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Roofing and gutter companies in Mercer County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for roofing and gutter companies in Mercer County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,680 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 15,229
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 roofing and gutter companies in Mercer County. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Mercer County comes to about $17.6M a year: $2,680 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.8M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in Mercer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Mercer County declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, Mercer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Mercer 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 | Mercer County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $8.8M | $7.9M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,909 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.2% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,680 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,182 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,229−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,565
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $74,182+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,846
- Median home value
- $146,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,052
- Daytime population
- 11,354Residents 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 |
| Mercer County, IL | Not scored | 2 | 3.0 | $8.8M | −2.6% |
Other business types in Mercer 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in Mercer County, IL?
Mercer County has 2 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. No official count is published for roofing contractors in Mercer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mercer County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $17.6M a year, or $2,680 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $8.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,565 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, IL compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
Mercer County has 2 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending.
How fast is Mercer County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 15,229 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,565 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $74,182 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Mercer County has no market score for roofing and gutter companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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