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Roofing and gutter companies in DeKalb County, IL
How DeKalb 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #637 of 1,177 scored counties
#9 of 42 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $104.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,636 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,835
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,636 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in DeKalb County spend about $104.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 14 roofing and gutter companies, that is $7.4M per company, 12% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.
DeKalb County has 14 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 3.5 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in DeKalb County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 5,650 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $138K have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in DeKalb County.
Population estimates put the population change in DeKalb County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in DeKalb County is 48 (lower middle), #637 of 1,177 scored counties and #9 of 42 scored counties in Illinois.
How DeKalb 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.
| Measure | DeKalb County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $7.9M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,650 | 4,909 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.2% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,636 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $70,724 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $138K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,835+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 39,550
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 631 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $70,724+11.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,834
- Median home value
- $243,600
- Jobs located here
- 34,194
- Daytime population
- 89,501Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 66 | 17 | 3.7 | $8.7M | +9.9% | #231 of 1,177 |
| 2Cook County, IL | 62 | 581 | 2.8 | $10.6M | −1.3% | #324 of 1,177 |
| 3Grundy County, IL | 59 | 7 | 3.4 | $8.9M | +2.9% | #385 of 1,177 |
| 4McLean County, IL | 57 | 28 | 4.0 | $7M | +0.1% | #435 of 1,177 |
| 5Will County, IL | 55 | 103 | 4.2 | $7.7M | +2.2% | #482 of 1,177 |
| 6LaSalle County, IL | 52 | 13 | 2.9 | $9.2M | −1.5% | #546 of 1,177 |
| 7Monroe County, IL | 52 | 6 | 4.3 | $7.3M | −0.3% | #555 of 1,177 |
| 8Macon County, IL | 50 | 10 | 2.3 | $10.9M | −4.3% | #590 of 1,177 |
| 9DeKalb County, IL | 48 | 14 | 3.5 | $7.4M | +1.5% | #637 of 1,177 |
| 10Lake County, IL | 48 | 127 | 4.9 | $7M | +0.8% | #640 of 1,177 |
Other business types in DeKalb County
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 trades35
- HVAC and plumbing33
- Electricians41
- Roofing and gutters48
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control40
- Landscaping and lawn care46
- House cleaning49
- Pest control43
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in DeKalb County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 roofing and gutter companies in DeKalb County. 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 DeKalb County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $104.2M a year, or $2,636 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 39,550 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, IL compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
DeKalb County has 3.5 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $7.4M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 12, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,650 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, IL growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 101,835 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,550 households. Median household income in DeKalb County is $70,724, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.7%, 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. DeKalb County scores 48 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #637 of 1,177 scored counties.
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