General auto repair in Colorado 1,448 establishments · 7,940 employees · 2024
Firms (CO)
1,448
Employment
7,940
Avg Annual Pay
$66,739
State Rank
#22 of 52
How Colorado compares to national
Metric
Colorado
National
Colorado vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,448
86,232
1.7% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$66,739
$57,862
+$8,877 (+15.3%)
Location quotient
0.81
1.00
19% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
5.5
4.6
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Year-over-year firm growth
-5.1%
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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 0.81 means general auto repair are 19% 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 811111. 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