Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Foreign Investment Data

Foreign-Owned Companies in Colorado:

  • Employ 71,400 people
  • Own nearly $16.1 billion in gross property, plant, and equipment
  • Own $2.4 billion in commercial property
  • Pay 13% higher wages on average than U.S. private sector businesses
  • Reinvest a substantial portion of their earnings in the U.S. (35% on average is reinvested into the U.S. economy)

Foreign investment in Colorado was responsible for 3.8 percent of the state's total private-industry employment in 2004.

Major Sources of Foreign Investment in Colorado
(ranked by number of employees)

  1. United Kingdom-20%
  2. Canada - 14%
  3. Switzerland - 9%
  4. France- 9%
  5. Japan- 7%
  6. The Netherlands - 6%
  7. Germany - 6%
  8. Sweden- 5%
  9. All Others Combined - 24%

Note: All figures exclude employment in banks affiliated with foreign companies.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). BEA publishes state foreign investment information every year in August from data collected two years ago, therefore, 2004 is the most current data. For more information, please see http://www.bea.gov/.

Sample Listing of Foreign-Owned Companies in U.S. with Headquarters in Colorado

For more information regarding foreign investment in Colorado please contact Sandi Moilanen at (303) 892-3850.