How many quotes should I get for a roofing job in Boulder?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Boulder roofing firms usually file between $9,398 and $16,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.7 times apart and both be normal for Boulder. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for roofing jobs in Boulder?

Half of permits were filed between $7,600 and $17,000; 8 in 10 between $4,500 and $25,900. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do roofers charge in Boulder?

The usual roofing job is filed at $11,500; the middle half of firms usually file between $9,398 and $16,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $11,256, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why is this different from the per-square-foot prices I see online?

Online prices are quoted per square foot. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many square feet plus the work around them, and the Boulder file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $11,500 into a price per square foot.

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $11,957, the lower third $12,500.

Where does this data come from?

City of Boulder construction permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Boulder

Roof Replacement Cost in Boulder, CO: Usual $11,500 (2026)

How much does roof replacement cost in Boulder?

The usual roofing job filed with Boulder is $11,500, from 2,516 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $9,398 and $16,000. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A roofing permit here usually takes 41 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 2,516 priced permits across 426 firms, pooled into one. Half of Boulder roofing permits were filed between $7,600 and $17,000.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$4,500	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$7,600	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$11,600	the middle permit
75th	$17,000	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$25,900	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Boulder County Assessor values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $1,119,100	$12,500	138	471
Middle third	$1,119,100–$1,529,600	$10,500	138	1,359
Upper third	$1,530,900 and up	$11,957	139	646

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Boulder Roofing LLC	185	61	$9,398	$7,016–$12,449	96.4%
Red Rock Roofing dba Harper Development	107	44	$12,000	$9,000–$15,750	81.4%
Black Roofing Inc	123	36	$11,957	$7,268–$17,683	99.2%
Greenpoint Roofing	105	35	$7,700	$5,525–$10,570	96.5%
Westpro Ltd	65	33	$22,885	$15,875–$30,721	95.5%
Van Lier Roofing LLC	97	31	$11,256	$6,934–$15,863	97.5%
Bulldog Roofing	86	31	$9,669	$7,238–$15,680	97.1%
Spyder Construction	29	29	$19,517	$11,000–$24,000	—
B&M Roofing of Colorado LLC	52	19	$14,696	$11,557–$19,400	62.1%
Gates Enterprises LLC	43	19	$10,125	$7,286–$11,863	93.8%

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $11,256; the 375 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $13,200.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $1,530,900 and up) usually file $11,957, against $12,500 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 roofing permits is filed under $4,500 and 1 in 10 over $25,900, 6 times as much.
100.0% of the 2,516 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 2,516 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Boulder, 1 in 10 roofing filed values sit under $4,500, the middle half between $7,600 and $17,000, and 1 in 10 over $25,900.

$33,600Above $25,900: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Boulder.
$11,500Right at the usual $11,500: in the middle of the file.
$3,200Below $4,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule roofing work in Boulder

Boulder files the fewest roofing permits in December (52 against an average month of 100) and the most in June (126). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Boulder →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Boulder construction permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a roofing job in Boulder?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Boulder roofing firms usually file between $9,398 and $16,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.7 times apart and both be normal for Boulder. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for roofing jobs in Boulder?Half of permits were filed between $7,600 and $17,000; 8 in 10 between $4,500 and $25,900. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do roofers charge in Boulder?The usual roofing job is filed at $11,500; the middle half of firms usually file between $9,398 and $16,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $11,256, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why is this different from the per-square-foot prices I see online?Online prices are quoted per square foot. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many square feet plus the work around them, and the Boulder file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $11,500 into a price per square foot.
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $11,957, the lower third $12,500.
Where does this data come from?City of Boulder construction permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Boulder →

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