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Bookkeeping across San Luis Obispo County

The county combines a substantial winery segment with construction businesses and solo operators. We work remotely across San Luis Obispo County, with meetings at our Atascadero office. A winery can organize inventory and harvest labor, while a trade contractor can keep public-project costs and payroll in a separate reporting file.

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San Luis Obispo employer and independent-business figures

County figures: 8,962 employer establishments, including 8,670 with 1-49 employees, and 25,650 solo businesses (nonemployers), from the 2023 Census business datasets. In 2025 the county recorded 2,707 new business applications, +44% versus 2019. Applications are not a count of businesses that opened.

The research radius analysis places 100% of San Luis Obispo 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: San Luis Obispo County; Census Nonemployer Statistics 2023: San Luis Obispo County; Census Business Formation Statistics: county applications; Census ACS 2024 population: tract-based radius analysis; Census Gazetteer 2025: radius geography

Winery, farm and food-service counts

Across San Luis Obispo County, the county-level segment counts are 1,102 construction employer establishments and 2,286 construction nonemployers; 871 restaurants/food-service establishments; 166 employer wineries; and 2,184 farms (USDA 2022). These categories use different datasets and should not be added together as one business total.

The population-weighted regional estimate is ~5,200 construction employer establishments and ~11,900 construction nonemployers across the full research radius.

Sources: Census County Business Patterns 2023: San Luis Obispo County; Census Nonemployer Statistics 2023: San Luis Obispo County; USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture: San Luis Obispo County

School facilities and public safety construction

  • Atascadero: Public Safety Facilities Project: new 17,000 sf Fire Station No. 1 and EOC, Fire Station No. 2 rebuild, Police HQ renovations, new 911 dispatch center (Measure D-20 sales tax, Congressional district spending grants). Amount recorded: $37,150,000 budget. Source status (2026): Construction begun; Spring 2026 to Fall 2027. Agency: City of Atascadero.
  • Templeton: Templeton Unified School District: D-24 (2024) passed. Bond amount: $52,300,000.

Sources: Atascadero: school facilities and public safety construction; Templeton: school facilities and public safety construction

Local water and transport connections

  • Nipomo: Blacklake Sewer System Consolidation: new Blacklake Lift Station, replacement Woodgreen Lift Station, Blacklake Water Reclamation Facility decommissioning. Amount recorded: $6,641,475 contract (Spiess Construction Co.). Source status (2025): In construction; NTP August 2024, scheduled completion November 2025. Agency: Nipomo Community Services District.
  • Los Osos: South Bay Boulevard at Los Osos Creek Bridge Replacement (Security Paving Company). Amount recorded: $23,525,959. Source status (2025): awarded Sept 2025; construction Jan 2026 to fall 2027. Agency: County of San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors.

Sources: Nipomo: local water and transport connections; Los Osos: local water and transport connections

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