Unclaimed business money by California city
Updated
Business-type owners owed $10,000 or more, by the city in the owner's address. Pick a city for its numbers, the kinds of property held there, and how a claim works.
Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles - 2,142 owners, $70.2M
- Beverly Hills - 391 owners, $11.4M
- Santa Monica - 257 owners, $7.3M
- Pasadena - 216 owners, $6.4M
- Long Beach - 211 owners, $6.1M
- Torrance - 159 owners, $5.2M
- Glendale - 151 owners, $4.8M
- Burbank - 121 owners, $3.7M
- Encino - 118 owners, $3.1M
- Sherman Oaks - 110 owners, $3.4M
- Woodland Hills - 108 owners, $4.0M
- Van Nuys - 91 owners, $2.4M
San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco - 1,518 owners, $53.9M
- San Jose - 493 owners, $15.9M
- Oakland - 219 owners, $8.0M
- Palo Alto - 175 owners, $6.1M
- Santa Clara - 167 owners, $6.4M
- Sunnyvale - 153 owners, $5.0M
- San Mateo - 153 owners, $5.7M
- Fremont - 153 owners, $5.0M
- Redwood City - 136 owners, $4.5M
- Walnut Creek - 127 owners, $4.4M
- Mountain View - 127 owners, $3.9M
- Menlo Park - 104 owners, $3.3M
Orange County
- Irvine - 469 owners, $15.1M
- Newport Beach - 225 owners, $6.7M
- Santa Ana - 175 owners, $4.7M
- Anaheim - 150 owners, $5.1M
- Costa Mesa - 124 owners, $4.3M
- Orange - 108 owners, $3.0M
- Huntington Beach - 98 owners, $7.4M
San Diego County
Sacramento and the Central Valley
- Sacramento - 296 owners, $9.1M
- Bakersfield - 137 owners, $4.1M
- Fresno - 132 owners, $3.5M
- Stockton - 96 owners, $3.3M
Inland Empire
- Riverside - 96 owners, $3.0M
Central Coast
- Santa Barbara - 102 owners, $3.0M
Source: California State Controller unclaimed property file, records of $500 and up, dated November 4, 2026. Open records only (no claim pending or paid), owner address in California, owner = name + ZIP code, business-type names only, government names removed, owners whose records total $10,000 or more. RecoverOwed computation; classifying owners by name pattern is approximate. No individual owner is named on this site. City figures use our second pass (see the data page).