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Roofing and gutter companies in Black Hawk County, IA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #702 of 1,177 scored counties
#7 of 22 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
21
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$141M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,584 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,532
+0.4% 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 $2,584 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Black Hawk County spend about $141M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 21 roofing and gutter companies, that is $6.7M per company, 21% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

Black Hawk County has 21 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in Black Hawk County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 6,820 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Black Hawk County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Black Hawk County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in Black Hawk County is 45 (lower middle), #702 of 1,177 scored counties and #7 of 22 scored counties in Iowa.

How Black Hawk County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Black Hawk County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureBlack Hawk CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.84.43.6
Spending per listing$6.7M$6.2M$8.5M
Households per official establishment6,8204,5535,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,584$2,714$3,018
Median household income$66,417$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4525

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 8
Employees, 2023
93
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$100K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
131,532+0.4% since 2020
Households
54,563
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
566 sq. mi.
People per square mile
232
Median household income
$66,417+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,158
Median home value
$188,900
Jobs located here
75,052
Daytime population
146,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Black Hawk County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA75143.3$10M+17.8%#94 of 1,177
2Story County, IA68112.8$9.5M+2.7%#186 of 1,177
3Pottawattamie County, IA6671.9$14.2M−0.7%#221 of 1,177
4Johnson County, IA60193.0$9.3M+4.6%#364 of 1,177
5Warren County, IA47104.8$6.1M+9.0%#663 of 1,177
6Dubuque County, IA45133.2$8.6M+0.1%#697 of 1,177
7Black Hawk County, IA45213.8$6.7M+0.4%#702 of 1,177
8Polk County, IA351487.2$4M+4.8%#916 of 1,177
9Bremer County, IA3455.1$5.4M+1.1%#925 of 1,177
10Linn County, IA33757.8$3.6M+0.7%#954 of 1,177

Other business types in Black Hawk County

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

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in Black Hawk County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 roofing and gutter companies in Black Hawk County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Black Hawk County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $141M a year, or $2,584 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 54,563 households in Black Hawk County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Black Hawk County, IA compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

Black Hawk County has 3.8 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $6.7M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Black Hawk County would have about 17, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,820 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

How fast is Black Hawk County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Black Hawk County at 131,532 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,563 households. Median household income in Black Hawk County is $66,417, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Black Hawk County scores 45 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #702 of 1,177 scored counties.

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