SMALL BUSINESSES BY INDUSTRY
Table 2: Colorado Small Businesses by Industry and Firm Size, 2015
Industry
1-499 Employees
1-20 Employees Nonemployer
Total Small Firms
Firms
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 23,376 21,964 83,914 107,290
Construction 16,787 15,495 53,643 70,430
Other Services (except Public Administration) 12,683 11,758 58,208 70,891
Health Care and Social Assistance 12,627 11,130 33,084 45,711
Retail Trade 11,897 10,791 37,696 49,593
Accommodation and Food Services 9,776 7,177 5,870 15,646
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 8,971 8,613 61,846 70,817
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 7,446 6,597 32,994 40,440
Finance and Insurance 5,789 5,389 15,632 21,421
Wholesale Trade 5,377 4,470 7,317 12,694
Manufacturing 4,577 3,722 7,747 12,324
Transportation and Warehousing 3,032 2,673 23,159 26,191
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 2,566 2,283 28,393 30,959
Educational Services 2,309 1,924 15,725 18,034
Information 1,736 1,469 7,408 9,144
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 1,101 926 3,756 4,857
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing and Hunting 326 314 4,090 4,416
Utilities 190 148 365 555
Total 130,648 117,198 480,847 611,495
Figure 4 and Tables 1 and 2 display data from the 2015 SUSB. Table 2 includes additional data from the 2015 Nonemployer Statistics (NES).
REFERENCES
The Small Business Profiles, source data, and methodology are available at https://go.usa.gov/xQT4w.
ASE Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, US Census Bureau
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce
BDM Business Employment Dynamics, BLS
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor
CPS Current Population Survey, BLS
FDIC Call Reports, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
ITA International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce
NES Nonemployer Statistics, US Census Bureau
SBO Survey of Business Owners, US Census Bureau
SUSB Statistics of US Businesses, US Census Bureau
SBA Office of Advocacy 28 Colorado Small Business Profile, 2018