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Roofing and gutter companies in Kankakee County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for roofing and gutter companies in Kankakee County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #770 of 1,177 scored counties
#16 of 42 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
17
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$109.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,670 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
105,525
−1.7% 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 Kankakee County comes to about $109.5M a year: $2,670 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.4M per company, 24% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

Kankakee County has 17 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in Kankakee County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 6,833 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Kankakee County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in Kankakee County is 42 (lower middle), #770 of 1,177 scored counties and #16 of 42 scored counties in Illinois.

How Kankakee 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 Kankakee County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureKankakee CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.13.73.6
Spending per listing$6.4M$7.9M$8.5M
Households per official establishment6,8334,9095,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.2%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,670$2,919$3,018
Median household income$71,281$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4238

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
171 chain location
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 Kankakee 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 Kankakee County

Population, 2025 estimate
105,525−1.7% since 2020
Households
40,996
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
677 sq. mi.
People per square mile
158
Median household income
$71,281+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,302
Median home value
$192,600
Jobs located here
41,664
Daytime population
98,238Residents 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 Kankakee 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
16Kankakee County, IL42174.1$6.4M−1.7%#770 of 1,177

Other business types in Kankakee County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 roofing and gutter companies in Kankakee County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $109.5M a year, or $2,670 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 40,996 households in Kankakee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kankakee County has 4.1 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $6.4M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Kankakee County would have about 13, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,833 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

How fast is Kankakee County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Kankakee County at 105,525 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,996 households. Median household income in Kankakee County is $71,281, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.0%, 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. Kankakee County scores 42 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #770 of 1,177 scored counties.

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