The 20 Best Roofing Companies Gainesville Florida Has to Offer (2026)
By Shelly Marchetti, Florida homeowner advocate. Reviewed by Hal Winstead, Editor, licensed roofing contractor. Rain was still pouring from the downspout when I stood in a client’s yard on Southeast 2nd Place, in the Duckpond neighborhood. The storm had lifted a valley flashing on the 1940s bungalow, and every bucket in the house couldn’t catch the dark water staining the ceiling. That’s the kind of Tuesday that makes you care abotu who actualy installs your roof.
So I put this list together the boring way. I pulled the Florida DBPR licence roll, checked every roofing company we list in Gainesville, and matched each name. Eighteen of the twenty companies below came back with an active roofing licence; the other two didn’t, so they’re out. An active licence isn’t a guarantee of good work, but it’s the legal floor in Florida, and it filters out the worst guesswork before the next storm arrives.
Short answer: the 20 best roofing companies in Gainesville, Florida are led by True Force Roofing, Brehm Roofing & Restoration and Perry Roofing Contractors. Of the 20 listed here, 18 hold a verified Florida DBPR roofing licence, which is the single check worth doing before anyone climbs on your roof. Rankings below use licence status, review volume, rating and photo evidence — all public, all reproducible.
If you would rather browse the full list rather than my shortlist, every one of them is on the Gainesville roofing companies directory page — this post is the 20 I would call first.
How this list was ranked. Every company here was cross-checked against the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation licence roll; 18 of 20 returned an active roofing licence (type CCC or RC), and the licence number is printed on each entry so you can verify it yourself. After licence status, ordering uses Google review count (capped so a big chain cannot buy the top spot on volume alone), star rating, and whether the company has photos and published hours. Nobody paid to appear on this list.
The 20 Best Roofing Companies Gainesville Florida Has to Offer
1. True Force Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1335679 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 734 reviews · Based in: 2420 NW 66 Ct Ste B, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-781-5265
2. Brehm Roofing & Restoration
Florida licence: CCC1336098 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 373 reviews · Based in: 1344 NW 121st Way, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-664-8585
3. Perry Roofing Contractors
Florida licence: CCC042888 (active) · Google rating: 4.7 from 201 reviews · Based in: 2505 NW 71st Pl, Gainesville · Phone: +1 800-487-6637
4. Energy Roofing Companies
Florida licence: CCC1329523 (active) · Google rating: 4.9 from 166 reviews · Based in: 507 NW 60th St Ste C, Gainesville · Phone: +1 855-766-3852
5. Godwin Green Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1329478 (active) · Google rating: 4.8 from 124 reviews · Based in: 6901 SW 24th Ave, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-444-7663
6. KayCo Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1328803 (active) · Google rating: 4.9 from 109 reviews · Based in: 2708 NE 21 Way, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-261-6354
7. Atlantic Roofing & Exteriors
Florida licence: CCC1326702 (active) · Google rating: 4.2 from 159 reviews · Based in: 4739 NW 53rd Ave Ste A, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-261-6451
8. Best Choice Roofing
Florida licence: CCC058276 (active) · Google rating: 4.6 from 128 reviews · Based in: 4001 Newberry Rd, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-649-3765
9. J & S Roofing and Construction Inc.
Florida licence: CCC1331691 (active) · Google rating: 4.9 from 99 reviews · Based in: 5216 SW 91st St Ste A, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-672-2048
10. JCB Roofing and Construction, LLC
Florida licence: CCC1336715 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 50 reviews · Based in: 6616 NW 32nd St, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-707-5458
11. Haven Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1337655 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 48 reviews · Based in: 3320 NW 29th Ave, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-346-1536
12. North Wood's Roofing Inc.
Florida licence: CCC1335501 (active) · Google rating: 4.7 from 69 reviews · Based in: 4577 NW 6th St, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-554-4932
13. True Force Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1335679 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 44 reviews · Based in: 7220 W University Ave Unit B, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-515-9774
14. Crosier & Son Roofing
Florida licence: CCC057716 (active) · Google rating: 4.6 from 57 reviews · Based in: 6721 NW 18th Dr, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-372-0200
15. Hogtown Roofing and Construction
Florida licence: CCC1336086 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 21 reviews · Based in: 11904 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-888-9595
16. McDavid Roofing Inc
Florida licence: CCC1328923 (active) · Google rating: 4.4 from 32 reviews · Based in: 2929 NW 42nd Terrace, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-376-3419
17. Atlantic Roofing & Exteriors, LLC
Florida licence: CCC1326702 (active) · Google rating: 3.7 from 6 reviews · Based in: 1829 SE Hawthorne Rd, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-327-7663
18. Holt Professional Inc
Florida licence: RC0048002 (active) · Google rating: 3.1 from 11 reviews · Based in: 1214 S Main St, Gainesville
19. Dreyer's DKI
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.8 from 529 reviews · Based in: 3500 NE Waldo Rd Ste B, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-310-1828
20. Worthmann Roofing and Gutters
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.7 from 182 reviews · Based in: 1731 NW 6th St Ste A3, Gainesville · Phone: +1 352-306-2923
How to check any Florida roofer's licence yourself
Search the licence number at the Florida DBPR licence portal. A roofing contractor holds a CCC (certified) or RC (registered) licence. If the number does not return an active record, that is the end of the conversation.