New-business filings indicate potential for more jobs in Colorado

DENVER — New-business filings exhibited strong growth year-over-year at the end of the second quarter, raising future employment expectations, according to a report compiled by the University of Colorado for Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams.

The report — prepared by CU Boulder’s Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business using data from the secretary of state’s business registry — looks at a variety of metrics, including new-business filings, business renewals, construction and the unemployment rate, both in Colorado and nationally.

“New-entity filing continued an upward trajectory, which is good news for our state,”…