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Roofing and gutter companies in Knox County, ME

How Knox County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #596 of 1,177 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Maine

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$57.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,105 a household
Spending per listing
$8.2M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,117
+1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 roofing and gutter companies in Knox County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Households in Knox County spend about $57.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,105 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $8.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% 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 Knox County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,081 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Knox County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For roofing and gutter companies, Knox County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #596 of 1,177 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Maine.

How Knox County compares

The same measures for Maine 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.

Roofing and gutters in Knox County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureKnox CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.82.63.6
Spending per listing$8.2M$11.7M$8.5M
Households per official establishment3,0815,4295,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.2%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,105$3,054$3,018
Median household income$74,096$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market score5072

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Knox County, 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 Knox County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,117+1.1% since 2020
Households
18,484
Median age
49.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
365 sq. mi.
People per square mile
112
Median household income
$74,096+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,101
Median home value
$324,900
Jobs located here
16,342
Daytime population
41,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Maine, with Knox County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cumberland County, ME80403.0$11.4M+4.5%#55 of 1,177
2York County, ME75313.4$9.6M+4.8%#95 of 1,177
3Hancock County, ME6872.7$10.9M+3.0%#184 of 1,177
4Kennebec County, ME67162.9$9.9M+3.5%#206 of 1,177
5Penobscot County, ME62172.6$11.1M+3.8%#322 of 1,177
6Androscoggin County, ME52183.8$7.5M+4.8%#553 of 1,177
7Knox County, ME5073.8$8.2M+1.1%#596 of 1,177

Other business types in Knox County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in Knox County, ME?

There are 7 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. 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 Knox County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $57.4M a year, or $3,105 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 18,484 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Knox County, ME compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

Knox County has 3.8 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $8.2M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,081 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

How fast is Knox County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Knox County at 41,117 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,096 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Knox County scores 50 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #596 of 1,177 scored counties.

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