Short answer: As of September 2026, the five highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Thoroughbred Construction Group LLC (92.4), Design Roofing & Sheet Metal LLC (84.8), Classic Construction Company Inc (83.0), Advanced Roofing Solutions (61.5), Ridgeline Roofing LLC (58.9). Each holds a certification we verified on the manufacturer’s own register, every rating was corroborated elsewhere, and placement on this page is not for sale.
The Roofing Brief scored 7 certified roofing contractors serving the Huntington metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top five individually to confirm its record. Huntington is a three-state metro and that is the whole problem. The statistical area reaches across West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, and only one of those three licenses roofers at all. West Virginia requires a contractor licence once a residential job reaches $5,000, and crucially bars a building inspector from issuing a permit to anyone who cannot prove they hold one. Kentucky and Ohio license no roofers whatsoever. So the same contractor crossing the Ohio River goes from regulated to unregulated, and five of the six certified firms here are based on the unlicensed side of a line or work across it. The permit desk is the one checkpoint that tests any of this, which is the single most useful thing to know before you hire.
The conditions a Huntington roof has to be specified for
This is a wind metro with a modest hail record. Across 2016 to 2025 the eight counties logged 119 hail reports, 84 of them an inch or larger, against 559 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 18 tornado events, with $6.3 million in reported property damage. Counting severe-weather reports of every kind together, July leads with 156, then June with 145 and April with 130. The largest stones on record are 3.25 inch hail at Hurricane on 21 June 2016 and 3.00 inch at Aid on 14 April 2025. The wind exposure is better illustrated by a specific event: NWS Charleston records that during the derecho of 29 June 2012 the Huntington observing site in Wayne County measured a 59 mph gust, with the strongest measured gust in the forecast area reaching 78 mph. Local storm surveys in this metro repeatedly describe microburst damage, including a 2017 survey that found roofing hurled from a retail building. Microburst and derecho wind is an uplift problem at the rake and ridge rather than an impact problem, so fastening and edge detail matter more here than the impact rating of the shingle.
The licensing picture is genuinely three different answers. In West Virginia, W. Va. Code 30-42-3(d) makes a person a contractor, and so requires a licence, once the cost of the undertaking reaches $5,000 for residential work or $25,000 for commercial. Note that the widely repeated $2,500 figure is repealed law: the Contractor Licensing Act was moved out of Chapter 21, Article 11 into Chapter 30, Article 42, and guidance still citing the old article is quoting a statute that no longer exists. In Kentucky there is no state roofing or general contractor licence at all; the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction licenses plumbers, electricians, boiler, sprinkler and fire alarm contractors and building inspectors, and roofers are absent from that list. In Ohio it is the same answer: Ohio Revised Code 4740.01(D) defines the licensed trades as heating and air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, plumbing and hydronics, and roofing is not among them.
What West Virginia does have is the strongest permit provision of the three, and it is worth quoting. W. Va. Code 30-42-10(a) requires anyone applying to a building inspector for a permit either to furnish satisfactory proof of licensure or to file a written affidavit that they are not subject to licensure, and it bars the inspector from issuing a building permit to a person who does not hold a valid licence where one is required. Subsection (b) separately makes a written contract mandatory on any job of $10,000 or more including materials and labour. That makes the permit application the point at which a West Virginia contractor’s licence is actually tested, which is why a suggestion to skip the permit should end the conversation. The City of Huntington requires a permit to alter, repair, move, demolish or change a building, which covers a reroof, and charges a $20.00 application fee plus a fee based on the cost of labour and materials. The city also requires contractors working inside the city limits to hold a Huntington business licence and to lodge a copy of their West Virginia contractor’s licence, though note that W. Va. Code 30-42-20 bars municipalities from imposing an additional occupational licence on a state licence holder, so ask the building department how it reconciles the two.
Two more things shape a roof here. The building code is adopted locally rather than statewide: 87 CSR 4, the State Fire Commission’s rule effective 1 August 2022, adopts the 2018 International Residential Code with Chapter 11 on energy efficiency exempted, but section 87-4-7 leaves adoption to each jurisdiction, so whether that code is enforced at your address depends on your municipality. And the housing is old. The median year built in Cabell County is 1969, which puts a typical house on its third covering with 1960s decking and ventilation underneath. Flooding is the other permanent feature of the valley: NOAA’s Ohio River gauge at Huntington sets minor flood stage at 50 feet and records an all-time crest of 69.45 feet on 28 January 1937. That history is about basements and walls rather than roofs, but it explains why so many contractors here are restoration firms as much as roofers, which is reflected in the list below.
The 5 best roofers in Huntington, WV
Scored 2026-09-30. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Huntington is 4.725, across a pool of 7 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thoroughbred Construction Group LLC | 92.4 | President’s Club | 4.9 (511) | 4.884 | 2017 | Ashland, KY |
| 2 | Design Roofing & Sheet Metal LLC | 84.8 | President’s Club | 4.8 (322) | 4.79 | not published | Hurricane, WV |
| 3 | Classic Construction Company Inc | 83.0 | President’s Club | 4.7 (51) | 4.712 | 1983 | Huntington, WV |
| 4 | Advanced Roofing Solutions | 61.5 | Master Elite | 4.6 (32) | 4.676 | not published | Wheelersburg, OH |
| 5 | Ridgeline Roofing LLC | 58.9 | Certified | 4.8 (48) | 4.762 | not published | Ashland, KY |
1. Thoroughbred Construction Group LLC — TRB Score 92.4
Thoroughbred Construction Group LLC is based in Ashland, KY, in business since 2017, led by TJ Blagg, President, Not accredited, A+ rating; business start date 18 May 2017, TJ Blagg listed as President, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: President’s Club (GAF), CertainTeed ShingleMaster, IKO, Henry, Henry Roof-Bloc 20, Duro-Last, Lead-Safe 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 | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.4 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 7.0 | 10 |
| Total | 92.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Records Thoroughbred Construction Group, LLC as a Kentucky limited liability company registered to do business in West Virginia as a foreign LLC since 7 September 2017, with sole recorded member TJ Blagg at a Kitts Hill, Ohio address.. West Virginia Secretary of State
- A+ rating though not accredited; BBB file opened 1 February 2022, business start date 18 May 2017, TJ Blagg listed as President.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential roof replacement, commercial and metal roofing, F-Wave Revia synthetic shingles, roof inspection, siding and emergency repair.
Why it ranks here. The top score in the metro on President’s Club certification and 4.9 across 511 reviews, the deepest customer record here by a wide margin, and the only contractor whose tri-state footprint is documented in a state record rather than claimed: the West Virginia Secretary of State has it registered as a foreign LLC since September 2017, it is a Kentucky company, and its sole recorded member is listed at an Ohio address. Six credentials outside GAF, including CertainTeed ShingleMaster and a Duro-Last commercial certification, and a Lead-Safe certification that matters on 1960s housing stock.
Best fit for: The default first call across all three states, and the strongest choice for synthetic or metal roofing.
What we would want clarified. Its own website states it is BBB accredited while the BBB records it as not accredited, a discrepancy worth raising directly. It publishes a West Virginia licence on its site but no number that we could verify, because the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Board’s lookup refused every connection during our research, so no West Virginia licence number on this page has been confirmed against the state register. It is a Kentucky business rather than a Huntington one. 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 (740) 442-7253, 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. Design Roofing & Sheet Metal LLC — TRB Score 84.8
Design Roofing & Sheet Metal LLC is based in Hurricane, WV, led by Brent Kyle, Owner, Not accredited, B- rating; business start date 1 July 2009, Brent Kyle as Owner, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 31.6 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 13.9 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 4.3 | 10 |
| Total | 84.8 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Records the business start date as 1 July 2009, Brent Kyle as Owner and Sarah Tucker as Office Manager, at 3518 Teays Valley Rd, Hurricane, with a B- rating and no accreditation.. BBB business profile
- GAF lists Design Roofing & Sheet Metal LLC of Hurricane, WV in its residential contractor directory at President’s Club level.. GAF contractor directory
What they actually do. Asphalt shingle replacement, metal roofing, TPO commercial systems, roof decking, seamless gutters, siding, fascia and soffit, and emergency tarping.
Why it ranks here. The highest-scoring West Virginia company on the page, on President’s Club certification and 4.8 across 322 reviews, and the only one whose sheet metal capability is in its name. It operates from Hurricane in Putnam County with further offices in Elkins, West Virginia and Ashland, Kentucky, which puts it on both sides of the state line inside this metro, and it publishes emergency tarping, which matters in a metro whose damage comes from microburst wind.
Best fit for: Sheet metal and metal roofing, and an emergency tarp after a wind event.
What we would want clarified. It carries the weakest Better Business Bureau rating of the four ranked West Virginia and Kentucky firms, a B- and not accredited. Its founding date is unresolved: its own site implies 1985 and four decades of trading while the BBB records a start date of 1 July 2009, so we have left the year blank rather than choose. It publishes no West Virginia licence number on its own site; a third-party directory reports one with a specialty siding, roofing and sheet metal classification, but we could not confirm it against the state register, which was unreachable. 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 (304) 760-8915, 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. Classic Construction Company Inc — TRB Score 83.0
Classic Construction Company Inc is based in Huntington, WV, in business since 1983, Not accredited and carries no BBB rating; business start date 27 September 1983, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: President’s Club (GAF), IKO authorised contractor, Generac authorised dealer, American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning dealer. 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 | 28.5 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 9.5 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 83.0 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Lists Classic Construction Co. Inc. at 1403 Eighth Avenue, Huntington, under general contractors.. Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Records the business as started on 27 September 1983 at 1403 8th Ave, Huntington, not accredited.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential roof replacement and commercial roofing alongside insurance reconstruction, fire, smoke and water damage restoration, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and remodelling and additions.
Why it ranks here. The only contractor on this page whose primary office is actually inside Huntington, and the longest-established business here at 42 years on the BBB record. It works across all three states, running an Ashland, Kentucky office and naming Chesapeake and Proctorville, Ohio among the places it serves, and it is a Huntington Regional Chamber member. It is an insurance-reconstruction firm as much as a roofer, with fire, smoke and water restoration and full mechanical trades in house, which in a river valley with this flood history is a practical advantage.
Best fit for: A Huntington homeowner who wants a local firm, and any loss where the roof is one part of a larger insurance reconstruction.
What we would want clarified. Its Better Business Bureau profile is unaccredited and carries no rating at all, which is an absence of assessment rather than a poor one, and it is filed under general contractor rather than roofing. At 51 reviews it has the thinnest customer record of the top three, no owner is named anywhere, and roofing is one line among mechanical trades and restoration. It publishes no West Virginia licence number; a third-party listing reports one, which we could not confirm against the unreachable state register. 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 (304) 522-1016, 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. Advanced Roofing Solutions — TRB Score 61.5
Advanced Roofing Solutions is based in Wheelersburg, OH, led by Tom Montavon, BBB a profile at the same address under the closely related name Advanced Roofing & Siding Solutions LLC is not accredited and rated F, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 27.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 8.4 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 2.0 | 10 |
| Total | 61.5 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- The Better Business Bureau holds a profile for Advanced Roofing & Siding Solutions LLC at 8025 Hayport Rd, Wheelersburg, Ohio, not accredited and rated F.. BBB business profile
- GAF lists Advanced Roofing Solutions of Wheelersburg, OH in its residential contractor directory at Master Elite level.. GAF contractor directory
What they actually do. Residential roofing and siding.
Why it ranks here. A Master Elite contractor on the Ohio side of the metro, in Wheelersburg in Scioto County, rated 4.6 across 32 reviews. Ohio licenses no residential roofing contractors at all, so on this side of the river the manufacturer certification is the only credential that exists: the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board’s remit covers electrical, HVAC, hydronics, refrigeration and plumbing, and roofing is absent from it.
Best fit for: Ohio-side homeowners around Wheelersburg and Scioto County, on the understanding set out below.
What we would want clarified. One finding here needs stating plainly. The Better Business Bureau holds a profile at this company’s exact street address, 8025 Hayport Rd, Wheelersburg, under the closely related name Advanced Roofing & Siding Solutions LLC, and that profile is not accredited and is rated F, the lowest grade the BBB issues. The name and the street number differ slightly from the GAF registry entry, so we cannot state that the two are the same legal entity and we have not merged the records. We are reporting the overlap because a shared address is material, and you should read that profile yourself before engaging them. Beyond that there is little public record to examine: no website, no founding year, no named owner beyond the BBB’s, no manufacturer credential outside GAF, no municipal registration we could locate, and no state licence to check because Ohio issues none. Its 32 reviews are the thinnest record among the firms ranked here. 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 (740) 250-1467, 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. Ridgeline Roofing LLC — TRB Score 58.9
Ridgeline Roofing LLC is based in Ashland, KY, Not accredited, A rating; no complaints closed in the last three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), Mule-Hide Products partner. 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 | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 30.5 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 9.4 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 7.0 | 10 |
| Total | 58.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Lists Ridgeline Roofing LLC at 1100 Our Lady’s Way, Ashland, Kentucky, telephone (304) 381-1122, not accredited, with an A rating and no complaints closed in the last three years.. BBB business profile
- GAF lists Ridgeline Roofing LLC of Ashland, KY in its residential contractor directory.. GAF contractor directory
What they actually do. Residential roof replacement in shingle, metal and designer products, commercial flat, metal and shingle replacement, roof repair, seamless gutters, siding, chimney flashing, skylight repair and roof decking.
Why it ranks here. Rated 4.8 across 48 reviews with an A rating at the BBB and no complaints closed in three years, and the broadest published service list on this page for a firm of its size, covering chimney flashing, skylights and decking as named services rather than generic roofing. It advertises the Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia tri-state area and names Huntington and Hurricane specifically, and it holds a Mule-Hide partnership for low-slope work alongside its GAF certification.
Best fit for: Flashing and skylight work, and low-slope sections where the Mule-Hide credential is relevant.
What we would want clarified. It is a Kentucky company using a 304 West Virginia telephone number from a Kentucky address, and Kentucky issues no roofing licence, so it has no state trade credential of any kind to check; it publishes no West Virginia licence number either, despite advertising West Virginia work. It holds base-tier GAF Certified status rather than Master Elite, publishes no founding year and names no owner, and its address is the same multi-tenant Ashland office complex that appears in the records of two other firms in this metro’s pool. 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 (304) 381-1122, 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 3.25 inch hail does to a Huntington 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 8 counties of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 119 hail reports, 559 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 18 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $6.3 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Huntington in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2016 | 3.25 in | Hurricane | Putnam |
| 14 April 2025 | 3.0 in | Aid | Lawrence |
| 1 May 2016 | 2.75 in | Cadmus | Lawrence |
| 1 May 2016 | 2.5 in | Adeline | Lawrence |
| 21 June 2016 | 2.5 in | Scott Depot | Putnam |
| 14 April 2025 | 2.25 in | Green Bottom | Cabell |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 21 June 2016 near Hurricane, measured at 3.25 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 91 knots, about 105 mph, near Adeline on 1 March 2017. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 18 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF2 near Louisa on 4 July 2016.
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 1 March 2017 event near Adeline, reproduced verbatim:
A NWS storm survey found damage consistent with a microburst. The doors were blown in at one retail business and the AC unit and some roofing was hurled from another retail store near the Ashland Mall. A portion of a roof was also removed from a warehouse structure about half a mile away. Multiple trees and power lines were downed throughout the city of Ashland. The total path length of the microbust was estimated to be about 4000 feet. The width about 1000 feet.
That is what the specification has to anticipate here, written up by the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in July (156), June (145), April (130). The worst years on record were 2024 (141), 2025 (128), 2023 (89). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Huntington, 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. Huntington 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.
Before you sign anything in Huntington
Licensing is required in WV. West Virginia licenses contractors through the Contractor Licensing Board, but the requirement turns on the size of the job rather than on the trade. Under W. Va. Code 30-42-3(d) a person is a “contractor”, and so needs a licence, once the cost of the undertaking reaches $5,000 for residential work or $25,000 for commercial work. Below $5,000 a residential re-roof falls outside the definition entirely and no state licence is required. Note that the Act was moved in 2021 from Chapter 21, Article 11 to Chapter 30, Article 42, so older guidance citing a $2,500 threshold is quoting repealed law.
There is no Roofing classification in West Virginia. Neither the statute nor the Board’s legislative rule at 28 CSR 2 lists one, and roofing appears only as a handful of questions inside the General Building examination. A residential re-roofer will normally hold the Residential Contractor licence, which the rule treats as covering all classifications needed to construct, repair or improve a residential structure. Licensure does require examination: an applicant must pass a written trade examination for the classification sought and a separate West Virginia business and law examination, at 70 percent each. What the state does not require is a licence bond or any general liability insurance; the pre-issue affidavit covers business franchise tax, workers’ compensation and unemployment registration and wage-bond compliance, and the licence fee is capped at $150 for a one-year term.
Check here: West Virginia Contractor Licensing Board licence lookup. The permit desk is the strongest lever a West Virginia homeowner has. Under W. Va. Code 30-42-10(a) an applicant must either prove to the building inspector that they are licensed or file an affidavit that they are not subject to licensure, and the inspector may not issue a building permit to a person who does not hold a valid licence where one is required. A written contract is separately mandatory at $10,000 or more. So a contractor who suggests working without a permit is also routing around the one checkpoint that tests their licence.
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.
What the rest of the Huntington field looks like
7 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH statistical area, of which 3 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 1,011 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.725. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 366,920, a change of -2.45% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Huntington rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 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 7 certified contractors, of whom 3 hold President’s Club standing and 1 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.725. The top five were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. The findings are printed above whether they flatter the contractor or not, and nobody paid to appear.
Set aside in Huntington. 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.
- Precision Property Development, which scored 55.2: scored sixth on a clean 5.0, but that rests on nine reviews and there is almost nothing else to examine. No company-owned domain resolves, it has no Better Business Bureau profile at all, and its only independent trace is a Facebook page trading as Precision Of Tri-State. It publishes no West Virginia contractor licence number, and Kentucky, where it is based, issues none, so there is no state credential to check either. Its address at 1100 Our Lady’s Way in Ashland is the same multi-tenant office complex that appears in the records of two other firms in this pool. None of that is evidence of a problem; it is an absence of the public record this page is built on, and nine reviews is too thin a base on which to recommend a roof replacement to a stranger
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.
Common questions about roofers in Huntington
Who is the best roofer in Huntington, WV?
Thoroughbred Construction Group LLC of Ashland, KY scores highest in the Huntington metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 92.4 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds President’s Club certification with a 4.9 rating across 511 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the four companies behind it score within 33.5 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Huntington?
7 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH statistical area as of September 2026, of which 3 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Huntington get?
The Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH statistical area recorded 84 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 10 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 3.25 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 Huntington in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 3.25 inches, reported near Hurricane on 21 June 2016. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 119 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $6.3 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Huntington?
Severe-weather reports in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH statistical area cluster in July, June, April, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. If the work can wait, booking outside that window usually buys you shorter lead times and more of the contractor’s attention.
Do roofers need a licence in WV?
West Virginia licenses contractors through the Contractor Licensing Board, but the requirement turns on the size of the job rather than on the trade. Under W. Va. Code 30-42-3(d) a person is a “contractor”, and so needs a licence, once the cost of the undertaking reaches $5,000 for residential work or $25,000 for commercial work. Below $5,000 a residential re-roof falls outside the definition entirely and no state licence is required. Note that the Act was moved in 2021 from Chapter 21, Article 11 to Chapter 30, Article 42, so older guidance citing a $2,500 threshold is quoting repealed law. There is no Roofing classification in West Virginia. Neither the statute nor the Board’s legislative rule at 28 CSR 2 lists one, and roofing appears only as a handful of questions inside the General Building examination. A residential re-roofer will normally hold the Residential Contractor licence, which the rule treats as covering all classifications needed to construct, repair or improve a residential structure. Licensure does require examination: an applicant must pass a written trade examination for the classification sought and a separate West Virginia business and law examination, at 70 percent each. What the state does not require is a licence bond or any general liability insurance; the pre-issue affidavit covers business franchise tax, workers’ compensation and unemployment registration and wage-bond compliance, and the licence fee is capped at $150 for a one-year term.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Huntington?
The permit desk is the strongest lever a West Virginia homeowner has. Under W. Va. Code 30-42-10(a) an applicant must either prove to the building inspector that they are licensed or file an affidavit that they are not subject to licensure, and the inspector may not issue a building permit to a person who does not hold a valid licence where one is required. A written contract is separately mandatory at $10,000 or more. So a contractor who suggests working without a permit is also routing around the one checkpoint that tests their licence.
Is Huntington a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Huntington is a three-state metro and that is the whole problem. The statistical area reaches across West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, and only one of those three licenses roofers at all. West Virginia requires a contractor licence once a residential job reaches $5,000, and crucially bars a building inspector from issuing a permit to anyone who cannot prove they hold one. Kentucky and Ohio license no roofers whatsoever. So the same contractor crossing the Ohio River goes from regulated to unregulated, and five of the six certified firms here are based on the unlicensed side of a line or work across it. The permit desk is the one checkpoint that tests any of this, which is the single most useful thing to know before you hire.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Huntington?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH statistical area logged 559 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 84 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 Precision Property Development not on this list?
Scored sixth on a clean 5.0, but that rests on nine reviews and there is almost nothing else to examine. No company-owned domain resolves, it has no Better Business Bureau profile at all, and its only independent trace is a Facebook page trading as Precision Of Tri-State. It publishes no West Virginia contractor licence number, and Kentucky, where it is based, issues none, so there is no state credential to check either. Its address at 1100 Our Lady’s Way in Ashland is the same multi-tenant office complex that appears in the records of two other firms in this pool. None of that is evidence of a problem; it is an absence of the public record this page is built on, and nine reviews is too thin a base on which to recommend a roof replacement to a stranger.
Roofer rankings for other metros
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Cite this analysis
The Roofing Brief. “Best Roofers in Huntington, WV: 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.