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New entity filings in Q2 2024 decreased 21.7% year-over-year and 4.7% quarter-over-quarter. Business filing renewals were also down for the quarter. Colorado’s labor market remained tight in the second quarter. Colorado’s job opening rate ranked 15th-highest nationally in May, and the ratio of job openings to the number of unemployed...

Download Colorado Business Review, Issue 2, 2024 Heading into 2024, the Colorado Business Economic Outlook estimating committees projected job growth of 41,900 jobs. At a meeting held in early June, the chairs of the 14 Colorado Business Economic Outlook committees deliberated on the headwinds and tailwinds for each industry. The...

Download The Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) Q3 2024 Business confidence was tempered but positive in Colorado ahead of Q3. All components of the Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) posted year-over-year gains ahead of Q3 2024, but all components slipped from Q2 to Q3. Across the array of reasons given...

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Download The Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) Q2 2024 Business confidence is on the rise in Colorado. Every component of the Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) increased ahead of Q2 2024, and all components moved into positive territory. Across the array of reasons given to explain their outlook, general economic...

Download Colorado Business Review, Issue 1, 2024 Employment in Colorado is estimated to have increased 2.2%, or 64,500 jobs, in 2023 once data revisions take effect in March 2024, pushing the economy to new peaks. Colorado will sustain job growth in 2024 despite a slowing economy, increasing another 41,900 (1.4%)...

Download The Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) Q1 2024 Entering 2024, business confidence remains suppressed but is on the rise. Nearly every component of the Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) increased ahead of Q1 and Q2 2024. There was less consensus about the reasons for their outlook compared to the...

Colorado’s business leaders have maintained a gloomy outlook throughout the uneven road back from the pandemic-driven recession.

The economy continues to take sideways steps emerging from the pandemic. For every bit of good news—like the state's persistent jobs recovery or better-than-expected record of new entities forming—there remain stubborn headwinds related to inflation, rising interest rates and more. Report summary Download full report Business Research Division

Here's a preview of what to expect at the Business Economic Outlook Forum on Dec. 5 in Denver.