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Roofing and gutter companies in the Ludington, MI area
How the Ludington, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #196 of 288 scored small-town markets
#7 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,538 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,040
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 roofing and gutter companies in the Ludington area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $2,538 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Ludington area spend about $32.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $6.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 23% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Ludington area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 4,267 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Ludington area from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For roofing and gutter companies, the Ludington area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #196 of 288 scored small-town markets and #7 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Ludington area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Ludington area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $9M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,267 | 8,009 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.2% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,538 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,748 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $805K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- 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 Ludington 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 Ludington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,0400.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,801
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 495 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $64,748+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,702
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,586
- Daytime population
- 26,202Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marquette, MI | 71 | 5 | 1.8 | $14.1M | +2.3% | #38 of 288 |
| 2Holland, MI | 60 | 18 | 4.0 | $7.1M | +2.1% | #87 of 288 |
| 3Sturgis, MI | 57 | 5 | 2.1 | $11.7M | +0.1% | #100 of 288 |
| 4Cadillac, MI | 57 | 6 | 3.1 | $8M | +2.0% | #103 of 288 |
| 5Owosso, MI | 53 | 7 | 2.5 | $10.1M | −0.4% | #120 of 288 |
| 6Adrian, MI | 45 | 13 | 3.3 | $7.7M | −1.6% | #174 of 288 |
| 7Ludington, MI | 40 | 5 | 3.9 | $6.5M | 0.0% | #196 of 288 |
| 8Big Rapids, MI | 38 | 7 | 4.2 | $5.7M | +4.7% | #209 of 288 |
| 9Hillsdale, MI | 33 | 7 | 3.9 | $6.4M | 0.0% | #234 of 288 |
| 10Petoskey, MI | 30 | 8 | 5.3 | $5.4M | −1.0% | #250 of 288 |
Other business types in the Ludington 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 Ludington, MI area?
The Ludington area has 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Ludington, MI area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $32.5M a year, or $2,538 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 12,801 households in the Ludington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ludington, MI area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Ludington area has 3.9 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $6.5M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Ludington area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,267 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ludington, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Ludington area at 29,040 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,801 households. The median household income in the Ludington area is $64,748 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. 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 Ludington area scores 40 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #196 of 288 scored small-town markets.
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