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Roofing and gutter companies in Cook County, IL

How Cook County, IL compares with other counties 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 #324 of 1,177 scored counties
#2 of 42 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
581
11 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
354
+14.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$6.2B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,946 a household
Spending per listing
$10.6M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,194,625
−1.3% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Cook County comes to about $6.2B a year: $2,946 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

There are 581 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in Cook County as of September 2026. 11 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in Cook County was 354 in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019. That is one for every 5,933 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $11M have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Cook County.

Population estimates put the population change in Cook County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For roofing and gutter companies, Cook County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #324 of 1,177 scored counties and #2 of 42 scored counties in Illinois.

How Cook County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Cook County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureCook CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.73.6
Spending per listing$10.6M$7.9M$8.5M
Households per official establishment5,9334,9095,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.6%+16.2%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,946$2,919$3,018
Median household income$83,498$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6238

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
309 → 354+14.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,022
Annual payroll, 2023
$195.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
58111 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
732The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
22
Amount
$11M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Cook County, 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 Cook County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,194,625−1.3% since 2020
Households
2,100,230
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
945 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5,484
Median household income
$83,498+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,729
Median home value
$324,500
Jobs located here
2,683,238
Daytime population
5,468,881Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Cook County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL66173.7$8.7M+9.9%#231 of 1,177
2Cook County, IL625812.8$10.6M−1.3%#324 of 1,177
3Grundy County, IL5973.4$8.9M+2.9%#385 of 1,177
4McLean County, IL57284.0$7M+0.1%#435 of 1,177
5Will County, IL551034.2$7.7M+2.2%#482 of 1,177
6LaSalle County, IL52132.9$9.2M−1.5%#546 of 1,177
7Monroe County, IL5264.3$7.3M−0.3%#555 of 1,177
8Macon County, IL50102.3$10.9M−4.3%#590 of 1,177
9DeKalb County, IL48143.5$7.4M+1.5%#637 of 1,177
10Lake County, IL481274.9$7M+0.8%#640 of 1,177

Other business types in Cook County

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

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in Cook County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 581 roofing and gutter companies in Cook County. 11 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 354 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Cook County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $6.2B a year, or $2,946 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 581 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $10.6M 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 2,100,230 households in Cook County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cook County, IL compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

Cook County has 2.8 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $10.6M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Cook County would have about 732, against 581 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,933 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Cook County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Cook County at 5,194,625 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,100,230 households. Median household income in Cook County is $83,498, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Cook County scores 62 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #324 of 1,177 scored counties.

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