Nashville, TN
Roof Replacement in Nashville, Tennessee
138 roofing companies are based within 12 miles of Nashville, 66 of them holding a current Tennessee licence. Below: who may legally take the job, whether Nashville wants a permit for it, what it costs, and what the hail record says about why roofs here get replaced.
Who may legally replace a roof in Nashville
In Davidson County any residential job over $3,000 needs a state licence: a Home Improvement licence up to $24,999, a contractor licence at $25,000 and above. A replacement quoted at $25,000 or more also needs a contractor licence whose monetary limit covers the contract. Of the 66 licensed roofers near Nashville, 53 hold a contractor licence and 49 of those carry a limit of $100,000 or more; the other 13 hold the Home Improvement licence, which stops at $24,999. The limit is printed on every listing.
Re-roof permits in Nashville
Metro Nashville requires a building permit for re-roofing. The Codes Department lists installing roofing among the work that needs a residential permit, and exempts only repairs to an existing roof of 33 percent of the roof area or less.
- Office
- Metro Nashville Department of Codes and Building Safety
- Address
- 800 President Ronald Reagan Way, 1st Floor, Nashville, TN 37210
- Phone
- 615-862-6500
- Online
- epermits.nashville.gov/
- Code
- 2024 International Residential Code
Metro's residential permit page names "install siding, roofing, fireplaces or solar panels" as permit work, and lists "repairs to an existing roof not to exceed 33 percent of the roof area" among normal maintenance repairs that need no permit. Registered contractors file through ePermits; a homeowner doing their own roof applies as an owner-builder.
Source: Nashville.gov, Residential Building Permit Procedures. Read 2026-09-17.
What a replacement costs
Published figures for the same Tennessee city differ by more than double, because they assume different roof sizes. One national estimator prices a Nashville shingle roof at $6,509 to $8,290 for 1,282 square feet; a Nashville roofing company says most homes there run $20,000 to $30,000. Both work out to roughly $5 to $7 a square foot for architectural shingles. Measure your roof, then read what a roof replacement costs in Tennessee for the arithmetic and the things that move the price.
Why roofs get replaced around Nashville
Hail is the usual reason a roof here is replaced before it wears out. The Weather Service has logged 71 hail reports within 12 miles since 2016, 45 of them an inch or larger and 1 two inches or larger, peaking in May, June, March. The largest was 2.5 inches.
| Date | Hail | What the spotter logged |
|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2016 | 2.5 in $50K damage | Several Facebook reports and photos showed hail up to tennis ball size fell along Andrew Jackson Parkway in Hermitage. Numerous cars were damaged and several homes suffered roof damage and broken windows in a small area from Andrew Jackson Parkway southeast to Tulip Grove Road. |
| May 10, 2016 | 1.75 in | no narrative filed |
| May 10, 2016 | 1.75 in | The public reported golfball size hail fell just south of the Dollar General supermarket in Hermitage. |
| Mar 25, 2021 | 1.5 in | TSpotter report of 1.5 hail near the intersection of Brightwood Avenue and Lombardy Avenue. |
Roofers for a replacement near Nashville
The 12 nearest of 66 licensed roofers based within 12 miles, by business address. All 138 roofing companies near Nashville →
- City Of Lambs Roofing LLCHome Improvement
- Elite Roofing Company Of Nashville615-259-0774 · eliteroofingofnashville.com · BC-21
- Ace Roofing & Restoration, LLCHome Improvement
- High Note Roofing LLC865-705-2742 · BC-A
- Above All Roofing Contractor, LLC615-472-1841 · above-all-roofing.com · BC-A
- Archway Roofing, LLC615-364-7868 · archwaytn.com · BC-A
- Clg Construction & Roofing LLC615-852-6401 · BC-21
- Don Kennedy Roofing LLC757-561-1250 · BC-21
- Empire Roofing Of TN, Inc.817-572-2250 · empireroofing.com · BC-21
- Everwise Roofing LLC615-961-5891 · BC-21
- Mr. Roof Nashville, LLC615-208-3245 · mrroof.com · BC-21
- Npr Roofing LLCHome Improvement
Also nearby, listed from their own Google profile
- Checkmate Roofing and Construction - TN(615) 263-9293 · checkmateroofing.com
- Nashville City Roofing Experts(615) 562-4041 · nashvillecityroofingexperts.com
- ROOFMAN(615) 389-3390 · roofmantn.com
- Henry & Sons Roof Repair(629) 500-2434 · henryroofrepair.homes
- Man of Steel Roofer of Nashville TN(615) 601-3063 · nashvilleroofer.manofsteelresources.com
- Nashville Roofing Services(423) 512-6201
- Roofing in Nashville(615) 719-7895
- Phoenix Roofing and Renovations(629) 356-5356 · phoenixrnr.com
Listed from each company's own Google Business Profile. We found no Tennessee licence under these exact names. In Davidson County a residential job over $3,000 needs one, and a company may hold it under a different legal name, so ask for the licence number and check it before you sign. This is not a finding that any of them is unlicensed.