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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
2021 Small Business Profile REGULATION RESEARCH OUTREACH
Colorado
674,741 small businesses 1.2 million small business employees
99.5 percent of Colorado businesses 48.0 percent of Colorado employees
Percent
100
75
50
25
0
Share of employees working at small businesses by county
Source of data: Statistics of US Businesses (Census)
Business dynamics
Establishments
Between March 2019 and March Thousands of establishments
2020, 23,716 Colorado 20
establishments opened and 22,460 10 Openings Net change
closed, for a net increase of 1,256

0
Employment expanded at 40,449 Closings
-10
and contracted at 39,512. Small
-20
businesses accounted for 23,525
openings and 22,249 closings. 2000 2010 2020
Employment
Opening and expanding Colorado Thousands of jobs
establishments added 262,880 jobs,
while closing and contracting 200 Gains
Net change
establishments lost 237,683, for a net 0
increase of 25,197 jobs. Small
Losses
businesses contributed a net -200
increase of 25,126 jobs, or 99.7
percent of that total. 2000 2010 2020
Counts include temporary closures and reopenings
Source: Business Employment
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Dynamics (BLS)
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Small business loans
The Community Reinvestment Act New lending to businesses with revenues under $1 million
requires large banks to report new $Billion
small business loans. In 2019, reporting
banks issued $2.0 billion in loans to
Colorado businesses with revenues of 2
$1 million or less. Total reported new
lending to businesses through loans of
$100,000 or less was $2.2 billion, and 1
total reported new lending to
businesses through loans of $1 million
or less was $5.3 billion. 0
Source: CRA Aggregate
gg g Data (FFIEC) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Small business count by size and industry
No 1–19 20–499 All small
Industry employees employees employees businesses
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 93,553 23,011 1,555 118,119
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 67,330 10,375 389 78,094
Construction 58,564 17,345 1,495 77,404
Other Services (except Public Administration) 48,376 12,568 983 61,927
Retail Trade 39,729 10,831 1,172 51,732
Health Care and Social Assistance 36,115 11,737 1,640 49,492
Transportation and Warehousing 45,167 2,758 362 48,287
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 39,922 7,033 906 47,861
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 33,009 2,555 326 35,890
Finance and Insurance 15,279 5,569 392 21,240
Educational Services 17,800 2,098 422 20,320
Accommodation and Food Services 8,545 7,645 2,822 19,012
Manufacturing 7,607 3,755 866 12,228
Wholesale Trade 6,830 4,398 910 12,138
Information 7,938 1,749 310 9,997
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 5,000 329 17 5,346
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 4,227 790 149 5,166
Utilities 308 149 44 501
Management of Companies and Enterprises * 116 264 380
Industries not classified * 226 1 227
Total 535,299 124,952 14,490 674,741
* Not reported by the Census Bureau
Sources: Nonemployery Statistics, 2018 (Census); Statistics of US Businesses, 2018 (Census)
Small business exports
A total of 5,921 identified firms exported goods worth $7.7 billion from Colorado in 2019

Of those exporters, 5,163—or 87.2 percent—were small. Small firms exported goods worth
$2.1 billion, making up 26.9 percent of exports by identified firms

Source: A profile of US importing and exporting companies, 2018–2019 (Census)
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Business ownership share by demographic group
Women
Workers Women made up 46.1 percent
of workers and owned
Ownership 44.5 percent of businesses

Veterans
Workers Veterans made up 6.3 percent
of workers and owned
Ownership 7.4 percent of businesses

Hispanics
Workers Hispanics made up 19.8 percent
of workers and owned
Ownership 11.1 percent of businesses

Racial minorities
Workers Racial minorities made up 12.1
percent of workers and owned
Ownership 7.4 percent of businesses

Ownership shares include equal and majority ownership
Sources of data: American Community Survey, 2018 (Census and IPUMS); Annual Business Survey, 2018 (Census);
Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics, 2017 (Census)
Business count by owner demographic group
Without With
Ownership employees employees Total
Female 214,000 30,479 244,479
Male 274,000 79,111 353,111
Owned equally by both groups 18,000 20,460 38,460
Veteran 33,000 8,229 41,229
Not veteran 470,000 119,021 589,021
Owned equally by both groups 3,100 2,802 5,902
Hispanic 61,500 6,539 68,039
Not Hispanic 443,000 122,181 565,181
Owned equally by both groups 1,400 1,334 2,734
American Indian and Alaska Native 1,600 838 2,438
Asian 18,500 6,515 25,015
Black or African American 18,000 * *
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 550 * *
White 467,000 121,868 588,868
Hispanic or racial minority 96,000 14,985 110,985
White and not Hispanic 408,000 113,144 521,144
Owned equally by both groups 2,100 1,926 4,026
* Not reported by the Census Bureau; counts include only businesses classifiable by owner demographic group
Sources: Annual Business Survey, 2018 (Census); Nonemployer
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y Demographics, 2017 (Census)
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Total Colorado employment by business size
Source of data: Statistics of US Businesses (Census)
Million G
Colorado small business
2.0 employment grew by 42.2
percent between 1994
1.5 500 employees or more
and 2018, which
exceeded the national
1.0
100 to 499 small business
0.5 20 to 99 employment growth rate

fewer than 20 G
0.0
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Small business employment and payroll by industry
Employers Employment Payroll ($1,000s)
Industry Small % Small % Small %
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 24,566 98.0 117,494 58.3 9,145,003 51.3
Construction 18,840 99.2 135,997 79.5 7,891,746 73.5
Other Services (except Public Administration) 13,551 98.8 89,339 79.9 3,052,424 76.4
Health Care and Social Assistance 13,377 98.3 157,407 49.5 6,841,413 41.7
Retail Trade 12,003 96.4 99,527 35.6 3,528,608 39.6
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 10,764 98.4 33,104 68.8 1,802,914 68.4
Accommodation and Food Services 10,467 97.5 182,563 61.1 3,870,839 59.2
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 7,939 95.7 73,962 28.0 3,175,864 24.6
Finance and Insurance 5,961 94.0 31,667 27.2 2,507,664 24.4
Wholesale Trade 5,308 90.8 48,984 46.9 3,058,694 36.7
Manufacturing 4,621 94.6 62,319 49.7 3,175,839 41.0
Transportation and Warehousing 3,120 92.9 23,477 29.9 1,051,692 24.5
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 2,881 97.9 29,510 50.4 1,160,248 56.9
Educational Services 2,520 97.6 31,699 60.0 1,059,312 59.2
Information 2,059 89.4 23,630 24.5 1,928,369 21.6
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 939 92.0 10,664 43.3 1,148,070 42.8
Management of Companies and Enterprises 380 53.7 7,006 11.5 725,605 11.1
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 346 98.9 1,778 96.0 76,519 94.1
Industries not classified 227 100.0 224 100.0 9,811 100.0
Utilities 193 90.6 3,235 31.6 309,427 30.8
Total 139,442 97.6 1,163,586 48.0 55,520,061 41.5
Source: Statistics of US Businesses, 2018 (Census)
About this profile
Small businesses are defined here as firms with fewer than 500 employees. Figures and statistics may
incorporate approximations because of missing or otherwise problematic data. Data analyzed here
predate the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts of which have differed by industry, geography, and
demographic group. More information about the impacts of the pandemic, electronic versions of these
and other ggeographic
g pp pprofiles, and additional resources are available at http://advocacy.sba.gov

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Small business loans The Community Reinvestment Act New lending to businesses with revenues under $1 million requires large banks to report new small business loans. In 2019, reporting banks issued $2.0 billion in loans to Colorado businesses with revenues of $1 million or less. Total reported new lending to businesses through loans of

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