Denver Business Journal: Colorado loses dozens of firms as regulatory burden mounts, chamber report finds
Palantir, one of Denver’s highest-profile corporate residents, made major headlines in January when it moved its headquarters to Miami, but it wasn’t alone — dozens of other companies have been quietly leaving Colorado in recent years. That’s according to a report released by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, which has tracked the exodus.
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Hoodline: Dozens of Firms Skip Town as Denver Feels Colorado’s Regulatory Heat
The Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Regulatory Landscape Update tallies more than 205,000 state-level business restrictions on the books at the end of 2025 and ranks Colorado as the sixth-most-regulated state, according to the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. The chamber’s modeling suggests that a 10% increase in regulations could translate to roughly 36,000 fewer jobs and 9,000 fewer firms.
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Valley Courier: Civics Bee = be engaged!
Last week, 20 middle school students from Alamosa-area schools competed in the 2026 National Civics Bee® regional competition. The event was held on the Adams State University campus and hosted by the Alamosa County Chamber of Commerce Foundation in partnership with the Colorado Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the Daniels Fund and the Civic Trust of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
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2 Prime News: Colorado Sees More Than 70 Businesses Relocations or Lost Opportunities Since 2019
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The Business Times: GJ Chamber backs bill to regularly review regulations
Colorado currently ranks as the sixth most-regulated state in the nation. According to recent analysis from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, the state has more than 200,000 regulatory restrictions on the books, a number that has continued to grow in recent years. Studies also show that increases in regulation are associated with fewer businesses, fewer jobs and slower economic growth.
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Fox 21: Colorado Chamber Foundation Report Finds 98 Companies Have Relocated Since 2019
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DBJ: Growing fintech company moves HQ out of Denver
According to the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, Xero is one of dozens of firms that have chosen to leave Colorado since 2019 The Chamber cites regulatory burdens and other factors that are making Colorado a less competitive place to do business.
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Denver Gazette: Exit of corporate HQs cited in Colorado Chamber Foundation report
“While Colorado has significant strengths as a state, we are also becoming increasingly vulnerable in our competitiveness and are seeing a slow burn of companies looking elsewhere to invest and grow,” Rachel Beck, the foundation’s executive director, said in a statement with the report.
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Rocky Mountain Voice: She moved her company to Colorado: Seven months later she decided to leave
The Colorado Chamber Foundation’s 2025 Relocations Tracker documents 27 companies that left, relocated key operations or chose to grow elsewhere last year—the highest single-year figure in the report. Since 2019, the tracker identifies 98 such moves or missed opportunities tied to more than 13,600 jobs when data was available.
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