BUSINESS TRENDS

United Yellow Pages has issued this comparison of its 1979 and 1989 Westside listings. Although the numbers presumably represent only a portion of each type of business on the Westside, they give some indication of changes and trends. Areas covered are Beverly Hills, Culver City and most parts of Los Angeles west of La Cienega Boulevard. Santa Monica, Venice, Pacific Palisades and Marina del Rey are not included.

1979 1989 Restaurants 295 515 Messenger services 19 36 Self-service storage facilities 14 19 Occult supplies 2 0 Bicycles 29 19 Jewelers (retail) 157 119 Security equip. & systems 17 38 Ornamental iron (security bars) 10 23 Photofinishers (retail) 31 60 Mobile telephone equip. 0 18 Facsimile communications equipment 0 13 Facsimile transmission services 0 18 Telephone equipment and repair 9 28 Video recorders 14 26 Computers 42 327

SOURCE: United Yellow Pages study