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Roofing and gutter companies in the Kankakee, IL metro area

The roofing and gutter companies in the Kankakee, IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #291 of 381 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based 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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What this means

For roofing and gutter companies, the Kankakee metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #291 of 381 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $2,670 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Kankakee metro area spend about $109.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 17 roofing and gutter companies, that is $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.

The Kankakee metro area 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 the Kankakee metro area 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 the Kankakee metro area declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Kankakee 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.

Roofing and gutters in Kankakee, IL metro area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureKankakee metro areaIllinoisU.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 score3738

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
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 the Kankakee 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 Kankakee metro area

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 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 Kankakee metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Illinois

Metro areas in Illinois ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bloomington, IL54284.0$7M+0.1%#161 of 381
2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN511,3533.7$8.2M0.0%#186 of 381
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL50123.1$8M+1.7%#195 of 381
3Decatur, IL47102.3$10.9M−4.3%#212 of 381
St. Louis, MO-IL395154.4$6.4M−0.2%#278 of 381
4Champaign-Urbana, IL38383.9$6.7M+1.5%#282 of 381
5Kankakee, IL37174.1$6.4M−1.7%#291 of 381
6Peoria, IL37654.2$6.4M−1.3%#292 of 381
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL27754.6$5.8M−0.9%#355 of 381
7Springfield, IL26404.4$6.1M−1.2%#359 of 381

Other business types in the Kankakee 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 Kankakee, IL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 roofing and gutter companies in the Kankakee metro area. 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 the Kankakee, IL metro area 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 the Kankakee metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Kankakee metro area 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, the Kankakee metro area 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 the Kankakee, IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kankakee metro area 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 the Kankakee metro area 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. The Kankakee metro area scores 37 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #291 of 381 scored metro areas.

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