# Employer firm births in Colorado

Employer firm births in Colorado was 11,839 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-08`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Note: A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_fa.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_fa.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-08

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,839 |
| 2022 | 12,359 |
| 2021 | 12,038 |
| 2020 | 11,380 |
| 2019 | 11,580 |
| 2018 | 11,402 |
| 2017 | 11,118 |
| 2016 | 11,022 |
| 2015 | 10,469 |
| 2014 | 9,883 |
| 2013 | 9,447 |
| 2012 | 9,229 |
| 2011 | 9,064 |
| 2010 | 8,955 |
| 2009 | 9,324 |
| 2008 | 11,325 |
| 2007 | 12,164 |
| 2006 | 12,521 |
| 2005 | 12,116 |
| 2004 | 11,298 |
| 2003 | 11,000 |
| 2002 | 10,582 |
| 2001 | 10,795 |
| 2000 | 10,667 |
| 1999 | 10,378 |
| 1998 | 10,908 |
| 1997 | 11,025 |
| 1996 | 10,798 |
| 1995 | 11,031 |
| 1994 | 10,631 |
| 1993 | 9,816 |
| 1992 | 8,689 |
| 1991 | 8,598 |
| 1990 | 8,458 |
| 1989 | 8,538 |
| 1988 | 8,748 |
| 1987 | 9,100 |
| 1986 | 9,523 |
| 1985 | 10,164 |
| 1984 | 10,457 |
| 1983 | 9,167 |
| 1982 | 8,935 |
| 1981 | 8,894 |
| 1980 | 8,972 |
| 1979 | 9,387 |
| 1978 | 9,890 |