$454.72M a year in installed residential siding demand across 7 metro and micropolitan areas — #30 of 52 (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).
The Connecticut siding market is about $454.72M a year in installed residential demand (1.1% of the US total), ranking #30 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Hartford, CT at $149.06M of Connecticut demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 28,517 jobs a year: $435.40M replacement on existing homes and $19.32M new single-family construction.
Every modeled metro with homes in Connecticut. A metro that crosses a state line shows only the share of its demand inside Connecticut; firm counts, scores and saturation describe the whole metro. Each links to its full market file.
| # | Metro | Annual demand | Share of state | Opportunity score | Demand / firm | Saturation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartford, CT | $149.06M | 32.8% | 67.3 | $4.38M | Wide Open |
| 2 | Bridgeport, CT | $106.95M | 23.5% | 68.4 | $7.13M | Land Grab |
| 3 | New Haven, CT | $68.46M | 15.1% | 64.3 | $9.78M | Land Grab |
| 4 | Waterbury, CT | $57.35M | 12.6% | 60.5 | $5.21M | Land Grab |
| 5 | Norwich, CT | $38.60M | 8.5% | 68.2 | $19.30M | Land Grab |
| 6 | Torrington, CT | $18.99M | 4.2% | 63.4 | $18.99M | Land Grab |
| 7 | Putnam, CT | $15.30M | 3.4% | 62.0 | $5.10M | Land Grab |
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The Connecticut siding market is about $454.72M a year in installed residential demand (1.1% of the US total), ranking #30 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Hartford, CT at $149.06M of Connecticut demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 28,517 jobs a year: $435.40M replacement on existing homes and $19.32M new single-family construction.
Hartford, CT $149.06M; Bridgeport, CT $106.95M; New Haven, CT $68.46M; Waterbury, CT $57.35M; Norwich, CT $38.60M. 7 metro and micropolitan areas in Connecticut are modeled.
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): Bridgeport, CT 68.4; Norwich, CT 68.2; Hartford, CT 67.3. The score is the same national scale for every metro, so it compares across state lines.
Saturation compares each metro's annual siding demand with its count of specialty contractor establishments (BLS QCEW). Across Connecticut's metros: 6 Land Grab; 1 Wide Open. Land Grab is the least crowded cohort nationally, Knife Fight the most.
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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NextTerritory (2026). Connecticut Siding Market Size. https://nextterritory.com/us-siding-market/connecticut. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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