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Roofing and gutter companies in the Bowling Green, KY metro area
How the Bowling Green, KY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #160 of 381 scored metro areas
#2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 27
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $193.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,633 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 197,180
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 roofing and gutter companies in the Bowling Green metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Bowling Green metro area comes to about $193.1M a year: $2,633 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 15% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in the Bowling Green metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 6,112 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $358K have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Bowling Green metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bowling Green metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Bowling Green metro area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies, ranking #160 of 381 scored metro areas and #2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.
How the Bowling Green metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Bowling Green metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $8.2M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,112 | 7,116 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +29.4% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,633 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $63,328 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 271 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $358K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Bowling Green metro 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 Bowling Green metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 197,180+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 73,344
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,614 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $63,328+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,606
- Median home value
- $233,700
- Jobs located here
- 78,351
- Daytime population
- 187,870Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bowling Green metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 71 | 41 | 3.3 | $8.2M | +8.5% | #39 of 381 |
| 1Elizabethtown, KY | 64 | 15 | 3.0 | $9.2M | +2.4% | #82 of 381 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 55 | 364 | 4.0 | $7.2M | +2.7% | #152 of 381 |
| 2Bowling Green, KY | 54 | 27 | 3.7 | $7.2M | +9.5% | #160 of 381 |
| 3Lexington-Fayette, KY | 50 | 101 | 4.7 | $6.2M | +3.4% | #199 of 381 |
| 4Owensboro, KY | 47 | 19 | 4.2 | $6.4M | +1.3% | #218 of 381 |
| 5Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 46 | 249 | 4.5 | $6.4M | +2.9% | #228 of 381 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 44 | 45 | 3.0 | $8.6M | −2.6% | #235 of 381 |
| 6Paducah, KY-IL | 26 | 23 | 5.5 | $4.8M | −1.2% | #361 of 381 |
Other business types in the Bowling Green metro area
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
- Home repair trades58
- HVAC and plumbing64
- Electricians48
- Roofing and gutters54
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control78
- Landscaping and lawn care76
- House cleaning76
- Pest control61
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Bowling Green, KY metro area?
The Bowling Green metro area has 27 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Bowling Green, KY metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $193.1M a year, or $2,633 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 73,344 households in the Bowling Green metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bowling Green, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Bowling Green metro area has 3.7 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $7.2M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Bowling Green metro area would have about 23, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,112 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bowling Green, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bowling Green metro area at 197,180 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,344 households. The median household income in the Bowling Green metro area is $63,328 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. The Bowling Green metro area scores 54 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #160 of 381 scored metro areas.
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