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Plumbing Work Cost in Colorado Springs, CO: what the permits say

How much does plumbing work cost in Colorado Springs? The usual plumbing job filed with Colorado Springs is $1,750, from 18,389 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $1,000 and $2,250. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$1,750usual filed value
$1,000–$2,250middle half of firms' usual jobs
18,389priced permits (100% of 18,399)
375firms on file
19days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does plumbing work cost in Colorado Springs?

The usual plumbing job filed with Colorado Springs is $1,750, from 18,389 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $1,000 and $2,250. 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 plumbing permit here usually takes 19 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 18,389 priced permits across 375 firms, pooled into one. Half of Colorado Springs plumbing permits were filed between $1,000 and $2,400.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$6001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$1,0001 in 4 filed below
50th$1,800the middle permit
75th$2,4001 in 4 filed above
90th$4,0001 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 $447,104$2,0001243,850
Middle third$447,104–$519,890$1,80012411,757
Upper third$521,241 and up$1,9001252,790

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.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle half
Olson Plumbing and Heating Company1,126377$2,000$1,750–$2,587
Water Heater Pros, LLC.895367$1,899$1,899–$2,099
Colorado Delta Mechanical, Inc1,105316$2,180$1,950–$2,640
I.L.M. Properties, LLC785296$1,800$1,800–$2,500
Affordable Services Corp.1,043281$1,000$1,000
Bill's Plumbing & Drain543191$900$900
Jolly Plumbing & Heating Inc.495179$800$400–$1,000
Absolute Electrical, Heating & Cooling, LLC435177$1,999$1,347–$3,000
Home Heating Service, Inc.532169$900$900
MD Service Plumbing, Inc.453164$1,000$1,000–$1,200

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $1,800; the 167 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $1,900.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $521,241 and up) usually file $1,900, against $2,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 plumbing permits is filed under $600 and 1 in 10 over $4,000, 7 times as much.
  • 99.9% of the 18,399 permits carry a value; the 10 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 18,389 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Colorado Springs, 1 in 10 plumbing filed values sit under $600, the middle half between $1,000 and $2,400, and 1 in 10 over $4,000.

  • $5,200Above $4,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Colorado Springs.
  • $1,750Right at the usual $1,750: in the middle of the file.
  • $420Below $600: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule plumbing work in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs files the fewest plumbing permits in November (87 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (106). 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 plumbing job in Colorado Springs?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Colorado Springs plumbing firms usually file between $1,000 and $2,250 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.2 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 plumbing jobs in Colorado Springs?Half of permits were filed between $1,000 and $2,400; 8 in 10 between $600 and $4,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do plumbers charge in Colorado Springs?The usual plumbing job is filed at $1,750; the middle half of firms usually file between $1,000 and $2,250. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $1,800, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $1,900, the lower third $2,000.
  • 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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