Targeted Industries

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Over 2,000 companies call Commerce City home, ranging from international and national headquarters to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Current and targeted industry clusters include:

Transportation, Logistics & Distribution

  • Commerce City has long been a center for transportation, logistics and distribution (TDL) industries. Over 100 logistics and distribution companies call Commerce City home, including some of Commerce City’s top employers, such as UPS and FedEx, GE Appliances, and Stellantis.

  • There is apparent demand for distribution space in Commerce City, demonstrated through trends for rising inventory and lowering vacancy by 2023 in Commerce City. While speculative developments in the northeast of Commerce City demonstrate relatively higher vacancy rates, flex and specialized industrial spaces demonstrate lower vacancy rates.

  • As sustainability and clean energy concerns are brought to the forefront in Colorado and in the Metro Denver region, there are many opportunities for Commerce City to lead the way in green transportation, distribution, and logistics.

Wholesale & Retail Trade

  • While retail has long been a focus for support and growth in Commerce City, retail sales have trended downwards somewhat in the past few years, and at a quicker rate than in Adams County or in the Denver Metro.
  • Despite concerns about economic softening, the Denver metro retail market has seen steady demand, with more retailers announcing store openings than closures in 2023.

Energy and Natural Resources

  • The energy and natural resources sector is not only well established in Metro Denver but shows continuous growth, especially in the renewable and clean energy sectors.

  • While the private energy landscape in Commerce City currently centers largely around oilfields and refineries, Commerce City has the opportunity to identify transferrable skills for green energy and clean tech, incentivize transition to greater renewable energy use within existing industries, and support diverse growth of new industries and jobs in the energy sector, capitalizing on its strategic position amongst the state’s dynamic energy ecosystem. 

Advanced Manufacturing, Aviation, and Aerospace

  • Colorado has cultivated the second-largest space economy in the U.S and the nine county Metro Denver and Northern Colorado Region (which includes Adams County) is also a hub for the aviation industry between the Denver International Airport (DEN) and eight regional airports. Commerce City is positioned advantageously alongside the Denver International Airport and near the Colorado Air and Space Port.

  • Advanced manufacturing can be closely related to the aviation and aerospace clusters; therefore these may provide opportunities for future targeted investment and expansion for the city. 

Additional Industries of Focus:

  • Bioscience

  • Broadband and Digital Com

 

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