Metropolitan Futures Initiative (MFI) • Quarterly Report Business Relocations in Southern California: Moves within and across cities and neighborhoods
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In general, relocating firms are larger than non-relocating firms, with an average of 14.4 employees compared to 11.1 employees
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This varies over time; relocating businesses in 2010-2014 were substantially bigger than their non-relocating counterparts while in 2000-2003 they were roughly equal in size.
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Overall, relocating retail, education/healthcare, FIRE, and professional establishments are slightly larger than their non-relocating counterparts.
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The average size of service firms did not differ based on relocation, while relocating industrial firms tended to be slightly smaller on average.
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