Browse The Sacramento Business Directory

California’s capital city is Sacramento, home of 475,743 people, residing in what has been called one of the ‘most livable cities’ in America. It is the largest city in the Central Valley of California. The city itself is on the Sacramento River and is south of the American River. John Sutter, of Gold Rush fame, built a fort in 1839 and the city grew from there. Its climate is considered Mediterranean, which means that it has wet and cool winters and hot and dry summers; winter ranges from the 70's Fahrenheit during the day into the 40's at night and summer highs can reach mid 90's with evenings remaining cool. It is a city with a diverse population. People from almost every ethnic background live here.

The economic makeup of the city is primarily government, but there are its many universities and colleges (Sacramento State, National U. of California, Alliant International University, University of Sacramento and University of California-Davis), and various businesses driving the economy of the city. A thumb-through of the local business directory will provide the names of shops, restaurants and businesses that create the revenues of the city.

Sacramento is a city that has a diverse number of interesting activities and historic sites to keep its residents and visitors busy, all listed in the California yellow pages. It has professional and semi-professional sports teams (the Kings and Monarchs – NBA and WNBA, football, tennis, soccer and more) and all sorts of water sports; museums (the Crocker Art Museum, the California Museum of History, Women and the Arts, California Railroad Museum, and many others); music (the Philharmonic, the Youth Symphony, Jazz Jubilee are among the organizations and events); theatre (The Sacramento Convention Center, the Community Center Theatre, the Ballet and many more theatrical venues and groups); parks and gardens.