Colorado contractor market
Contractor market in Colorado: permits, companies, and trade benchmarks
Colorado logged 890K permit records in 2023, the last fully reported year, up +2.8% from 2022. There are 8,844 HVAC/plumbing/electrical companies in the state, with 1,717 in the $1-25M revenue band. Largest metro: Denver.
890K
Permit records 2023
+2.8% over 2022
12K
Contractors tracked
All trades
1,717
ICP companies ($1-25M)
Fractional-CFO target
25 yrs
Avg company age
Established market
Trade-by-trade breakdown, Colorado
HVAC in Colorado
Contractors
1,800
Median job
$8,957
Top 25%
$33,881
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Plumbing in Colorado
Contractors
1,200
Median job
$9,087
Top 25%
$36,898
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Electrical in Colorado
Contractors
2,400
Median job
$7,239
Top 25%
$32,933
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Roofing in Colorado
Contractors
800
Median job
$8,063
Top 25%
$34,246
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Permit data from public county and state building-permit records (73.7M property records, over 400M permit records, 2022-2024). Contractor density from public company records (494M company locations). Operating benchmarks from Level's proprietary contractor benchmark dataset (2,242 contractors, $13.25B in job revenue). See the full Level Index.