Even with a slowdown in new business filings in baby直播app during the fourth quarter of 2015, employment in the state is expected to expand over the first and second quarters of 2016, according to a University of baby直播app Boulder report released today by baby直播app Secretary of State Wayne Williams.
The quarterly indicators report, prepared by CU-Boulder鈥檚 at the Leeds School of Business, uses data from the secretary of state鈥檚 business registry to report correlations between the data and baby直播app metrics.
At 23,306, the fourth-quarter new entity filings were down from 25,164 in the third quarter of 2015 and down from 23,360 at the same time in 2014.
A total of 102,670 new entities were recorded during the 12-month period ending in December 2015.
The number of entities in good standing ticked up 5.5 percent year-over-year to a new record of 601,588.
鈥淒espite a slight decline in business registration, our office continues to help Coloradans achieve their dreams,鈥 said Williams. 鈥淔or the first time baby直播app exceeded a major milestone having over 600,000 business entities in good standing.鈥
Existing entity renewals in the fourth quarter of 2015 totaled 113,849, which is down from 114,677 in the third quarter of 2015, but up 5.6 percent year-over-year. Total existing entity renewals for the year increased to 463,642 for the 12-month period ending in December.
鈥淏ased on baby直播app growth in baby直播app and the initial filings, we see continued, but slower, employment growth in the state in the first half of 2016,鈥 said economist Richard Wobbekind, executive director of CU-Boulder鈥檚 Business Research Division.
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