For Brands & Businesses

Southern California Sponsorship Opportunities

8 counties. One agreement. One invoice. One report.

For brands buying across Southern California, we consolidate sponsorship placements at youth leagues, high school athletic programs, community nonprofits, and parks & recreation departments into a single managed program — with standardized activations and consistent reporting across every market.

The Southern California Market
Regional Reach at a Glance
Regional Population
22.5M
Southern California — 8 counties across 7 market pages.
Source: California Department of Finance, E-2 County Population Estimates, July 2025
Estimated Youth Sports Participants
1.96M
Ages 6–17 playing organized sports.
Zubie Five estimate — county population × ages 6–17 share × Project Play participation rate
Estimated Community Reach
5.88M
Participants plus immediate family.
Zubie Five estimate — participants × 3.0 household factor

These figures are the combined totals of our Southern California market pages, not an additional audience. Each county below has its own page with local detail.


What We Found
Youth Sports and Sponsorship in Southern California

Each item below comes from a public source, linked on the card. We add to this list only when we can cite it.

Venues & access

An analysis reported by Hoodline in July 2026 found Greater Los Angeles added more than 1,000 soccer fields since 2014, but access is uneven: in Culver City more than 1,800 children share three soccer fields, and in one Boyle Heights ZIP code a single pitch is shared by more than 7,300 kids.

School sports

The California Interscholastic Federation reports a record 821,586 student-athletes in education-based athletics for 2024-25, up 1.8% from the prior year and above the previous record set in 2020. Girls' participation rose 3.1%, and girls' flag football grew 84% to 19,921 participants in its second season as a CIF-sanctioned sport.


What's Included
The 8 Counties in This Program

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CountyPopulationParticipantsMarket Page
Los Angeles9.85M857KLos Angeles →
Riverside + San Bernardino4.70M409KInland Empire →
San Diego3.33M290KSan Diego →
Orange3.17M276KOrange County →
Ventura828K72KVentura County →
Santa Barbara445K39KSanta Barbara →
Imperial186K16KImperial County →
Total22.5M1.96M

Kern County is served separately and is not included in this program.


Why It Works
Why Local Placement Beats Regional Buying

In the January 2026 Priority Partnerships / YouGov Sport study, 81% of youth sports parents were likely to pay attention to a brand sponsoring their own child's program. For a youth sports program with no connection to their family, that figure was 61%.

That 20-point gap is the reason we place regionally but sell locally. You get one agreement covering the region, and inside it, placements at the specific programs where your customers' kids actually play.

Source: Priority Partnerships / YouGov Sport, January 2026 study (via Youth Sports Business Report)


The Process
How a Regional Program Works
  • We source and vet the organizations across every county, matched to your target audience and footprint
  • Standardized activation menu — the same placement types priced consistently in every market
  • Category exclusivity managed across the program, not negotiated org by org
  • One agreement, one invoice — not dozens
  • One performance report covering the full program, with dated placement photos and counted attendance from every organization

Complete Transparency
How Managed Market Programs Work

For multi-organization programs, we work directly with the brand, and the organizations in the program are never billed by us. Managed Market Programs are priced as a flat program fee rather than a commission, scoped to your campaign after a conversation about the markets, organizations, and workload involved. This is a coordination fee paid to Zubie Five on top of what you pay each participating organization — it is never deducted from an organization's sponsorship payment.

We are never paid by both sides of the same deal. You'll know in writing which arrangement applies before anything is signed.

See how organization-side commissions work →


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Regional Program Inquiry

Tell Us Your Southern California Footprint

Give us your target audience, your markets, and your budget, and we'll tell you what's available and what it costs. If a single-market placement is a better fit than a regional program, we'll say so.

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