Short answer: As of October 2026, the two highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Fargo, ND-MN metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are A & B Roofing Improvements Ltd (71.3), Western Products, Inc. (69.0). Each is certified by a manufacturer whose register we checked by hand, each rating has been tested against a source outside that register, and nobody bought a place on this page.
The Roofing Brief scored 2 certified roofing contractors serving the Fargo metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top two individually to confirm its record. Fargo requires no building permit at all to replace a roof covering. The Inspections Department says so in its own FAQ: it does not require permits for finish work, painting, or replacing or covering shingles. What the city regulates instead is who may do the work, through a separate re-roofing contractor licence under Fargo Municipal Code article 25-37 that bites at five hundred dollars, and which exists plainly to deal with the storm-chasing trade. Both contractors below are verified against North Dakota’s own Secretary of State contractor register. There are only two of them, and that is the honest size of the GAF-certified roofing pool in this metro.
What a Fargo roof is up against
The hail record is real but moderate by plains standards. Across 2016 to 2025 Cass County, North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota logged 127 hail reports of an inch or more and 231 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports, with 95 of those wind reports at 58 knots or above. The largest stone in that decade was 2.75 inches at Downer, in Clay County, on 13 July 2023, followed by 2.50 inches at Davenport in Cass County on 26 August 2018. Nine reports reached two inches or more in ten years, which puts this metro in the band where hail is a recurring insurance event rather than a constant one.
North Dakota’s contractor licence is administered by the Secretary of State rather than a contractors’ board, under NDCC 43-07-01(5), and it is a registration graded by money rather than by trade. NDCC 43-07-02(1) makes it unlawful to act as a contractor where the cost, value or price per job exceeds four thousand dollars. NDCC 43-07-07(1) grades the classes by single-contract value: Class A with no limitation, Class B capped at $500,000, Class C at $300,000 and Class D at $100,000. There is no competency examination anywhere in chapter 43-07, which requires only an application under oath stating experience, a certificate of liability insurance and a Workforce Safety and Insurance statement. And there is no bond: section 43-07-11, headed Contractor’s bond, Requirements, reads in full, Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 397, section 9.
The statute does have teeth, just not the ones most people expect. NDCC 43-07-02(2) makes acting as a contractor without a licence a class A misdemeanour, with a civil penalty up to three times the application fee that must be assessed and collected before any licence issues. More usefully to a homeowner in a dispute, 43-07-02(1) bars an unlicensed contractor from maintaining any claim, action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state related to its business as a contractor. An unlicensed roofer cannot sue you to enforce its own contract. That is the practical reason to check the register before you sign, and the register is online and searchable, which is more than Fargo’s own licence offers.
Chapter 26.1-39.2 is the part to read if your roof is going on an insurance claim, and it is stricter than most states. Section 26.1-39.2-03 bans a residential contractor from promising to rebate any portion of an insurance deductible, including granting an allowance, offering a discount against fees, or paying the insured anything beyond an item of nominal value. Section 26.1-39.2-06 requires a signed notice in capitalised fourteen-point type on any contract to be paid from insurance proceeds. Section 26.1-39.2-02(1) gives you until midnight on the later of the fifth business day after signing or after written notice from the insurer that all or part of the claim is not covered, with deposits refundable within ten days. And 26.1-39.2-07 is the clause with the real force: a contract entered with a residential contractor is void if the contractor violates this chapter.
The 2 best roofers in Fargo, ND
Scored 2026-10-02. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Fargo is 4.5, across a pool of 2 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A & B Roofing Improvements Ltd | 71.3 | Master Elite | 4.8 (57) | 4.66 | 1990 | Fargo, ND |
| 2 | Western Products, Inc. | 69.0 | Master Elite | 4.5 (259) | 4.5 | 1948 | Fargo, ND |
1. A & B Roofing Improvements Ltd — TRB Score 71.3
A & B Roofing Improvements Ltd is based in Fargo, ND, in business since 1990, led by Todd T. Bischoff and Javin Bischoff, Owners, BBB accredited since 29 January 2002, A+ rating, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), North Dakota Class B contractor licence 000052210, Active and in Good Standing on the Secretary of State register. 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 | 26.4 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 11.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 71.3 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Class B contractor licence 000052210 for A&B Roofing Improvements, Ltd, status Active, standing Good Standing, filing date 13 March 2025.. North Dakota Secretary of State contractor register
- Listed as a Roofing Contractor at 1612 7th Ave N, Fargo, accredited since 29 January 2002 with an A+ rating, a business start date of 1 June 1990, owners Todd T. Bischoff and Javin Bischoff, and work described as shingling of new construction and reroofing of residential, apartment and commercial buildings.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Asphalt shingle roofing, reroofing, new-construction shingling, residential, multifamily and commercial roofing.
Why it ranks here. The only firm in this metro that is a roofing contractor and nothing else, which is the central distinction between the two entries on this page. BBB categorises it under roofing alone, its work description is shingling and reroofing, and it has been trading since June 1990 under two named family owners with BBB accreditation running back to January 2002 and an A+ rating. It holds the top score here on 4.8 across 57 reviews with Master Elite certification, and its state licence is verified Active and in Good Standing.
Best fit for: A straightforward shingle replacement where you want the firm’s only trade to be roofing.
What we would want clarified. Its Class B licence caps it at single contract projects of no more than $500,000 under NDCC 43-07-07(1)(b), which will not constrain any house but may constrain a large apartment job. Its 57 reviews are a modest base. We found no company website at all, with the only web presence on its BBB profile being a Facebook page, so there is nothing to read about method or warranty before you call. Its City of Fargo article 25-37 reroofing licence could not be verified because the city keeps no public register and verifies by telephone only. Its GAF tier is self-reported because the manufacturer’s directory refused our requests. 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 (701) 929-8118, 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. Western Products, Inc. — TRB Score 69.0
Western Products, Inc. is based in Fargo, ND, in business since 1948, led by Not published; BBB names no officer, BBB accredited since 16 July 2025, A+ rating, around 55 employees, 6 complaints closed in the last three years, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), North Dakota Class A contractor licence 22733, Active and in Good Standing on the Secretary of State register since February 1995. 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 | 20.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 69.0 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Class A contractor licence 22733 for WESTERN PRODUCTS, INC., status Active, standing Good Standing, filing date 26 February 1995.. North Dakota Secretary of State contractor register
- Active registrations in Good Standing: WESTERN PRODUCTS, INC. domestic business corporation, control 0000031936, filed 26 August 1994; trade name WESTERN PRODUCTS, control 0000199706, filed 8 August 1977; and trade name Western Products Roofing, control 0007564063, filed 4 August 2026.. North Dakota Secretary of State business register
- Listed at 474 45th St S #101, Fargo, categorised as a Siding Contractor, accredited since 16 July 2025 with an A+ rating, a business start date of 8 October 1948, around 55 employees, 6 complaints closed in the last three years, and services including seamless steel siding, roofing, gutter systems, replacement windows, cabinets and doors.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Asphalt roofing, metal roofing, seamless steel siding, seamless gutters and gutter protection, replacement windows, entry and patio doors, insulation, cabinetry.
Why it ranks here. By far the largest and oldest operation in the metro, founded in October 1948 and originally a lightning rod distributor, now around 55 employees across the exterior trades. It holds the unlimited Class A licence 22733, on file since February 1995, so no contract value constrains it, and it carries 4.5 across 259 reviews, the deepest review base in this metro by a factor of four. It is also the only firm here offering metal roofing as well as asphalt, which matters if you are considering standing seam. It registered a separate Western Products Roofing trade name with the Secretary of State on 4 August 2026, which suggests roofing is being built out as a distinct line.
Best fit for: Metal roofing, larger or multi-trade exterior projects, and anyone who wants depth of review history and an unlimited licence class.
What we would want clarified. Roofing is one line among many here rather than the whole business: BBB categorises it as a siding contractor, and its own description leads with seamless steel siding. We could not establish whether roofing is performed by employees or subcontracted, which is the first question to ask. No principal or officer is published anywhere we looked. BBB records 6 complaints closed in the last three years, which is proportionate to 55 employees rather than alarming on its own, but it is more than any other firm on this page and we could not retrieve the detail, so we characterise none of them. Its rating of 4.5 is the lower of the two. Its City of Fargo article 25-37 licence could not be verified, and its GAF tier is self-reported. 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 (701) 929-9014, 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.
What 2.75 inch hail does to a Fargo 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 Fargo, ND-MN statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 147 hail reports, 231 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 23 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $1.2 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Fargo in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2023 | 2.75 in | Downer | Clay |
| 26 August 2018 | 2.5 in | Davenport | Cass |
| 8 August 2023 | 2.0 in | Hawley | Clay |
| 8 June 2018 | 2.0 in | Kindred | Cass |
| 13 July 2023 | 2.0 in | Crawford | Clay |
| 13 July 2023 | 2.0 in | Mapleton | Cass |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 13 July 2023 near Downer, measured at 2.75 inches. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 87 knots, about 100 mph, near Osgood on 13 June 2017. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 23 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF4 near Elizabeth on 20 June 2025.
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 13 June 2017 event near Osgood, reproduced verbatim:
A high voltage electrical tower was bent over by extreme downburst winds. Numerous wooden power poles were snapped and trees were damaged in the area.
That account is the design case for a roof here, and it comes from the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in June (179), July (127), August (48). The worst years on record were 2019 (63), 2018 (58), 2020 (49). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Fargo, 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. Fargo sees enough damaging hail that a Class 4 impact-rated shingle is worth pricing, though not automatically worth buying. Get both quotes and weigh the premium against any insurance discount.
The licence Fargo wrote for the people who follow the hail
Because no building permit is required for a reroof here, no inspector will ever look at the work. The city’s control is entirely at the front end, and reading article 25-37 closely tells you what problem it was written to solve. Section 25-3702 makes it unlawful to act as a re-roofing contractor in Fargo where the cost of any job exceeds five hundred dollars without a licence. Five hundred dollars is a deliberately low bar, well under the state’s four thousand, and it catches small repair work that the state licence does not.
Section 25-3701(1) defines the trade narrowly and residentially: any contractor engaged in the business of replacement with shingles of an existing roof covering on a building used for residential purposes, including single-family and multi-family. This is not a general building licence that happens to cover roofs. It is a licence for reshingling houses, and nothing else.
Then comes the clause that gives the game away. Section 25-3703(B) requires an extra surety bond, not less than ten thousand dollars, from any applicant who is also a transient merchant, and that bond may not be revocable nor terminate before two years have passed after the licence expires. Section 25-3701(4) defines a transient merchant as a person transacting temporary or transient business, in one locality or travelling from place to place in the state of North Dakota, expressly including the business of being a re-roofing contractor, who does not intend to become and does not become a permanent part of the business community. Fargo has written a two-year post-expiry bond requirement into its code and aimed it by name at roofers who arrive after a storm and leave. That is the plainest statement of the local risk you will find in any document on this page.
The bar for an established local firm is lower and worth knowing so you can ask for the right things. Section 25-3703(A) requires the applicant to establish a valid North Dakota state contractor’s licence under chapter 43-07, and a certificate of general liability insurance including products and completed operations coverage, with a carrier licensed in North Dakota, of at least $500,000. Note the products and completed operations wording: that is the coverage that responds after the crew has gone, and it is the part a cheap policy omits. Violating article 25-37 is a class B misdemeanour, up to a $1,000 fine or 30 days, under section 25-3705. The licence costs $125 a year and expires 31 December.
The catch is verification. Fargo publishes no online register of these licences. The city’s own guidance tells homeowners that roofers, plumbers and heating contractors must be licensed through the City of Fargo and that you can verify those licences through the City Auditor’s Office at 701.241.1300. So the state licence is checkable from your laptop and the city licence requires a phone call. We made the state checks below and could not make the city ones for either firm, and we are saying so rather than implying a verification we did not perform. Across the river in Clay County the regime is different again: Minnesota licenses residential roofers specifically under Minn. Stat. 326B.805, with an examination behind it, and operates a Contractor Recovery Fund under 326B.89 paying up to $100,000 per licensee. North Dakota has no comparable fund.
What a Fargo reroof is actually governed by
| Control | Requirement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| City building permit for a reroof | Not required | Fargo Inspections Department FAQ |
| State contractor licence threshold | Cost, value or price per job over $4,000 | NDCC 43-07-02(1) |
| State competency examination | None | NDCC ch. 43-07 |
| State contractor bond | None; 43-07-11 repealed in 1995 | NDCC 43-07-11 |
| City re-roofing licence threshold | Any job over $500 | Fargo Municipal Code 25-3702 |
| City licence insurance requirement | At least $500,000 general liability including products and completed operations | Fargo Municipal Code 25-3703(A) |
| Extra bond for transient merchants | At least $10,000, irrevocable until two years after licence expiry | Fargo Municipal Code 25-3703(B) |
| City licence fee and expiry | $125 per year, expires 31 December | City of Fargo licensing schedule |
| City licence public register | None; verify by telephone to the Auditor’s Office | City of Fargo |
| Unlicensed contractor’s right to sue you | Barred from any court action related to its contracting business | NDCC 43-07-02(1) |
Source: North Dakota Century Code chapters 43-07 and 26.1-39.2; Fargo Municipal Code article 25-37; City of Fargo Inspections Department and Auditor’s Office licensing pages; Minnesota Statutes 326B.805 and 326B.89.
Before you sign anything in Fargo
Licensing is required in ND. North Dakota requires a contractor licence, and unusually it is administered by the Secretary of State rather than a trade board, under NDCC chapter 43-07. Section 43-07-02(1) makes it necessary when the cost, value or price per job exceeds $4,000, so the test is the value of the single job rather than annual turnover. Licences are graded by the value of a single contract: Class A unlimited, Class B up to $500,000, Class C up to $300,000 and Class D up to $100,000.
What the licence does not involve is a bond or an examination. NDCC 43-07-11, the contractor’s bond provision, was repealed in 1995 and nothing replaced it, and section 43-07-04(1) asks an applicant only for a sworn statement of experience and qualifications, with no trade test. What is required is liability insurance, with no statutory minimum set, and workers’ compensation through Workforce Safety and Insurance. The sanction is the useful part: contracting unlicensed is a class A misdemeanour carrying a civil penalty of three times the contract value, and section 43-07-02(1) bars an unlicensed contractor from bringing an action to enforce its contract at all.
Check here: North Dakota Secretary of State FirstStop licence search. Check the class as well as the number, because the class caps the value of a single job the contractor may lawfully take. Note that the FirstStop search returns name, class and licence number, control ID, status, standing and filing date, but no expiry date and nothing about bond or insurance, so those have to be asked for directly. North Dakota also regulates storm work specifically under NDCC chapter 26.1-39.2: a contractor may not rebate your insurance deductible, must give a prescribed notice, and the contract is void if the chapter is breached.
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 many certified roofers Fargo actually has
2 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Fargo, ND-MN statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 316 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.5. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 267,793, a change of 7.18% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Fargo rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Fargo, ND-MN 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 2 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.5. The top two were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Anything unflattering that research surfaced appears above alongside the rest, and no company bought its position.
Set aside in Fargo. A contractor that would otherwise have scored into the top two 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.
- Jordahl Custom Homes, Inc., which scored 45.6: Excluded because roof replacement is not one of its service lines. It is a genuine, long-established West Fargo business holding the unlimited Class A North Dakota licence 40653 since March 1999, and BBB rates it A+ with accreditation since February 2002, so nothing here reflects on its standing. But BBB categorises it solely under Home Builders with no roofing in the services description, its own remodelling page lists basement finishes, kitchens, bathrooms, fixtures, cabinet painting, decks, countertops and yard services with no mention of roofing, and there is no roofing page anywhere in its site. Its public pages are oriented to new construction and home sales. A Class A licence covers any contract value but says nothing about trade. On the evidence any roof work it does is incidental to building or remodelling a house, not a reroofing offer to existing homeowners, so listing it alongside two roofing contractors would mislead. That leaves two ranked firms in this metro, which is the honest number.
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: October 2026. Scoring run: 2026-10-02. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
The questions that come up most in Fargo
Who is the best roofer in Fargo, ND?
A & B Roofing Improvements Ltd of Fargo, ND scores highest in the Fargo metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 71.3 out of 100 as of October 2026. It holds Master Elite certification with a 4.8 rating across 57 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the company behind it scores within 2.3 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Fargo?
2 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Fargo, ND-MN statistical area as of October 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Fargo get?
The Fargo, ND-MN statistical area recorded 127 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 9 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 2.75 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 two.
What was the worst hailstorm in Fargo in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Fargo, ND-MN statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 2.75 inches, reported near Downer on 13 July 2023. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 147 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $1.2 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Fargo?
Severe-weather reports in the Fargo, ND-MN statistical area cluster in June, July, August, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. Booking non-urgent roof work outside those months usually means shorter lead times, because local crews are not simultaneously triaging storm callouts.
Do roofers need a licence in ND?
North Dakota requires a contractor licence, and unusually it is administered by the Secretary of State rather than a trade board, under NDCC chapter 43-07. Section 43-07-02(1) makes it necessary when the cost, value or price per job exceeds $4,000, so the test is the value of the single job rather than annual turnover. Licences are graded by the value of a single contract: Class A unlimited, Class B up to $500,000, Class C up to $300,000 and Class D up to $100,000. What the licence does not involve is a bond or an examination. NDCC 43-07-11, the contractor’s bond provision, was repealed in 1995 and nothing replaced it, and section 43-07-04(1) asks an applicant only for a sworn statement of experience and qualifications, with no trade test. What is required is liability insurance, with no statutory minimum set, and workers’ compensation through Workforce Safety and Insurance. The sanction is the useful part: contracting unlicensed is a class A misdemeanour carrying a civil penalty of three times the contract value, and section 43-07-02(1) bars an unlicensed contractor from bringing an action to enforce its contract at all.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Fargo?
Check the class as well as the number, because the class caps the value of a single job the contractor may lawfully take. Note that the FirstStop search returns name, class and licence number, control ID, status, standing and filing date, but no expiry date and nothing about bond or insurance, so those have to be asked for directly. North Dakota also regulates storm work specifically under NDCC chapter 26.1-39.2: a contractor may not rebate your insurance deductible, must give a prescribed notice, and the contract is void if the chapter is breached.
The licence Fargo wrote for the people who follow the hail?
Because no building permit is required for a reroof here, no inspector will ever look at the work. The city’s control is entirely at the front end, and reading article 25-37 closely tells you what problem it was written to solve. Section 25-3702 makes it unlawful to act as a re-roofing contractor in Fargo where the cost of any job exceeds five hundred dollars without a licence. Five hundred dollars is a deliberately low bar, well under the state’s four thousand, and it catches small repair work that the state licence does not.
Is Fargo a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Fargo requires no building permit at all to replace a roof covering. The Inspections Department says so in its own FAQ: it does not require permits for finish work, painting, or replacing or covering shingles. What the city regulates instead is who may do the work, through a separate re-roofing contractor licence under Fargo Municipal Code article 25-37 that bites at five hundred dollars, and which exists plainly to deal with the storm-chasing trade. Both contractors below are verified against North Dakota’s own Secretary of State contractor register. There are only two of them, and that is the honest size of the GAF-certified roofing pool in this metro.
Why is Jordahl Custom Homes, Inc. not on this list?
Excluded because roof replacement is not one of its service lines. It is a genuine, long-established West Fargo business holding the unlimited Class A North Dakota licence 40653 since March 1999, and BBB rates it A+ with accreditation since February 2002, so nothing here reflects on its standing. But BBB categorises it solely under Home Builders with no roofing in the services description, its own remodelling page lists basement finishes, kitchens, bathrooms, fixtures, cabinet painting, decks, countertops and yard services with no mention of roofing, and there is no roofing page anywhere in its site. Its public pages are oriented to new construction and home sales. A Class A licence covers any contract value but says nothing about trade. On the evidence any roof work it does is incidental to building or remodelling a house, not a reroofing offer to existing homeowners, so listing it alongside two roofing contractors would mislead. That leaves two ranked firms in this metro, which is the honest number..
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 St. Cloud, MN, about 157 miles from Fargo
- Best roofers in Minneapolis, MN, about 216 miles from Fargo
- Best roofers in Erie, PA, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Lynchburg, VA, 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 Fargo, ND: The Roofing Brief Contractor Score.” Published October 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.