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Cost to Build a Garage in Colorado Springs, CO: what the permits say

How much does it cost to build a garage in Colorado Springs? The usual garage & accessory building job filed with Colorado Springs is $36,160, from 135 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026). A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$36,160usual filed value
135priced permits (99% of 136)
61firms on file
133days, permit issue to final
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How much does it cost to build a garage in Colorado Springs?

The usual garage & accessory building job filed with Colorado Springs is $36,160, from 135 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. 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 garage & accessory building permit here usually takes 133 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 135 priced permits across 61 firms, pooled into one. Half of Colorado Springs garage & accessory building permits were filed between $24,100 and $49,900.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$14,5001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$24,1001 in 4 filed below
50th$36,400the middle permit
75th$49,9001 in 4 filed above
90th$99,8001 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: El Paso County Assessor market values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $442,135$30,0001982
Middle third$442,135–$611,920$45,3732026
Upper third$649,879 and up$45,1812026

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; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle half
Tuff Shed Inc254$30,000$15,500–$40,724
Streamhome Construction LLC33——
M6 Structures, LLC42——
Pursuit of Excellence LLC22——
S&R Eagle Services LLC22——
Sunset Buildings221$30,006$20,081–$45,324
Elite Properties of America, Inc.151$24,199$24,199
The Shed Yard, Inc.41——
Cascade Builders, LLC21——
Backyard Storage Solutions LLC11——

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $30,000; the 58 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $45,373.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $649,879 and up) usually file $45,181, against $30,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 garage & accessory building permits is filed under $14,500 and 1 in 10 over $99,800, 7 times as much.
  • 99.3% of the 136 permits carry a value; the 1 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 135 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Colorado Springs, 1 in 10 garage & accessory building filed values sit under $14,500, the middle half between $24,100 and $49,900, and 1 in 10 over $99,800.

  • $130,000Above $99,800: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Colorado Springs.
  • $36,160Right at the usual $36,160: in the middle of the file.
  • $10,200Below $14,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule garage construction in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs files the fewest garage & accessory building permits in February (35 against an average month of 100) and the most in August (194). 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 Colorado Springs →

How these numbers are made

Source: Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits. 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.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Colorado Springs →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a garage & accessory building job in Colorado Springs?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Colorado Springs garage & accessory building permits were filed between $24,100 and $49,900, so two ordinary jobs can sit 2.1 times apart and both be normal for Colorado Springs. 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 garage & accessory building jobs in Colorado Springs?Half of permits were filed between $24,100 and $49,900; 8 in 10 between $14,500 and $99,800. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do garage builders charge in Colorado Springs?The usual garage & accessory building job is filed at $36,160. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $30,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $36,160?$36,160 is the construction value contractors wrote on Colorado Springs permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $45,181, the lower third $30,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits, read October 2026. How the records work in Colorado Springs →

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