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Roofing and gutter companies in Forrest County, MS
How Forrest County, MS 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #382 of 1,177 scored counties
#5 of 14 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.7M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,497 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Forrest County spend about $75.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 7 roofing and gutter companies, that is $10.7M per company, 27% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.
Forrest County has 7 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Forrest County classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 7,532 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forrest County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Forrest County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies, ranking #382 of 1,177 scored counties and #5 of 14 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Forrest County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $10.7M | $11M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,532 | 9,960 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.7% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,497 | $2,534 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Forrest 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 83 | 20 | 2.8 | $10.5M | +6.3% | #36 of 1,177 |
| 2Jackson County, MS | 70 | 9 | 1.6 | $17.3M | +3.0% | #155 of 1,177 |
| 3Pearl River County, MS | 64 | 5 | 2.3 | $11.1M | +5.6% | #275 of 1,177 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 60 | 5 | 2.5 | $10.9M | +1.6% | #360 of 1,177 |
| 5Forrest County, MS | 59 | 7 | 2.3 | $10.7M | +1.1% | #382 of 1,177 |
| 6Harrison County, MS | 59 | 30 | 3.6 | $7.2M | +4.0% | #392 of 1,177 |
| 7Madison County, MS | 50 | 23 | 5.2 | $6M | +6.5% | #605 of 1,177 |
| 8Hinds County, MS | 46 | 24 | 2.7 | $9M | −6.6% | #677 of 1,177 |
| 9Lee County, MS | 43 | 13 | 4.0 | $6.7M | +0.5% | #742 of 1,177 |
| 10Jones County, MS | 38 | 7 | 2.8 | $8.8M | −1.0% | #851 of 1,177 |
Other business types in Forrest County
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 trades46
- HVAC and plumbing41
- Electricians44
- Roofing and gutters59
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control47
- Landscaping and lawn care64
- House cleaning39
- Pest control21
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in Forrest County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 roofing and gutter companies in Forrest County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $75.2M a year, or $2,497 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $10.7M 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 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
Forrest County has 2.3 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $10.7M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Forrest County would have about 9, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,532 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Forrest County scores 59 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #382 of 1,177 scored counties.
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