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Roofing and gutter companies in the Murray, KY area
The roofing and gutter companies in the Murray, KY area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #195 of 288 scored small-town markets
#6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,443 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,421
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,443 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Murray area spend about $37.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $7.4M per company, 12% 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 Murray area has 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in the Murray area in 2023. That is one for every 1,693 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Murray area grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in the Murray area is 40 (lower middle), #195 of 288 scored small-town markets and #6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.
How the Murray 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 | Murray area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $8.2M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,693 | 7,116 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +29.4% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,443 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $52,706 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Murray 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 Murray area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,421+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,239
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $52,706+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,292
- Median home value
- $183,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,172
- Daytime population
- 39,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, KY | 61 | 14 | 4.3 | $6.3M | +3.1% | #82 of 288 |
| 2Corbin, KY | 53 | 16 | 2.8 | $8M | +0.1% | #122 of 288 |
| 3Richmond-Berea, KY | 53 | 19 | 3.8 | $6.7M | +7.0% | #126 of 288 |
| 4Somerset, KY | 51 | 8 | 3.1 | $7.9M | +3.5% | #137 of 288 |
| 5Henderson, KY | 46 | 8 | 3.4 | $7.4M | −0.9% | #169 of 288 |
| 6Murray, KY | 40 | 5 | 3.3 | $7.4M | +4.9% | #195 of 288 |
Other business types in the Murray 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 Murray, KY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 roofing and gutter companies in the Murray area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Murray, KY area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $37.2M a year, or $2,443 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 15,239 households in the Murray area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Murray, KY area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Murray area has 3.3 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $7.4M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Murray area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,693 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Murray, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Murray area at 39,421 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,239 households. Median household income in the Murray area is $52,706, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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 Murray area scores 40 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #195 of 288 scored small-town markets.
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