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Roofing and gutter companies in the Spirit Lake, IA area
The roofing and gutter companies in the Spirit Lake, IA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #237 of 288 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,832 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 89% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,077
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in the Spirit Lake area is 33 (lower middle), #237 of 288 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 roofing and gutter companies in the Spirit Lake area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 89% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in the Spirit Lake area spend about $25.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,832 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 roofing and gutter companies, that is $4.2M per company, 51% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in the Spirit Lake area in 2023. That is one for every 2,211 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Spirit Lake area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Spirit Lake 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 | Spirit Lake area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $6.2M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,211 | 4,553 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,832 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,432 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $337K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Spirit Lake 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 Spirit Lake area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,077+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,845
- Median age
- 48.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $75,432+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,164
- Median home value
- $270,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,412
- Daytime population
- 20,071Residents 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 Spirit Lake 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 Spirit Lake, IA area?
There are 6 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in the Spirit Lake area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Spirit Lake, IA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $25.1M a year, or $2,832 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 8,845 households in the Spirit Lake area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Spirit Lake, IA area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Spirit Lake area has 6.8 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $4.2M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Spirit Lake area would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,211 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Spirit Lake, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Spirit Lake area at 18,077 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,845 households. The median household income in the Spirit Lake area is $75,432 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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. 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 Spirit Lake area scores 33 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #237 of 288 scored small-town markets.
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