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Roofing and gutter companies in McDowell County, NC
How McDowell 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $46.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 45,198
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 roofing or gutter company in McDowell County. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in McDowell County spend about $46.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,509 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $46.8M per company. 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 5 businesses with payroll in McDowell County classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 3,728 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McDowell County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 roofing or gutter company on map listings, McDowell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How McDowell 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.
| Measure | McDowell County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $46.8M | $7.4M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,728 | 5,248 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,509 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $57,168 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $990K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 McDowell 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 McDowell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,198+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,638
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 440 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $57,168+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,753
- Median home value
- $171,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,917
- Daytime population
- 39,859Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham County, NC | 87 | 31 | 2.2 | $14.2M | +7.7% | #9 of 1,177 |
| 2Chatham County, NC | 86 | 6 | 1.8 | $18.6M | +11.0% | #12 of 1,177 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 83 | 5 | 1.8 | $15.9M | +18.8% | #33 of 1,177 |
| 4Orange County, NC | 81 | 14 | 2.4 | $13.7M | +6.1% | #47 of 1,177 |
| 5Gaston County, NC | 79 | 21 | 2.2 | $12.2M | +7.8% | #61 of 1,177 |
| 6Davie County, NC | 76 | 5 | 2.9 | $10.2M | +6.9% | #82 of 1,177 |
| 7Davidson County, NC | 75 | 18 | 2.6 | $10.4M | +6.6% | #92 of 1,177 |
| 8Wayne County, NC | 71 | 11 | 2.3 | $11.2M | +3.8% | #148 of 1,177 |
| 9Moore County, NC | 71 | 17 | 3.9 | $7.8M | +10.3% | #152 of 1,177 |
| 10Stanly County, NC | 69 | 6 | 2.4 | $10.9M | +9.8% | #173 of 1,177 |
| McDowell County, NC | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | $46.8M | +1.5% |
Other business types in McDowell County
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 McDowell County, NC?
McDowell County has 1 roofing or gutter company on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in McDowell County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.8M a year, or $2,509 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 roofing or gutter company on map listings, it comes to $46.8M 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 18,638 households in McDowell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McDowell County, NC compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
McDowell County has 1 roofing or gutter company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, McDowell County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,728 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is McDowell County, NC growing?
Population estimates put McDowell County at 45,198 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,638 households. The median household income in McDowell County is $57,168 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.0% 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. 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. McDowell County has no market score for roofing and gutter companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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