List of Film Studios in the USA

Last updated 3 November 2026

There are 79,327 film studios in the USA, one in every 805 US companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 324 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eight film studios is based in Los Angeles, New York, Brooklyn, Atlanta and Miami. Below you find the largest film studios in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

79,327 companies indexed · Data counted on 3 November 2026

Companies79,3271 in805 US companiesCities6,462Largest cityLos Angeles 4,367Sole traders9%Employees1-4 (92%)Revenue< $100K (59%)Email13%Phone47%Website25%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC	USA	Stamford	400 Atlantic St Ste 6	Ct	06901-3533	*****.com	1992	$9,536,278,564	16,000	Corporation	1856	5122296
2	Lions Gate Entertainment INC.	USA	Santa Monica	2700 Colorado Ave Ste 200	Los Angeles	90404-5502	*****.com	2006	$4,016,900,000	1,314	Corporation	76	2841165
3	Cinemark Holdings, INC.	USA	Plano	3900 Dallas Pkwy Ste 500	Collin	75093-7871	*****.com	1984	$3,115,000,000	18,300	Corporation	511	4187893
4	Lionsgate Studios CORP.	USA	Santa Monica	2700 Colorado Ave	Los Angeles	90404-3553	*****.com	1997	$2,631,800,000	916	Corporation	57	N/A
5	Fubotv INC.	USA	New York	1290 Avenue of the Americas Ste 900	New York	10104-3300	*****.tv	2009	$1,622,796,000	590	Corporation	6	P09000016429
6	Sony Pictures Entertainment, INC.	USA	Culver City	10202 Washington Blvd	Los Angeles	90232-3119	*****.com	1991	$1,552,804,108	4,351	Corporation	1380	2007060
7	World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC	USA	Stamford	707 Washington Blvd	Ct	06901-3729	*****.com	1980	$1,291,523,000	890	Corporation	254	2133300
8	Nep Group, INC.	USA	Pittsburgh	2 Beta Dr	Allegheny	15238-2916	*****.com	2012	$606,545,197	2,123	Corporation	162	5260754
9	Paramount Pictures CORPORATION	USA	Los Angeles	5555 Melrose Ave	Los Angeles	90038	*****.com	1994	$477,685,938	1,847	Corporation	1584	0647106
10	Starz, L.L.C.	USA	Englewood	8900 Liberty Cir	Arapahoe	80112-7057	*****.com	2006	$473,465,717	715	Corporation	76	E0340112010-0
11	Universal Studios Company LLC	USA	North Hollywood	100 Universal City Plz	Los Angeles	91608-1085	*****.com	2004	$452,395,018	15,000	Corporation	2471	0529616
12	Warner Bros. Entertainment INC.	USA	Burbank	4000 Warner Blvd	Santa Clara	91522-0001	*****.com	2001	$448,823,410	7,300	Corporation	816	3578617
13	Hysteria Productions	USA	Sussex	203 Rose Morrow Rd	Sussex	07461-3838	N/A	2001	$420,104,316	2		N/A	N/A
14	Angel Studios, INC.	USA	Provo	295 W Center St	Utah	84601-4430	*****.com	2013	$321,558,306	290	Corporation	N/A	5575544
15	Warner Communications LLC	USA	New York	30 Hudson Yards	New York	10001-2170	*****.com	1989	$302,884,631	3,000	Corporation	816	132696809
16	Wgbh Educational Foundation	USA	Boston	1 Guest St	Suffolk	02135	*****.org	1951	$266,389,501	1,100	Corporation	12	042104397
17	Fox Entertainment Group, LLC	USA	New York	1211 Avenue of the Americas	New York	10036-8701	*****.com	2005	$260,941,737	12,500	Corporation	174	3908225
18	Cohen Media Group LLC	USA	New York	750 Lexington Ave Ste 500	New York	10022-9839	*****.net	2013	$212,113,846	1,010	Corporation	60	3477300
19	Hispanic Information Telecommunications Network INC.	USA	Brooklyn	63 Flushing Ave Unit 281	Kings	11205-1078	*****.org	1980	$207,035,599	60	Corporation	2	735801
20	Mgm Holdings, INC.	USA	Beverly Hills	245 N Beverly Dr Fl 6	Los Angeles	90210-5340	*****.com	2022	$189,465,325	2,990	Corporation	3718	2199884
21	Mgm Holdings Ii, INC.	USA	Beverly Hills	245 N Beverly Dr	Los Angeles	90210-5319	*****.com	2005	$188,971,303	2,948	Corporation	3718	3925660
22	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, INC.	USA	Beverly Hills	245 N Beverly Dr	Los Angeles	90210-5319	*****.com	2005	$184,603,475	1,440	Corporation	3718	2642294
23	Tait Global LLC	USA	Lititz	401 W Lincoln Ave	Lancaster	17543	*****.com	2011	$181,769,069	2,000	Corporation	7	5066296
24	Sesame Workshop	USA	New York	1900 Broadway Frnt 4	New York	10023	*****.org	2000	$180,674,492	330	Corporation	6	132655731
25	5&2 Studios, INC.	USA	Midlothian	8291 Baucum Rd	Ellis	76065-7243	N/A	2019	$159,336,000	80	Corporation	5	10573806-0160

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Film studios in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has 4,367 film studios, 0.8% of all 526,636 Los Angeles companies and 568% above the national share. Nine in ten Los Angeles firms have fewer than five people; 35 have 50 or more. 196 new firms were entered in 2026, 272 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 3,700 · 85%
5-9: 416 · 10%
10-19: 129 · 3%
20-49: 72 · 2%
50+: 35 · 0.8%

Legal form

Sole traders: 281 · 6%
Partnerships: 60 · 1%
Corporations and LLCs: 3,349 · 77%
Other or none: 677 · 16%

Of the US total: 5.5%
Of all Los Angeles companies: 0.8%
Against the national share: 6.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 196
Entered 2025: 231
Of USA's 2026 entries: 3.2%

Old

Before 1990: 272 · 6%
1990 or later: 4,095 · 94%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 5.7%

Reachable

Email: 576 · 13%
Phone: 1,997 · 46%
Website: 1,113 · 25%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 2,230 · 52%
$100K-$500K: 1,891 · 44%
$500K-$1M: 65 · 2%
$1M and more: 68 · 2%

Largest

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 78,949 US film studios with a known headcount, 72,325 (92%) have one to four people, 4,230 have five to nine, 2,070 have ten to 49 and 324 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (46,077, 59%).

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Micro under 1076,555 97%
Small 10 to 492,070 3%
Medium 50 to 249299 0.4%
Large 250+25 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

162

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 86 more than $10 million.

6,221

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the USA?

Los Angeles has the most film studios in the USA (4,367), ahead of New York (2,887), Brooklyn (1,335), Atlanta (858) and Miami (856). Together the five hold one in eight of them. Relative to their size, Burbank, Studio City and Culver City have the most: 11.5 to 15.0 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

6,462 US cities have at least one film studio; 1,278 have ten or more; 2,300 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Film studios per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.12. Burbank has 15.0 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,416 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	11,556	15%
New York	2,889	4%
Orange	2,048	3%
Miami-Dade	1,457	2%
Kings	1,339	2%
Santa Clara	1,275	2%
Maricopa	1,195	2%
San Diego	1,164	1%
Fulton	1,046	1%
Cook	1,011	1%

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How many film studios are there in the USA?

Film studios in the USA

79,327

3 November 2026

There are 79,327 film studios in the USA in our data (3 November 2026). That is one in every 805 US companies. About 28 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (6,221 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 76,779 97%
Head offices: 1,278
Branch offices: 1,270

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 7812.

56,196 of the 79,327 are corporations and LLCs (71%); 7,399 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest film studios in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Los Angeles, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Cinemark Holdings is the largest film studio in the USA by headcount. 324 firms employ 50 people or more; 156 employ 100 or more.

1Plano18,300 staff
2North Hollywood15,000 staff
3Culver City4,351 staff
4Los Angeles4,119 staff
5Burbank3,000 staff
6Brooklyn2,370 staff
7Pittsburgh2,123 staff
8Los Angeles1,847 staff
9Los Angeles1,500 staff
10Beverly Hills1,440 staff

By employee size · 78,949 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	72,325	92%
5-9	4,230	5%
10-19	1,377	2%
20-49	693	0.9%
50-99	168	0.2%
100-199	82	0.1%
200-499	49	<0.1%
500-999	13	<0.1%
1,000+	12	<0.1%

92% have 1 to 4 people; 693 have 20 to 49; 324 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	46,077	59%
$100K-$500K	30,241	39%
$500K-$1M	677	0.9%
$1M-$5M	570	0.7%
$5M-$10M	76	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	47	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	11	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	20	<0.1%
$500M+	8	<0.1%

59% under $100,000; 570 between $1M and $5M; 162 above $5M.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 1 US film studios from before 1900, 32 from before 1950 and 4,751 from before 1990.

1883
1. Glendale
1908
1. Chicago
1915
1. Burbank
1919
1. Los Angeles
1921
1. Los Angeles
1921
1. Santa Monica

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4,751

US film studios date from before 1990

438

were entered in 1990

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

6,221 film studios were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 28 a working day, after 7,490 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

2,2482022
3,1452023
5,7312024
7,4902025
6,2212026 so far

6,180 of this year's 6,221 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Hollywood300 staff
2Dover12 staff
3Trenton10 staff
4Long Beach10 staff
5Seattle10 staff

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in eleven US film studios work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Seven in ten are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders7,3999%
Partnerships1,1071%
Corporations and LLCs56,19671%
No form on record or other14,62518%

Single-site: 97%
Head offices: 1,278
Branches: 1,270

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 2 car service stations for every film studio in the USA.

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Car Service Stations	132,448	61%	65%
Car Washing Services	115,343	26%	94%
Film Studios	79,327	25%	91%
Campsites	25,899	51%	85%
Cemeteries	21,915	34%	87%
Butane and Propane Gas Suppliers	8,408	70%	65%

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How reachable are they?

Film studios are easier to reach than the average US company: 47% list a phone number and 25% a website.

Email10,695 13%
Phone37,457 47%
Website19,962 25%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

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Frequently asked questions

How many film studios are there in the USA?

There are 79,327 film studios in the USA in our data, counted on 3 November 2026. That is one in every 805 US companies.

Which is the largest film studio in the USA?

Cinemark Holdings in Plano, with 18,300 staff. By revenue Time Warner Cable Enterprises in Stamford leads with $9.5 billion a year.

Which US city has the most film studios?

Los Angeles, with 4,367, ahead of New York (2,887), Brooklyn (1,335), Atlanta (858) and Miami (856). Relative to its size, Burbank has the most: 15.0 times the national share.

How many film studios are there in Los Angeles?

4,367, which is 0.8% of all 526,636 Los Angeles companies and 568% above the national share.

How big is a typical film studio?

Small. 92% of the 78,949 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 324 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US film studios sole traders or companies?

One in eleven (7,399) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 71% (56,196) are corporations and LLCs.

How many film studios started in 2026?

6,221 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 7,490 in 2025. 6,180 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest film studio in the USA?

Doris L Shanahan in Glendale, 1883, followed by Chicago Sunday Evening Club in Chicago (1908) and Twentieth Century Fox Film in Burbank (1915). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers film studios?

Our platform filters them on SIC 7812 (motion picture and video tape production).

Can I download the full list?

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