$1.43B a year in installed residential window and door replacement demand across 39 metro and micropolitan areas — #8 of 52 (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).
The North Carolina window and door replacement market is about $1.43B a year in installed residential demand (3.7% of the US total), ranking #8 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Charlotte, NC at $308.26M of North Carolina demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 156,388 jobs a year: $984.87M replacement on existing homes and $441.24M new single-family construction.
Every modeled metro with homes in North Carolina. A metro that crosses a state line shows only the share of its demand inside North Carolina; 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 | Charlotte, NC (84% in NC) | $308.26M | 21.6% | 62.1 | $3.73M | Wide Open |
| 2 | Raleigh, NC | $223.58M | 15.7% | 65.6 | $5.73M | Land Grab |
| 3 | Winston, NC | $110.58M | 7.8% | 63.5 | $3.81M | Balanced |
| 4 | Greensboro, NC | $104.60M | 7.3% | 59.0 | $5.51M | Balanced |
| 5 | Wilmington, NC | $89.69M | 6.3% | 58.3 | $5.61M | Land Grab |
| 6 | Durham, NC | $70.54M | 4.9% | 61.5 | $2.07M | Balanced |
| 7 | Hickory, NC | $67.56M | 4.7% | 63.2 | $5.63M | Wide Open |
| 8 | Asheville, NC | $58.23M | 4.1% | 60.0 | $3.64M | Wide Open |
| 9 | Fayetteville, NC | $38.96M | 2.7% | 55.2 | $7.79M | Land Grab |
| 10 | Burlington, NC | $31.69M | 2.2% | 58.1 | $3.96M | Balanced |
| 11 | Anderson Creek, NC | $26.82M | 1.9% | 55.6 | $13.41M | Land Grab |
| 12 | Greenville, NC | $21.88M | 1.5% | 51.9 | $7.29M | Wide Open |
| 13 | Jacksonville, NC | $21.71M | 1.5% | 51.9 | $5.43M | Wide Open |
| 14 | Rocky Mount, NC | $18.69M | 1.3% | 51.9 | $2.67M | Crowded |
| 15 | Pinehurst, NC | $16.93M | 1.2% | 56.3 | $16.93M | Land Grab |
| 16 | New Bern, NC | $16.34M | 1.1% | 49.4 | $1.63M | Balanced |
| 17 | Shelby, NC | $15.75M | 1.1% | 53.0 | $5.25M | Balanced |
| 18 | Goldsboro, NC | $15.24M | 1.1% | 49.6 | $15.24M | Land Grab |
| 19 | Mount Airy, NC | $12.34M | 0.9% | 50.2 | $425.66K | Knife Fight |
| 20 | Lumberton, NC | $11.76M | 0.8% | 43.7 | $5.88M | Wide Open |
| 21 | Morehead City, NC | $11.69M | 0.8% | 46.7 | $5.85M | Land Grab |
| 22 | Wilson, NC | $11.31M | 0.8% | 45.0 | $3.77M | Crowded |
| 23 | Sanford, NC | $10.23M | 0.7% | 47.1 | $10.23M | Land Grab |
| 24 | Virginia Beach, VA (5% in NC) | $10.09M | 0.7% | 63.9 | $1.76M | Balanced |
| 25 | Forest City, NC | $9.78M | 0.7% | 45.6 | $9.78M | Wide Open |
| 26 | North Wilkesboro, NC | $9.71M | 0.7% | 43.4 | $606.87K | Knife Fight |
| 27 | Waynesville, NC | $9.67M | 0.7% | 49.4 | $9.67M | Land Grab |
| 28 | Albemarle, NC | $9.55M | 0.7% | 45.9 | $3.18M | Balanced |
| 29 | Marion, NC | $7.79M | 0.5% | 44.4 | $7.79M | Wide Open |
| 30 | Roanoke Rapids, NC | $7.61M | 0.5% | 35.2 | $1.09M | Knife Fight |
| 31 | Washington, NC | $7.14M | 0.5% | 43.9 | $7.14M | Wide Open |
| 32 | Kill Devil Hills, NC | $6.44M | 0.5% | 40.6 | $3.22M | Wide Open |
| 33 | Kinston, NC | $6.23M | 0.4% | 33.7 | $6.23M | Wide Open |
| 34 | Boone, NC | $6.07M | 0.4% | 43.0 | $404.92K | Knife Fight |
| 35 | Brevard, NC | $5.03M | 0.4% | 40.1 | $314.61K | Crowded |
| 36 | Elizabeth City, NC | $4.60M | 0.3% | 38.4 | $4.60M | Wide Open |
| 37 | Rockingham, NC | $4.59M | 0.3% | 32.5 | $655.68K | Knife Fight |
| 38 | Henderson, NC | $4.23M | 0.3% | 31.9 | $301.95K | Knife Fight |
| 39 | Laurinburg, NC | $3.18M | 0.2% | 33.0 | $3.18M | Balanced |
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North Carolina's metro areas had 2,886,366 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 2,713,887 in 2014–18: the stock grew 6.4% over five years. Population changed +4.9% over the same years. Those homes are the base window and door replacement replacement demand is sized on. The dollar market size itself has no measured history, so no growth rate is published for it.
Census Building Permits Survey, 38 metros whose primary state is North Carolina and that report every year.
The North Carolina window and door replacement market is about $1.43B a year in installed residential demand (3.7% of the US total), ranking #8 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Charlotte, NC at $308.26M of North Carolina demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 156,388 jobs a year: $984.87M replacement on existing homes and $441.24M new single-family construction.
Charlotte, NC $308.26M; Raleigh, NC $223.58M; Winston, NC $110.58M; Greensboro, NC $104.60M; Wilmington, NC $89.69M. 39 metro and micropolitan areas in North Carolina 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): Raleigh, NC 65.6; Virginia Beach, VA 63.9; Winston, NC 63.5. The score is the same national scale for every metro, so it compares across state lines.
Saturation compares each metro's annual window and door replacement demand with its count of specialty contractor establishments (BLS QCEW). Across North Carolina's metros: 9 Land Grab; 12 Wide Open; 9 Balanced; 3 Crowded; 6 Knife Fight. Land Grab is the least crowded cohort nationally, Knife Fight the most.
North Carolina's metro areas had 2,886,366 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 2,713,887 in 2014–18: the stock grew 6.4% over five years. Population changed +4.9% over the same years. Those homes are the base window and door replacement replacement demand is sized on. The dollar market size itself has no measured history, so no growth rate is published for it.
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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