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myCLEAReport · Roofing Report
What factors are influencing roofing contractors’ business performance, operational decisions and expectations for the future?
The annual Roofing Contractor Roofing Report, conducted by myCLEARopinion Insights Hub for Roofing Contractor, examines the trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the U.S. roofing industry.
The research captures perspectives from roofing contractors serving residential and commercial markets, providing insight into their business outlook, operational practices and evolving industry needs.
Designed for the industry
Research designed for the roofing industry
Understanding how roofing contractors operate, the challenges they face and where they see opportunities can help businesses serving this market make more informed decisions.
The report examines contractor sales expectations, roofing product involvement and revenue contribution, workforce and labor challenges, recruitment and retention practices, employee training, safety and technology adoption. Where applicable, the research also explores differences between residential and commercial roofing contractors.
Covered
Sales Outlook
Contractor sales expectations across total, residential and commercial volume.
Covered
Products & Revenue
Roofing product involvement and how each category contributes to revenue.
Covered
Workforce & Labor
The labor challenges contractors report and how they are affecting the business.
Covered
Recruitment & Retention
How contractors find, hire and keep field staff.
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Training & Safety
Employee training methods and the safety practices in place.
Covered
Technology Adoption
Where contractors are taking up technology and where they are not.
What you’ll gain from the report
Gain a deeper understanding of the roofing contractor market through original research examining business conditions, industry challenges and contractor expectations.
Use the findings to inform business planning, product development, marketing strategies and decisions about how best to serve roofing contractors.
Apply it to
Business Planning
Industry perspective to inform planning and internal conversations about the roofing market.
Apply it to
Product Development
See which roofing product categories contractors are involved with and how each contributes to revenue.
Apply it to
Marketing Strategies
Ground campaigns in what contractors say about their challenges, outlook and priorities.
Apply it to
Serving Contractors
Decide how best to support roofing contractors on labor, training, safety and technology.
Original research, straight from the contractors you sell to.
Residential and commercial compared throughout, wherever the question applies.
Explore what’s inside
The full report provides detailed findings, charts and analysis across the roofing contractor market, including comparisons between residential and commercial contractors.
33 pages · table of contents
Study Overview
3–6
Key Findings
7–8
Roofing Sales Outlook
9–18
Business revenue sources
10
Total, residential & commercial volume outlook
11–13
Regional breakout
14
Product involvement & share of revenue
15–18
Workforce, Labor, Training & Safety
19–26
Perceived challenges
20
Labor costs & field labor
21–22
Recruiting, retention & languages
23–24
Training methods & safety
25–26
Technology Adoption
27–28
Appendix
29–32
Contact Us
33
About the research
199
U.S. roofing contractors
Contractors involved with one or more of the roofing product categories evaluated in the study, serving residential and commercial markets.
Online
Method
Fieldwork conducted July 9–28, 2025.
33
Page research report
Detailed findings, charts and analysis across the topics shown in the Table of Contents.
The 2025 Roofing Contractor Roofing Report is based on an online survey of 199 U.S. roofing contractors. Where applicable, results are compared between residential and commercial roofing contractors.
Individual question sample sizes may vary throughout the report based on applicable survey routing, respondent qualifications, data cleaning and non-response.
Who should use this report
This research is designed for roofing product manufacturers, building material suppliers and distributors, technology providers, industry associations and other businesses seeking a better understanding of the roofing contractor market.
Roofing product manufacturersBuilding material suppliersDistributorsTechnology providersIndustry associationsBusiness development and marketing teamsProduct and strategy teamsOthers serving the roofing contractor market
Whether you are shaping business plans, product development, marketing or the way you support contractors day to day, the report provides direct research from the roofing contractors themselves.