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Roofing and gutter companies in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area
How the Wheeling, WV-OH 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #261 of 381 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $144M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,482 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.6M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 134,089
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Wheeling metro area comes to about $144M a year: $2,482 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.6M per company, 14% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.
There are 15 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in the Wheeling metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 28% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Wheeling metro area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 5,802 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Wheeling metro area declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in the Wheeling metro area is 42 (lower middle), #261 of 381 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in West Virginia.
How the Wheeling metro area compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Wheeling metro area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $9.6M | $14.9M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,802 | 7,435 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,482 | $2,578 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $57,418 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Wheeling 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 Wheeling metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 134,089−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,024
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 944 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $57,418+14.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,303
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 58,297
- Daytime population
- 134,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 80 | 724 | 3.1 | $12.6M | +3.3% | #8 of 381 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 78 | 33 | 2.8 | $10.4M | +7.1% | #13 of 381 |
| 1Morgantown, WV | 60 | 13 | 2.3 | $12.2M | +1.3% | #113 of 381 |
| 2Beckley, WV | 59 | 5 | 1.1 | $21.4M | −4.3% | #122 of 381 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 49 | 27 | 4.9 | $6.3M | +6.5% | #205 of 381 |
| 3Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 44 | 45 | 3.0 | $8.6M | −2.6% | #235 of 381 |
| 4Charleston, WV | 43 | 28 | 3.2 | $8M | −4.7% | #249 of 381 |
| 5Wheeling, WV-OH | 42 | 15 | 2.6 | $9.6M | −3.6% | #261 of 381 |
| 6Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 27 | 14 | 3.7 | $6.9M | −2.3% | #352 of 381 |
Other business types in the Wheeling metro 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 trades60
- HVAC and plumbing59
- Electricians61
- Roofing and gutters42
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control60
- Landscaping and lawn care53
- House cleaning56
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 roofing and gutter companies in the Wheeling metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $144M a year, or $2,482 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $9.6M 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 58,024 households in the Wheeling metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
The Wheeling metro area has 2.6 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $9.6M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Wheeling metro area would have about 17, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,802 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wheeling metro area at 134,089 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 58,024 households. Median household income in the Wheeling metro area is $57,418, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.0%, 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 Wheeling metro area scores 42 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #261 of 381 scored metro areas.
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