The Daily Sun-Up Colorado business numbers from 2025 rolling in
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Jan 27, 2026 Tamara Chung, a Colorado Sun business reporter who covers state business, commercial real estate and housing markets. She walks through year-end business filings and what reaching 1 million registered businesses means. She explains the mismatch between GDP gains and job growth. She breaks down Denver’s soaring downtown office vacancy and the metro apartment oversupply driving rents down.
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Colorado Tops One Million Registered Businesses
- Colorado hit more than 1 million registered businesses in 2025, a 9.2% increase from the prior year.
- 'Good standing' only means filings are current and does not validate a business's legitimacy.
Verify Businesses Beyond The Registry
- Be cautious when relying solely on the Secretary of State registry to assess a business's legitimacy.
- Check additional sources and red flags because the registry does not vet firms and has handled thousands of fraud complaints.
Renewals Lag Behind New Registrations
- About 750,000 businesses renewed last year, leaving roughly 250,000 that did not renew on time.
- That gap suggests many registrants may be dormant, delinquent, or otherwise inactive despite staying on the registry.