Oakland Has 12 Percent Of SF Businesses But More Bankruptcies Between 2021-2026 Yet Can Help Them Oakland Has 12 Percent Of SF Businesses But More Bankruptcies Between 2021-2026 Yet Can Help Them It’s no secret that the Pandemic has been damaging to the lifespan of businesses in America, and fewer places have been impacted by it more than the cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. But since Oakland is a smaller city than San Francisco in terms of total population with 426,000 people versus approximately 826,000 for SF, one would guess that it has a smaller number of businesses and thus a smaller number of businesses that have filed for bankruptcy. A look at local business data between 2021 and 2026 shows that’s not the case: Oakland has more businesses that have filed for bankruptcy over that period of time than in San Francisco. A Zennie62Media, Inc. analysis of data shows that a total of 893 businesses in Oakland filed for bankruptcy ...