The results below show how companies of different sizes across the metro area stacked up against each other in the 2014 Business Challenge. Rankings are calculated using an effort index rather than a simple number of participants per company. Learn more about the Effort Index and Class Type: Effort Index
Congratulations to the 2014 Business Challenge winners!
| Name | County | # of Participants | # of Total Employees | Effort Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + Adams County: Class D | |||||
| Avaya, Inc. | Adams | 1 | 350 | 0.04 | |
| University Physicians, Inc. | Adams | 1 | 540 | 0.03 | |
| City of Thornton | Adams | 1 | 900 | 0.02 | |
| -- | Infrastructure Department | 0 | 174 | 0.00 | |
| Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association | Adams | 0 | 1500 | 0.00 | |
| City of Westminster Wellness Program | Adams | 0 | 1000 | 0.00 | |
| + Arapahoe County: Class A | |||||
| Avidmax.com | Arapahoe | 2 | 8 | 0.50 | |
| Habitat Management, Inc. | Arapahoe | 1 | 8 | 0.25 | |
| + Arapahoe County: Class B | |||||
| MKK Consulting Engineers | Arapahoe | 1 | 75 | 0.08 | |
| + Arapahoe County: Class C | |||||
| MGMA | Arapahoe | 1 | 130 | 0.06 | |
| Greenwood Athletic and Tennis Club | Arapahoe | 1 | 250 | 0.04 | |
| Globus family of brands | Arapahoe | 1 | 250 | 0.04 | |
| National Cattlemen's Beef Association | Arapahoe | 0 | 100 | 0.00 | |
| + Arapahoe County: Class D | |||||
| United Launch Alliance | Arapahoe | 13 | 1650 | 0.23 | |
| Northrop Grumman Aurora | Arapahoe | 4 | 500 | 0.13 | |
| City of Englewood | Arapahoe | 1 | 460 | 0.03 | |
| Team Littleton Adventist Hospital | Arapahoe | 1 | 1100 | 0.02 | |
| Western Union | Arapahoe | 1 | 7000 | 0.01 | |
| AlloSource | Arapahoe | 0 | 400 | 0.00 | |
| -- | AlloSource | 0 | 400 | 0.00 | |
| Sports Authority | Arapahoe | 0 | 700 | 0.00 | |
| Centura Health | Arapahoe | 0 | 5000 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Inverness 109/111 | 0 | 200 | 0.00 | |
| Raytheon | Arapahoe | 0 | 2300 | 0.00 | |
| + Boulder County: Class A | |||||
| The Trade Desk | Boulder | 1 | 20 | 0.16 | |
| ZEAL Optics | Boulder | 0 | 12 | 0.00 | |
| lululemon athletica boulder | Boulder | 0 | 17 | 0.00 | |
| + Boulder County: Class B | |||||
| Only Natural Pet | Boulder | 3 | 34 | 0.36 | |
| -- | ONP eCom | 4 | 25 | 0.57 | |
| Salesforce | Boulder | 2 | 60 | 0.18 | |
| Pearl Izumi | Boulder | 0 | 45 | 0.00 | |
| SurveyGizmo | Boulder | 0 | 66 | 0.00 | |
| + Boulder County: Class C | |||||
| Hospira Boulder | Boulder | 1 | 180 | 0.05 | |
| Northrop Grumman - Boulder | Boulder | 1 | 250 | 0.04 | |
| City of Lafayette | Boulder | 0 | 150 | 0.00 | |
| RallySport Health & Fitness | Boulder | 0 | 200 | 0.00 | |
| WD | Boulder | 0 | 143 | 0.00 | |
| Terrapin Care Station | Boulder | 0 | 100 | 0.00 | |
| + Boulder County: Class D | |||||
| Naropa University | Boulder | 0 | 600 | 0.00 | |
| + Broomfield County: Class B | |||||
| Community Financial Credit Union | Broomfield | 1 | 60 | 0.09 | |
| + Broomfield County: Class C | |||||
| Return Path | Broomfield | 0 | 210 | 0.00 | |
| + Broomfield County: Class D | |||||
| Level 3 Communications | Broomfield | 2 | 13000 | 0.01 | |
| -- | Global Network Technology (GNT) | 1 | 488 | 0.03 | |
| -- | Global Marketing | 0 | 225 | 0.00 | |
| + Denver County: Class A | |||||
| Sentric Inc. | Denver | 4 | 8 | 1.00 | |
| Zipcar Denver | Denver | 3 | 5 | 0.95 | |
| EarthLinks | Denver | 1 | 5 | 0.32 | |
| Biennial of the Americas | Denver | 1 | 10 | 0.22 | |
| Downtown Denver Partnership | Denver | 1 | 27 | 0.14 | |
| McLaughlin Water - Merrick & Co | Denver | 0 | 26 | 0.00 | |
| + Denver County: Class B | |||||
| Denver Regional Council of Governments | Denver | 4 | 85 | 0.31 | |
| -- | CAM | 4 | 14 | 0.76 | |
| -- | Admin | 0 | 18 | 0.00 | |
| -- | RPO | 0 | 13 | 0.00 | |
| -- | TPO | 0 | 21 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Exec | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |
| -- | AAA | 0 | 24 | 0.00 | |
| Primal | Denver | 1 | 45 | 0.11 | |
| Pioneer Natural Resources | Denver | 1 | 75 | 0.08 | |
| KEPHART community :: planning :: architecture | Denver | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | |
| Fentress Architects,Inc | Denver | 0 | 85 | 0.00 | |
| Trackvia | Denver | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | |
| Colorado Lending Source | Denver | 0 | 40 | 0.00 | |
| + Denver County: Class C | |||||
| Credit Union of Colorado | Denver | 3 | 250 | 0.13 | |
| Welltok | Denver | 1 | 150 | 0.06 | |
| -- | Seattle | 0 | 25 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Bay Area | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Remote | 0 | 40 | 0.00 | |
| -- | New Jersey | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver | Denver | 1 | 150 | 0.06 | |
| Inspirato | Denver | 1 | 200 | 0.05 | |
| Davis Partnership | Denver | 0 | 130 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Top Level | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Main Level | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Bottom Level | 0 | 30 | 0.00 | |
| Kutak Rock LLP | Denver | 0 | 140 | 0.00 | |
| Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center | Denver | 0 | 230 | 0.00 | |
| Volunteers of America Colorado Branch | Denver | 0 | 150 | 0.00 | |
| Kumar and Associates | Denver | 0 | 100 | 0.00 | |
| + Denver County: Class D | |||||
| City and County of Denver | Denver | 23 | 12538 | 0.15 | |
| -- | Denver Public Library | 19 | 496 | 0.60 | |
| -- | Mayor's Office | 1 | 15 | 0.18 | |
| -- | Environmental Health | 1 | 190 | 0.05 | |
| -- | Technology Services | 1 | 270 | 0.04 | |
| -- | Public Works | 1 | 1049 | 0.02 | |
| -- | Police | 0 | 1712 | 0.00 | |
| -- | County Court | 0 | 255 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Human Rights & Community Partnerships | 0 | 15 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Board of Ethics | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Public Safety | 0 | 167 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Denver Botanic Gardens | 0 | 165 | 0.00 | |
| -- | City Attorney | 0 | 184 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Excise and Licenses | 0 | 34 | 0.00 | |
| -- | 911 Services | 0 | 134 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Mayor's Office for Education and Children | 0 | 16 | 0.00 | |
| -- | City Council | 0 | 54 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Finance | 0 | 374 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Arts & Venues | 0 | 65 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Sheriff | 0 | 892 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Denver Zoological Gardens | 0 | 322 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Museum of Nature and Science | 0 | 400 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Civil Service Commission | 0 | 28 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Fire | 0 | 961 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Auditor | 0 | 41 | 0.00 | |
| -- | District Attorney | 0 | 203 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Office of Human Resources | 0 | 91 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Clerk and Recorder | 0 | 46 | 0.00 | |
| -- | General Services | 0 | 353 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Aviation | 0 | 1133 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Economic Development | 0 | 237 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Office of the Independent Monitor | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Community Planning & Development | 0 | 166 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Hearing Office | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Board of Adjustment for Zoning Appeals | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Emergency Management & Homeland Security | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | |
| DaVita Healthcare Partners (WHQ) | Denver | 3 | 800 | 0.07 | |
| TIAA-CREF | Denver | 3 | 1300 | 0.06 | |
| Rocky Mountain Human Services | Denver | 1 | 360 | 0.04 | |
| Gates Corporation | Denver | 1 | 400 | 0.04 | |
| Leprino Foods | Denver | 1 | 500 | 0.03 | |
| Great-West Financial | Denver | 1 | 2100 | 0.02 | |
| RTD | Denver | 1 | 3000 | 0.01 | |
| Union Pacific RR Locomotive | Denver | 0 | 300 | 0.00 | |
| Whole Foods Market | Denver | 0 | 400 | 0.00 | |
| St. Thomas More Hospital | Denver | 0 | 350 | 0.00 | |
| Team Porter Adventist Hospital | Denver | 0 | 1600 | 0.00 | |
| ECHCS-VA | Denver | 0 | 1800 | 0.00 | |
| Jacobs | Denver | 0 | 587 | 0.00 | |
| -- | NAI/GBNA | 0 | 237 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Process/Mining/Upstream | 0 | 350 | 0.00 | |
| Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment | Denver | 0 | 1000 | 0.00 | |
| Accenture | Denver | 0 | 800 | 0.00 | |
| + Douglas County: Class D | |||||
| Charles Schwab | Douglas | 0 | 2000 | 0.00 | |
| CH2M HILL | Douglas | 0 | 1200 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Environment & Nuclear | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Transportation BG | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | |
| + Jefferson County: Class B | |||||
| Hatch Mott MacDonald | Jefferson | 8 | 35 | 0.96 | |
| Metro West Housing Solutions | Jefferson | 1 | 63 | 0.09 | |
| + Jefferson County: Class C | |||||
| Sonsio | Jefferson | 0 | 105 | 0.00 | |
| + Jefferson County: Class D | |||||
| NREL-National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Jefferson | 1 | 2490 | 0.01 | |
| -- | 3000 - Laboratory Operations | 0 | 570 | 0.00 | |
| -- | Contractors/Interns/Temps | 0 | 442 | 0.00 | |
| -- | 5A00 - Science & Technology | 0 | 951 | 0.00 | |
| -- | 6A00 - Strategic Programs & Partnerships | 0 | 494 | 0.00 | |
| MillerCoors Brewery | Jefferson | 0 | 1000 | 0.00 | |
| + Larimer County: Class D | |||||
| Keysight Technologies,Inc | Larimer | 1 | 300 | 0.04 | |
