Denver, CO · Painters

Painters in Denver, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 478 painting and wall covering contractors in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,809 people with $108.1 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

478

16th most of 378 US metro areas

People employed

1,809

3.8 per business, against 5.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$108.1 million

$59,762 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

92%

of businesses, against 88% across all metros

Change since 2022

-2.4%

in the number of businesses (490 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Denver.

  • Denver is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors, 16th of 378.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.8 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
  • The count fell by 12 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps painters in Denver.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Room-by-room estimates

Price walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and cabinets from your own rates. Coats, primer, and patching are their own lines, so the client sees what they are paying for.

Color schedules clients confirm

VERA drafts the color and sheen list for each job and keeps reminding the client until it is confirmed, before you order paint.

A crew calendar that holds

Assign crews to jobs, spot overlaps, and move a start date in one instruction. VERA drafts the client's notice when anything changes.

Questions

Painters in Denver

How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Denver?

478 in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,809 people and paid $108.1 million in annual payroll.

Is the Denver market for painters growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 490 to 478 (-2.4%).

What does VERA do for painters in Denver?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Denver business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Painters in other markets

Other Denver markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is painting and wall covering contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

See what VERA can do for your business.

Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.