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Roofing and gutter companies in the Forest City, NC area
The roofing and gutter companies in the Forest City, NC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #142 of 288 scored small-town markets
#12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $64.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,432 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,745
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Forest City area comes to about $64.8M a year: $2,432 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.
There are 8 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in the Forest City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for roofing contractors in the Forest City area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Forest City area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in the Forest City area is 50 (upper middle), #142 of 288 scored small-town markets and #12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Forest City area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Forest City area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $7.4M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,248 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,432 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,410 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Forest City 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 Forest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,745+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,642
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 565 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $51,410+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,230
- Median home value
- $201,800
- Jobs located here
- 19,241
- Daytime population
- 55,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albemarle, NC | 79 | 6 | 2.4 | $10.9M | +9.8% | #12 of 288 |
| 2New Bern, NC | 77 | 15 | 2.9 | $9.1M | +3.6% | #19 of 288 |
| 3Waynesville, NC | 76 | 5 | 1.8 | $14.3M | +1.9% | #21 of 288 |
| 4Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 72 | 10 | 2.6 | $9.8M | +3.4% | #36 of 288 |
| 5Kill Devil Hills, NC | 69 | 7 | 4.2 | $7.6M | +3.3% | #44 of 288 |
| 6North Wilkesboro, NC | 64 | 5 | 1.8 | $12.9M | +0.6% | #59 of 288 |
| 7Morehead City, NC | 63 | 14 | 4.4 | $6.6M | +4.1% | #69 of 288 |
| 8Elizabeth City, NC | 62 | 6 | 3.8 | $7M | +4.5% | #75 of 288 |
| 9Anderson Creek, NC | 61 | 16 | 3.2 | $8.5M | +12.3% | #79 of 288 |
| 10Mount Airy, NC | 53 | 10 | 3.3 | $7.4M | +1.3% | #124 of 288 |
| 12Forest City, NC | 50 | 8 | 3.0 | $8.1M | +2.1% | #142 of 288 |
Other business types in the Forest City 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 trades38
- HVAC and plumbing37
- Electricians46
- Roofing and gutters50
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control41
- Landscaping and lawn care39
- House cleaning
- Pest control59
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Forest City, NC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 roofing and gutter companies in the Forest City area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. No official count is published for roofing contractors in the Forest City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Forest City, NC area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $64.8M a year, or $2,432 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 26,642 households in the Forest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forest City, NC area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Forest City area has 3.0 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $8.1M, 4% 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.
How fast is the Forest City, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Forest City area at 65,745 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,642 households. Median household income in the Forest City area is $51,410, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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 Forest City area scores 50 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #142 of 288 scored small-town markets.
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