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Roofers in Knoxville, Tennessee

34 roofing contractors with a current Tennessee licence are based within 12 miles of Knoxville, in a place where the Weather Service has logged hail up to 1.75 inches since 2016.

Licensed roofers based within 12 miles of Knoxville

Listed by where the business is, not by who it says it serves. Every one held an active Tennessee contractor licence with a roofing classification on 2026-09-17, and the address it is placed by is the one the state holds. A licence is valid statewide, so roofers further out can work here too.

Re-roof permits in Knoxville

Inside Knoxville the city's Plans Review and Inspections office issues permits; the unincorporated county is Knox County Codes Administration in the City County Building. Neither page states the re-roof rule in plain words.

Office
Knox County Codes Administration (unincorporated county)
Address
City County Building, Suite 547, 400 Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone
865-215-2325
Online
www.knoxcounty.org/codes/online_permits.php

Source: Knox County Codes Administration and Enforcement. Read 2026-09-17. The office details are from the jurisdiction's own page; whether a re-roof needs a permit there is not stated on it and is not asserted here.

Storm history within 12 miles of Knoxville

The National Weather Service logged 203 roof-relevant storm reports within 12 miles of Knoxville between 2016 and 2026 (2026 is partial): 31 hail, 172 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports — about 20 a year. The largest hail reported was 1.75 in (golf-ball-sized), and 26 of the hail reports were an inch or larger, the size at which asphalt shingles start losing granules. The strongest wind logged was 75 mph. Reports cluster in May, July and June, and 2023 was the busiest year with 36 reports.

Year20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Reports201711221412143624258

The reports that matter for a roof

DateEventSize or speedWhat the spotter logged
Mar 21, 2017Hail 1.75 in hail Golf ball size hail was reported near Clinton Highway and Schaad Road.
Apr 22, 2017Hail 1.75 in hail Golf ball sized hail was reported in Knoxville as well as several locations in the surrounding vicinity.
May 26, 2024Hail 1.75 in hail no narrative filed
Sep 4, 2025Hail 1.75 in hail no narrative filed
Mar 21, 2017Hail 1.5 in hail Ping pong size hail was reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, hail, thunderstorm wind, high wind and tornado events for Tennessee, begin point within 12 miles of the USGS centre point for Knoxville. 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.

Licensing in Knox County

Knox County is one of nine counties where residential jobs between $3,000 and $24,999 need a Home Improvement licence, on top of the state licence required at $25,000. The Knox County detail →