New pallets and skids in Colorado
Colorado’s food manufacturing employs 26,569 people, slightly more than its warehousing at 24,541. Adams County, north and east of Denver, holds half the state’s warehousing jobs, 12,162; Denver itself has 2,456.
Food plants along the Front Range ship cartons, bags and cases of every kind, most on 48 x 40s. Pharmaceutical manufacturing adds 4,960 jobs, and those plants want clean, dry pallets of a consistent build.
Empty pallets are bulky, so freight is part of every delivered price. Ordering by the full truckload, one spec repeated, is the efficient way to buy here; see by the truckload and what a new pallet costs.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Food manufacturing | 26,569 | 48 x 40 |
| Warehousing and storage | 24,541 | 48 x 40 |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 4,960 | 48 x 40 |
| Auto parts manufacturing | 1,123 | 48 x 45 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Colorado
Colorado’s warehousing is concentrated in Adams County, north-east of Denver, with 12,162 jobs, about five times Denver County’s 2,456. Food manufacturing employs 26,569 people and pharmaceutical manufacturing 4,960. Most requests are 48 x 40s for distribution and food plants, delivered into the Denver area. Arapahoe County, south-east of Denver, adds 944 warehousing jobs. Auto parts are a small trade here, at 1,123 jobs, so plant-specified footprints are an occasional rather than a routine request. Mountain deliveries beyond Denver, to the Western Slope or the resort towns, are priced to the ZIP like anywhere else.
Food plants along the Front Range ship everything from cereal to frozen goods, and one footprint doesn’t suit all of them. Send the product, the case size and the weight, and say whether the load is racked, so the deck and stringers are drawn to it. Pharmaceutical buyers should add any written wood policy. Loads that travel far by truck need secure stacking and banding points too.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Colorado delivery ZIP. We write the build down as a spec, quote new pallets against it with delivery priced in, and reorders follow the same sheet.
Quote new pallets for Colorado
Every pallet is quoted to a written spec, wherever the dock is. Give the delivery ZIP with the size, load and quantity.
- Delivery
- ZIP code in Colorado
- Pallet size
- Stringer length first
- Load weight
- Per pallet, in pounds
Not sure of a line? Leave it blank. Size, load weight and quantity are enough to start a quote.
The builds Colorado’s trades use
- Food and groceryThe 48 x 40 at its home: distribution centers, food plants and store docks, and why dry, clean lumber matters.
- PharmaceuticalClean, dry, documented pallets for audited warehouses.
- Automotive partsThe 48 x 45, plant packaging requirements, and standing orders matched line for line.