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Colorado Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Colorado. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 64 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Highest application counties

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Colorado counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Denver County30,899+28.7%21.5%
2Arapahoe County17,176+4.1%11.9%
3El Paso County16,529+5.4%11.5%
4Jefferson County12,541+9.9%8.7%
5Adams County10,612+5.9%7.4%
6Boulder County9,012-15.1%6.3%
7Douglas County7,920+5.0%5.5%
8Larimer County6,980+11.0%4.9%
9Weld County6,381+8.8%4.4%
10Pueblo County2,932+31.2%2.0%
11Mesa County2,745+8.7%1.9%
12Garfield County1,673+13.2%1.2%
13Broomfield County1,576+4.0%1.1%
14Eagle County1,421+2.2%1.0%
15La Plata County1,364+11.6%0.9%
16Montrose County1,022+3.1%0.7%
17Summit County818+0.5%0.6%
18Pitkin County807+21.0%0.6%
19Routt County707+2.0%0.5%
20Fremont County693+9.3%0.5%
21Elbert County665+2.6%0.5%
22Delta County643+13.6%0.4%
23Chaffee County623+8.0%0.4%
24Teller County601+9.1%0.4%
25Gunnison County470+6.1%0.3%
26Morgan County446+10.1%0.3%
27Park County444+20.3%0.3%
28Grand County441+14.2%0.3%
29Montezuma County441+18.2%0.3%
30Archuleta County384+9.4%0.3%
31Lake County334+40.9%0.2%
32Alamosa County330+26.9%0.2%
33Moffat County301+34.4%0.2%
34San Miguel County299+19.6%0.2%
35Las Animas County267+18.1%0.2%
36Logan County267+3.9%0.2%
37Otero County243+22.1%0.2%
38Clear Creek County229+13.9%0.2%
39Prowers County210+32.9%0.1%
40Rio Grande County205+27.3%0.1%
41Huerfano County204+5.7%0.1%
42Yuma County186+5.7%0.1%
43Saguache County174+32.8%0.1%
44Custer County150+11.9%0.1%
45Conejos County142+97.2%0.1%
46Ouray County132+3.9%0.1%
47Kit Carson County128-0.8%0.1%
48Gilpin County124+6.9%0.1%
49Rio Blanco County119+19.0%0.1%
50Costilla County94+54.1%0.1%
51Phillips County87+38.1%0.1%
52Washington County84+47.4%0.1%
53Lincoln County78-2.5%0.1%
54Bent County64+48.8%0.0%
55Dolores County62+169.6%0.0%
56Jackson County56+250.0%0.0%
57Crowley County52+10.6%0.0%
58Baca County50+8.7%0.0%
59Sedgwick County400.0%0.0%
60San Juan County34+36.0%0.0%
61Cheyenne County310.0%0.0%
62Kiowa County27+42.1%0.0%
63Hinsdale County21-16.0%0.0%
64Mineral County21-12.5%0.0%