Commercial Landscaping
- Retail stores337
- Ambulatory health care offices and clinics232
- Apartment property management firms172
- Senior living and skilled nursing63
- Churches and religious organizations58
Colorado Springs has 1,665 businesses with 20 or more people on site across the categories commercial trades sell to, and it leans toward colleges and universities and medical, dental and outpatient offices more than the U.S. as a whole. Here is how each trade's market looks, where the buildings are and when to call.
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Ranked by larger buildings per contractor against up to 100 markets (only markets with 10 or more contractors in a trade are ranked; n/r means not ranked). A higher rank means more buildings worth calling for every competitor working them.
| Trade | Contractors | 1-yr change | Larger buildings | Per contractor | Rank | Eligible targets | Push months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Landscaping Largest buyer group: retail stores | 236 | -10 | 996 | 4.2 | #33 | · | Mar–May |
| Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 172 | -8 | 603 | 3.5 | #60 | 489 | Year-round |
| Commercial HVAC & Mechanical Largest buyer group: medical and dental office buildings | 62 | +3 | 527 | 8.5 | #67 | 663 | May–Jun, Sep–Oct |
| Fire Protection Largest buyer group: restaurants | 28 | +1 | 995 | 35.5 | #67 | · | Year-round |
| Paving & Asphalt Largest buyer group: retail stores | 28 | -1 | 992 | 35.4 | #72 | · | Mar–May |
| Commercial Construction Largest buyer group: manufacturing companies | 131 | -7 | 434 | 3.3 | #76 | 1,838 | Year-round |
| Commercial Roofing Largest buyer group: retail stores | 17 | +3 | 872 | 51.3 | #72 | 1,838 | Mar–May |
| Commercial Electrical Largest buyer group: retail stores | 84 | -4 | 652 | 7.8 | #85 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Flooring Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 6 | 0 | 629 | 104.8 | n/r | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Painting & Coatings Largest buyer group: retail stores | 9 | 0 | 877 | 97.4 | n/r | · | Mar–May |
Every trade has its own target list. Here are the five largest target industries for each program in the Colorado Springs metro, with local location counts; each guide lists all ten and who your SDR asks for.
Locations with 20 or more employees, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Property management and similar categories count every company, whatever its size.
Named, sourced projects current as of 2026-09, and the trades each one puts to work.
A 620,000-square-foot bottling and production facility at Peak Innovation Park near Colorado Springs Airport, pursuing LEED Gold and expected to create 170 jobs.
Beverage production space carries large process mechanical, refrigeration and electrical scopes, plus truck courts and parking that need paving now and seal-and-stripe maintenance later.
Colorado Springs Gazette, 2026-03-27 →An expansion that will nearly double Memorial Hospital North on Briargate Parkway in northern Colorado Springs, adding surgical capacity and an expanded cancer center.
Patient tower construction starting in 2026 means multi-year mechanical, electrical and fire protection work, followed by flooring and painting before patient opening.
SoCo Digest, 2025-03-12 →Colorado Springs District 11 is demolishing and rebuilding Palmer High School's academic wing and renovating its 1939 building downtown, with the new wing opening February 2027 and the 1939 building and courtyard finishing March 2028.
Two openings in 2027 and 2028 stage mechanical and electrical work first and then flooring, painting and courtyard landscaping, inside a historic building that needs careful finish work.
Colorado Springs Gazette, 2026-07-30 →A 33,000-square-foot temple plus a separate meetinghouse and maintenance building on an 18.6-acre site at Flying Horse Club Drive and Barossa Valley Road in northeast Colorado Springs, on a three-to-four-year build.
The general contractor is from Utah, so local mechanical, electrical, paving and landscaping subcontracts are the opening, and an 18.6-acre grounds site needs long-term landscape maintenance.
Colorado Springs Gazette, 2026-09-06 →A major expansion of the seven-year-old Children's Hospital Colorado campus in the Briargate neighborhood of Colorado Springs, funded by a $40 million Golisano Children's Alliance gift, adding inpatient beds and surgical capacity, a larger emergency department and improvements to outpatient buildings such as the behavioral health center.
Added beds, operating rooms and a bigger emergency department mean construction and fire sprinkler and alarm work in an occupied hospital, then flooring, painting and clinical cleaning as each area opens.
Colorado Springs Gazette, 2026-09-10 →A new pre-K through eighth grade school for Academy School District 20 on the U.S. Air Force Academy, funded by a Department of Defense grant, replacing Douglass Valley Elementary, the district's oldest school.
A new school building on base runs through general construction, fire sprinkler and alarm systems, then flooring and paint before the school opens to pre-K through eighth grade students.
KOAA News 5, 2026-08-03 →A concourse modernization at Colorado Springs Airport that widened gates, raised ceilings and added terrazzo flooring, new carpet, electrochromic windows, family restrooms and care rooms, with a reimagined food court and check-in upgrades still to come.
The remaining package includes new carpet at check-in, a rebuilt food court and new ticket counters, and the larger concourse with new restrooms and terrazzo floors adds to the airport's daily cleaning and floor-care load.
5280, 2026-08-26 →A Defense Department operations facility at Schriever Space Force Base east of Colorado Springs, one of four planned nationally, expected to support 2,500 civilian jobs and missions including Golden Dome and space-based reconnaissance.
An operations building of this size carries heavy power, cooling and fire suppression scopes, and a facility staffed by thousands of civilians needs long-term janitorial contracts once it opens.
Colorado Public Radio, 2026-06-01 →A 15-acre campus atop Fillmore hill on the west side of Colorado Springs with 171 independent-living apartments, 40 assisted-living units and 24 memory-care suites, plus a clubhouse with an indoor pool, spa, fitness center and five dining areas.
A fully occupied senior campus with a pool, spa and five dining areas needs daily cleaning support, fire sprinkler and alarm inspections across every building, and grounds maintenance on 15 acres.
Colorado Springs Gazette, 2026-06-02 →Health systems, campuses, large employers and industrial parks hold the biggest concentrations of commercial buildings here. Each fact links to its source, checked 2026-10.
UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central is a 413-bed hospital.
A central Colorado Springs hospital campus with inpatient, outpatient and parking facilities, run alongside Memorial Hospital North.
UCHealth →UCCS reported total enrollment of 11,153 students at the fall 2025 census.
A public university campus with classroom and lab buildings, residence halls, athletic facilities and parking.
UCCS Institutional Research →2,448,001 total passengers traveled through COS in 2025, down 1.0% from 2024.
A city-owned airport with a passenger terminal, parking lots, airfield pavement and a business park at its entrance.
City of Colorado Springs →Peak Innovation Park is a 2,300-acre business park owned by the Colorado Springs Airport, adjacent to its primary entrance.
An airport-owned park with aerospace, defense and distribution buildings, where new pads and buildings add roads, lots and site work.
SoCo Digest →Fort Carson's February 2025 fact sheet lists it as the 3rd largest employer in Colorado with 29.5K employees.
An Army post with barracks, family housing, motor pools, training ranges and administrative buildings.
U.S. Army Fort Carson →Microchip describes its Colorado Springs Fab 5 as a 50-acre, 580,000-square-foot campus.
A semiconductor fabrication campus with cleanroom, utility and office buildings.
Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade →Compared with the national mix, Colorado Springs over-indexes on colleges and universities, medical, dental and outpatient offices and churches and religious organizations. The fastest-growing categories over the past year: medical, dental and outpatient offices (+150), wholesale distributors (+34) and hospitals (+12).
| Category | Sites with 20+ | All establishments | vs. U.S. mix | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 536 | 1,550 | 0.95x | -30 |
| Retail stores | 337 | 2,075 | 0.84x | -69 |
| Medical, dental and outpatient offices | 232 | 1,878 | 1.36x | +150 |
| Manufacturing plants | 107 | 446 | 0.60x | -23 |
| Wholesale distributors | 74 | 551 | 0.81x | +34 |
| Grocery stores | 64 | 312 | 0.76x | -13 |
| Senior living and nursing | 63 | 121 | 0.59x | +7 |
| Churches and religious organizations | 58 | 456 | 1.27x | +10 |
| Hotels | 44 | 130 | 1.06x | -4 |
| Auto dealerships | 39 | 83 | 0.71x | -2 |
| Bank and credit union offices | 39 | 342 | 0.96x | -22 |
| Private K-12 schools | 25 | 45 | 0.69x | +6 |
| Trucking companies | 20 | 229 | 0.57x | -14 |
| Apartment and residential property managers | 11 | 172 | 1.26x | -5 |
| Hospitals | 8 | 11 | 0.85x | +12 |
| Hosting and data processing companies | 8 | 49 | 0.79x | -4 |
| Warehousing and distribution | 0 | 21 | 0.46x | +1 |
| Colleges and universities | 0 | 12 | 1.63x | -6 |
| Commercial property managers | 0 | 40 | 0.94x | +2 |
| Nonresidential building owners | 0 | 50 | 0.85x | -1 |
| Golf courses and country clubs | 0 | 6 | 0.37x | -1 |
El Paso County holds 99% of the metro's larger business sites, so most programs start there and cover the rest of the metro for larger accounts.
| County | Larger business sites |
|---|---|
| El Paso County | 1,625 |
| Teller County | 19 |
Outdoor trades (roofing, paving, landscaping, exterior painting) work the months with lows of 40°F or above and sell in the months before. HVAC sells ahead of its heating and cooling peaks. Each trade page has its own calendar.
Colorado does not license general contractors or roofers at the state level, so licensing is handled by individual cities and counties. The state does register electrical contractors and fire suppression contractors.
Trade-by-trade rules are on each trade page. Confirm with Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations. Checked 2026-09-30.
Before you hire a sales development rep in Colorado Springs, price the whole job, not just the salary. Here is the local pay for sales representatives, and what a first year really costs once you add commission, payroll taxes and benefits, tools, recruiting and the manager time it takes to coach them.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services and travel (SOC 41-3091).
In-house adds $15,000 commission, 25% payroll taxes and benefits, $500/month tools, $5,000 recruiting and 4 manager hours a week at $75/hour, before ramp time or turnover. Abstrakt includes the SDR, management, tools and data.
Abstrakt's U.S.-based business development reps build a Colorado Springs target list around your trade, service area and ideal buildings, work it by phone, email, LinkedIn and direct mail, and book meetings with the people who sign. We will not run the same program for a direct competitor in your territory.
Selling into Colorado? See the Colorado outbound calling rules: do-not-call lists, calling hours and registration, so you know what a program here has to handle.
Yes. Abstrakt runs outsourced appointment setting for commercial trades across the Colorado Springs, CO metro: our U.S.-based business development reps call the buildings, qualify the opportunity and book meetings with the person who signs. We run one program per trade per market.
Measured by larger buildings per contractor against the 100 markets we track (where a trade has at least 10 local contractors), commercial Landscaping (#33), commercial Cleaning & Janitorial (#60) and commercial HVAC & Mechanical (#67) rank best in Colorado Springs.
Compared with the national mix, Colorado Springs has more colleges and universities (1.63x), medical, dental and outpatient offices (1.36x) and churches and religious organizations (1.27x). Those industries are the best-represented buyers for trades that serve them.
The metro covers El Paso County and Teller County. El Paso County holds 99% of the larger business sites.
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