Pikes Peak Economy
Data-driven reporting on the economy of the Pikes Peak region - Colorado Springs, El Paso County, and southern Colorado. Business formation, jobs, housing, and wages, sourced from Secretary of State filings, BLS data, and other public records.
Reported by Alex Wilson
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.
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.
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.