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Roofing and gutter companies in the Defiance, OH area

How the Defiance, OH 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #246 of 288 scored small-town markets
#16 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,564 a household
Spending per listing
$4.9M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
44% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,292
+0.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in the Defiance area is 31 (lower middle), #246 of 288 scored small-town markets and #16 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Defiance area spend about $39.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,564 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

The Defiance area has 8 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Defiance area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 3,832 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $5.5M have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Defiance area. Population estimates show the Defiance area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Defiance area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Defiance, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureDefiance areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.24.03.6
Spending per listing$4.9M$6.8M$8.5M
Households per official establishment3,8325,3565,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.4%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,564$2,683$3,018
Median household income$73,064$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3132

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
60
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
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
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$5.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Defiance 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 Defiance area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,292+0.1% since 2020
Households
15,327
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
411 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$73,064+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,073
Median home value
$163,200
Jobs located here
14,922
Daytime population
36,059Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Ohio

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Defiance area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sidney, OH6752.6$10.2M−0.2%#52 of 288
2Salem, OH6171.7$14.1M−2.2%#77 of 288
3Findlay, OH61123.8$7M+0.1%#80 of 288
4Chillicothe, OH5482.7$9.1M−0.8%#119 of 288
5Ashland, OH5062.9$8.6M+0.1%#141 of 288
6Greenville, OH4862.8$8.9M−0.7%#152 of 288
7Zanesville, OH4792.6$9.3M+0.7%#159 of 288
8Bellefontaine, OH4284.1$6.4M+0.4%#190 of 288
9Bucyrus, OH3952.8$8.6M−0.3%#201 of 288
10Mount Vernon, OH39187.7$3.5M+1.9%#205 of 288
16Defiance, OH3185.2$4.9M+0.1%#246 of 288

Other business types in the Defiance area

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

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Defiance, OH area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 roofing and gutter companies in the Defiance area. None of them are chain locations. 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 the Defiance, OH area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $39.3M a year, or $2,564 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 15,327 households in the Defiance area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Defiance, OH area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

The Defiance area has 5.2 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $4.9M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Defiance area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,832 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

How fast is the Defiance, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Defiance area at 38,292 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,327 households. Median household income in the Defiance area is $73,064, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.9%, 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 Defiance area scores 31 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #246 of 288 scored small-town markets.

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