Commercial Landscaping
- Retail stores363
- Ambulatory health care offices and clinics245
- Apartment property management firms182
- Commercial building owners and lessors85
- Commercial property management firms44
El Paso has 1,830 businesses with 20 or more people on site across the categories commercial trades sell to, and it leans toward warehousing and distribution and trucking companies 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 | 90 | -1 | 1,020 | 11.3 | #2 | · | Dec–Feb |
| Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 104 | -2 | 623 | 6.0 | #6 | 543 | Year-round |
| Paving & Asphalt Largest buyer group: retail stores | 23 | -1 | 1,119 | 48.7 | #35 | · | Dec–Feb |
| Commercial Roofing Largest buyer group: retail stores | 13 | 0 | 929 | 71.5 | #45 | 1,846 | Dec–Feb |
| Commercial Electrical Largest buyer group: retail stores | 70 | -3 | 729 | 10.4 | #56 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Construction Largest buyer group: manufacturing companies | 128 | -8 | 417 | 3.3 | #78 | 1,846 | Year-round |
| Fire Protection Largest buyer group: restaurants | 35 | +1 | 1,100 | 31.4 | #75 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial HVAC & Mechanical Largest buyer group: medical and dental office buildings | 76 | 0 | 543 | 7.1 | #86 | 727 | Mar–May, Sep–Nov |
| Commercial Flooring Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 6 | -2 | 684 | 114.0 | n/r | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Painting & Coatings Largest buyer group: retail stores | 8 | +1 | 944 | 118.0 | n/r | · | Dec–Feb |
Every trade has its own target list. Here are the five largest target industries for each program in the El Paso 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 Meta data center campus in Northeast El Paso between Stan Roberts Sr. Avenue and State Line Road, expanded from $1.5 billion to $10 billion, with El Paso Electric planning a 366-megawatt gas generation plant to serve it.
Over 4,000 construction workers are on the job, with electrical and mechanical cooling as the largest scopes, and a campus this size needs fire protection, paving and long-term facility service contracts.
El Paso Matters, 2026-03-29 →A multi-tenant advanced manufacturing building with office space at George Perry Boulevard and Global Reach Drive, next to the Marshalls Distribution Center, aimed at aerospace and defense suppliers and expected to take about a year to build.
A one-year schedule puts mechanical, electrical and roofing work in late 2026 and early 2027, and each small manufacturing tenant will need its own fit-out work.
KVIA, 2026-05-06 →A 1.4-mile extension of Montwood Drive from Shreya Street to Rich Beem Boulevard in East El Paso, with storm sewer, street lights and landscaping, funded by the 2022 Community Progress Bond and due in spring 2028.
New roadway means paving, street lighting and landscaping scopes through 2028, and it opens access to land in one of the city's fastest-growing districts.
KVIA, 2026-09-23 →A 492,000 sq ft Veterans Affairs medical center under construction on Fort Bliss that will provide outpatient, mental health, primary care, ambulatory and ancillary services for 54,000 veterans in the El Paso area.
A medical building this size moves into interior trades through 2027: life-safety sprinkler and alarm systems, resilient and sheet flooring, painting and wall protection, then a terminal clean and environmental services work ahead of opening.
El Paso Inc., 2026-02-16 →Texas Tech Health El Paso's 350,000 sq ft comprehensive cancer center, built in conjunction with a new Clinical Sciences Building in El Paso.
A clinical building of 350,000 sq ft carries roofing, fire sprinkler and alarm, healthcare flooring and painting scopes as it closes in and finishes out, and a cancer center needs hospital-grade cleaning once patients arrive.
El Paso Inc., 2025-09-17 →A five-story, 155,500 sq ft residence hall at the University of Texas at El Paso with about 507 beds, a 22,000 sq ft dining hall and a fitness center, built by Sundt Construction.
Over the two-year build the work runs from structure and roofing to room-by-room flooring and painting, and a 507-bed dorm with a dining hall serving more than 1,400 meals a day needs a final construction clean and ongoing cleaning support.
The University of Texas at El Paso, 2026-05-28 →A relocated 165,000 sq ft Canutillo Middle School, a Canutillo ISD bond project sited to serve growing neighborhoods along the Artcraft corridor in El Paso County.
A new 165,000 sq ft school means roofing, fire sprinkler and alarm, classroom and gym flooring and painting packages through its late 2027 completion.
KVIA, 2025-11-15 →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.
UMC reports 394 licensed beds in FY 2024.
The region's only Level 1 trauma center and the teaching hospital for Texas Tech's Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, with a main hospital and outpatient clinics.
University Medical Center of El Paso →UTEP's fall 2026 enrollment stands at 27,368, an all-time record.
A growing campus of classrooms, labs, residence halls and athletic venues serving record enrollment.
The University of Texas at El Paso →ELP handled 3,838,968 total passengers in 2025.
A city-owned airport with terminal, parking, air cargo and on-airport industrial and Foreign Trade Zone 68 property.
El Paso International Airport →Wikipedia, citing Fort Bliss garrison, gives the garrison's land area as 1.12 million acres.
An Army post headquartered in El Paso with barracks, motor pools, family housing and training facilities.
Wikipedia →The City of El Paso International Bridges Department manages three ports of entry: Paso Del Norte, Stanton and Ysleta-Zaragoza.
The city owns the U.S. side of these crossings, which run 24 hours a day; Ysleta-Zaragoza includes FAST lanes for commercial traffic.
City of El Paso →Wikipedia, citing the El Paso Inc. 2021 Book of Lists, ranks The Hospitals of Providence among El Paso's largest employers with 5,300 employees.
A private multi-hospital system with campuses and outpatient buildings across El Paso.
Wikipedia →Compared with the national mix, El Paso over-indexes on warehousing and distribution, trucking companies and nonresidential building owners. The fastest-growing categories over the past year: medical, dental and outpatient offices (+53), restaurants (+20) and apartment and residential property managers (+3).
| Category | Sites with 20+ | All establishments | vs. U.S. mix | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 628 | 1,817 | 1.64x | +20 |
| Retail stores | 363 | 2,235 | 1.44x | -49 |
| Medical, dental and outpatient offices | 245 | 1,585 | 1.44x | +53 |
| Manufacturing plants | 119 | 521 | 1.19x | -2 |
| Wholesale distributors | 119 | 1,046 | 1.26x | -22 |
| Trucking companies | 82 | 711 | 2.54x | -65 |
| Grocery stores | 52 | 207 | 0.87x | -7 |
| Senior living and nursing | 40 | 85 | 0.51x | -3 |
| Auto dealerships | 37 | 153 | 2.10x | -8 |
| Hotels | 36 | 90 | 1.18x | -7 |
| Churches and religious organizations | 25 | 242 | 0.14x | +1 |
| Bank and credit union offices | 22 | 420 | 1.51x | -3 |
| Warehousing and distribution | 20 | 98 | 2.57x | -1 |
| Private K-12 schools | 18 | 32 | 0.98x | +1 |
| Hospitals | 13 | 18 | 0.82x | -6 |
| Hosting and data processing companies | 8 | 31 | 0.47x | -2 |
| Apartment and residential property managers | 3 | 182 | 1.03x | +3 |
| Colleges and universities | 0 | 7 | 0.25x | 0 |
| Commercial property managers | 0 | 44 | 1.50x | -1 |
| Nonresidential building owners | 0 | 85 | 2.18x | +1 |
| Golf courses and country clubs | 0 | 4 | 0.32x | 0 |
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.
Texas has no state license for general contractors or roofers, though cities and counties may set their own requirements. TDLR licenses electrical and air conditioning/refrigeration contractors, and the State Fire Marshal's Office registers fire sprinkler and fire alarm companies.
Trade-by-trade rules are on each trade page. Confirm with Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Checked 2026-09-30.
Before you hire a sales development rep in El Paso, 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 El Paso 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 Texas? See the Texas 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 El Paso, TX 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 (#2), commercial Cleaning & Janitorial (#6) and paving & Asphalt (#35) rank best in El Paso.
Compared with the national mix, El Paso has more warehousing and distribution (2.57x), trucking companies (2.54x) and nonresidential building owners (2.18x). Those industries are the best-represented buyers for trades that serve them.
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