Bevel & Sloane helps Colorado businesses of 10 to 250 people build training programs, onboarding academies, SOPs, manager training and KPIs, then trains an internal successor to run them. We work from Chicago, remote and on site by arrangement, on a fractional basis from $4,500 a month.
Colorado small business at a glance
Colorado's economy mixes aerospace, software and professional services along the Front Range with construction, outdoor recreation and resort hospitality in the mountains. Many teams are hybrid or spread across Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and resort towns, which makes written workflows and structured onboarding the glue that holds standards together.
| Measure | Colorado | Source year |
|---|---|---|
| Small businesses (under 500 employees) | 730,887 | 2022 |
| Small employers with 1 to 19 employees | 131,895 | 2022 |
| Small employers with 20 to 499 employees | 15,006 | 2022 |
| Small business employees | 1,206,660 | 2022 |
| Share of private employees at small businesses | 48.6% (US 45.9%) | 2022 |
| Monthly quits rate, average Jul to Dec 2025 | 2.1% (US 2.0%) | 2025 |
The small business share of jobs is above the national 45.9% (SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025 Colorado profile). From March 2023 to March 2024, small businesses there had a net increase of 6,384 jobs (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, in the same profile).
In Colorado, the quits rate averaged 2.1% a month from July to December 2025, close to the national rate of 2.0% (BLS State JOLTS, Table 4, released July 22, 2026). Turnover is about average, which still means a steady flow of new hires to onboard and a steady drain of know how.
Where small business jobs are in Colorado
The industries with the most small business employees in Colorado are hospitality and food service (181,414), healthcare (163,267) and construction and trades (138,584) (SBA, 2025 profile, 2022 data). Among firms with 20 to 499 employees, the size band closest to the teams we serve, the largest groups are hospitality and food service, healthcare and professional services.
Bottlenecks we expect in this mix
Hospitality and food service
Small firms in Colorado employ 181,414 people in hospitality and food service, 62.2% of the sector's jobs. Restaurants, hotels and catering. The industry posts the highest quits rate in the BLS data, 3.5% in August 2026, which means the training program is running all year whether or not anyone designed it. Station checklists, a shift lead playbook and a short first week path keep standards steady. See Multi location restaurants.
Healthcare
Small firms in Colorado employ 163,267 people in healthcare, 49.4% of the sector's jobs. Clinics, dental groups, therapy practices and home care agencies. The usual bottleneck is front desk and clinical support onboarding, plus patient intake that works differently at every site. Hiring is hard too: 74% of dentists recruiting hygienists call it extremely challenging, so keeping and ramping the people you have matters. See Dental groups.
The third largest, construction and trades, has its own patterns; see Roofing and construction.
How does a remote engagement work in Colorado?
Most of Colorado is on Mountain time, one hour behind Chicago, so the weekly 60 minute calibration lands at a normal hour for your team. The rest runs in a shared Slack channel.
- Week 1. Free checkup and a discovery session by video.
- Weeks 1 to 2. Shadowing by video and screen recordings, plus interviews with the people who hold the know how.
- By Day 30. You name an internal successor who co-pilots every build.
- Months 2 to 6. SOPs, onboarding, manager training and KPIs piloted, then handed over.
We have no office in Colorado. Work is remote and on site by arrangement: if a kickoff or a shadowing day in person would help, we scope it in up front.
Cities in Colorado with their own page
We have metro pages with local data for:
- Denver: about 378,000 small businesses in the metro, 45.2% of metro employees at small firms
Businesses anywhere else in Colorado work with us the same way.
How much does an operations consultant cost in Colorado?
Pricing is published and the same in every market: retainers run from $4,500 to $7,500 a month by headcount and tier, and the two week Operational Diagnostic is $5,000, fully credited toward a 3 or 6 month engagement. See every package and price and how the six step method works.
Questions owners ask
Do you have an office in Colorado?
No. Bevel & Sloane is based in Chicago and has no office or address in Colorado. We work remotely, and on site by arrangement when a kickoff or workshop in person is worth the travel.
How many small businesses are in Colorado?
The SBA Office of Advocacy counts 730,887 small businesses in Colorado, using 2022 Census data. Most have no employees; 131,895 have 1 to 19 employees and 15,006 have 20 to 499.
Is employee turnover high in Colorado?
The monthly quits rate averaged 2.1% from July to December 2025, close to the US rate of 2.0%, based on BLS state JOLTS estimates. Your own industry and roles matter more than the state average.
What would a 50 person Colorado company pay?
Companies of 36 to 85 people usually start around $5,200 a month for The Prelude (3 months) or $5,800 for The Blueprint (6 months).
The Prelude
3 months, from $4,500 a month
Most Colorado engagements start with a free business checkup, then the two week diagnostic or The Prelude.
Not sure yet? Start with the 2 week Operational Diagnostic, $5,000 and fully credited if you continue.
