Best residential security companies in Denver (2026)

Before an agency appears in your Denver matches, Calvis confirms it holds active Colorado licensing through DORA's Division of Professions and Occupations, carries current liability insurance, and has a real track record on residential work in the metro. We screen for the credentials that matter for homes — armed-officer certification where relevant, HOA references, and clean documentation practices — so you're comparing legitimate Front Range providers, not the cheapest listing.

Denver runs slightly above the national median: unarmed residential guards generally land in the $30–48/hr range, while armed officers for estate or high-value work run about $55–90/hr. Where you fall depends on whether it's a single staffed post or a mobile patrol shared across a block, the hours, and the neighborhood. Calvis shows you competing quotes so you can see where a Cherry Creek estate post differs from a Highlands patrol route.

The security agencies are. Every provider in your Denver matches is independently licensed and regulated under Colorado's DORA Division of Professions and Occupations, which oversees private security in the state. Calvis is not a security agency and is not licensed to provide guard services — we are the platform that vets and connects you with the licensed Colorado agencies that do the work.

Yes. Several agencies in the Denver market specialize in discreet residential protection for high-net-worth households, including cannabis-industry principals who avoid public attention. When you tell Calvis you want plainclothes or unmarked-vehicle coverage and a residential bearing rather than a uniformed commercial presence, we prioritize agencies whose officers are practiced in that quieter style of Mile High estate work.

Hiring directly means chasing down which Front Range agencies actually do residential work, verifying each one's DORA license yourself, and negotiating one quote at a time. Calvis collapses that into a single request: you describe the Cherry Creek estate, the RiNo tower, or the Highlands patrol route once, and we return multiple vetted, competing agencies so you can compare price and credentials in one place.