Code Violation Leads in Denver: 4,219 Open Cases a Quarter (2026)
Denver’s Neighborhood Inspection Services opens thousands of property cases a quarter. PermitGrab tracks 4,219 filed in the last 90 days — weeds, trash, and outdoor-storage cases that point straight at lot-clearing and exterior crews.
A code case is a deadline with an address attached. When Denver’s inspectors cite a property, the owner is on a clock to correct the problem before the case escalates to citation and fines. For a contractor or an investor, that is a warmer signal than a permit: the work is already required, the owner is already on notice, and almost nobody else is calling.
PermitGrab tracks 4,219 Denver code-enforcement cases filed in the last 90 days across 2,030 distinct property addresses, current through June 16, 2026, with the feed updating daily. Denver’s caseload mixes property-condition cases with business-license and permit-inspection items, so the value is in filtering to the slice that maps to billable property work — which the category breakdown makes easy.
The Property Caseload, Broken Down by Trade
- Weeds / vegetation — 1,483 cases. The largest property channel by far: overgrowth owners must cut back. The daily job board for lawn, landscaping, and lot-clearing crews.
- Trash in yard — 369 cases. Debris and junk owners must clear — work for hauling and junk-removal crews.
- Outdoor storage — 135 cases. Improperly stored material on a lot, often a tell for a property mid-project or in distress — useful for investors and general contractors.
The remaining volume — permit-inspection requests (574), business-license inspections (518 and 317), and general inspections (359) — is process and licensing activity rather than property-repair work, and we are upfront about that. The property-condition cases above are the slice that converts to clearing and exterior jobs, and each carries an address and filing date so you can work the freshest ones first.
Why a Violation Beats a Permit on Close Rate
A permit lead is competitive — the moment it is filed, every contractor watching Denver sees it and you are bidding against the field. A violation lead is the opposite. The owner did not plan the work; the city found the defect and set a deadline. They want the citation gone before re-inspection, and almost nobody works this channel while everyone chases permits.
Denver Has a Big Permit Side Too
The violation feed sits next to one of the busiest permit streams we track. PermitGrab indexes 5,445 Denver building permits, with 4,545 filed in the last 90 days and 2,647 in the last 30 days. Denver pulls permits through the city Accela system, which publishes limited contractor phone numbers, so the permit page is strongest as a project-activity and address signal; the code-enforcement feed is the owner-of-record channel that complements it.
Who Should Be Working Denver Violations
Lawn, landscaping, and lot-clearing crews own the 1,483-case weeds channel. Hauling and junk-removal crews work the trash-in-yard cases. And investors and general contractors use the outdoor-storage and condition cases to spot neglected or in-transition properties early.
How PermitGrab Delivers It
Denver code cases arrive in the same daily feed as the permit data, sorted newest-first, with the case category, address, and filing date on every row. One flat monthly price covers Denver and every other market we track — no per-lead fees, no aggregator markup. Start with our free permit lead estimator, then see plans and start pulling fresh Denver leads.