Roofers in Jefferson County, Tennessee

9 state-licensed roofing contractors are based within 12 miles of a Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

The National Weather Service logged 77 roof-relevant storm reports in Jefferson County between 2016 and 2026 (2026 is partial): 9 hail, 66 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports — about 8 a year. The largest hail reported was 1.5 in (quarter-sized or larger), and 8 of the hail reports were an inch or larger, the size at which asphalt shingles start losing granules. The strongest wind logged was 85 mph. The strongest tornado rated EF0. Reports cluster in June, August and July, and 2023 was the busiest year with 16 reports.

Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Reports	5	3	7	6	7	5	9	16	11	8

The reports that matter for a roof

Date	Event	Size or speed	What the spotter logged
Mar 27, 2021	Hail	1.5 in hail	no narrative filed
Jun 2, 2022	Hail	1.25 in hail	Photos showed hail the size of quarters to half dollars.
May 17, 2025	Hail	1.25 in hail	no narrative filed
Apr 22, 2017	Hail	1 in hail	Quarter sized hail was reported.
Mar 27, 2021	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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

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