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Burbank Industries

Who carries the city tax base, and who only looks like they do.

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TitlePublisherLinkHow it is used
Adopted Capital Improvement Program, Burbank factsCity of BurbankLinkNames The Burbank Studios, Netflix Animation, and the wider media cluster. Employment ranks in that edition are older than July 2025.
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, Table 15 Principal EmployersCity of Burbank, Economic Development DepartmentLinkTable 15 shares use a 165,000-employee denominator of jobs that agencies reported to the city. The Popular Annual Financial Report names the same employers without the counts.
Burbank 2024-2028 Economic Development Strategic PlanCity of BurbankLinkOlder employer counts than the July 2025 table. Kept so the two city publications can be compared.
Burbank Housing Element employer tableCity of BurbankLinkReprints an older top-employer table, including ABC Inc. and Deluxe, that later city tables do not repeat in the same form.
Burbank Town CenterWikipediaLinkUsed only for the mall street address and the statement that Onni Group owns and manages it.
Burbank Unified School District contactAsk BurbankLinkPrints the district office at 1900 W Olive Ave.
Burbank hotel listingsAsk BurbankLinkDirectory listings for hotel street addresses. Not a tax record.
Creator studios expand in BurbankLos Angeles TimesLinkReports more than 1,000 media companies and about 66,000 entertainment jobs, attributed to the community development director.
Economic Development Annual Report 2023-2024City of Burbank Community DevelopmentLinkDescribes more than 1,000 media and entertainment companies and a workforce of 165,000 jobs.
Economic Development Annual Report 2024-2025City of Burbank Community DevelopmentLinkPrints $31.2 million in local tax revenue from tourism in 2024, and describes the Warner Bros. ranch lot at 411 N. Hollywood Way.
Entertainment Partners Burbank headquartersEntertainment PartnersLinkCompany-published headquarters address.
Netflix lease at Burbank Empire CenterCoStar NewsLink2019 lease reporting for 2300 W. Empire Ave. and neighboring Empire Avenue space. Not a 2026 occupancy confirmation.
Planned Development 2012-01, IKEA storeCity of BurbankLinkPlaces the replacement IKEA at 805 South San Fernando Boulevard and records a 2017 opening. The city described the store as 456,000 square feet.
Popular Annual Financial Report, fiscal year 2024-25City of Burbank Financial ServicesLinkNames Disney, Warner Bros. Entertainment, ABC, and Nickelodeon, and names Town Center, Empire Center, Magnolia Park, and Downtown Burbank as major retail centers.
Principal employers as of July 2025City of BurbankLinkCommunity Risk Assessment prints the July 2025 employer table and attributes it to the City of Burbank. Counts match the FY2024-25 ACFR principal-employer table except the city headcount line, noted on that row.
Sales and use tax record confidentialityCalifornia Revenue and Taxation Code section 7056LinkRestricts disclosure of sales and use tax records. This is why the city publishes citywide sales-tax revenue and not a ranked list of remitters.
San Fernando Valley private-sector employers listLos Angeles Business Journal / San Fernando Valley Business JournalLinkValley-area headcounts and headquarters addresses. The geography is wider than Burbank city limits.
Top 10 employersBurbank Chamber of CommerceLinkPage retrieved in 2026. It does not print an as-of date. Counts track the strategic-plan era, not the July 2025 city table.