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Roofing and gutter companies in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area

How the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #28 of 381 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Rhode Island

Listings
208
9 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
106
+15.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.2B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,283 a household
Spending per listing
$10.7M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,708,161
+2.1% 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 Providence-Warwick metro area scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies, ranking #28 of 381 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Rhode Island. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for roofing and gutter companies.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Providence-Warwick metro area comes to about $2.2B a year: $3,283 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $10.7M per company, 26% 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 Providence-Warwick metro area has 208 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 106 businesses with payroll in the Providence-Warwick metro area classed as roofing contractors, up 15.2% from 2019. That is one for every 6,372 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Providence-Warwick metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Providence-Warwick metro area grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Providence-Warwick metro area compares

The same measures for Rhode Island 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area compared with Rhode Island and the U.S.
MeasureProvidence-Warwick metro areaRhode IslandU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.13.33.6
Spending per listing$10.7M$9.9M$8.5M
Households per official establishment6,3725,5895,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.2%+16.2%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+1.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,283$3,289$3,018
Median household income$87,040$87,796$80,734
Groundwork market score7365

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
106+15.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
495
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2089 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
262The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Providence-Warwick metro 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 Providence-Warwick metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,708,161+2.1% since 2020
Households
675,395
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,587 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,061
Median household income
$87,040+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,866
Median home value
$422,500
Jobs located here
710,441
Daytime population
1,584,744Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 208 roofing and gutter companies in the Providence-Warwick metro area. 9 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 106 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023, up 15.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $2.2B a year, or $3,283 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 208 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $10.7M 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 675,395 households in the Providence-Warwick metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

The Providence-Warwick metro area has 3.1 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $10.7M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Providence-Warwick metro area would have about 262, against 208 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,372 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Providence-Warwick metro area at 1,708,161 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 675,395 households. Median household income in the Providence-Warwick metro area is $87,040, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. The Providence-Warwick metro area scores 73 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #28 of 381 scored metro areas.

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