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Roofing and gutter companies in the Lake Charles, LA metro area
The roofing and gutter companies in the Lake Charles, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #236 of 381 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 31
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $252.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,744 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 244,655
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 roofing and gutter companies in the Lake Charles metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in the Lake Charles metro area spend about $252.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,744 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 roofing and gutter companies, that is $8.1M per company, 4% 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 Lake Charles metro area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 5,753 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.9M has gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Lake Charles metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lake Charles metro area declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For roofing and gutter companies, the Lake Charles metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #236 of 381 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.
How the Lake Charles metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Lake Charles metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $7.2M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,753 | 6,759 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.9% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,744 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,700 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 311 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 244,655−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 92,043
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $66,700
- Average household income
- $91,252
- Median home value
- $207,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,089
- Daytime population
- 245,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Lake Charles metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hammond, LA | 59 | 11 | 2.1 | $12.1M | +5.8% | #123 of 381 |
| 2Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 56 | 22 | 2.8 | $9.6M | −3.5% | #138 of 381 |
| 3Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 55 | 53 | 5.0 | $6.1M | +5.3% | #154 of 381 |
| 4Lake Charles, LA | 44 | 31 | 3.4 | $8.1M | −3.8% | #236 of 381 |
| 5New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 44 | 153 | 3.8 | $7.1M | −3.4% | #241 of 381 |
| 6Lafayette, LA | 42 | 75 | 4.6 | $5.8M | +3.8% | #263 of 381 |
| 7Baton Rouge, LA | 37 | 162 | 4.9 | $5.8M | +2.1% | #294 of 381 |
| 8Alexandria, LA | 34 | 17 | 3.0 | $8.5M | −2.5% | #309 of 381 |
| 9Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 30 | 59 | 3.8 | $6.8M | −2.3% | #334 of 381 |
| 10Monroe, LA | 23 | 40 | 4.6 | $5.3M | −1.9% | #365 of 381 |
Other business types in the Lake Charles 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 trades28
- HVAC and plumbing26
- Electricians23
- Roofing and gutters44
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control67
- Landscaping and lawn care70
- House cleaning56
- Pest control36
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Lake Charles, LA metro area?
There are 31 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in the Lake Charles metro area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Lake Charles, LA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $252.6M a year, or $2,744 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 92,043 households in the Lake Charles metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake Charles, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Lake Charles metro area has 3.4 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $8.1M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Lake Charles metro area would have about 30, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,753 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lake Charles, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake Charles metro area at 244,655 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 92,043 households. The median household income in the Lake Charles metro area is $66,700 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Lake Charles metro area scores 44 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #236 of 381 scored metro areas.
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