Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping retail in San Diego. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
28 of 458 tracked companies have open roles.
73 of 458 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 84 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 48.8% of disclosed capital, while 84.1% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $43.93M | 19 | 12 |
| 2017 | $58.86M | 33 | 5 |
| 2018 | $109.87M | 26 | 5 |
| 2019 | $79.22M | 25 | 10 |
| 2020 | $59.76M | 24 | 4 |
| 2021 | $170.22M | 23 | 8 |
| 2022 | $63.39M | 18 | 11 |
| 2023 | $21.94M | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | $1.39M | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | $2.96M | 1 | 2 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
107 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in retail company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Novo Holdings and Viking Global Investors and others.
Backed by Casdin Capital and Viking Global Investors and others.
Backed by Bright Capital and VantagePoint Capital Partners and others.
Backed by Waste Management and VantagePoint Capital Partners and others.
Backed by Left Lane Capital and Longley Capital and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Weston Presidio and Camelot Venture Group and others.
Backed by Primus Capital.
Backed by New Ground Ventures and CVC JAPAN and others.
Backed by Blue Chip Venture and Sequoia Capital.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 1 reporting entities from 3 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not San Diego market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 1 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 1 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PriceSmart ↗1041803 | $5,270.1m | $147.9m | +2.8% | — | — |
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Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.
| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.
Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the San Diego companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
13 of the 458 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.8%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 380,447 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petcopetco.com | 16,191,054 | 75 | 85.9% |
| GovXgovx.com | 3,992,213 | 61 | 73.4% |
| Blue Mountainbluemountain.com | 797,494 | 51 | 67.6% |
| Shari\'s Berries Internationalberries.com | 488,753 | 58 | 78.6% |
| Blenders Eyewearblenderseyewear.com | 469,722 | 47 | 72.2% |
| Rylee and Cruryleeandcru.com | 381,320 | 44 | 81.8% |
| Clearstemclearstem.com | 380,447 | 39 | 83.7% |
| Lively Rootlivelyroot.com | 321,157 | 48 | 74.9% |
| Mor Furnituremorfurniture.com | 243,913 | 40 | 79.9% |
| Blindsgaloreblindsgalore.com | 208,086 | 40 | 69.2% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
32 of these companies (7%) publish at least one Android app — 44 apps in all, carrying 9.7M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petco: The Pet Parents PartnerPetco | 3.5M | 3.8 | Shopping |
| PetDesk - Pet Health RemindersPetDesk | 3.1M | 4.8 | Lifestyle |
| PriceSmart AppPriceSmart | 2.2M | 2 | Business |
| Personal CreationsPersonal Creation Weddings | 216K | 4.8 | Shopping |
| Blue Mountain EcardsBlue Mountain | 149.6K | 4.5 | Lifestyle |
| Wildlink - 1-Tap CashbackWildlink | 143.5K | 3.8 | Tools |
| Stemoscope: Digital StethoscopStemoscope | 95K | 2.9 | Health & Fitness |
| Atos BJJ On DemandAtos BJJ OnDemand | 50.6K | 4.9 | Sports |
| GoSiteGoSite | 38.9K | 3.7 | Business |
| Ollie for Meals: Meal PlanningOllie AI | 34.9K | 3.6 | Health & Fitness |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q2–2025Q4).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Chains | 2 | 5.8M | Petco: The Pet Parents Partner 3.5M | |
| Local Services | 6 | 3.1M | PetDesk - Pet Health Reminders 3.1M | |
| Sme Business Management Software | 6 | 3.1M | PetDesk Scribe 453 | |
| Online Gifting | 2 | 365.6K | Personal Creations 216K | |
| Coupons And Deals | 3 | 164.6K | Wildlink - 1-Tap Cashback 143.5K | |
| Wearable Technology | 3 | 99.6K | Stemoscope: Digital Stethoscop 95K | |
| E-Commerce Enablers | 9 | 52.4K | GoSite 38.9K | |
| Home Improvements | 3 | 44.2K | Ollie for Meals: Meal Planning 34.9K |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 44 of 44 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
11 companies hiring · $342.91M disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
ProSites, a veterinary marketing services provider backed by Rockbridge Growth Equity, acquired GeniusVets, a veterinary digital engagement services provider.
TOOTRiS acquires WorkLife Systems, a trusted software solution provider to the nonprofit for more than two decades.
On Tuesday, the French champion of surveys and market research finalized the acquisition of its competitor BVA.
DutyCast, which uses AI to help companies comply with trade-related regulations, policies and tariffs, has secured a strategic investment from GTR Ventures (GTRV) and a group of logistics-focused angel investors.
According to Petco's latest statement on Dec. 3, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and BofA Securities will serve as joint lead book runners for the proposed offering.
Recently launched Yummers announced Oct. 6 it has raised $6.3 million in a seed funding round led by L Catterton and other investors.
SAN DIEGO , April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceSmart, Inc. ("PriceSmart" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PSMT ), a leading operator of membership warehouse clubs in Central America , the Caribbean , and Colombia , today announced the release of its Fiscal Year 2025 Sustainability Report, outlining continued progress across environmental, social, and governance priorities across its operations in the United States , 12 countries, and one U.S. territory.
Nitches -$2.84 million
According to the Finance Sector Union (FSU), since Resolution Life Australia and MLC Life officially merged at the end of 2025, Acenda implemented multiple rounds of job cuts affecting about 280 roles that sat across every department.
Top 10 categories among 82 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO1 reports
2 tracked people moves
Appointment Board Member of PriceSmart
Promotion Chief Operating Officer
1 companies with reported reductions
280 rolesbusiness restructuring
2 tracked suits
Receivership proceedingCivil · Filed
Bankruptcy proceeding under Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency ActRegulatory · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 39 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| ipsos→bva ↗ | Completed | 2026-01-22 | Not stated in snapshot |
| ipsos→bva ↗ | Completed | 2026-01-22 | Not stated in snapshot |
| prosites→GeniusVets ↗ | Completed | 2025-12-30 | Not stated in snapshot |
| lifelearn→GeniusVets ↗ | Announced | 2025-12-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
| TOOTRiS→WorkLife Systems | Announced | 2025-08-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| ipsos→bva ↗ | Completed | 2025-06-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
2,440 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 3,596-posting snapshot covers 31 employers.
1 tracked postings mention remote work.
744 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 3,596 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 589 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| PriceSmart ↗ | 11,000 |
| road runner sports ↗ | 656 |
| event network ↗ | 591 |
| TradeBeyond ↗ | 210 |
| Creative Force ↗ | 129 |
| Miva ↗ | 108 |
| GovX ↗ | 95 |
| bva ↗ | 87 |
228 founders and chief executives across 176 companies.
Biocom, ex-Gt Life Sciences, UC San Diego, 2000
Tba, ex-Kopari Beauty, ex-Spectrum Salon Services, University of San Diego, 1996
Ex-NCR Corporation, Promethean, Altisource. University of Mumbai BE, Electronics Engineering .
Holland & Barrett, LetterOne, ex-CEO Home Retail Group, MD Argos, Activeion Cleaning Solutions
Ex-Founder theLIFT, With.Me.
Metagenics, Kirkland's, Milani Cosmetics, Daasity. University of Colorado Boulder BA, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business MBA
Creative Force, ex-Pixelz, ex-Mcb, Design Seminariet, 2003
Petdesk, ex-Ascendix Technologies, ex-Locai, University of Notre Dame, 2002
Ex- Brand Value Accelerator, Pixafy, Magento, Web Design.
Co-Founder Koda Labs, Director Sony Music Entertainment, Conde Nast. University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business 2009
Evonexus, ex-Sensenav, ex-Estard Software, Evropejs'kij Universitet Financiv, Informacijnih Sistem, Menedment ta Bisnesu, Kiiv, 2005
Stanford University Graduate School of Business 2015
17 profiles with education records.
4 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
12,061 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Retail coverage tagged San Diego · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 3,002 |
| 2021Q3 | 3,092 |
| 2021Q4 | 2,193 |
| 2022Q1 | 2,802 |
| 2022Q2 | 2,774 |
| 2022Q3 | 2,568 |
| 2022Q4 | 2,644 |
| 2023Q1 | 3,116 |
| 2023Q2 | 3,140 |
| 2023Q3 | 3,066 |
| 2023Q4 | 3,468 |
| 2024Q1 | 3,596 |
| 2024Q2 | 3,417 |
| 2024Q3 | 3,931 |
| 2024Q4 | 3,332 |
| 2025Q1 | 5,933 |
| 2025Q2 | 3,421 |
| 2025Q3 | 4,197 |
| 2025Q4 | 2,870 |
| 2026Q1 | 3,259 |
| 2026Q2 | 1,735 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
145 recorded company events across 11 companies; percentages use that event total.
Retail coverage tagged San Diego · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
United States comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 3,925 | 1,959 | 100% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 2,923 | 1,636 | 79% |
| oil price volatility | 2,735 | 1,132 | 142% |
| etf trading | 2,715 | 1,176 | 131% |
| etfs | 2,280 | 974 | 134% |
| sector etfs | 2,163 | 930 | 133% |
| symphonic rock pieces | 2,128 | 10 | 21180% |
| etf products | 2,078 | 849 | 145% |
| etf structures | 1,983 | 832 | 138% |
| ncaa updates | 1,871 | 1,234 | 52% |
| tariff negotiations | 13,164 | 22,162 | -41% |
| free trade deals | 5,544 | 9,018 | -39% |
| stock price | 2,717 | 4,098 | -34% |
| trade enforcement | 2,165 | 3,485 | -38% |
| economic slowdown | 1,851 | 3,369 | -45% |
United States comparison coverage
territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations
38.6% critical · 23.8% positiveinflation reports fx, trade deficits fx, gdp growth forex
39.2% critical · 43.3% positivegdp growth forex, earnings report, inflation reports fx
32.0% critical · 44.3% positiveRetail coverage tagged San Diego. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 2 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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