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Roofing and gutter companies in the Fort Dodge, IA area
The roofing and gutter companies in the Fort Dodge, IA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #282 of 288 scored small-town markets
#5 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,476 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,838
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Fort Dodge area scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies, ranking #282 of 288 scored small-town markets and #5 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $2,476 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Fort Dodge area spend about $38.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 44% 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 Fort Dodge area has 8 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 5.2, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in the Fort Dodge area in 2023. That is one for every 2,563 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Fort Dodge area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Fort Dodge area 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.
| Measure | Fort Dodge area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $6.2M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,563 | 4,553 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,476 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,975 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Fort Dodge 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 Fort Dodge area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,838−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,375
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $68,975+45.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,997
- Median home value
- $153,800
- Jobs located here
- 17,395
- Daytime population
- 38,670Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottumwa, IA | 34 | 5 | 3.6 | $6.9M | −0.3% | #230 of 288 |
| 2Spirit Lake, IA | 33 | 6 | 6.8 | $4.2M | +1.7% | #237 of 288 |
| 3Mason City, IA | 27 | 10 | 4.4 | $5.9M | −1.5% | #260 of 288 |
| 4Marshalltown, IA | 23 | 9 | 5.8 | $4.4M | −0.5% | #277 of 288 |
| 5Fort Dodge, IA | 19 | 8 | 5.2 | $4.8M | −0.4% | #282 of 288 |
| 6Muscatine, IA | 16 | 10 | 5.8 | $4.4M | −3.0% | #286 of 288 |
Other business types in the Fort Dodge area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Fort Dodge, IA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 roofing and gutter companies in the Fort Dodge area. None of them are chain locations. 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 Fort Dodge, IA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $38.1M a year, or $2,476 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 15,375 households in the Fort Dodge area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Dodge, IA area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Fort Dodge area has 5.2 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $4.8M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Fort Dodge area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,563 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Dodge, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Dodge area at 36,838 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,375 households. Median household income in the Fort Dodge area is $68,975, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Fort Dodge area scores 19 for roofing and gutter companies (low), #282 of 288 scored small-town markets.
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