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Roofing and gutter companies in the Rapid City, SD metro area

How the Rapid City, SD 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #364 of 381 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in South Dakota

Listings
55
4 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
27
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$170.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,720 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
156,934
+6.2% 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

For roofing and gutter companies, the Rapid City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #364 of 381 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 55 roofing and gutter companies in the Rapid City metro area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Rapid City metro area comes to about $170.8M a year: $2,720 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per company, 63% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in the Rapid City metro area was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 2,326 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Rapid City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Rapid City metro area compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Rapid City, SD metro area compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureRapid City metro areaSouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.84.53.6
Spending per listing$3.1M$6M$8.5M
Households per official establishment2,3263,4815,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.0%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,720$2,698$3,018
Median household income$75,255$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score2527

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27
Employees, 2023
121
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
554 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 the Rapid City 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 Rapid City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
156,934+6.2% since 2020
Households
62,789
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
7,805 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$75,255
Average household income
$99,099
Median home value
$307,700
Jobs located here
69,449
Daytime population
153,009Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Dakota for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in South Dakota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rapid City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Dakota

Metro areas in South Dakota ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sioux Falls, SD-MN46594.8$5.9M+9.5%#229 of 381
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD25264.7$5.7M+1.0%#362 of 381
2Rapid City, SD25558.8$3.1M+6.2%#364 of 381

Other business types in the Rapid City metro 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 Rapid City, SD metro area?

The Rapid City metro area has 55 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Rapid City, SD metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $170.8M a year, or $2,720 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 62,789 households in the Rapid City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Rapid City, SD metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

The Rapid City metro area has 8.8 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $3.1M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Rapid City metro area would have about 20, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,326 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

How fast is the Rapid City, SD metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Rapid City metro area at 156,934 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,789 households. The median household income in the Rapid City metro area is $75,255 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Rapid City metro area scores 25 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #364 of 381 scored metro areas.

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