Colorado Retail Sales and Tax Revenue by City and Industry, Monthly

Monthly summaries of retail activity from the Colorado Department of Revenue, last updated on 2026-05-29. The data includes the number of retailers, returns, gross sales, and state sales tax, aggregated by city and NAICS industry code. It is published by data.colorado.gov and available in CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF formats.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal retail sales trends by city using month, year, retailSales, and city columns.
• Compare industry performance across regions using naicsCode, industry, city, and retailSales columns.
• Model state sales tax revenue based on state net taxable sales (implied by retailSales and numberOfReturns) and city columns.
• Track the count of active retailers over time using numberOfRetailers, month, and year columns.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative state agency, the Colorado Department of Revenue.
• Includes multiple granular dimensions for analysis: month, year, city, and industry (naicsCode).
• Available in several interoperable formats: CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Colorado Department of Revenue, published via data.colorado.gov.

Collection Method

Administrative data collection from tax returns.

Time Range

Monthly coverage; specific start and end dates are unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 11:06:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cities within the state of Colorado, USA.