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Roofing and gutter companies in Johnston County, NC

How Johnston County, NC 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #707 of 1,177 scored counties
#42 of 57 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
43
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
42
+68.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$252.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,954 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
256,448
+17.9% 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

At $2,954 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Johnston County spend about $252.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 43 roofing and gutter companies, that is $5.9M per company, 30% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

Johnston County has 43 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.0, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in Johnston County classed as roofing contractors, up 68.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,038 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.8M have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Johnston County.

Population estimates show Johnston County grew 17.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For roofing and gutter companies, Johnston County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #707 of 1,177 scored counties and #42 of 57 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Johnston County 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.

Roofing and gutters in Johnston County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureJohnston CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.03.93.6
Spending per listing$5.9M$7.4M$8.5M
Households per official establishment2,0385,2485,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+68.0%+24.6%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.9%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,954$2,889$3,018
Median household income$83,384$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score4553

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 42+68.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
221
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
430 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$4.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
256,448+17.9% since 2020
Households
85,591
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
792 sq. mi.
People per square mile
296
Median household income
$83,384+39.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,557
Median home value
$305,600
Jobs located here
58,494
Daytime population
179,884Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across North Carolina

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

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Durham County, NC87312.2$14.2M+7.7%#9 of 1,177
2Chatham County, NC8661.8$18.6M+11.0%#12 of 1,177
3Franklin County, NC8351.8$15.9M+18.8%#33 of 1,177
4Orange County, NC81142.4$13.7M+6.1%#47 of 1,177
5Gaston County, NC79212.2$12.2M+7.8%#61 of 1,177
6Davie County, NC7652.9$10.2M+6.9%#82 of 1,177
7Davidson County, NC75182.6$10.4M+6.6%#92 of 1,177
8Wayne County, NC71112.3$11.2M+3.8%#148 of 1,177
9Moore County, NC71173.9$7.8M+10.3%#152 of 1,177
10Stanly County, NC6962.4$10.9M+9.8%#173 of 1,177
42Johnston County, NC45435.0$5.9M+17.9%#707 of 1,177

Other business types in Johnston County

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

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in Johnston County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 roofing and gutter companies in Johnston County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023, up 68.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Johnston County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $252.9M a year, or $2,954 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 85,591 households in Johnston County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Johnston County has 5.0 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $5.9M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Johnston County would have about 30, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,038 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. The official count rose 68.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Johnston County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Johnston County at 256,448 people in 2025, up 17.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,591 households. Median household income in Johnston County is $83,384, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.3%, 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. Johnston County scores 45 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #707 of 1,177 scored counties.

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