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; 2007 sales $6.3 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; 2007 sales $66.3 billion
- Countrywide: Countrywide Financial Corporation; independent residential mortgage lending; 2007 sales $25.1 billion; Calabasas
- Disney: The Walt Disney Company; entertainment and media; ABC television, TV and radio stations, movie studios, theme parks; 2007 sales $35.5 billion; Burbank
- Dole Foods: fresh fruits and vegetables; 2007 sales $6.9 billion; Westlake Village
- Kaiser: Kaiser Permanente; health care system; Oakland-based, many southern California employees
- KB Home: homebuilder; 2007 sales $6.4 billion
- Mattel: toys; Barbie dolls, Fisher-Price toys, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, American Girl, licensed items; 2007 sales $5.9 billion; El Segundo
- MGM: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; movies; MGM Pictures and United Artists; 2006 sales $1.4 billion
- Nestlé USA: food; beverages (Taster's Choice coffee), ice cream, chocolate, prepared foods (Hot Pockets, PowerBar); Glendale; unit of Nestlé S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland)
- Northrup Grumman: shipbuilder, defense; 2007 sales $32 billion
- Occidental Petroleum: oil, gas chemicals; 2007 sales $20 billion
- Paramount: Paramount Pictures; movies; 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; 2007 sales $38.7 billion (est); unit of Sony (New York, NY)
- Edison: Edison International; energy and services; units include Southern California Edison; 2007 sales $13.1 billion; Rosemead
- Universal: Universal Studios; movies and theme parks; 2007 sales $2.1 billion (est); Universal City; unit of NBC Universal (New York, NY)
- Warner Bros: Movies, TV; unit of Time Warner (New York, NY)
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