Fresno County bookkeeping and payroll

Last reviewed: October 2026

General information, not legal advice.

Countywide employers and nonemployer businesses

County figures: 19,144 employer establishments, including 18,095 with 1-49 employees, and 65,587 solo businesses (nonemployers), from the 2023 Census business datasets. In 2025 the county recorded 10,779 new business applications, +94% versus 2019. Applications are not a count of businesses that opened.

The research radius analysis places 27.9% of Fresno County's population within 100 miles of Atascadero. Coverage is measured using census-tract centroids, not driving distance. These business totals cover the entire county; they are not counts restricted to the radius.

Sources: Census County Business Patterns 2023: Fresno County; Census Nonemployer Statistics 2023: Fresno County; Census Business Formation Statistics: county applications; Census ACS 2024 population: tract-based radius analysis; Census Gazetteer 2025: radius geography

Agricultural scale, construction and food service

Across Fresno County, the county-level segment counts are 1,770 construction employer establishments and 3,908 construction nonemployers; 1,730 restaurants/food-service establishments; 13 employer wineries; and 4,427 farms (USDA 2022). These categories use different datasets and should not be added together as one business total.

Population weighting produces a regional estimate of ~4,980 professional-services employer establishments and ~21,800 nonemployers. The estimate spans the research radius and is not a Fresno-only count.

Sources: Census County Business Patterns 2023: Fresno County; Census Nonemployer Statistics 2023: Fresno County; USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture: Fresno County

Community facilities and secured water grants

Mendota: Mendota Community Center: new 21,012 sq ft center at Rojas-Pierce Park (Sorensen Ave and Smoot Ave) with gym, kitchen, classrooms, inclusive playground and fitness court. Amount recorded: approximately $10,000,000 total; $2,000,000 HUD Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding (B-26-CP-CA-0199). Source status (2026): FONSI and request for release of funds, Sept-Oct 2026. Agency: City of Mendota.
San Joaquin: Water system project: two water treatment plants (manganese), about 38,000 feet of new water lines, hydrants and valves, a new well at the Sports Park and a 750,000-gallon storage tank. Amount recorded: $30 million secured through multiple State grants. Source status (2026): Under construction; completion anticipated December 2026. Agency: City of San Joaquin (state grant funded).

Sources: Mendota: community facilities and secured water grants; San Joaquin: community facilities and secured water grants

School results and federal street packages

Firebaugh: Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District: Measure F (2024) passed. Bond amount: $25 million.
Kingsburg: Kingsburg Joint Union High School District: Measure K (2024) failed. Bond amount: $20 million.
Selma: Rose Avenue and Mitchell Avenue Bike Routes, federal project CRPL-5096(048). Source status (2026): Notice inviting bids; bids due Oct 1, 2026. Agency: City of Selma.

Sources: Firebaugh: school results and federal street packages; Selma: school results and federal street packages

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