Book retailers & news dealers in Colorado 147 establishments · 1,520 employees · 2024
Firms (CO)
147
Employment
1,520
Avg Annual Pay
$47,580
State Rank
#18 of 52
How Colorado compares to national
Metric
Colorado
National
Colorado vs. U.S.
Establishments
147
7,900
1.9% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$47,580
$31,213
+$16,367 (+52.4%)
Location quotient
0.90
1.00
10% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
10.3
8.4
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Year-over-year firm growth
-9.8%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.90 means book retailers & news dealers are 10% under-represented in Colorado's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 459210. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json