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Roofing and gutter companies in the Salem, OH area
How the Salem, 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #77 of 288 scored small-town markets
#2 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $98.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.1M
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,377
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,384 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Salem area spend about $98.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 7 roofing and gutter companies, that is $14.1M per company, 67% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.
The Salem area has 7 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 1.7, 53% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Salem area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 10,365 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Salem area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Salem area declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For roofing and gutter companies, the Salem area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #77 of 288 scored small-town markets and #2 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.
How the Salem 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.
| Measure | Salem area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $14.1M | $6.8M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,365 | 5,356 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.4% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,384 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $58,180 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $705K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $10K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Salem 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 Salem area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,377−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,459
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 189
- Median household income
- $58,180+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,065
- Median home value
- $151,600
- Jobs located here
- 28,013
- Daytime population
- 85,744Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sidney, OH | 67 | 5 | 2.6 | $10.2M | −0.2% | #52 of 288 |
| 2Salem, OH | 61 | 7 | 1.7 | $14.1M | −2.2% | #77 of 288 |
| 3Findlay, OH | 61 | 12 | 3.8 | $7M | +0.1% | #80 of 288 |
| 4Chillicothe, OH | 54 | 8 | 2.7 | $9.1M | −0.8% | #119 of 288 |
| 5Ashland, OH | 50 | 6 | 2.9 | $8.6M | +0.1% | #141 of 288 |
| 6Greenville, OH | 48 | 6 | 2.8 | $8.9M | −0.7% | #152 of 288 |
| 7Zanesville, OH | 47 | 9 | 2.6 | $9.3M | +0.7% | #159 of 288 |
| 8Bellefontaine, OH | 42 | 8 | 4.1 | $6.4M | +0.4% | #190 of 288 |
| 9Bucyrus, OH | 39 | 5 | 2.8 | $8.6M | −0.3% | #201 of 288 |
| 10Mount Vernon, OH | 39 | 18 | 7.7 | $3.5M | +1.9% | #205 of 288 |
Other business types in the Salem 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 trades48
- HVAC and plumbing40
- Electricians57
- Roofing and gutters61
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control50
- Landscaping and lawn care52
- House cleaning52
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Salem, OH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 roofing and gutter companies in the Salem 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 Salem, OH area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $98.9M a year, or $2,384 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $14.1M 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 41,459 households in the Salem area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salem, OH area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Salem area has 1.7 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $14.1M, 67% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Salem area would have about 12, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,365 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Salem, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Salem area at 99,377 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,459 households. Median household income in the Salem area is $58,180, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.3%, 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. 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 Salem area scores 61 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #77 of 288 scored small-town markets.
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