Colorado Companies To Watch announces 2026 finalists and nonprofit list

DENVER, Colo. — Colorado Companies to Watch announced its 2026 finalists, recognizing second-stage companies and introducing a new list highlighting nonprofit organizations across the state.

The program selected finalists from applicants statewide. The group includes businesses and nonprofits representing multiple industries and regions.

2026 Colorado Companies to Watch finalists

• 3 Rocks Engineering & Surveying
• 5280 Veterinary Care
• Actuate
• Angel Armor
• Around the Clock
• Association Online
• Beyond Blue Media
• BirdieBall
• Bjorem Publications
• Blue Bear Waste Services
• Brown Note Productions Inc.
• C3 Interiors LLC
• Caribou Thunder LLC
• CFOx
• Civil Innovations LLC
• ConfernceSource
• CRAVE Technical
• Desert Glass Works
• Designing Beauty Academy
• Dry Stock Storage
• Duality Systems
• EastCo Group
• Edible Beats Inc.
• Elite Warehousing and Fulfillment
• Epic Broadband Solutions
• Fluvio
• Forester Family Medical Supply Inc.
• GigSmart
• Halker Consulting LLC
• Hireuavpro.com LLC
• Home Care RN Inc.
• Ignite Counseling Colorado
• iiCON Construction Colorado LLC
• IOME
• Julota
• Law Mother LLC
• LongPath Technologies Inc.
• Mesa Quantum
• Mines and Associates
• MSSM
• Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings
• National Car Charging
• Next Step Energy Solutions
• Nover Marketing
• OneCred
• Optimum Stainless Inc. DBA Optimum Filter
• OTM
• PeerSource Oncology
• Renegade Plastics
• Revel Marketing Partners
• Rocky Mountain Spice Company
• Roof Evolution LLC
• Sovereign Plastics
• Sterling Communications Technologies Inc.
• Stone Strategy & Design
• TDA Research
• TerraSlate Inc.
• The Chocolate Therapist
• The Weather Changers Heating & Air Conditioning
• Three Creeks Custom Cabinets
• Three Crowns Electric
• Traverse Builders LLC
• V-1 Consulting
• Vida Benefits
• VL Builders
• Welsh Electric

2026 Colorado Nonprofits to Know finalists

• ColoradoFIRST
• CPCD, giving children a head start
• CrossPurpose
• Dress for Success Denver
• Family Housing Network
• Family Tree
• First Southwest Community Fund
• Life Stories Child & Family Advocacy
• Project Helping

Colorado Companies to Watch focuses on second-stage companies, defined as businesses that have moved beyond the startup phase and are expanding operations. The new Colorado Nonprofits to Know program recognizes nonprofit organizations based on leadership, program performance and growth.

Finalists will be recognized at an event on April 23, 2026. Winners will be announced at a June 19 awards ceremony.

“Each year, we are inspired by the caliber of organizations applying to these programs,” said Erin Beckstein, chair of the Colorado Companies to Watch board. “These finalists represent what’s possible when leadership, vision and execution come together.”