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Discover Aurora Working Here Industry Clusters Bioscience & Healthcare

Bioscience & Healthcare

Pioneering A Healthier Population

Aurora and the surrounding counties are home to world-class bioscience and healthcare companies, researchers, doctors, and facilities. Dedicated to the health and wellness of us all, these pioneers seek to innovate, create new technologies, and further advance our lives. These private and public organizations focus on medical devices, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, treatment centers, disease prevention, and more. There is a strong collaboration between academia, research, and boundary-pushing companies here that both benefit and benefit from our highly educated workforce.

Bioscience & Healthcare Numbers

950CO Life Sciences Companies and Organizations

20,220Direct Life Sciences Jobs in CO

$2.5BLife Sciences Venture Capital (Denver-Boulder, 2019–2024)

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Bioscience & Healthcare Talent and Employment

Our Metro area has outpaced the nation in employment growth in healthcare and bioscience in the past several years. We’re ranked the #8 market in bioscience (JLL 2021). In 2022, 246,850 people were directly employed in the healthcare and wellness cluster plus more than 20,220 in the bioscience sector in the Metro area. Almost half of Colorado’s fastest-growing job categories are in the healthcare sector. Luckily, highly-ranked universities such as The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora produce extremely qualified healthcare professionals to meet talent demand.

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Aurora’s Major Employers

Healthcare and Bioscience aren’t the only major sectors in Aurora and our surrounding counties that make up our main industries. Learn more about the types of businesses and innovators that power our region and employ our people.

UCH
CHC
VA
HCA/MCA
Kaiser Permanente
Access
Aurora Mental Health Center

See Top Employers in Aurora

Employment Hubs & Industry Organizations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Children's Hospital Colorado Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center UCHealth CARE Innovation Center University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Kaiser Permanente Colorado Access

Aurora EDC Member Spotlight – Jeff Barratt

Aurora EDC Member Spotlight – Greg Toler

Aurora EDC Member Spotlight – Joe McCleary

Success Stories

RK Industries, Jon Kinning Testimony

Yesterday, after 30 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, RK said goodbye to our Denver headquarters. That building wasn’t just an office, it was the place where teams were built, careers were launched, lifelong friendships were formed, in some cases new family started and some of our most meaningful work took root. For three decades, it served as the heartbeat of our company and the foundation for everything we’ve accomplished.

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Securing USDOT funding for Picadilly interchange project to catalyze development

A new interchange at I-70 and Picadilly Road and an accompanying extension of Picadilly Road between Smith Road and Colfax Avenue is needed to provide a vital transportation connection between existing industrial parks and future commercial and residential developments.

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Advocating for an economic development electricity rate to add to our toolkit

We partnered with Xcel Energy to create an economic development electricity rate that mirrors successful programs in other states and takes advantage of an efficient use of existing utility infrastructure.