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Roofing and gutter companies in the Decatur, IL metro area
How the Decatur, IL 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #212 of 381 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $109.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,518 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.9M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,518 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Decatur metro area spend about $109.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 10 roofing and gutter companies, that is $10.9M per company, 29% 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 Decatur metro area has 10 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Decatur metro area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 6,210 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Decatur metro area declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in the Decatur metro area is 47 (lower middle), #212 of 381 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Decatur metro area 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.
| Measure | Decatur metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $10.9M | $7.9M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,210 | 4,909 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.2% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,518 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Decatur 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 Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bloomington, IL | 54 | 28 | 4.0 | $7M | +0.1% | #161 of 381 |
| 2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 51 | 1,353 | 3.7 | $8.2M | 0.0% | #186 of 381 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 50 | 12 | 3.1 | $8M | +1.7% | #195 of 381 |
| 3Decatur, IL | 47 | 10 | 2.3 | $10.9M | −4.3% | #212 of 381 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 39 | 515 | 4.4 | $6.4M | −0.2% | #278 of 381 |
| 4Champaign-Urbana, IL | 38 | 38 | 3.9 | $6.7M | +1.5% | #282 of 381 |
| 5Kankakee, IL | 37 | 17 | 4.1 | $6.4M | −1.7% | #291 of 381 |
| 6Peoria, IL | 37 | 65 | 4.2 | $6.4M | −1.3% | #292 of 381 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 27 | 75 | 4.6 | $5.8M | −0.9% | #355 of 381 |
| 7Springfield, IL | 26 | 40 | 4.4 | $6.1M | −1.2% | #359 of 381 |
Other business types in the Decatur metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades48
- HVAC and plumbing47
- Electricians34
- Roofing and gutters47
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control20
- Landscaping and lawn care19
- House cleaning38
- Pest control20
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Decatur, IL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 roofing and gutter companies in the Decatur metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Decatur, IL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $109.4M a year, or $2,518 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $10.9M 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 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Decatur metro area has 2.3 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $10.9M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,210 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. The Decatur metro area scores 47 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #212 of 381 scored metro areas.
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