Short answer: As of September 2026, the two highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Anchorage, AK metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Summit Roofing LLC (80.9), Avalanche Construction Inc (67.2). Every one holds a manufacturer certification that can be verified independently, every rating below has been corroborated against at least one source outside the certification registry, and no company paid to appear here.
The Roofing Brief scored 2 certified roofing contractors serving the Anchorage metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top two individually to confirm its record. Anchorage is the only metro in this programme where the federal storm file has to be read differently. The National Weather Service office here records severe weather against forecast zones rather than counties, so the county-level query that builds every other page in this series returns nothing at all for Anchorage, which would wrongly suggest a city with no damaging weather. Read against its zones, the record shows 45 high-wind events in ten years. The certified pool is also the smallest in the programme at two contractors, so this page ranks two and says so.
Wind, terrain and the Anchorage housing stock
Wind, not hail, is what damages roofs here. Read against the NWS forecast zones that cover the municipality, the decade holds 45 high-wind events and no hail or tornado reports at all. The events are concentrated in the dark half of the year, with January, October and December the busiest months, and they are driven by terrain: gusts funnel along Turnagain Arm and over the Hillside, where ridgetop stations have measured speeds far above anything recorded on the valley floor.
Snow load is the structural test. The Municipality of Anchorage sets a minimum design roof snow load of 40 pounds per square foot regardless of pitch or roofing type, a standard that dates back decades, and heavy winters have repeatedly pushed buildings toward that limit, with officials warning homeowners and commercial owners alike to clear accumulations. Ice dams at the eaves follow the same cycle, so eave protection, a cold ventilated attic and adequate insulation are the specification that matters.
The permit process here is stricter than in most of the country, in a way that works for the homeowner. A re-roof requires a permit from the Municipality of Anchorage, and the inspection sequence includes a tear-off inspection: once the old covering is off, a municipal inspector examines the roof deck for structural integrity before anything is laid over it. That is the one moment when soft or rotten sheathing cannot be quietly covered up, so make sure the permit exists and the inspection is booked.
Alaska has no roofing-specific licence, so the checks are the state contractor registration, the insurance certificate and the permit record. With only two certified contractors within range, this page cannot do the comparing for you: get quotes beyond this list, ask each for its Alaska registration number and proof of insurance, and ask specifically how the quote handles snow load, ventilation and ice at the eaves, because those decide how a roof performs in this city.
The 2 best roofers in Anchorage, AK
Scored 2026-09-27. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Anchorage is 4.85, across a pool of 2 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summit Roofing LLC | 80.9 | Master Elite | 5.0 (25) | 4.9 | 2020 | Anchorage, AK |
| 2 | Avalanche Construction Inc | 67.2 | Certified | 4.7 (87) | 4.755 | 2020 | Anchorage, AK |
1. Summit Roofing LLC — TRB Score 80.9
Summit Roofing LLC is based in Anchorage, AK, in business since 2020, led by Kristopher T. Harris, BBB accredited since 28 October 2020, A+ rating, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 36.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 10.9 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 80.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Summit Roofing LLC is an Alaska limited liability company, entity number 10124905, formed 12 February 2020, listed in Good Standing at 9160 Ticia Circle, Anchorage, AK 99502, with Vellum Registered Agent Inc. as registered agent.. Alaska Company Directory (state entity record)
- The BBB profile lists Kristopher T. Harris as owner, an A+ rating, accreditation since 28 October 2020, a business start date of 1 April 2020, and zero complaints closed in the last three years.. Better Business Bureau, Anchorage
- The page names Kris Harris as owner, categorises the business as a roofer, and carries neighbour recommendations from Anchorage and Eagle River including one about an ice dam.. Nextdoor business page
What they actually do. Residential roof repair and asphalt-shingle replacement across the Municipality of Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley.
Why it ranks here. Master Elite certification with a clean 5.0 across 25 registry reviews and A+ BBB accreditation since 2020, in a metro with only two certified contractors.
Best fit for: Anchorage homeowners who want the higher certification tier of the two available locally.
What we would want clarified. The company’s own website is currently a placeholder that publishes only a phone number, an email address and opening hours: no owner name, street address, Alaska contractor registration number or certification is stated anywhere on it. Its verifiable footprint is small (25 GAF reviews, zero customer reviews on its BBB profile), and one third-party roofer directory listing marks the business as closed. We publish this because a ranking that only prints the flattering findings is an advertisement, not an assessment.
Verify the certification yourself on the GAF registry listing. The number carried on that listing is (907) 717-4198, which is the registry’s contact line and is often a directory tracking number rather than the contractor’s own: take the number from the company’s own website and compare the two.
2. Avalanche Construction Inc — TRB Score 67.2
Avalanche Construction Inc is based in Anchorage, AK, in business since 2020, led by Kate Parisien, BBB a+ rating but not BBB accredited; BBB file opened 14 January 2020, one complaint closed in the last three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 30.2 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 67.2 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Avalanche Construction Inc is an Alaska business corporation, entity number 10122190, registered 14 January 2020, listed in Good Standing, physical address 1300 E 68th Ave #104, Anchorage, AK 99518, registered agent Kathryn Parisien.. Alaska Company Directory (state entity record)
- The BBB profile lists Ms. Kate Parisien as principal, an A+ rating, not-accredited status, a business start date of 14 January 2020 and one complaint closed in the last three years.. Better Business Bureau, Anchorage
- The company describes itself as a full-service residential remodel general contractor at 1200 E 68th Ave #104, Anchorage, listing design, new builds, remote builds, additions and ADUs, whole-home and kitchen and bathroom remodelling, windows and doors, siding, roofing, decks and structural work.. Company website
What they actually do. Residential remodelling general contractor: additions and ADUs, kitchen and bathroom remodels, new builds and remote-site builds, with roofing offered as one service line among about a dozen.
Why it ranks here. 87 registry reviews at 4.7, more than three times the evidence base of the firm above it, from a full-service remodelling contractor registered with the state since 2020.
Best fit for: Homeowners whose roof work sits inside a wider remodel, and anyone weighting review volume.
What we would want clarified. Roofing is one line item on a general remodelling menu rather than the core trade, and the firm sits at GAF’s entry Certified tier. Its BBB profile records one complaint closed in the last three years and shows the business as not accredited, and the street address it publishes (1200 E 68th Ave) does not match the 1300 E 68th Ave on its Alaska entity record. We publish this because a ranking that only prints the flattering findings is an advertisement, not an assessment.
Verify the certification yourself on the GAF registry listing. The number carried on that listing is (907) 333-0907, which is the registry’s contact line and is often a directory tracking number rather than the contractor’s own: take the number from the company’s own website and compare the two.
The 45 wind reports that shape an Anchorage roof
Aggregate hail counts tell you very little about a specific roof. These are the individual events: every severe-weather report logged by the National Weather Service across the 2 counties of the Anchorage, AK statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 0 hail reports, 45 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 0 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $2.0 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 98 knots, about 113 mph, near Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek on 9 December 2019. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
What the National Weather Service wrote about it
The NWS logs a written account of each severe-weather episode. This is its description of the 27 November 2019 event near Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, reproduced verbatim:
A mesonet site in Bear Valley recorded a wind gust of 112 mph. Warning level gusts (greater than 75 mph) were most frequent after 3 p.m.
A roof in this metro is built against events like that one, as recorded by the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in January (9), October (8), December (6). The worst years on record were 2025 (11), 2019 (8), 2017 (7). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Anchorage, the months outside that window are when crews are least stretched and least likely to be triaging emergency callouts ahead of your job.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, forecast-zone detail files 2016 to 2025, filtered to the NWS zones covering this metro by The Roofing Brief. This office files severe weather against forecast zones rather than counties, so a county-level query returns nothing for this metro and would wrongly imply it has no severe weather at all. Damage figures are as reported to the NWS and undercount insured losses.
What to do with this. Hail is not the governing risk in Anchorage. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
Three things to confirm before work starts in Anchorage
Licensing is required in AK. Alaska requires contractors to register with the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, and roofing is a trade recognised in regulation: a firm can register as a General Contractor or as a Specialty Contractor naming Roofing Contractor as one of its trades. It is a registration backed by a bond and insurance rather than a trade licence, because there is no roofing examination.
A Specialty Contractor must carry a $10,000 surety bond and a General Contractor $25,000, each held for three years, alongside minimum insurance of $20,000 property damage and $100,000 for injury or death of more than one person, plus workers compensation where the business uses employee labour. The only exam in the programme is for the Residential Contractor Endorsement, which is required for construction or alteration of one to four unit residential buildings and additionally requires an arctic-engineering or Alaska Craftsman Home Program course. Registrations run two years and expire on 31 December of even-numbered years.
Check here: Alaska DCCED professional licence search. Ask which registration the contractor holds and whether it carries the Residential Contractor Endorsement, because the endorsement is the only part of the Alaska system that involves an examination and the arctic-construction coursework behind it.
Four checks to run before you sign anything, in any state.
- Verify certification at the source. Use the GAF verification tool rather than trusting a badge image on a company website.
- Get the certificate of insurance from the insurer, not the contractor, and confirm general liability and workers compensation are both active on the day work starts.
- Confirm who pulls the permit. If a contractor asks you to pull it as the homeowner, that moves liability onto you. Decline.
- Get warranty terms in writing before any deposit, and check the manufacturer warranty being promised actually requires the certification tier the contractor holds.
The Anchorage market behind this ranking
2 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Anchorage, AK statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 112 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.85. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 407,213, a change of 2.23% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Anchorage rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Anchorage, AK pool was scored out of 100 on four published components: certification tier, a Bayesian adjusted rating, review depth and distance from the metro centre. In this metro that meant scoring 2 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 1 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.85. The top two were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Where that research turned up something awkward it is on the page, and no placement was paid for.
The full method, the weightings, what the GAF certification tiers actually mean, who is eligible to be ranked and what we do not claim are all set out on our roofer ranking methodology page. Last updated: September 2026. Scoring run: 2026-09-27. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
What Anchorage homeowners want to know
Who is the best roofer in Anchorage, AK?
Summit Roofing LLC of Anchorage, AK scores highest in the Anchorage metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 80.9 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds Master Elite certification with a 5.0 rating across 25 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the company behind it scores within 13.7 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Anchorage?
2 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Anchorage, AK statistical area as of September 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Anchorage get?
The Anchorage, AK statistical area recorded 0 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 0 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 0 inches.
Did any contractor pay to appear on this list?
No. The Roofing Brief takes no placement fees, no lead fees and no affiliate commission from any roofing contractor. Ranking comes entirely from the published formula applied to public registry data, followed by an individual research pass on the top two.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Anchorage?
Severe-weather reports in the Anchorage, AK statistical area cluster in January, October, December, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. Outside those months local crews are not triaging storm damage, so lead times are shorter and scheduling is easier.
Do roofers need a licence in AK?
Alaska requires contractors to register with the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, and roofing is a trade recognised in regulation: a firm can register as a General Contractor or as a Specialty Contractor naming Roofing Contractor as one of its trades. It is a registration backed by a bond and insurance rather than a trade licence, because there is no roofing examination. A Specialty Contractor must carry a $10,000 surety bond and a General Contractor $25,000, each held for three years, alongside minimum insurance of $20,000 property damage and $100,000 for injury or death of more than one person, plus workers compensation where the business uses employee labour. The only exam in the programme is for the Residential Contractor Endorsement, which is required for construction or alteration of one to four unit residential buildings and additionally requires an arctic-engineering or Alaska Craftsman Home Program course. Registrations run two years and expire on 31 December of even-numbered years.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Anchorage?
Ask which registration the contractor holds and whether it carries the Residential Contractor Endorsement, because the endorsement is the only part of the Alaska system that involves an examination and the arctic-construction coursework behind it.
Is Anchorage a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Anchorage is the only metro in this programme where the federal storm file has to be read differently. The National Weather Service office here records severe weather against forecast zones rather than counties, so the county-level query that builds every other page in this series returns nothing at all for Anchorage, which would wrongly suggest a city with no damaging weather. Read against its zones, the record shows 45 high-wind events in ten years. The certified pool is also the smallest in the programme at two contractors, so this page ranks two and says so.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Anchorage?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Anchorage, AK statistical area logged 45 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 0 hail reports of an inch or more between 2016 and 2025. Wind damage shows up at the rake, ridge and edge rather than across the field of the roof, so the fastening schedule and edge detail matter more here than the impact rating of the shingle.
Roofer rankings for other metros
The Roofing Brief scores certified roofing contractors in the 400 largest U.S. metropolitan and micropolitan areas on the same formula.
- Best roofers in Bellingham, WA, about 1350 miles from Anchorage
- Best roofers in Bremerton, WA, about 1408 miles from Anchorage
- Best roofers in Flint, MI, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Mobile, AL, a metro of comparable size
See the full index of all 400 metro roofer rankings, or read how to find and vet a roofing contractor anywhere in the country.
Cite this analysis
The Roofing Brief. “Best Roofers in Anchorage, AK: The Roofing Brief Contractor Score.” Published September 2026. Inputs: GAF certification registry; NOAA Storm Events Database 2016-2025; U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates; Better Business Bureau and independent review-platform records for each ranked contractor.