# Employer firms in Colorado

Employer firms in Colorado was 127,843 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-08`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/colorado
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/colorado.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-08

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 127,843 |
| 2022 | 127,773 |
| 2021 | 125,816 |
| 2020 | 122,309 |
| 2019 | 121,912 |
| 2018 | 120,242 |
| 2017 | 118,012 |
| 2016 | 115,786 |
| 2015 | 113,172 |
| 2014 | 110,986 |
| 2013 | 108,949 |
| 2012 | 107,375 |
| 2011 | 106,385 |
| 2010 | 106,694 |
| 2009 | 108,704 |
| 2008 | 111,758 |
| 2007 | 112,049 |
| 2006 | 110,015 |
| 2005 | 106,937 |
| 2004 | 104,204 |
| 2003 | 102,361 |
| 2002 | 100,738 |
| 2001 | 100,135 |
| 2000 | 98,332 |
| 1999 | 96,486 |
| 1998 | 94,569 |
| 1997 | 91,834 |
| 1996 | 89,456 |
| 1995 | 87,274 |
| 1994 | 83,434 |
| 1993 | 79,408 |
| 1992 | 75,467 |
| 1991 | 73,801 |
| 1990 | 72,371 |
| 1989 | 70,857 |
| 1988 | 70,349 |
| 1987 | 70,190 |
| 1986 | 70,193 |
| 1985 | 69,713 |
| 1984 | 68,517 |
| 1983 | 64,865 |
| 1982 | 63,007 |
| 1981 | 61,978 |
| 1980 | 60,585 |
| 1979 | 58,728 |
| 1978 | 56,022 |