# Counties in Colorado by employer firms, 2023

All 64 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- 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.
- 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_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- 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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/colorado-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Denver County | 20,672 |
| 2 | Arapahoe County | 15,030 |
| 3 | El Paso County | 13,727 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 13,550 |
| 5 | Boulder County | 10,197 |
| 6 | Larimer County | 9,163 |
| 7 | Adams County | 8,373 |
| 8 | Douglas County | 7,698 |
| 9 | Weld County | 5,769 |
| 10 | Mesa County | 3,819 |
| 11 | Eagle County | 2,730 |
| 12 | Pueblo County | 2,609 |
| 13 | Garfield County | 2,117 |
| 14 | La Plata County | 2,014 |
| 15 | Broomfield County | 1,919 |
| 16 | Summit County | 1,662 |
| 17 | Routt County | 1,465 |
| 18 | Pitkin County | 1,259 |
| 19 | Montrose County | 1,228 |
| 20 | Gunnison County | 948 |
| 21 | Chaffee County | 905 |
| 22 | Fremont County | 795 |
| 23 | Grand County | 776 |
| 24 | Delta County | 707 |
| 25 | Teller County | 683 |
| 26 | Montezuma County | 652 |
| 27 | Morgan County | 614 |
| 28 | Elbert County | 575 |
| 29 | San Miguel County | 558 |
| 30 | Logan County | 478 |
| 31 | Archuleta County | 465 |
| 32 | Park County | 425 |
| 33 | Alamosa County | 411 |
| 34 | Otero County | 349 |
| 35 | Las Animas County | 325 |
| 36 | Moffat County | 323 |
| 37 | Rio Grande County | 313 |
| 38 | Prowers County | 276 |
| 39 | Clear Creek County | 275 |
| 40 | Yuma County | 274 |
| 41 | Ouray County | 262 |
| 42 | Kit Carson County | 229 |
| 43 | Lake County | 214 |
| 44 | Rio Blanco County | 168 |
| 45 | Huerfano County | 138 |
| 46 | Custer County | 137 |
| 47 | Lincoln County | 136 |
| 48 | Gilpin County | 129 |
| 49 | Phillips County | 118 |
| 50 | Saguache County | 109 |
| 51 | Conejos County | 102 |
| 52 | Washington County | 98 |
| 53 | Baca County | 70 |
| 54 | Sedgwick County | 68 |
| 55 | San Juan County | 61 |
| 56 | Dolores County | 56 |
| 57 | Jackson County | 53 |
| 58 | Bent County | 52 |
| 58 | Mineral County | 52 |
| 60 | Cheyenne County | 48 |
| 61 | Hinsdale County | 45 |
| 62 | Costilla County | 42 |
| 63 | Crowley County | 37 |
| 64 | Kiowa County | 29 |