Short answer: As of September 2026, the five highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Top Notch Roofing & Siding LLC (80.2), Express Plumbing Air and Roofing (78.9), East Coast Roofing Siding & Windows (78.7), Seashore Construction (76.9), Iron Shield Roofing & Siding (72.6). All of them carry a verifiable manufacturer certification, every rating here was cross-checked against an independent record, and no money changed hands for any placement.
The Roofing Brief scored 10 certified roofing contractors serving the Atlantic City metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top five individually to confirm its record. Atlantic City is a barrier-island metro that takes almost no hail, has no design wind speed you can look up, and asks its roofers to pass no examination. New Jersey publishes no county wind speeds in its residential subcode at all: the state amendment to the code table simply inserts a pointer to a bulletin, which in turn sends you to a hazard tool. It designates no special wind region and no windborne debris region anywhere in the state, including on the islands where Sandy made landfall in 2012. And a reroof on a detached one or two family house is ordinary maintenance requiring no permit. So on the New Jersey shore the things that actually protect a roof are the fastener specification, the flashing detail and corrosion resistance, none of which anyone will inspect.
What an Atlantic City roof is up against
The hail record here is essentially nil and that is the point. Across 2016 to 2025 Atlantic and Cape May counties logged 11 hail reports, only 6 of them an inch or larger, against 101 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 4 tornado events, with $30,000 in reported property damage. Counting severe-weather reports of every kind together, June leads with 37, then July with 29 and April with 15. The largest hailstone on record is 1.75 inch at Avalon on 16 May 2025. Nothing in that record justifies an impact-rated shingle upsell. What does matter is the event that reshaped this coast: NOAA records that Sandy made final landfall near Atlantic City at 8pm Eastern on 29 October 2012, with a maximum storm surge of 5.82 feet measured at the Atlantic City tide gauge and 5.16 feet at Cape May the same evening. Surge is a wall and foundation problem rather than a roof problem, but the wind field that accompanies a storm of that scale is exactly what tests roof attachment on an exposed barrier island.
New Jersey’s approach to wind design is unusual and worth knowing before a contractor quotes you a wind rating. The state does not publish county design wind speeds in its one and two family subcode: its amendment to the code’s climatic and geographic design criteria table inserts a pointer to Department of Community Affairs Bulletin 19-1 under the wind heading, and that bulletin directs you to obtain site-specific hazard information from an external hazard tool. In the same amendments New Jersey inserts not applicable for special wind region, windborne debris region and topographic effects, so despite the exposure there is no designated windborne debris region anywhere in the state, including the barrier islands. The practical consequence is that a wind figure for your address has to be derived site-specifically rather than read off a table, and a contractor quoting a confident county number is not reading it from the New Jersey code. New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Residential Code as its one and two family subcode, the amendments having been adopted on 15 July 2026 and published that August, so the code edition itself is current.
The permit position is the one most Atlantic County homeowners get wrong, and the qualifier matters. Under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7 the repair or replacement of existing roof covering on detached one and two family dwellings is ordinary maintenance, for which no permit and no notice to the enforcing agency is required. Two limits apply. The item is written only for detached one and two family dwellings, so roof covering replacement on an attached dwelling, a multi-family building or a commercial property is not ordinary maintenance and does need a permit. And 5:23-2.7(b) pulls back anything involving the cutting away of a loadbearing wall or the removal or cutting of a structural beam, regardless of the list, which is where decking and framing work can land. Enforcement is municipal under N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.3, so the answer comes from your own township. Where a permit is required in the city, Atlantic City’s construction fee ordinance sets a flat $65.00 fee for all roofing and siding work on structures in use groups R-3 and R-4, so it is never a significant cost.
Two local realities shape what a roof here is for. The first is corrosion. FEMA Technical Bulletin 8-96 on corrosion protection for metal connectors in coastal areas classes buildings within 300 feet of the shoreline as oceanfront and those from 300 to 3,000 feet as corrosion-prone, which covers a very large share of this metro’s housing. On a corrosion-prone site the fasteners, flashing, drip edge and any metal connector are the components that fail first, and they are also the cheapest things to downgrade in a quote, so specify them explicitly. The second is seasonality: American Community Survey figures show 49,655 of Cape May County’s 99,599 housing units held for seasonal, recreational or occasional use, roughly half the county’s entire housing stock, with a median year built of 1981 there and 1978 in Atlantic County. Half a county of second homes means a great many roofs that are inspected twice a year at best and bought by owners who are not there when they leak. Finally, on credentials: New Jersey’s Home Improvement Contractor registration requires a $110 fee and proof of commercial general liability insurance but no examination, and the Division of Consumer Affairs says so itself, stating that registration with the State does not constitute an endorsement of or approval for the home improvement contractor.
The 5 best roofers in Atlantic City, NJ
Scored 2026-09-30. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Atlantic City is 4.782, across a pool of 10 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Notch Roofing & Siding LLC | 80.2 | Master Elite | 5.0 (101) | 4.928 | 2003 | Pleasantville, NJ |
| 2 | Express Plumbing Air and Roofing | 78.9 | Master Elite | 4.9 (1,065) | 4.895 | 2004 | Ship Bottom, NJ |
| 3 | East Coast Roofing Siding & Windows | 78.7 | President’s Club | 4.6 (305) | 4.626 | 1979 | Mays Landing, NJ |
| 4 | Seashore Construction | 76.9 | Master Elite | 4.9 (216) | 4.878 | not published | Egg Harbor Township, NJ |
| 5 | Iron Shield Roofing & Siding | 72.6 | Master Elite | 5.0 (32) | 4.867 | 2011 | Mays Landing, NJ |
1. Top Notch Roofing & Siding LLC — TRB Score 80.2
Top Notch Roofing & Siding LLC is based in Pleasantville, NJ, in business since 2003, led by Michael Ruzzo, Owner, BBB accredited since 28 February 2017, A+ rating; business founded 2 April 2003, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), CertainTeed 5-Star Vinyl Siding Contractor, James Hardie fiber cement siding certified, Nichiha fiber cement siding certified. Certification by more than one manufacturer is uncommon and requires meeting each programme’s separate standards for insurance, training and track record.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 37.1 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 10.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 9.1 | 10 |
| Total | 80.2 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Registration 13VH01108200 is Active in the name The Top Notch Contractors, LLC, owner Michael Ruzzo, 8008 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville.. NJ Division of Consumer Affairs licence verification
- A+ rated and accredited since 28 February 2017; business founded 2 April 2003, Michael Ruzzo as owner.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Asphalt shingle replacement, metal roofing, rubber low-slope roofing, flashing and leak detection, roof ventilation, siding and trim.
Why it ranks here. The top score in the metro on Master Elite certification and a clean 5.0 across 101 reviews, with an active New Jersey registration held in the owner’s name at the address the state record and the BBB both give. Two things stand out for a coastal market: it publishes flashing and leak detection and roof ventilation as named services rather than generic roofing, which are precisely the details that fail near salt air, and it holds three separate cladding credentials from CertainTeed, James Hardie and Nichiha, so a roof and siding job can be done under one set of manufacturer certifications.
Best fit for: The default first call in Atlantic County, particularly for flashing, ventilation or a roof and siding job together.
What we would want clarified. Its registration is held in a different name from the one it trades under, The Top Notch Contractors, LLC, so search the register under that. At 101 reviews it has the shallowest customer record of the five ranked here, and its BBB profile is filed under siding contractors rather than roofing. Its own site gives a 2003 founding, which the BBB corroborates. 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 (609) 822-4839, 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. Express Plumbing Air and Roofing — TRB Score 78.9
Express Plumbing Air and Roofing is based in Ship Bottom, NJ, in business since 2004, led by David Hill, Not accredited, C rating, filed under plumber; business start date recorded as 19 February 2008, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), NJ Master Plumber licence #12474 (self-published), NJ HVACR contractor licence 19HC00911700 (self-published). Certification by more than one manufacturer is uncommon and requires meeting each programme’s separate standards for insurance, training and track record.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.8 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 4.2 | 10 |
| Total | 78.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Registration 13VH06794900 is Active in the name Express Plumbing Air Roofing LLC, doing business as Express Plumbing Service, owner David Hill.. NJ Division of Consumer Affairs licence verification
- Rated C and not accredited, filed under plumber; business start date recorded as 19 February 2008.. BBB business profile
- Listed as a partner member at 2101 Long Beach Blvd, Ship Bottom.. Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce
What they actually do. Residential roof replacement, roof and leak repair, roof inspections and storm and wind damage assessment, alongside plumbing, heating and air conditioning.
Why it ranks here. Roofing is a genuine published service line rather than a name only: the company sets out new roof installation, residential replacement, inspection and repair, and storm and wind damage assessment, and states Master Elite status with eligibility for enhanced manufacturer warranties. Atlantic County is inside its published service area, with twenty Atlantic County towns named. It also holds published New Jersey master plumber and HVACR credentials, so a leak that turns out to be a plumbing vent or a mechanical penetration can be dealt with by one firm.
Best fit for: A leak of uncertain origin where plumbing or mechanical penetrations may be involved, on the understanding set out above.
What we would want clarified. Several things here need stating. Its Better Business Bureau rating is C, the lowest of any contractor ranked in this metro, and it is not accredited; the BBB files it as a plumber, and both the Southern Ocean County Chamber and its own borough directory list it under plumbing and heating only. The 1,065 reviews that lift it up our ranking are a whole-business figure: nothing separates them by trade, and we could not establish what share relates to roofing. It is registered as Express Plumbing Air Roofing LLC trading as Express Plumbing Service, so the roofing name is not the registered trading name. And its base at Ship Bottom is on Long Beach Island in Ocean County, outside this metro. Its two trade licences are self-published and we did not verify them. 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 (609) 361-2727, 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.
3. East Coast Roofing Siding & Windows — TRB Score 78.7
East Coast Roofing Siding & Windows is based in Mays Landing, NJ, in business since 1979, led by Jeff Kay, President and CEO per the BBB; the state registration records Shawn Stiteler as owner, BBB accredited since 13 May 1994, A+ rating; business founded 29 January 1979, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: President’s Club (GAF), CertainTeed Certified Contractor, CertainTeed Master Craftsman, National Roofing Contractors Association member. Certification by more than one manufacturer is uncommon and requires meeting each programme’s separate standards for insurance, training and track record.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 25.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 12.3 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 6.3 | 10 |
| Total | 78.7 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Registration 13VH00181500 is Active in the name East Coast Roofing Corporation, Inc., trading as East Coast Roofing, Siding & Windows.. NJ Division of Consumer Affairs licence verification
- A+ rated and accredited since 13 May 1994, the longest accreditation of the certified contractors in this metro, with the business founded 29 January 1979.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Roof replacement and installation, commercial roofing, siding including shake and stone accents, gutter replacement and gutter protection, windows and doors.
Why it ranks here. The longest-established business in the metro by a wide margin at 46 years, and the deepest institutional record on this page: BBB accredited since May 1994, an active New Jersey registration, President’s Club certification with GAF, a CertainTeed Master Craftsman credential and National Roofing Contractors Association membership. On credentials alone this is the strongest entry here, and 305 reviews is a substantial base.
Best fit for: Homeowners who want the longest track record and the deepest credential set in the metro.
What we would want clarified. Its 4.6 rating is the lowest of the five ranked here, which is why it places third rather than first on our formula despite the credentials. The BBB and the state register name different people as the principal, Jeff Kay and Shawn Stiteler respectively, which we could not reconcile. Its registration is held in the corporate name East Coast Roofing Corporation, Inc., so search the register under that rather than the trading name. 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 (609) 625-1900, 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.
4. Seashore Construction — TRB Score 76.9
Seashore Construction is based in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, led by David Maina, Owner per the BBB, Not accredited, A+ rating; business start date recorded as 1 January 1997, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), CertainTeed Select ShingleMaster, Andersen Certified Premier Contractor. Certification by more than one manufacturer is uncommon and requires meeting each programme’s separate standards for insurance, training and track record.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.1 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 11.6 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 6.2 | 10 |
| Total | 76.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Registration 13VH01355500 is Active in the name Sea Shore Construction Corp, doing business as Sea Shore Const Co, 2604 Tilton Road, Egg Harbor Township.. NJ Division of Consumer Affairs licence verification
- A+ rated though not accredited; business start date recorded as 1 January 1997, David Maina as owner.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing, siding, windows and doors, decks and railings.
Why it ranks here. Master Elite certification with 4.9 across 216 reviews and an active New Jersey registration, holding a CertainTeed Select ShingleMaster credential, the manufacturer’s top installer tier, alongside an Andersen Certified Premier Contractor credential for windows. Decks and railings among its published services is a practical signal on the shore, where salt exposure destroys exterior timber and metal on the same timetable as it attacks roof fasteners.
Best fit for: A roof with associated exterior work, and homeowners wanting a top-tier CertainTeed installer.
What we would want clarified. Its founding year could not be established: the BBB records a 1 January 1997 start, its own site describes over forty years, and directory listings give 1980 and 1983, so we have left it blank rather than choose. Its BBB profile is not accredited and is filed under general contractor rather than roofing, and it is registered as Sea Shore Construction Corp trading as Sea Shore Const Co, two spellings away from the name it markets under. 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 (609) 645-2192, 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.
5. Iron Shield Roofing & Siding — TRB Score 72.6
Iron Shield Roofing & Siding is based in Mays Landing, NJ, in business since 2011, led by Danilson Pineda, BBB accredited since 27 September 2022, A+ rating; business started 20 December 2011, no complaints closed in the last three years and no customer reviews on file, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 34.7 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 7.5 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 6.3 | 10 |
| Total | 72.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Registration 13VH13720200 is Active in the name Iron Shield Roofing Inc, owner Danilson Pineda, 4560 Drosera Street, Mays Landing.. NJ Division of Consumer Affairs licence verification
- A+ rated and accredited since 27 September 2022; business start date 20 December 2011, no complaints closed in the last three years.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing, roof repair and vinyl siding.
Why it ranks here. A clean 5.0, Master Elite certification, BBB accredited at A+ since 2022 with no complaints closed in three years, and an active New Jersey registration in the owner’s own name at the address the state and the BBB both give. Based in Mays Landing, inside the metro.
Best fit for: A straightforward replacement from a small, registered, in-metro firm with a clean record.
What we would want clarified. Its 32 reviews are by far the thinnest customer record on this page, and the BBB holds no customer reviews at all to cross-check them against. There is also a registration gap worth asking about: the BBB records the business trading since December 2011, but its Home Improvement Contractor registration was issued only on 7 July 2025, and no earlier registration in the Iron Shield name exists in the state system. Its own website could not be reached from our location, so nothing here comes from the company itself, and it publishes no manufacturer credential outside GAF. 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 (609) 358-3853, 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 101 wind reports that shape an Atlantic City 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 11 hail reports, 101 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 4 tornadoes. The database’s property-damage fields are left blank for most of these reports, so it carries no usable loss total for this metro and we do not quote one.
The biggest hail to fall on Atlantic City in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2025 | 1.75 in | Avalon | Cape May |
| 1 July 2020 | 1.0 in | Petersburg | Cape May |
| 1 July 2020 | 1.0 in | Cape May | Cape May |
| 14 July 2017 | 1.0 in | Newtonville | Atlantic |
| 14 July 2017 | 1.0 in | Laureldale | Atlantic |
| 21 July 2021 | 1.0 in | Oceanville | Atlantic |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 16 May 2025 near Avalon, measured at 1.75 inches. That is ping-pong-ball sized, enough to bruise asphalt shingles and shorten a roof’s life without necessarily looking dramatic from the ground.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 70 knots, about 81 mph, near Cape May on 21 June 2016. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 4 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF1 near Strathmere on 4 August 2020.
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 7 February 2020 event near Cape May Nas, reproduced verbatim:
An area of low pressure moving out of the Southeast began to explosively intensify as it moved over the mid-Atlantic. On the morning of February 7, the eastern mid-Atlantic was briefly within the warm sector of the deepening low. An environment of extreme wind fields was present, and temperatures and dew points rose enough for sufficient instability to develop to sustain convection. A line of low topped but intense convection developed, and despite producing little thunder and lightning it produced a long swath of wind damage over the mid-Atlantic, along with a few tornadoes between Virginia and Maryland.
That is the kind of damage a roof in this metro has to be specified against, described by the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in June (37), July (29), April (15). The worst years on record were 2020 (45), 2016 (20), 2021 (14). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Atlantic City, 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, county-level detail files 2016 to 2025, filtered to the counties of this statistical area by The Roofing Brief. Damage figures are as reported to the NWS and undercount insured losses.
What to do with this. Hail is not the governing risk in Atlantic City. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
How to check an Atlantic City roofer in ten minutes
Licensing is required in NJ. New Jersey has no general contractor licence. Anyone performing home improvement work including roofing must instead hold a Home Improvement Contractor registration with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, and must display that registration number, which begins 13VH, on every contract, advertisement and commercial vehicle.
Registration requires business information, a fee and a certificate of commercial general liability insurance of at least $500,000 per occurrence. It is a consumer-protection registration rather than a competency licence. The Division of Consumer Affairs says so itself in its guidance to homeowners: “Registration with the State does not constitute an endorsement of or approval for the home improvement contractor.” A contractor who is not registered also cannot be issued a municipal construction permit.
Check here: New Jersey licence verification. Check the 13VH number on the state verification site, and read the registration for what it is. Because the state describes it as neither an endorsement nor an approval, a manufacturer certification and a documented work record carry more weight in New Jersey than the registration on its own.
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.
How deep the Atlantic City certified market really is
10 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ statistical area, of which 1 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 2,253 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.782. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 372,989, a change of 0.86% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Atlantic City rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 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 10 certified contractors, of whom 1 hold President’s Club standing and 8 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.782. The top five were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Good and bad findings are published together, and no contractor paid for a place here.
Set aside in Atlantic City. A contractor that would otherwise have scored into the top five was removed for the reason stated. The score is computed from public data, but where the research pass finds evidence undermining an input to that score, the score is set aside.
- Sun Up Zero Down, which scored 77.7: scored fourth on 4.9 across 284 reviews and holds an active New Jersey registration, 13VH07927500, but it is a solar company rather than a roofer. The Better Business Bureau classifies it under one category only, solar energy contractors, and describes its service set entirely in solar terms; its own site is a solar site, and its roof replacement page frames the work as substrate for panels, on the argument that solar panels are only as strong as the roof they are mounted on. It publishes a New Jersey electrical contractor licence, names no shingle manufacturer anywhere, and makes no GAF claim on its own site despite its registry listing. We could not establish whether roof replacement is self-performed or subcontracted. It also carries three complaints closed with the BBB in the last three years and is not accredited. None of that is a criticism of its solar business, which is what it is categorised, reviewed and licensed for; it is simply not a roofing contractor, and this page exists to rank roofers
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: 2026-09-30. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
What Atlantic City homeowners want to know
Who is the best roofer in Atlantic City, NJ?
Top Notch Roofing & Siding LLC of Pleasantville, NJ scores highest in the Atlantic City metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 80.2 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds Master Elite certification with a 5.0 rating across 101 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the four companies behind it score within 7.6 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Atlantic City?
10 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ statistical area as of September 2026, of which 1 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Atlantic City get?
The Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ statistical area recorded 6 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 1.75 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 five.
What was the worst hailstorm in Atlantic City in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 1.75 inches, reported near Avalon on 16 May 2025. That is ping-pong-ball sized, enough to bruise asphalt shingles and shorten a roof’s life without necessarily looking dramatic from the ground. Across the decade the metro recorded 11 hail reports. The database’s property-damage fields are left blank for most of these reports, so it carries no usable loss total for this metro and we do not quote one.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Atlantic City?
Severe-weather reports in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ statistical area cluster in June, July, April, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. Scheduling discretionary work away from that window tends to get you a better crew and a faster start, because nobody is juggling emergency callouts.
Do roofers need a licence in NJ?
New Jersey has no general contractor licence. Anyone performing home improvement work including roofing must instead hold a Home Improvement Contractor registration with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, and must display that registration number, which begins 13VH, on every contract, advertisement and commercial vehicle. Registration requires business information, a fee and a certificate of commercial general liability insurance of at least $500,000 per occurrence. It is a consumer-protection registration rather than a competency licence. The Division of Consumer Affairs says so itself in its guidance to homeowners: “Registration with the State does not constitute an endorsement of or approval for the home improvement contractor.” A contractor who is not registered also cannot be issued a municipal construction permit.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Atlantic City?
Check the 13VH number on the state verification site, and read the registration for what it is. Because the state describes it as neither an endorsement nor an approval, a manufacturer certification and a documented work record carry more weight in New Jersey than the registration on its own.
Is Atlantic City a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Atlantic City is a barrier-island metro that takes almost no hail, has no design wind speed you can look up, and asks its roofers to pass no examination. New Jersey publishes no county wind speeds in its residential subcode at all: the state amendment to the code table simply inserts a pointer to a bulletin, which in turn sends you to a hazard tool. It designates no special wind region and no windborne debris region anywhere in the state, including on the islands where Sandy made landfall in 2012. And a reroof on a detached one or two family house is ordinary maintenance requiring no permit. So on the New Jersey shore the things that actually protect a roof are the fastener specification, the flashing detail and corrosion resistance, none of which anyone will inspect.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Atlantic City?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ statistical area logged 101 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 6 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.
Why is Sun Up Zero Down not on this list?
Scored fourth on 4.9 across 284 reviews and holds an active New Jersey registration, 13VH07927500, but it is a solar company rather than a roofer. The Better Business Bureau classifies it under one category only, solar energy contractors, and describes its service set entirely in solar terms; its own site is a solar site, and its roof replacement page frames the work as substrate for panels, on the argument that solar panels are only as strong as the roof they are mounted on. It publishes a New Jersey electrical contractor licence, names no shingle manufacturer anywhere, and makes no GAF claim on its own site despite its registry listing. We could not establish whether roof replacement is self-performed or subcontracted. It also carries three complaints closed with the BBB in the last three years and is not accredited. None of that is a criticism of its solar business, which is what it is categorised, reviewed and licensed for; it is simply not a roofing contractor, and this page exists to rank roofers.
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 Philadelphia, PA, about 57 miles from Atlantic City
- Best roofers in Trenton, NJ, about 61 miles from Atlantic City
- Best roofers in Hickory, NC, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Ann Arbor, MI, 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 Atlantic City, NJ: 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.