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Roofing and gutter companies in the Dover, DE metro area

How the Dover, DE metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #96 of 381 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Delaware

Listings
22
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$201.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,822 a household
Spending per listing
$9.2M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
194,786
+6.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $2,822 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Dover metro area spend about $201.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $9.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

The Dover metro area has 22 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 9%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in the Dover metro area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 4,762 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Dover metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For roofing and gutter companies, the Dover metro area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #96 of 381 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Delaware.

How the Dover metro area compares

The same measures for Delaware and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the roofing and gutter companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Roofing and gutters in Dover, DE metro area compared with Delaware and the U.S.
MeasureDover metro areaDelawareU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.13.83.6
Spending per listing$9.2M$8.1M$8.5M
Households per official establishment4,7626,0015,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.5%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.8%+6.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,822$3,089$3,018
Median household income$74,477$84,954$80,734
Groundwork market score6264

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
222 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Dover metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Dover metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
194,786+6.8% since 2020
Households
71,424
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
586 sq. mi.
People per square mile
320
Median household income
$74,477+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,801
Median home value
$316,600
Jobs located here
66,799
Daytime population
177,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Delaware

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Delaware for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Delaware (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dover metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Delaware

Metro areas in Delaware ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD688543.5$9.9M+1.4%#54 of 381
1Dover, DE62223.1$9.2M+6.8%#96 of 381

Other business types in the Dover metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Dover, DE metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 roofing and gutter companies in the Dover metro area. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Dover, DE metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $201.5M a year, or $2,822 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $9.2M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,424 households in the Dover metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Dover, DE metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

The Dover metro area has 3.1 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $9.2M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Dover metro area would have about 24, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,762 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

How fast is the Dover, DE metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Dover metro area at 194,786 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,424 households. Median household income in the Dover metro area is $74,477, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Dover metro area scores 62 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #96 of 381 scored metro areas.

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