Roofers in Bedford County, Tennessee

9 state-licensed roofing contractors are based within 12 miles of a Bedford County town. A state contractor licence is required here only for jobs of $25,000 or more; smaller re-roofs need none.

Who has to be licensed here

$25,000 and up: Tennessee contractor licence with the BC-21 roofing classification (or a building classification that includes it), for the prime contractor and for any roofing subcontractor whose share is $25,000 or more.
$3,000 to $24,999: No state licence required in Bedford County. The Home Improvement licence applies only in Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford, Shelby.
Under $3,000: No state licence in any county.

Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors. The licence rules in full →

Storm history in Bedford County

The National Weather Service logged 132 roof-relevant storm reports in Bedford County between 2016 and 2026 (2026 is partial): 10 hail, 115 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports — about 13 a year. The largest hail reported was 2 in (hen-egg-sized), and 10 of the hail reports were an inch or larger, the size at which asphalt shingles start losing granules. The strongest wind logged was 96 mph. The strongest tornado rated EF2. Reports cluster in March, May and July, and 2017 was the busiest year with 38 reports.

Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Reports	7	38	6	6	13	13	15	14	8	10	2

The reports that matter for a roof

Date	Event	Size or speed	What the spotter logged
May 8, 2024	Hail	2 in hail	Estimated two inch hail was reported along Midland Road near Shelbyville Airport.
May 8, 2024	Hail	1.75 in hail	A Facebook user reported estimated golf ball size hail along Midland Road near the Shelbyville Airport.
Jul 12, 2022	Hail	1.5 in hail	Social media reports indicated quarter to ping pong ball size hail fell in Rover.
Apr 5, 2017	Hail	1 in hail	Photos showed quarter size hail in the Flat Creek Area.
Mar 21, 2017	Hail	1 in hail	no narrative filed

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, hail, thunderstorm wind, high wind and tornado events for Tennessee, county-level events for Bedford County. Retrieved 2026-09-17. A report is what a spotter, cooperative observer or emergency manager sent the Weather Service; counties with more spotters log more storms. None of this says whether a particular roof was damaged.

Licensed roofers based in and around Bedford County

Placed by the business address the state holds, within 12 miles of a Bedford County town, never by a claimed service area. A Tennessee licence is valid statewide, so roofers further out can work here too; these are the closest.