Sterling Communications Technologies named Colorado Companies to Watch finalist

Sterling Communications Technologies Inc. has been named a finalist for the 2026 Colorado Companies To Watch program, putting the long-running Colorado firm among roughly 50 businesses statewide recognized for growth and innovation. For Logan County readers, the honor is more than a corporate plaque: it points to the kind of second-stage company Colorado is trying to keep building, one that has already moved beyond startup status and is now large enough to matter in hiring, contracting and regional supply chains.

Colorado Companies To Watch announced the finalists on April 2 and said the winners will be unveiled June 19 at Wings Over the Rockies in Denver. The awards program is built around second-stage companies, which Colorado Companies To Watch defines as businesses beyond the startup phase that are expanding operations. To qualify in 2026, companies had to be headquartered in Colorado, privately held and employ between 6 and 150 full-time equivalent workers, with annual revenue from $750,000 to $100 million.

Sterling’s own company history shows the kind of progression the program is designed to spotlight. The company says it was founded in 1994 in Golden and began as a total communication solution provider for life-safety, security and communication systems. It has since grown into a low-voltage systems integrator serving healthcare, education, senior living, government and commercial facilities across the Rocky Mountain, Northwest and Gulf Coast regions, along with projects nationwide.

Public business listings place Sterling in Parker, and its Procore profile lists 51 to 100 employees, 18 total projects and an average project size of $17,706,541. The company’s online materials also describe its Rocky Mountain region headquarters as being in Littleton and Parker, with service reaching clients throughout Colorado and neighboring states. Those details matter because they show a Colorado business operating at a scale that can support skilled technical jobs, project management and specialized installation work, all while competing for contracts far beyond one metro area.

Colorado Companies To Watch board chair Erin Beckstein said the finalists reflect “what’s possible when leadership, vision and execution come together.” The program says it has honored nearly 800 companies since its inception, generating billions of dollars in economic impact. For Logan County, Sterling’s finalist status is a reminder that Colorado’s next wave of growth is being built by firms that can scale, hire and deliver complex work well beyond their original footprint.