# Counties in Colorado by business establishments (QCEW), 2025

All 64 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishments_qcew`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/colorado-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Denver County | 42,959 |
| 2 | Arapahoe County | 26,228 |
| 3 | El Paso County | 25,228 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 25,094 |
| 5 | Boulder County | 18,688 |
| 6 | Douglas County | 16,289 |
| 7 | Larimer County | 15,344 |
| 8 | Adams County | 14,257 |
| 9 | Weld County | 9,777 |
| 10 | Mesa County | 5,663 |
| 11 | Eagle County | 3,920 |
| 12 | Pueblo County | 3,840 |
| 13 | Broomfield County | 3,573 |
| 14 | La Plata County | 3,101 |
| 15 | Garfield County | 3,036 |
| 16 | Summit County | 2,492 |
| 17 | Routt County | 2,102 |
| 18 | Pitkin County | 2,046 |
| 19 | Montrose County | 1,737 |
| 20 | Gunnison County | 1,340 |
| 21 | Chaffee County | 1,258 |
| 22 | Fremont County | 1,118 |
| 23 | Teller County | 1,063 |
| 24 | Delta County | 1,032 |
| 25 | Montezuma County | 1,022 |
| 26 | Grand County | 994 |
| 27 | Elbert County | 888 |
| 28 | Morgan County | 887 |
| 29 | San Miguel County | 790 |
| 30 | Archuleta County | 687 |
| 30 | Park County | 687 |
| 32 | Logan County | 644 |
| 33 | Alamosa County | 626 |
| 34 | Las Animas County | 561 |
| 35 | Otero County | 508 |
| 36 | Rio Grande County | 496 |
| 37 | Moffat County | 466 |
| 38 | Yuma County | 425 |
| 39 | Clear Creek County | 404 |
| 40 | Prowers County | 392 |
| 41 | Ouray County | 388 |
| 42 | Kit Carson County | 322 |
| 43 | Lake County | 290 |
| 44 | Rio Blanco County | 266 |
| 45 | Saguache County | 232 |
| 46 | Gilpin County | 228 |
| 47 | Custer County | 210 |
| 48 | Conejos County | 200 |
| 49 | Huerfano County | 197 |
| 50 | Phillips County | 186 |
| 51 | Lincoln County | 168 |
| 52 | Washington County | 154 |
| 53 | Baca County | 123 |
| 54 | Costilla County | 116 |
| 55 | Dolores County | 98 |
| 56 | San Juan County | 96 |
| 57 | Bent County | 94 |
| 57 | Cheyenne County | 94 |
| 57 | Sedgwick County | 94 |
| 60 | Jackson County | 91 |
| 61 | Mineral County | 84 |
| 62 | Hinsdale County | 77 |
| 63 | Crowley County | 73 |
| 64 | Kiowa County | 52 |