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Across 1 counties, the Santa Cruz metro counts 7,136 business locations employing 80,209 people. The 266 with 50–499 employees are the starting pool for a commercial real estate campaign, and Sapper works them by phone first.
| Sector | Locations | Jobs | 50–499 employees | 500+ employees | Change since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care | 959 | 14,755 | 56 | 0 | +20 |
| Wholesale trade | 260 | 4,437 | 20 | 0 | −9 |
| Construction | 899 | 4,692 | 8 | 0 | +10 |
| Corporate HQs & management offices | 28 | 1,593 | 6 | 0 | −4 |
| Professional services | 910 | 5,218 | 4 | 0 | −11 |
| Finance & insurance | 264 | 2,428 | 0 | 0 | −11 |
| Information | 114 | 1,017 | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
Where to start: In Santa Cruz, the second-deepest mid-size list is wholesale trade (20), after health care (56). The fastest-growing of these sectors was health care, +20 locations in a year.
| County | All locations | Finance | Health care | Prof. services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz, CA | 7,136 | 264 | 959 | 910 |
Where the market sits: Santa Cruz County hold 100.0% of the metro’s business locations across 1 counties. Santa Cruz County has 7,136 locations in total.
The metro has 140 real estate agent and broker offices, 384 real estate locations overall. They are calling the same owners and CFOs you are.
What wins: one clear reason to talk now, tied to the buyer’s sector, then a short ask.
1. We agree on the accounts firstYou approve the target list. It is exclusive to you.
2. We introduce you, then keep goingPhone first, backed by email, LinkedIn and mail.
3. We qualify before we bookNeed, timing and who else is involved, confirmed.
4. You walk into a warm conversationWith the account history and a confirmed time.
For a commercial real estate firm, we build the list around the property types and company sizes you work with, and the people who make space decisions. The Santa Cruz data points to health care first, with 56 locations of 50–499 employees, and the largest share of locations in Santa Cruz County. How appointment setting works →
The 1-county Santa Cruz metro has 7,136 business locations. 266 have 50–499 employees and 3 have 500 or more (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
The most mid-size locations are in health care (56), followed by wholesale trade (20).
Titles to test first include general and operations managers. The metro has 1,770 of them, plus 400 financial managers. Your offer decides the final mix, and nothing is called until you approve the list.
Nearby markets: Commercial Real Estate in San Jose (26 mi), Commercial Real Estate in San Francisco (59 mi) and Commercial Real Estate in Stockton (79 mi).
Abstrakt, Sapper’s parent company, covers Santa Cruz contractors and home-service companies on its Santa Cruz page.
