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Roofing and gutter companies in Lake County, IL

How Lake 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 #640 of 1,177 scored counties
#10 of 42 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
127
2 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
73
−12.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$883.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,420 a household
Spending per listing
$7M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
719,339
+0.8% 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

At $3,420 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $883.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 127 roofing and gutter companies, that is $7M per company, 18% below 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 127 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in Lake County in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,540 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $442K have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Lake County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lake County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies, ranking #640 of 1,177 scored counties and #10 of 42 scored counties in Illinois.

How Lake 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 Lake County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.93.73.6
Spending per listing$7M$7.9M$8.5M
Households per official establishment3,5404,9095,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.0%+16.2%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,420$2,919$3,018
Median household income$110,416$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4838

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
83 → 73−12.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
333
Annual payroll, 2023
$27.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1272 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
105The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$442K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
719,339+0.8% since 2020
Households
258,455
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
444 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,610
Median household income
$110,416+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$155,726
Median home value
$345,700
Jobs located here
328,525
Daytime population
712,545Residents 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 Lake 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 Lake County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 127 roofing and gutter companies in Lake County. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019.

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

About $883.8M a year, or $3,420 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 127 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $7M 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 258,455 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lake County has 4.9 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $7M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Lake County would have about 105, against 127 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,540 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 719,339 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 258,455 households. Median household income in Lake County is $110,416, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Lake County scores 48 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #640 of 1,177 scored counties.

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