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Roofing and gutter companies in Suffolk County, MA

How Suffolk County, MA 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 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #29 of 1,177 scored counties
#1 of 11 scored counties in Massachusetts

Listings
45
1 chain location (2%)
Official establishments
18
−25.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,514 a household
Spending per listing
$25.5M
3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
61% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
791,891
+0.1% 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

For roofing and gutter companies, Suffolk County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #29 of 1,177 scored counties and #1 of 11 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for roofing and gutter companies.

At $3,514 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Suffolk County spend about $1.1B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $25.5M per company, 3 times the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

Suffolk County has 45 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in Suffolk County was 18 in 2023, down 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 18,176 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $203K have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Suffolk County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Suffolk County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Suffolk County compares

The same measures for Massachusetts 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 Suffolk County, MA compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureSuffolk CountyMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.43.43.6
Spending per listing$25.5M$11M$8.5M
Households per official establishment18,1766,4325,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−25.0%+1.4%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,514$3,680$3,018
Median household income$95,631$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market score8375

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 18−25.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
226
Annual payroll, 2023
$25.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
451 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
136The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$203K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County

Population, 2025 estimate
791,891+0.1% since 2020
Households
327,167
Median age
36.0
Homes lived in by their owners
36%
Vehicles per household
1.0
Land area
58 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13,478
Median household income
$95,631+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$139,221
Median home value
$705,800
Jobs located here
748,596
Daytime population
1,129,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Massachusetts

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

Top counties in Massachusetts

Counties in Massachusetts ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Suffolk County, MA83451.4$25.5M+0.1%#29 of 1,177
2Bristol County, MA81622.7$12.3M+2.9%#48 of 1,177
3Middlesex County, MA772423.8$10.8M+2.8%#72 of 1,177
4Essex County, MA74983.1$11.6M+2.3%#102 of 1,177
5Barnstable County, MA74373.5$10.1M+2.4%#108 of 1,177
6Hampshire County, MA73233.7$8.9M+10.4%#124 of 1,177
7Norfolk County, MA721244.4$9.5M+2.2%#137 of 1,177
8Worcester County, MA711364.0$8.6M+3.7%#151 of 1,177
9Berkshire County, MA69101.7$18M−1.2%#168 of 1,177
10Plymouth County, MA67944.6$8.2M+3.5%#213 of 1,177

Other business types in Suffolk County

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

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in Suffolk County, MA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 roofing and gutter companies in Suffolk County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023, down 25.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Suffolk County, MA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $1.1B a year, or $3,514 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $25.5M 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 327,167 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Suffolk County has 1.4 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $25.5M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 136, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,176 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. The official count fell 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Suffolk County, MA growing?

Population estimates put Suffolk County at 791,891 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,167 households. Median household income in Suffolk County is $95,631, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.3%, 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. Suffolk County scores 83 for roofing and gutter companies (high), #29 of 1,177 scored counties.

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