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Colorado new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

Colorado's residential permit volume is roughly flat (9%) quarter-on-quarter — a stable market with steady underlying demand. Operators should focus on builder-relationship depth rather than market-expansion bets in this state for the next quarter.

Top movers this quarter

The Colorado counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. El Paso County: 904 permits this quarter (+226 vs 678 prior quarter).
2. Arapahoe County: 479 permits this quarter (+182 vs 297 prior quarter).
3. Douglas County: 444 permits this quarter (+150 vs 294 prior quarter).
4. Denver County: 149 permits this quarter (-144 vs 293 prior quarter).
5. Weld County: 633 permits this quarter (+57 vs 576 prior quarter).
6. Jefferson County: 188 permits this quarter (+42 vs 146 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

Licensed home builders in Colorado ranked by Q1 2026 permit count. Click any name for the builder's full profile, permit history, and county footprint.

Per-permit builder attribution for Colorado is limited this quarter. Per-permit feeds outside Florida are added quarterly — Colorado will deepen as we add county portals.

What this means for trade operators

If you're an LBM operator, roofing contractor, HVAC company, plumber, concrete crew, or any trade serving Colorado's new single-family construction market, this quarter's data points to a few practical actions:

• If you're not actively quoting the top 6 builders listed above, that's the call list for this week.
• If your service area covers any of the top-mover counties, you have leverage right now — builders there are scaling and looking for capacity.
• If you're considering expansion into Colorado, the Colorado dashboard has all counties scored against the trade you select. Drive-time analysis from your existing yard tells you which counties are reachable today.

This report is automatically refreshed every quarter from Census Bureau Building Permits Survey data plus county public records. The methodology is documented in our Census BPS data explainer.