Roofers in Knox County, Tennessee

47 state-licensed roofing contractors are based within 12 miles of a Knox County town. Knox County is one of nine Tennessee counties where a Home Improvement licence is also required for residential jobs between $3,000 and $24,999.

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: Home Improvement licence required in Knox County. That roster is separate from the state export and is not shown on this site yet; check it at verify.tn.gov.
Under $3,000: No state licence in any county.

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

Storm history in Knox County

The National Weather Service logged 225 roof-relevant storm reports in Knox County between 2016 and 2026 (2026 is partial): 42 hail, 182 damaging-wind and 1 tornado report — about 23 a year. The largest hail reported was 1.75 in (golf-ball-sized), and 38 of the hail reports were an inch or larger, the size at which asphalt shingles start losing granules. The strongest wind logged was 72 mph. The strongest tornado rated EF2. Reports cluster in May, July and August, and 2023 was the busiest year with 40 reports.

Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Reports	29	16	13	23	18	14	15	40	23	27	7

The reports that matter for a roof

Date	Event	Size or speed	What the spotter logged
May 2, 2016	Hail	1.75 in hail	Golf ball sized hail was reported at Farragut.
Mar 21, 2017	Hail	1.75 in hail	Golf ball size hail was reported near Clinton Highway and Schaad Road.
Apr 22, 2017	Hail	1.75 in hail	Golf ball sized hail was reported in Knoxville as well as several locations in the surrounding vicinity.
May 26, 2024	Hail	1.75 in hail	no narrative filed
Apr 10, 2025	Hail	1.75 in hail	no narrative filed

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

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