The 20 Best Roofing Companies Lakeland Florida Has to Offer (2026)
By Shelly Marchetti, Florida homeowner advocate. Reviewed by Hal Winstead, Editor, licensed roofing contractor. One hot June afternoon I stood in a gravel side yard off South Florida Avenue in Dixieland, watching rain hit a 1925 frame bungalow whose shingles had lifted in a quick thunderstorm. The owner waved a ten-year warranty at me, but the watter was already darkening her living-room ceiling. I’d seen the same story three times that morning in Lakeland: a fine-looking roof until the sky turns. That’s the kind of ordinary moment that tells you more abotu roofing than any billboard in Polk County.
So I put this guide together the unglamorous way. I checked each name against the Florida DBPR license roll, and 13 of the 20 below came back with an active roofing license. The other seven taught me not to trust a pretty sign. I kept every name I checked in every roofing company we list in Lakeland, so you can confirm the ones that made the cut yourself.
Short answer: the 20 best roofing companies in Lakeland, Florida are led by High Tower Roofing, Gullett Roofing and Trimm Roofing. Of the 20 listed here, 13 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 Lakeland 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; 13 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 Lakeland Florida Has to Offer
1. High Tower Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1330095 (active) · Google rating: 4.8 from 635 reviews · Based in: 5302 Florida Ave S Ste 208, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-334-3103
2. Gullett Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1328860 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 207 reviews · Based in: 535 Bracey Rd, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-412-2821
3. Trimm Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1335191 (active) · Google rating: 4.8 from 147 reviews · Based in: 2500 Drane Field Rd Ste 101, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-276-6300
4. Eustis Roofing Company
Florida licence: CCC1336488 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 123 reviews · Based in: 2500 Drane Field Rd Ste 103, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-340-7653
5. America Top Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1335747 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 84 reviews · Based in: 2420 N Crystal Lake Dr Ste 204, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-733-2171
6. Five Points Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1333259 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 64 reviews · Based in: 2587 Colonel Ford Dr, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-660-5834
7. Central Florida Exterior Inc.
Florida licence: CCC1330652 (active) · Google rating: 4.7 from 81 reviews · Based in: 1324 Olive St, Lakeland · Phone: +1 813-478-9229
8. Protect Preserve Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1331655 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 30 reviews · Based in: 559 Laura Rd, Lakeland · Phone: +1 833-777-6634
9. Goff Roof Systems
Florida licence: CCC1329738 (active) · Google rating: 4.6 from 55 reviews · Based in: 1725 E Gary Rd, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-680-1748
10. Coppertop Construction & Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1333839 (active) · Google rating: 4.8 from 28 reviews · Based in: 2718 S Combee Rd, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-537-1330
11. High Tower Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1330095 (active) · Google rating: 5 from 10 reviews · Based in: 524 S Combee Rd, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-344-5334
12. True Roofers
Florida licence: CCC1332725 (active) · Google rating: 4.4 from 22 reviews · Based in: 2829 Badger Rd #19, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-315-3003
13. K.L. Smith Inc.
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.9 from 315 reviews · Based in: 2519 Buckskin Rd, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-500-7611
14. Polk Roofing
Florida licence: CCC1332593 (active) · Google rating: 1 from 1 reviews · Based in: 6000 Florida Ave S #7638, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-225-4599
15. Stronghold Roofing
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.8 from 470 reviews · Based in: 1820 E Edgewood Dr, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-400-3323
16. Musick Roofing
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.9 from 240 reviews · Based in: 3600 County Line Rd, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-904-5350
17. RIG Roofing of Lakeland
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.8 from 212 reviews · Based in: 122 E Main St #173, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-294-4477
18. Priority Roofing
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.9 from 116 reviews · Based in: 4460 Florida National Dr Suite 4460-2, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-701-4746
19. Statewide Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc.
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.8 from 42 reviews · Based in: 851 Plateau Ave, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-686-1451
20. Quick Roofing - Central FL
Florida licence: not matched in the DBPR roll — ask before hiring · Google rating: 4.5 from 59 reviews · Based in: 2335 Commerce Point Dr #160, Lakeland · Phone: +1 863-201-6025
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.