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Colorado business formation statistics and new entity filings, courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
Colorado business formation statistics and new entity filings, courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
Colorado new business filings rise 25.5% in second quarter
ColoradoBiz Staff //August 11, 2026//
In Brief:
- Colorado‘s new entity filings reached 64,243 in Q2
- New filings up 25.5% year over year
- Existing entity renewals declined 1.2% year over year
- Colorado employment increased 1% year over year in June
New business filings in Colorado increased 25.5% from a year earlier in the second quarter of 2026, according to a report released Aug. 11 by the University of Colorado Boulder and the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
The state recorded 64,243 new entity filings, up 17.6% from the first quarter. Filings typically decline during the second quarter.
Other filing measures were mixed. Existing entity renewals totaled 187,691, down 1.2% from a year earlier. Businesses in good standing increased 3.9%, while delinquencies rose 9.9%. Dissolutions increased 5.7% year over year but declined 14.3% from the previous quarter.
“We view new filings as a signal of entrepreneurship, businesses in good standing as a barometer of business health, and delinquencies as an indicator of business strain,” said Brian Lewandowski, executive director of the Leeds Business Research Division.
Colorado employment increased 1% year over year in June, adding 22,900 jobs and ranking eighth nationally for growth. Education and health services, leisure and hospitality and construction recorded the largest percentage gains. Information, mining and financial activities posted the largest percentage declines.
The state’s labor force declined 2% from a year earlier. Colorado’s labor force participation rate was 65.6% in June, the ninth highest nationally, but the state’s second-lowest rate in the series’ 50-year history.
Colorado’s real gross domestic product increased 2.7% year over year in the first quarter. It grew at an annualized rate of 1.4% from the previous quarter.
Consumer prices in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area increased 5% year over year in May, the highest rate since September 2023. Core inflation was 4.7%. National consumer prices increased 3.5% year over year in June.
The Leeds Business Research Division produces the Quarterly Business & Economic Indicators report for the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
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