Roofers in Shelby County, Tennessee

56 state-licensed roofing contractors are based within 12 miles of a Shelby County town. Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

The National Weather Service logged 255 roof-relevant storm reports in Shelby County between 2016 and 2026 (2026 is partial): 66 hail, 188 damaging-wind and 1 tornado report — about 26 a year. The largest hail reported was 2 in (hen-egg-sized), and 45 of the hail reports were an inch or larger, the size at which asphalt shingles start losing granules. The strongest wind logged was 90 mph. The strongest tornado rated EF1. Reports cluster in May, July and April, and 2023 was the busiest year with 67 reports.

Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Reports	13	34	24	19	18	15	12	67	12	33	8

The reports that matter for a roof

Date	Event	Size or speed	What the spotter logged
Jan 25, 2021	Hail	2 in hail	Two-inch hail reported on Shelby Drive.
Apr 2, 2025	Hail	1.75 in hail	no narrative filed
Apr 2, 2025	Hail	1.75 in hail	Facebook report of golf ball sized hail near Shelby Dr and Forest Hill Irene Rd.
Sep 5, 2023	Hail	1.5 in hail $5K property damage	Large hail up to ping-pong size lasted for approximately five minutes resulting in small dents to a car.
Apr 27, 2023	Hail	1.5 in hail	Hail up to the size of ping pong balls fell at Houston Levee Road and Poplar Avenue.

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

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