139 Post St
- Wells Fargo — 394 Pacific Ave
- Yerba Buena Gardens — 750 Howard St
Building new homes
2361Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.
Named in the register
- Alec Dean Construction
- AM One — 638 Balboa St
- Augusto C Torres
- Bay Village Builders — 105 San Jose Ave
- Better Building — PO Box 880477
- Campos Brothers Construction — P.O. BOX 12204
- D and S Association
- J F Lockary General Contractor — 775 10th Ave
- JMK Construction
- Josmari Builders — 785 Arguello Blvd
- Lung Fung Electric and Cnstr Co — 50 Seal Rock Dr
- Peacock Construction — 3 Embarcadero Ctr # 3
- Rubecon General Contracting — 3450 3rd St # 1b
- Schoepp Construction — 3615 Balboa St
Financing it
5222Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.
Named in the register
- Allied Cash Advance — 1695 Bryant St # L
- Arbor National Commercial Mrtg — 160 Spear St # 300
- Chase Manhattan Mortgage — 1798 19th Ave
- Community Lending — 5654 Mission St
- D and G Processing — 522 Harrison St
- Designer Loans — 272 Stratford Dr
- E Funds Mortgage — 340 Brannan St
- Gregory Karr — 771 Monterey Blvd
- Hibernia Financial Company — 333b W Portal Ave
- Loan Processing Center — 350 Townsend St # 403
- Lois Baltimore Roslyn — P.O. BOX 193422
- Shemano Group — 612 Howard St
- Summans Loans — 4541 Irving St
- T D Financial — 2044 Union St
Who actually owns it
The full property record →From the /property research for this city, which asks a different question: not who trades in property here, but who owns it. An owner is named there only where a document says so. Roll open and free; it holds "all legally disclosable information" — not the owner.
Homebuilders
- Maximus Real Estate Partners — 5,735 / 287
- Five Point Holdings, LLC / The Shipyard Communities, LLC — up to ~12,000 homesites
- Mercy Housing California — 971 / 956
- Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation — 803 / 799
- Chinatown Community Development Center — 724 / 715
- The John Stewart Company — 438 / 405
Commercial landlords
- Kilroy Realty Corporation — 5,564,971 sq ft, 30 buildings
- BXP, Inc. — 4,795,629 sq ft, 5 towers
- Paramount Group, Inc. — 2,358,871 sq ft, 4 assets
- Hudson Pacific Properties — 2,008,564 sq ft, 4 assets
- Vornado Realty Trust — 1.8M sq ft, 3 buildings
- Five Point Holdings, LLC — 6.3M sq ft entitled
8 marquee buildings examined, 6 with an owner established.
On "how many doors"
How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the /property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.
Work where you go to them
The Ultimate 411 half of local: everything where the customer does not have to come to you.
A shop needs the customer to walk in. These 157 services do the opposite — the mobile mechanic, the mobile groomer, the bookkeeper, the junk haul — and they are the ones a person can start without a lease. 0 of them already match a trait filed in this city's register.
The 157 Service=1 rows in search.local: work where the provider travels to the customer. "present" counts businesses already filed under that exact trait name; a blank is a coverage gap, not proof of absence, because the two vocabularies were built separately.
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Schools and colleges
wander.schools is a post-secondary table — universities and colleges. K-12 public and private schools are not in it, and only 7 of its 1,686 rows carry coordinates, so these are listed and not mapped.
In the business register
Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.
Health and care
What a person moving a parent here would ask first. The register files clinics and pharmacies; it has no category for a hospital at all, so hospitals are matched by name and the limit is stated rather than hidden.
Matched on the name "hospital"
- Family Health Center — 995 Potrero Ave
- Childrens Health Center — 1001 Potrero Ave
- Pacific Health Center — 4835 Geary Blvd
- Ocean Acupuncture and Health Center — 1959 Ocean Ave
- Maxine Hall Health Center — 1301 Pierce St
- Dph Mental Health Center — 1700 Jackson St
- Animal Farm Pet Hospital — 5601 Mission St
- Health Center Dentistry — 500 Sutter St # 615
- Chinatown Public Health Center — 1490 Mason St
- Be Be Health Center — 4016 Geary Blvd
- ACM Health Center — 738 40th Ave
- Chinese Hospital — 835 Jackson St
- On Hong Beauty Health Center — 638 Broadway
- St Lukes Hospital — 2482 Mission St
- Infinite Balance Health Center — 563 Castro St
- Chiro Tech Spine Health Center — 22 Battery St # 802
- Hospital Staff Link Network — 1485 Bayshore Blvd
- Silver Therapeutic Health Center — 2633 San Bruno Ave
- Childrens Psych Health Center — 2024 Divisadero St
- Castro Mission Health Center — 3850 17th St
- Soma Health Center — 862 Folsom St
- New Generation Health Center — 625 Potrero Ave
- Mission Pet Hospital — 720 Valencia St
- Tom Waddell Health Center — 50 Ivy St
- Lotus Flower Health Center — 1789 45th Ave
- All Animals Emergency Hospital — 1333 9th Ave
- Bay Area Bird Hospital — 2145 Taraval St
- Lombard Pet Hospital — 2308 Lombard St
- Ocean Ave Veterinary Hospital — 1001 Ocean Ave
- Native American Health Center — 160 Capp St
- St Lukes Health Center — 3555 Cesar Chavez
- St Lukes Hospital Surgery Center — 1580 Valencia St # 3
- MCC Breast Health Center — 1069 Connecticut St
- Physician Hospital Orgnztn — 2482 Mission St
- St Lukes Hospital — 3555 Cesar Chavez
- Potrero Hill Health Center — 1050 Wisconsin St
- Irving St Veterinary Hospital — 1434 Irving St
- Chiropractic Health Center — 840 Taraval St
- Laguna Honda Hospital — 375 Laguna Honda Blvd
- New Asia Health Center — 5141 Geary Blvd
- Chiropractor Health Center — 4200 California St # 100
- Southeast Health Center — 2401 Keith St
- Avenues Pet Hospital — 2221 Taraval St
- Nirvana Acupuncture Health Center — 3410 Judah St
- Arguello Animal Hospital — 530 Arguello Blvd
- Balboa Pet Hospital — 3329 Balboa St
- Sunset Veterinary Hospital — 3741 Noriega St
- Ocean Park Health Center — 1351 24th Ave
- Park Animal Hospital — 1207 9th Ave
- Ocean Skin Care and Health Center — 899 Washington St # Oo4
- American Shared Hospital Service — 4 Embarcadero Ctr # 3700
- Valenzuela Veterinary Hospital — 338 Lexington St
- Richmond Health Center — 850 Clement St
- Kaiser Permanente Hospital — 2200 Ofarrell St
- Kaiser Permanente Hospital — 450 6th Ave # 4
- All Pets Hospital — 269 S Van Ness Ave
- Castro Holistic Health Center — 2191 Market St # D
- Danville Veterinary Hospital — 2024 Lombard St
- Food Inc Mt Zion Hospital — 2356 Sutter St
- Blue Cross Pet Hospital — 1386 Golden Gate Ave
- San Francisco Pet Hospital — 1371 Fulton St
- Hayes Convalescent Hospital — 1250 Hayes St
- Body Focus Health Center — 580 Market St
- Chinese Hospital — 845 Jackson St
- St Lukes Hospital Medical Center — 3555 Cesar Chavez
geonet carries no 'hospital' trait, so these are matched on the business name. A distance-to-hospital figure needs a source that states hospital locations.
What this record cannot tell you
Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.
- Census figures are 2021, taken on 11 May 2021: income is for 2020 and the labour figures were measured mid-pandemic, so the unemployment rate on this page is a 2021 reading rather than a current one.
- wander.schools is now readable, but it holds universities and colleges only and 1,679 of its 1,686 rows have no coordinates. K-12 public and private schools need a separate source — in Ontario the Ministry of Education school finder, in British Columbia the provincial school list. wander.citytowns, hotels and territories remain denied to the ru user.
- No 'hospital' trait exists in geonet; distance to a hospital needs an external source such as StatCan's Open Database of Healthcare Facilities.
- 0.0% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 100%.
Built from
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