Paving & Asphalt
- Retail stores1,231
- Ambulatory health care offices and clinics555
- Apartment property management firms416
- Commercial building owners and lessors230
- Commercial property management firms123
Commercial trades market · Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
Appointment setting for commercial contractors in Las Vegas
Las Vegas-Henderson has 5,299 businesses with 20 or more people on site across the categories commercial trades sell to, and it leans toward warehousing and distribution and apartment and residential property managers 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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Trades in Las Vegas
How each commercial trade's market looks in Las Vegas-Henderson
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paving & Asphalt Largest buyer group: retail stores | 40 | -3 | 2,888 | 72.2 | #7 | · | Dec–Feb |
| Commercial Landscaping Largest buyer group: retail stores | 480 | +15 | 2,828 | 5.9 | #10 | · | Dec–Feb |
| Commercial Roofing Largest buyer group: retail stores | 26 | +7 | 2,643 | 101.7 | #12 | 3,821 | Dec–Feb |
| Commercial Painting & Coatings Largest buyer group: retail stores | 38 | +3 | 2,704 | 71.2 | #45 | · | Dec–Feb |
| Fire Protection Largest buyer group: restaurants | 84 | +4 | 3,202 | 38.1 | #62 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Flooring Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 35 | +3 | 1,660 | 47.4 | #58 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 621 | +29 | 1,595 | 2.6 | #89 | 947 | Year-round |
| Commercial Electrical Largest buyer group: retail stores | 333 | +34 | 2,165 | 6.5 | #92 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Construction Largest buyer group: manufacturing companies | 441 | +48 | 1,074 | 2.4 | #93 | 3,821 | Year-round |
| Commercial HVAC & Mechanical Largest buyer group: medical and dental office buildings | 247 | +7 | 1,356 | 5.5 | #94 | 1,216 | Mar–May, Sep–Nov |
Who each program calls
The industries each Las Vegas trade program prospects into
Every trade has its own target list. Here are the five largest target industries for each program in the Las Vegas-Henderson metro, with local location counts; each guide lists all ten and who your SDR asks for.
Commercial Landscaping
- Retail stores1,231
- Ambulatory health care offices and clinics555
- Apartment property management firms416
- Commercial building owners and lessors230
- Commercial property management firms123
Commercial Roofing
- Retail stores1,231
- Apartment property management firms416
- Manufacturing plants303
- Commercial building owners and lessors230
- Commercial property management firms123
Commercial Painting & Coatings
- Retail stores1,231
- Apartment and multifamily management companies416
- Manufacturing plants303
- Owner-occupied and owner-managed commercial buildings230
- Commercial property management firms123
Fire Protection
- Restaurants1,999
- Apartment management companies416
- Manufacturing plants303
- Commercial property management firms123
- Senior living and skilled nursing100
Commercial Flooring
- Ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care555
- Apartment and multifamily management companies416
- Owner-occupied and owner-managed commercial buildings230
- Commercial property management firms123
- Senior living and skilled nursing100
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial
- Ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care555
- Manufacturing plants303
- Owner-occupied and owner-managed commercial buildings230
- Commercial property management firms123
- Bank and credit union branches and offices104
Commercial Electrical
- Retail stores1,231
- Manufacturing plants303
- Commercial building owners230
- Commercial property management firms123
- Senior living and skilled nursing100
Commercial Construction
- Manufacturing companies303
- Commercial building owners and developers230
- Commercial property management firms123
- Senior living operators100
- Hotel owners and management groups99
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical
- Medical and dental office buildings555
- Manufacturing plants303
- Commercial property management firms123
- Senior living and skilled nursing100
- Hotels99
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.
What's being built
The projects shaping Las Vegas-Henderson
Named, sourced projects current as of 2026-09, and the trades each one puts to work.
Athletics Las Vegas ballpark
$2 billionUnder construction
A 33,000-seat ballpark on the Strip at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, targeted to open for the 2028 season.
Concrete decks are done and steel and roof work are underway, so mechanical, electrical, fire protection and finish packages run through 2027 ahead of a 2028 opening.
Ballpark Digest, 2026-05-23 →Intermountain Health Nevada Children's Hospital
$1 billion+Approved
An eight-story standalone children's hospital with a heliport at UNLV's Harry Reid Research and Technology Park near the 215 Beltway and Durango Drive in southwest Las Vegas.
Clark County approved permits in May 2026 with opening planned for 2030, so hospital-grade mechanical, electrical and fire protection bids follow the groundbreaking.
FOX5 Las Vegas, 2026-05-20 →Switch LAS 19 data center
Approximately 56,000 sq ftApproved
A Switch data center on Warm Springs Road east of Edmond Street in Enterprise, southwest Las Vegas Valley, approved by Clark County in June 2026.
Data centers concentrate electrical and cooling work into short schedules; the approval also carries sidewalk and barrier work along Warm Springs Road.
FOX5 Las Vegas, 2026-06-18 →Apex Ridge Logistics Park
1,358,005 sq ftUnder construction
A two-building speculative industrial project by EBS Realty and Penwood on more than 90 acres in Apex Industrial Park, North Las Vegas.
Large tilt-up warehouses need roofing, site paving and fire sprinkler systems now, then tenant improvement electrical and HVAC as buildings lease.
Connect CRE, 2026-03-02 →Hard Rock Las Vegas and Guitar Hotel
Estimated $4-5 billionUnder construction
The redevelopment of the former Mirage on the Strip, including a 700-foot guitar-shaped tower with 650 suites and more than 3,700 rooms in total, which topped out in May 2026.
With the tower topped out ahead of a 2027 opening, interior work shifts to finishes: flooring, painting, low-voltage electrical, and pre-opening cleaning across hotel, gaming and meeting space.
Yogonet, 2026-05-04 →James Cashman prekindergarten-8th school
Under construction
A Clark County School District consolidated pre-K to 8th grade campus at James Cashman in Las Vegas, which broke ground in September 2026 and will include CCSD's first middle-school career and technical academy.
School builds run mechanical, electrical, roofing and site work through construction, then generate flooring, painting and grounds contracts at turnover.
Las Vegas Sun, 2026-09-09 → Where the buyers cluster
The owners that anchor Las Vegas-Henderson
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.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center
Las Vegas, Clark County
Sunrise Hospital calls itself Las Vegas' largest acute care facility and says it has served the community for more than 55 years.
A large inpatient campus with decades of building additions needs mechanical, life-safety, cleaning and interior work around the clock.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center →University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC)
Las Vegas, Clark County
UMC says it is home to Nevada's only nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, only verified burn center and only multi-organ transplant center.
The county-owned hospital campus, children's hospital and Quick Care clinics across the valley each need HVAC, cleaning and facility upkeep.
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada →University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Paradise, Clark County
UNLV reports a preliminary Fall 2025 total headcount of 33,706 students.
Classrooms, labs, residence halls, athletic venues and surface parking need HVAC, cleaning, paving and grounds work in desert heat.
UNLV →Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
Paradise, Clark County
Wikipedia lists 54,989,185 passengers at Harry Reid International in 2025, sourced to the airport.
Terminals, garages and airfield buildings need constant cleaning, HVAC service, electrical work and pavement upkeep.
Wikipedia →MGM Grand Las Vegas
Paradise, Clark County
Wikipedia lists 4,762 rooms and 171,500 square feet of gaming space at MGM Grand, which opened on December 18, 1993.
A Strip resort with towers, an arena, pools and parking garages runs mechanical, flooring, painting and cleaning programs year round.
Wikipedia →Las Vegas Convention Center
Winchester, Clark County
Wikipedia says the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's convention center has 2,500,000 square feet of exhibit space, with a citation.
A publicly owned exhibit complex with halls, loading docks and parking lots needs electrical, HVAC, cleaning and pavement work between shows.
Wikipedia →Apex Industrial Park
North Las Vegas, Clark County
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that a data-center operator bought 176.5 acres in Apex Industrial Park for $196 million in a sale that closed Aug. 31, 2026.
Distribution buildings, manufacturing plants and data centers going up in the park need roofing, paving, electrical and fire protection work.
Las Vegas Review-Journal → The local business base
Who the buyers are in Las Vegas-Henderson
Compared with the national mix, Las Vegas-Henderson over-indexes on warehousing and distribution, apartment and residential property managers and medical, dental and outpatient offices. The fastest-growing categories over the past year: medical, dental and outpatient offices (+634), restaurants (+165) and wholesale distributors (+134).
| Category | Sites with 20+ | All establishments | vs. U.S. mix | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 1,999 | 5,457 | 1.27x | +165 |
| Retail stores | 1,231 | 6,500 | 0.98x | +121 |
| Medical, dental and outpatient offices | 555 | 5,779 | 1.46x | +634 |
| Manufacturing plants | 303 | 1,209 | 0.55x | +20 |
| Wholesale distributors | 269 | 2,066 | 0.94x | +134 |
| Grocery stores | 207 | 742 | 0.70x | +25 |
| Bank and credit union offices | 104 | 1,025 | 1.20x | +95 |
| Senior living and nursing | 100 | 358 | 0.73x | +12 |
| Hotels | 99 | 197 | 0.61x | +7 |
| Auto dealerships | 74 | 178 | 0.69x | +7 |
| Private K-12 schools | 72 | 114 | 0.60x | +4 |
| Trucking companies | 65 | 764 | 0.62x | +68 |
| Warehousing and distribution | 56 | 159 | 2.48x | +8 |
| Churches and religious organizations | 39 | 337 | 0.12x | +3 |
| Golf courses and country clubs | 35 | 44 | 0.79x | 0 |
| Hospitals | 34 | 40 | 0.47x | +3 |
| Apartment and residential property managers | 29 | 416 | 1.64x | +45 |
| Hosting and data processing companies | 14 | 126 | 0.77x | +3 |
| Commercial property managers | 7 | 123 | 0.71x | +7 |
| Nonresidential building owners | 7 | 230 | 1.44x | +10 |
| Colleges and universities | 0 | 13 | 0.93x | +7 |
Climate and timing
Las Vegas's year, month by month
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.
- Jan56° / 36°Off-season
- Feb60° / 39°Off-season
- Mar67° / 44°Outdoor season
- Apr74° / 49°Outdoor season
- May84° / 58°Outdoor season
- Jun95° / 68°Outdoor season
- Jul100° / 74°Outdoor season
- Aug98° / 73°Outdoor season
- Sep91° / 65°Outdoor season
- Oct78° / 54°Outdoor season
- Nov65° / 43°Outdoor season
- Dec55° / 35°Off-season
Working in Nevada
Contractor licensing in Nevada
The Nevada State Contractors Board licenses contractors in Class A (general engineering), Class B (general building), and Class C (specialty) classifications. Repair or maintenance work under $1,000 including labor and materials is exempt only if it needs no building permit and is not plumbing, electrical, refrigeration, heating, or air-conditioning work.
Trade-by-trade rules are on each trade page. Confirm with Nevada State Contractors Board. Checked 2026-09-30.
Hiring locally
What an in-house SDR costs in Las Vegas
Before you hire a sales development rep in Las Vegas, 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.
- $60,980median pay for a sales rep in the Las Vegas metro
- $44,590 to $88,350middle half of local pay (25th to 75th percentile)
- 8,130people in the role locally, all competing for the same hires
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 SDR, first year$121,575
Abstrakt Growth program, full-time SDR, 12 months$102,000
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.
How Abstrakt works in Las Vegas
Outsourced appointment setting, one trade per market
Abstrakt's U.S.-based business development reps build a Las Vegas 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 Nevada? See the Nevada outbound calling rules: do-not-call lists, calling hours and registration, so you know what a program here has to handle.
Las Vegas commercial trades, answered
Does Abstrakt set appointments for commercial contractors in Las Vegas?
Yes. Abstrakt runs outsourced appointment setting for commercial trades across the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 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.
Which commercial trades have the most room to grow in Las Vegas?
Measured by larger buildings per contractor against the 100 markets we track (where a trade has at least 10 local contractors), paving & Asphalt (#7), commercial Landscaping (#10) and commercial Roofing (#12) rank best in Las Vegas.
What kinds of businesses are concentrated in Las Vegas?
Compared with the national mix, Las Vegas-Henderson has more warehousing and distribution (2.48x), apartment and residential property managers (1.64x) and medical, dental and outpatient offices (1.46x). Those industries are the best-represented buyers for trades that serve them.
Sources and method
- Contractors and business-category change and concentration: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2025 Q2, Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV.
- Business sites by size and county: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Suppressed size classes count as zero.
- Climate: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county monthly series, 1991-2020 averages.
- Projects: sources linked on each project card.
- Anchor owners: sources linked on each card, read 2026-10.
- Eligible targets: Abstrakt territory record counts, 2026-10; estimated decision-maker records Abstrakt can prospect per program, shown for HVAC, roofing, construction and cleaning.
- Photo: Las Vegas skyline with the Strat tower, by Thomas Haas on Unsplash.
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