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Wisconsin Gutter Market Size

$194.89M a year in installed residential gutter demand across 29 metro and micropolitan areas — #17 of 52 (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).

Annual market size
$194.89M
installed value, replacement + new
Share of US
2.2%
#17 of 52 incl. DC & PR
Jobs per year
84,958
residential installations
Metros modeled
29
metro + micropolitan areas
SF permits 2022–2024
+11.1%
26 metros reporting every year

The short answer

The Wisconsin gutter market is about $194.89M a year in installed residential demand (2.2% of the US total), ranking #17 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Milwaukee, WI at $62.91M of Wisconsin demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 84,958 jobs a year: $181.37M replacement on existing homes and $13.52M new single-family construction.

Wisconsin gutter market by metro

Every modeled metro with homes in Wisconsin. A metro that crosses a state line shows only the share of its demand inside Wisconsin; firm counts, scores and saturation describe the whole metro. Each links to its full market file.

#MetroAnnual demandShare of stateOpportunity scoreDemand / firmSaturation
1Milwaukee, WI$62.91M32.3%75.4$806.58KBalanced
2Madison, WI$24.47M12.6%76.2$407.90KBalanced
3Appleton, WI$10M5.1%70.8$714.02KBalanced
4Green Bay, WI$8.78M4.5%65.4$337.69KBalanced
5Racine, WI$8.49M4.4%68.2$1.06MWide Open
6Janesville, WI$7.42M3.8%72.3$824.54KBalanced
7Minneapolis, MN (4% in WI)$6.28M3.2%80.0$689.50KBalanced
8Kenosha, WI$5.87M3.0%66.5$326.15KCrowded
9La Crosse, WI (85% in WI)$5.46M2.8%67.4$914.50KWide Open
10Eau Claire, WI$5.12M2.6%64.6$639.40KBalanced
11Whitewater, WI$4.66M2.4%70.1$665.43KBalanced
12Oshkosh, WI$4.49M2.3%61.4$374.06KCrowded
13Wausau, WI$4.35M2.2%61.0$543.82KBalanced
14Sheboygan, WI$4.32M2.2%67.5$539.62KBalanced
15Watertown, WI$3.75M1.9%61.5$535.82KCrowded
16Beaver Dam, WI$3.70M1.9%68.0$740.22KBalanced
17Manitowoc, WI$3.45M1.8%60.1$689.02KBalanced
18Wisconsin Rapids, WI$3.19M1.6%64.9$797.49KBalanced
19Fond du Lac, WI$3.18M1.6%59.9$397.47KCrowded
20Baraboo, WI$2.28M1.2%57.4$325.37KCrowded
21Stevens Point, WI$2.20M1.1%57.8$548.83KBalanced
22Rice Lake, WI$1.79M0.9%57.4$595.05KBalanced
23Duluth, MN (16% in WI)$1.70M0.9%69.3$654.19KBalanced
24Platteville, WI$1.54M0.8%51.9$1.54MLand Grab
25Marinette, WI (69% in WI)$1.41M0.7%55.0$341.64KBalanced
26Sparta, WI$1.33M0.7%50.0$665.08KBalanced
27Menomonie, WI$1.29M0.7%54.4$1.29MWide Open
28Shawano, WI$1.22M0.6%48.2$609.32KBalanced
29Iron Mountain, MI (26% in WI)$262.36K0.1%47.1$1.02MWide Open

All states (CSV) All 935 metros (CSV)

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Demand drivers in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's metro areas had 1,496,710 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 1,448,479 in 2014–18: the stock grew 3.3% over five years. Population changed +1.8% over the same years. Those homes are the base gutter replacement demand is sized on. The dollar market size itself has no measured history, so no growth rate is published for it.

Single-family permits

8.1k20227.8k20239.0k2024

Census Building Permits Survey, 26 metros whose primary state is Wisconsin and that report every year.

Damaging hail events

63201612120175920183420196420201102021126202212020239720242272025

NOAA Storm Events, 26 metros, every year loaded. Hail pulls gutter replacement forward.

Wisconsin gutter market — common questions

How big is the Wisconsin gutter market?

The Wisconsin gutter market is about $194.89M a year in installed residential demand (2.2% of the US total), ranking #17 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Milwaukee, WI at $62.91M of Wisconsin demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 84,958 jobs a year: $181.37M replacement on existing homes and $13.52M new single-family construction.

Which metros have the largest gutter market in Wisconsin?

Milwaukee, WI $62.91M; Madison, WI $24.47M; Appleton, WI $10M; Green Bay, WI $8.78M; Racine, WI $8.49M. 29 metro and micropolitan areas in Wisconsin are modeled.

What are the best gutter markets in Wisconsin for expansion?

By NextTerritory's opportunity score (0-100, a national percentile blend of seven components: market size, growth, affluence, storm exposure, climate, housing age and competition): Minneapolis, MN 80.0; Madison, WI 76.2; Milwaukee, WI 75.4. The score is the same national scale for every metro, so it compares across state lines.

How competitive is the Wisconsin gutter market?

Saturation compares each metro's annual gutter demand with its count of specialty contractor establishments (BLS QCEW). Across Wisconsin's metros: 1 Land Grab; 4 Wide Open; 19 Balanced; 5 Crowded. Land Grab is the least crowded cohort nationally, Knife Fight the most.

Is the Wisconsin gutter market growing?

Wisconsin's metro areas had 1,496,710 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 1,448,479 in 2014–18: the stock grew 3.3% over five years. Population changed +1.8% over the same years. Those homes are the base gutter replacement demand is sized on. The dollar market size itself has no measured history, so no growth rate is published for it.

How is the Wisconsin gutter market size calculated?

Bottom-up, metro by metro: owner-occupied single-family homes divided by the line's service life, adjusted for housing age and hail exposure, priced at the model's average ticket, plus single-family permits at a builder price. Metros that cross a state line are split by single-family housing in each county. Rural counties outside a metro are not modeled.

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