Commerce - Notable - Los Angeles, California, USA

Large or well-known companies with headquarters or major operations in LA; sales figures, where shown, are from hoovers.com

• Avery Dennison: Labels, school and office products; 2005 sales $5.4 billion; Pasadena
• Boeing: Airplanes, aerospace, defense; Chicago-headquartered company with California operations including Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc. in El Segundo and Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems in Seal Beach; 2005 sales $54.8 billion
• CSC: Computer Sciences Corporation; information technology consulting; 2006 sales $14.6 billion; El Segundo
• Countrywide: Countrywide Financial Corporation; independent residential mortgage lending; 2005 sales $15.6 billion; Calabasas
• Disney: The Walt Disney Company; entertainment and media; ABC television, TV and radio stations, movie studios, theme parks; 2006 sales $34.2 billion; Burbank
• Dole Foods: fresh fruits and vegetables; 2005 sales $5.8 billion; Westlake Village
• Kaiser: Kaiser Permanente; health care system; Oakland-based, many southern California employees
• KB Home: homebuilder; 2005 sales $9.4 billion
• Mattel: toys; Barbie dolls, Fisher-Price toys, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, American Girl, licensed items; 2004 sales $5.1 billion; El Segundo
• MGM: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; movies; MGM Pictures and United Artists; 2005 sales $1.4 billion
• Nestlé USA: food; beverages (Taster's Choice coffee), ice cream, chocolate, prepared foods (Hot Pockets, PowerBar); 2005 sales $8.1 billion; Glendale; unit of Nestlé S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland)
• Northrup Grumman: shipbuilder, defense; 2005 sales $30.7 billion
• Occidental Petroleum: oil, gas chemicals; 2005 sales $16.2 billion
• Paramount: Paramount Pictures; movies; 2005 sales $2.8 billion; unit of Viacom (New York, NY)
• Ralphs: Ralphs Grocery Company; food retailer; Compton; unit of Kroger (Cincinnati, OH)
• Sony Pictures: Movies and entertainment; television, DVD, digital; 2005 sales $6.8 billion; unit of Sony (New York, NY)
• Edison: Edison International; energy and services; units include Southern California Edison; 2005 sales $11.8 billion; Rosemead
• Universal: Universal Studios; movies and theme parks; Universal City; unit of NBC Universal (New York, NY)
• Warner Bros: Movies, TV; 2005 sales $11.8 billion; unit of Time Warner (New York, NY)

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