How much does house demolition cost in Denver? The usual demolition job filed with Denver is $8,000, from 1,138 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $6,945 and $10,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. The file does not say which Denver demolition permits were whole-house teardowns and which were garages, sheds or partial demolition, so every figure here covers all of them.
The usual Denver demolition permit is filed at $8,000, from 1,138 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. Half were filed for less, half for more. The file does not separate whole-house teardowns from garages, sheds or partial demolition, so read it as the middle of all demolition jobs, not a house-only price. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A demolition permit here usually takes 21 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,138 priced permits across 121 firms, pooled into one. Half of Denver demolition permits were filed between $2,400 and $9,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $1,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $2,400 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $8,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $9,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $13,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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: City and County of Denver parcel values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $904,800 | $1,000 | 39 | 117 |
| Middle third | $904,800–$1,349,900 | $8,000 | 40 | 917 |
| Upper third | $1,364,150 and up | $6,945 | 40 | 102 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendoza Demolition Services Inc | 547 | 174 | $8,000 | $1,000–$9,000 | 93.7% |
| All Demolition Excavating Co | 129 | 43 | $7,990 | $7,885–$7,990 | 95.1% |
| Cowgirl Demolition and Excavating LLC | 57 | 20 | $10,000 | $9,000–$12,000 | 94.1% |
| Gollnick Construction Inc | 52 | 19 | $10,000 | $7,950–$12,000 | 91.0% |
| PBM Excavating Co | 31 | 12 | $6,945 | $5,710–$7,762 | 86.2% |
| Progressive Building Group LLC | 19 | 10 | $8,000 | $8,000 | 7 of 9 |
| William D Hillen a Corporation | 11 | 9 | $7,500 | $3,750–$15,940 | — |
| JBC Ent Inc | 31 | 8 | $5,000 | $4,000–$6,000 | 91.4% |
| Alpine Demolition and Recycling LLC | 20 | 5 | $15,450 | $11,500–$31,362 | 57.1% |
| Wedoit Builders LLP | 5 | 3 | $1,000 | $1,000–$1,800 | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Denver, 1 in 10 demolition filed values sit under $1,000, the middle half between $2,400 and $9,000, and 1 in 10 over $13,000.
Denver files the fewest demolition permits in January (77 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (127). 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 Denver →
Source: City and County of Denver residential construction and demolition 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.
Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Denver →
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