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Roofing contractors in Texas

Texas does not require state licensing for roofing contractors — anyone in Texas can legally call themselves a roofer. The voluntary substitute is the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT) Licensed Roofing Contractor program, which approximately 300 of the state's thousands of roofing companies hold. Texas Insurance Code §707 makes it illegal for any contractor to absorb or waive a homeowner's insurance deductible — a critical rule given the North Texas hail belt is the highest-frequency hail region in the U.S.

Markets we cover

We cover counties and small cities in Texas where horizontal directories perform poorly — tier-3 and tier-4 markets where the affiliate listicles run thin and the storm-chaser pressure runs high.

How Texas roofer licensing works (and why it doesn't)

Texas does not currently administer roofer licensure at the state level — TDLR licenses many trades but not roofing. We work around this in three ways. First, we strongly prefer RCAT licensing (rcat.net) — about 300 Texas roofing companies hold this voluntary credential, which approximates state licensing. Second, we verify local jurisdiction registration where applicable (City of Paris, City of Dallas, etc.). Third, we weight manufacturer-tier certifications more heavily on Texas-market scores than we do in license-required states. Texas House Bill 3344 (introduced 2025) would create mandatory state licensing through TDLR; status is not yet enacted at this writing.

Verify any Texas contractor at rcat.net · (512) 251-7690

Statewide storm pattern

North Texas (the Paris-Sherman-Dallas corridor) is the highest-frequency hail region in the United States. Lamar County (Paris) alone posted 33 spotter reports of on-the-ground hail in the past 12 months and has logged 100 lifetime occasions of radar-detected hail at or near Paris. The November 4, 2022 tornado outbreak that produced the EF3 in Idabel, Oklahoma also damaged Lamar County (Powderly area) from the same supercell system.

Questions to ask any Texas contractor

  1. Are you RCAT-licensed? Send me your number.
  2. Are you registered with the City of Paris (or applicable local jurisdiction)?
  3. Send me your Certificate of Insurance with a callable agent.
  4. Will you pull the building permit in your own name?
  5. Will you absorb my insurance deductible? — and if they say yes, end the conversation; deductible-absorption is illegal in Texas under §707.

A legitimate contractor answers all of these without friction. Hesitation, deflection, or refusal to put answers in writing is itself the signal.

Standards we apply

Every contractor we feature in Texas clears the same five basics: an active state credential where applicable, $1M+ general liability verified by phone, workers’ compensation, a clean public record, and a real physical office in the market. We then score the contractor on six weighted criteria. Our research methodology is published in full.