Knoxville, TN
Roof Replacement in Knoxville, Tennessee
87 roofing companies are based within 12 miles of Knoxville, 47 of them holding a current Tennessee licence. Below: who may legally take the job, whether Knoxville 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 Knoxville
In Knox 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 47 licensed roofers near Knoxville, 34 hold a contractor licence and 32 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 Knoxville
Inside Knoxville, Plans Review and Inspections issues residential permits for new construction, additions, alterations and repairs through its online portal. Its permits page lists no separate roofing permit and does not say whether a like-for-like re-roof counts as a repair that needs one, so this site does not assert it. Outside the city, Knox County Codes Administration (400 Main Street, Suite 547, 865-215-2325) is the office to ask.
- Office
- City of Knoxville Plans Review and Inspections
- Address
- 400 Main Street, Suite 475, Knoxville, TN 37902
- Phone
- 865-215-4311
Source: City of Knoxville, Plans Review and Permits. Read 2026-09-18. 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.
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 Knoxville
Hail is the usual reason a roof here is replaced before it wears out. The Weather Service has logged 31 hail reports within 12 miles since 2016, 26 of them an inch or larger, peaking in September, April, June. The largest was 1.75 inches.
| Date | Hail | What the spotter logged |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2017 | 1.75 in | Golf ball size hail was reported near Clinton Highway and Schaad Road. |
| Apr 22, 2017 | 1.75 in | Golf ball sized hail was reported in Knoxville as well as several locations in the surrounding vicinity. |
| May 26, 2024 | 1.75 in | no narrative filed |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 1.75 in | no narrative filed |
Roofers for a replacement near Knoxville
The 12 nearest of 47 licensed roofers based within 12 miles, by business address. All 87 roofing companies near Knoxville →
- Neighborhood Heating & Cooling LLC DBA Daniel Hood Roofing Syst423-963-7200 · BC-21
- Volunteer Roofing And Siding LLC423-312-1036 · volunteerroofingandsiding.com · BC-21
- C.M. Henley Company, LLC615-735-1197 · BC-21
- City Roofs LLCHome Improvement
- Litespeed Construction Inc615-995-5359 · BC-21
- Pinpoint Roofing LLC865-585-3121 · pinpointroofing.com · BC-21
- Sterling Window Systems, Inc.865-938-0422 · sterlingwindows.com · BC-21
- Tradesmen Roofing LLC619-504-4283 · BC-21
- All Around Roofing And Home Improvements Inc.(865) 390-6323 · all-aroundroofing.com · Home Improvement
- Diversified Contracting, LLC865-558-9944 · BC-21
- Exterior Home Solutions LLC865-524-5888 · exteriorhomesolutions.com · BC-A
- Safe Construction LLC423-736-1898 · BC-21
Also nearby, listed from their own Google profile
- Knoxville City Roofing contractor(865) 381-7191
- Daniel Hood Roofing(865) 851-5002 · danielhoodroofingsystems.com
- Knox City Roofs(865) 213-3636 · knoxcityroofs.com
- Litespeed Construction - Knoxville Roofing Contractor(865) 297-3286 · litespeedconstruction.com
- Rackley Roofing(865) 761-8336 · rackleyroofing.com
- Pinnacle Home Improvements: Knoxville(865) 672-9251 · pinnaclehomeimprovements.com
- Alpha Roofing Plus(865) 671-7663 · alpharoofingtennessee.com
- Berkeley Roofing(865) 323-4093 · berkeleybuildersroofing.com
Listed from each company's own Google Business Profile. We found no Tennessee licence under these exact names. In Knox 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.