Regional Economics
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Every Business Formation Spike in Colorado Springs Traces to One Suite Number
A single commercial registered-agent suite on Kelly Johnson Blvd is the principal address on 4,495 El Paso County entities. Strip it out and the monthly formation series goes completely flat. No wrongdoing, just a measurement problem hiding in a public statistic.
Regional Economics
Nearly a Third of Colorado Springs Private Jobs Are in Sectors Whose Real Wage Went Nowhere
Between 2014 and 2025, five private sectors holding 76,332 El Paso County jobs saw their average real wage stall or fall. Health care, the county's largest private employer, gained $23 a week in eleven years.
Regional Economics
The Only Part of the Colorado Springs Job Market Still Growing Is Health Care
One in five new Colorado Springs jobs over the last decade was in health care, and for the last two years it is the only part of the market still growing. A QCEW data brief on the sector carrying the county, and the paychecks that stood still.
Regional Economics
What Counts as a Closed Business?
An economic brief I published rests on a single number. The query was six lines. The hard part was deciding what "closed" and "in the county" actually mean across 1.5 million messy public records.
Regional Economics
The One Number That Shows Colorado Springs' Business Engine Stalled in 2024
For a decade, Colorado Springs started about four businesses for every one that closed. In 2024 that ratio fell to 2.53 to 1, its lowest on record. Here is what the Secretary of State filings show, and why the closures landed where they did.
Regional Economics