Roofers in Jackson County, Tennessee

6 state-licensed roofing contractors are based within 12 miles of a Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County

The National Weather Service logged 48 roof-relevant storm reports in Jackson County between 2016 and 2026 (2026 is partial): 9 hail, 37 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports — about 5 a year. The largest hail reported was 2.5 in (hen-egg-sized), and 3 of the hail reports were an inch or larger, the size at which asphalt shingles start losing granules. The strongest wind logged was 70 mph. The strongest tornado rated EF2. Reports cluster in July, June and December, and 2016 was the busiest year with 12 reports.

Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Reports	12	5	9	3	4	4	3	1	1	6

The reports that matter for a roof

Date	Event	Size or speed	What the spotter logged
Sep 5, 2025	Hail	2.5 in hail	A severe thunderstorm in Whitleyville produced tennis ball size hail.
Sep 5, 2025	Hail	1.75 in hail	A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Gainesboro.
Mar 23, 2025	Hail	1 in hail	Estimated 1 inch hail was reported from a severe thunderstorm in Gainesboro.
Jul 20, 2018	Hail	0.88 in hail	Dime to nickel size hail was reported on Gainesboro Grade near the Jackson/Putnam County line.
May 18, 2020	Hail	0.88 in hail	Dime to nickel size hail was reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, hail, thunderstorm wind, high wind and tornado events for Tennessee, county-level events for Jackson 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 Jackson County

Placed by the business address the state holds, within 12 miles of a Jackson 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.