Editor’s note: This information was taken from the Energage database. The businesses provide the data, and it may have changed since it was first entered into the database.
No. 1
Years named: 4
Founded: 1971
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 120
Facts: Corcoran Perry & Co. is a locally owned and operated real estate company with a tradition of integrity, client service and satisfaction.
No. 2
Years named: 1
Founded: 2001
Headquarters: Westminster
Employees: 50
Facts: Scrum Alliance is a nonprofit professional membership organization that promotes the adoption of Scrum and Agile methodologies.
No. 3
Years named: 1
Founded: 1965
Headquarters: Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Employees: 92, with 50 in Colorado
Facts: Walker Consultants is a 100% employee-owned firm offering planning, engineering, architecture, forensics, restoration, and building envelope services.
No. 4
Years named: 3
Founded: 2011
Headquarters: Longmont
Employees: 120, with 91 in Colorado
Facts: Homewatch Caregivers offers in-home services to people of all ages.
No. 5
Years named: 5, 3 consecutive
Founded: 1982
Headquarters: Houston
Employees: 1,776, with 73 in Colorado
Locations: 11
Facts: Camden Property Trust is a real estate investment trust that owns and manages 172 apartment communities across the United States. The company’s name is derived from combining the founders’ names, Ric Campo and Keith Oden.
No. 6
Years named: 2
Founded: 1995
Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii
Employees: 340, with 87 in Colorado
Facts: City Light & Power builds and manages power distribution systems for customers nationwide.
No. 7
Years named: 5, 2 consecutive
Founded: 1991
Headquarters: Centennial
Employees: 120, with 62 in Colorado
Facts: National Valuation Consultants, Inc. is the largest privately held commercial real estate appraisal firm in the United States. NVC has additional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, New York, San Francisco, and South Florida.
No. 8
Years named: 10, 5 consecutive
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Englewood
Employees: 114
Facts: CCIG is recognized as one of Colorado’s leading insurance brokerages. It provides property, casualty, and life insurance to clients throughout the region, as well as benefits and risk management services for businesses.
No. 9
Years named: 5
Founded: 1982
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 142
Facts: CAP Logistics specializes in providing freight solutions to industries that cannot afford expensive downtime.
No. 10
Years named: 7, 4 consecutive
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 89
Facts: The Denver Scholarship Foundation was established to support first-generation, economically disadvantaged college students pursuing post-secondary education.
No. 11
Years named: 7, 2 consecutive
Founded: 1989
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 91
Facts: The American Indian College Fund raises money and provides scholarships to help American Indians achieve their higher education and career objectives.
No. 12
Years named: 10, 5 consecutive
Founded: 1975
Headquarters: Boulder
Employees: 61
Facts: Cain Travel is a full-service travel agency focused on corporate and group travel management. With an 80 percent female team, Cain Travel is proud to be one of the largest woman-owned companies in Colorado.
No. 13
Years named: 4
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: Englewood
Employees: 69
Facts: CRS is an insurance brokerage that provides 24/7 service and expert advice to help reduce risk, maximize potential, and boost profitability.
No. 14
Years named: 3
Founded: 2001
Headquarters: Golden
Employees: 57
Facts: Xentity specializes in data programs focused on big data, geospatial data, open data, and IoT/remote sensing.
No. 15
Years named: 4
Founded: 2018
Headquarters: Englewood
Employees: 6,000, with 72 in Colorado
Facts: CoralTree develops and manages world-class independent luxury and lifestyle hotels and resorts.
No. 16
Years named: 1
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Lone Tree
Employees: 83
Facts: Dealer Alchemist is a full-service digital marketing platform and advertising operator for automotive dealerships, specializing in AI-driven websites, SEO, and paid advertising.
No. 17
Years named: 9, 4 consecutive
Founded: 1980
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 99
Facts: Brothers Plumbing, Heating, and Electric is a family-owned business that provides comprehensive services in plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical, drain, and water heater installation and repair.
No. 18
Years named: 2
Founded: 2023
Headquarters: Wheat Ridge
Employees: 128, with 71 in Colorado
Facts: GPT Industries manufactures pipeline-sealing and electrical-isolation products with an emphasis on safety, performance, and reliability, serving the oil and gas, water, hydrogen, construction, and infrastructure sectors.
No. 19
Years named: 7, 4 consecutive
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: Lakewood
Employees: 91, with 65 in Colorado
Facts: Pinyon Environmental is a woman-owned environmental consulting firm serving Colorado clients. It offers air quality and noise services, biological resources, engineering and compliance, industrial hygiene, landscape architecture, and more.
No. 20
Years named: 4, 2 consecutive
Founded: 2013
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 165, with 88 in Colorado
Facts: Atlas Real Estate is a full-service real estate company specializing in investment services, property management and institutional acquisitions. With 10 offices nationwide, Atlas transacts over $3 billion in real estate annually and manages more than 9,000 residential units.
No. 21
Years named: 4
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Sheridan
Employees: 120, with 64 in Colorado
Facts: DM Construction is a full-service exterior cladding contractor that offers over 15 services, including stone, stucco, brick, and renovation.
No. 22
Years named: 2
Founded: 1981
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 144
Facts: COPIC is a leading medical liability insurance provider focused on improving patient safety and reducing medical errors.
No. 23
Years named: 10, 4 consecutive
Founded: 1980
Headquarters: Lakewood
Employees: 147
Facts: Muller Engineering Company, Inc., is an employee-owned civil engineering consulting firm specializing in planning and designing transportation facilities, water resources projects, stormwater and flood control management, and water and wastewater utilities.
No. 24
Years named: 6
Founded: 2017
Headquarters: Englewood
Employees: 129
Facts: Digible is a digital marketing and technology company specializing in multifamily housing.
No. 25
Years named: 6, 1 consecutive
Founded: 1978
Headquarters: Broomfield
Employees: 115
Facts: Cooper Heating & Cooling provides residential and commercial HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services, and offers 24/7 emergency repairs, installations, and maintenance for furnaces, air conditioners, and indoor air quality systems.
No. 26
Years named: 5, 2 consecutive
Founded: 1979
Headquarters: Loveland
Employees: 300, with 100 in Colorado
Facts: LPR Construction Co. specializes in structural steel erection. Initially focused on commercial and industrial projects, it expanded into industrial construction and plant services in 2005. It is recognized as a leading contractor across the U.S.
No. 27
Years named: 6
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 130
Facts: Carlton Electric is a full-service electrical contractor that serves customers in Colorado and Wyoming.
No. 28
Years named: 3
Founded: 1972
Headquarters: Westminster
Employees: 72
Facts: Melco designs and manufactures commercial embroidery machines and software.
No. 29
Years named: 3, 1 consecutive
Founded: 2014
Headquarters: Louisville
Employees: 170, with 71 in Colorado
Facts: AMP applies AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world’s recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP designs, builds, and operates advanced, cost-competitive facilities to process single-stream recycling and municipal solid waste. The company’s AI platform has identified more than 200 billion items, and its systems have processed 2.8 million tons of recyclables.
No. 30
Years named: 4
Founded: 2020
Headquarters: Sandy, Utah
Employees: 672, 115 in Colorado
Facts: Brighton Hospice strives to provide patients and their families with the highest quality physical, emotional, and spiritual care.
No. 31
Years named: 5, 3 consecutive
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio
Employees: 8,000, with 103 in Colorado
Facts: CrossCountry Mortgage is a nationwide full-service lender thatap been named to the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies 10 times.
No. 32
Years named: 3
Founded: 1961
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 116
Locations: 3
Facts: Pella Denver and Northern Colorado supplies residential and commercial windows and doors to customers from Denver to Glenwood Springs.
No. 33
Years named: 4, 3 consecutive
Founded: 1981
Headquarters: Lakewood
Employees: 91
Locations: 3
Facts: ERO Resources Corporation is an environmental services company that specializes in natural resource and environmental assessment, planning, and permitting.
No. 34
Years named: 2, 1 consecutive
Founded: 2012
Headquarters: Aurora
Employees: 76, with 52 in Colorado
Facts: DeNOVO Solutions is a Black-owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and engineer-led firm specializing in engineering, software development, and intelligence services for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.
No. 35
Years named: 9, 4 consecutive
Founded: 1961
Headquarters: Lakewood
Employees: 72
Facts: The RMH Group provides comprehensive mechanical, electrical, and industrial services, encompassing planning, design, LEED consulting, ENERGY STAR consulting, energy modeling, and lighting and daylighting modeling.
No. 36
Years named: 10, 3 consecutive
Founded: 1998
Headquarters: Broomfield
Employees: 141
Facts: ICAT offers catastrophe insurance coverage to business owners and homeowners in areas of the United States exposed to hurricanes and earthquakes.
No. 37
Years named: 11, 7 consecutive
Founded: 2001
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 130, with 88 in Colorado
Facts: Greystone Technology Group is a privately held company that provides IT services to businesses in Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder, and the New York City metro area.
No. 38
Years named: 12, 1 consecutive
Founded: 2004
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 96
Facts: Bradsby Group specializes in placing top-tier talent in construction, energy, technology, and finance.
No. 39
Years named: 6
Founded: 2009
Headquarters: Colorado Springs
Employees: 151, with 132 in Colorado
Locations: 7 in Colorado
Facts: Vanguard Skin Specialists is a dermatology, plastic surgery, and aesthetic practice specializing in dermatology, Mohs surgery, dermatopathology, plastic surgery, and aesthetics.
No. 40
Years named: 3
Founded: 1951
Headquarters: Arvada
Employees: 136
Locations: 5
Facts: Climb Credit Union, formerly Sooper Credit Union, has 40,000 members.
No. 41
Years named: 8, 1 consecutive
Founded: 2008
Headquarters: Lakewood
Employees: 150, with 140 in Colorado
Locations: 9 in Colorado
Facts: Baron Education is the parent company of DriveSafe Driving Schools, the largest driving school in Colorado. The company’s Drive Safe for Life System is designed to help students master the rules of the road and develop sound driving skills, so they can gain the confidence to be responsible drivers.
No. 42
Years named: 9, 8 consecutive
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 76
Facts: Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors is a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm that specializes in delivering innovative, client-centric, and relationship-focused real estate solutions.
No. 43
Years named: 2
Founded: 1959
Headquarters: Denver
Employees: 350, with 126 in Colorado
Facts: Accuris (formerly IHS) helps engineers and innovators address challenges, enabling their clients to leverage smart software and enhance engineering, supply chain, and product processes.
