Short answer: As of October 2026, the four highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are L E Schwartz & Son Inc (82.8), Southern Exteriors (63.4), Whitt’s Quality Roofing (62.6), Roberts Roofing (60.4). 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 6 certified roofing contractors serving the Macon metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top four individually to confirm its record. Georgia does not license roofers. Its own consumer protection division says so plainly, and the residential contractor licence that would bring an exam and a $25,000 financial requirement expressly exempts specialty trades like roofing. So in Macon the credentials a homeowner can check are longevity, dated third-party records and a statute about insurance claims. Six certified firms appear in the directory for Macon, but three of them publish no coverage of Macon or Bibb County at all, so three are ranked, and only one of those is actually based in Macon: a roofing company founded here in 1910.
Wind, terrain and the Macon housing stock
The statutory gap is specific. O.C.G.A. 43-41-17(f) provides that nothing in Georgia’s contractor licensing chapter prevents a specialty contractor from offering or performing limited, specialty work for an owner, which is how roofing sits outside it. The unenforceability sanction in 43-41-17(b), which makes an unlicensed contractor’s contract unenforceable, reaches only work that needs a residential or general contractor licence, so it does not protect a homeowner on a roofing-only job. A roofer in Macon can trade lawfully with no state credential at all.
What Georgia does regulate is the insurance-claim contract. Under O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.12 a homeowner with a roofing contract to be paid from insurance proceeds may cancel before midnight on the fifth business day after receiving written notice from the insurer denying all or part of the claim; the roofer may not take payment before that window closes, and may not represent you or negotiate the claim unless licensed as a public adjuster. Georgia has no statute banning a roofer from waiving or rebating your deductible; the NICB’s state compendium lists Georgia as not applicable for a roofing licence, a licensing board, penalties and a rebate prohibition.
The local layer is code enforcement rather than vetting. Macon-Bibb County enforces the 2024 International Residential Code with Georgia amendments for projects submitted after 1 January 2026, and its roofing guidance states that a reroof of an existing dwelling is treated as a new roof installation and must comply, with drip edge required at the eaves and gables of all new shingle roofs. Permits are issued only to the licence holder’s account. The published fee schedule has no separate reroof line and charges a $35 minimum for single-trade permits up to $8,499.99 of value, then $4 per thousand.
The storm record is wind and tornadoes rather than hail. Across 2016 to 2025 Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs counties logged 33 tornadoes, 224 thunderstorm wind reports and only 18 hail reports, all an inch or more, with a largest stone of 2.0 inches; 222 of the 224 wind reports are estimates rather than measurements. Bibb County’s housing has a median year built of 1977, and 48.6 percent of its occupied homes are rented, which puts many roof decisions in the hands of landlords rather than occupants.
The 4 best roofers in Macon, GA
Scored 2026-10-04. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Macon is 4.82, across a pool of 6 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L E Schwartz & Son Inc | 82.8 | President’s Club | 4.6 (25) | 4.747 | 1910 | Macon, GA |
| 2 | Southern Exteriors | 63.4 | Certified | 4.9 (480) | 4.892 | not published | Jackson, GA |
| 3 | Whitt’s Quality Roofing | 62.6 | Certified | 4.8 (102) | 4.807 | not published | Byron, GA |
| 4 | Roberts Roofing | 60.4 | Certified | 5.0 (24) | 4.878 | not published | Haddock, GA |
1. L E Schwartz & Son Inc — TRB Score 82.8
L E Schwartz & Son Inc is based in Macon, GA, in business since 1910, led by Melvin Kruger, CEO; Steve Kruger, President per the company and CFO per BBB; Michael Kruger, Vice President, BBB residential division accredited since 1 February 2012, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 29.9 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 7.9 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 82.8 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- The residential division is accredited since 1 February 2012 with an A+ rating and no complaints closed in three years; BBB and the company’s own history agree on a 1910 founding.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Commercial and industrial roofing, with a distinct residential division.
Why it ranks here. The only certified firm actually based in Macon, and the oldest firm in this batch outside Binghamton: founded in Macon in 1910 by Louis Ervin Schwartz, an immigrant Hungarian metal worker, and now run by the Kruger family in its fourth and fifth generations. It holds President’s Club certification, and its residential division has its own site and BBB profile naming Macon and surrounding towns, including Roberta in Crawford County and Jeffersonville in Twiggs County.
Best fit for: Macon homeowners who want the longest-established roofer in the city, and complex or metal work.
What we would want clarified. It is primarily a large commercial and industrial roofer; make sure you are dealing with the residential division. Its 25 reviews are a thin base for a firm of its size. BBB and the company list Steve Kruger’s title differently. Georgia issues no roofing licence, so there is no state register entry to check. Certification tier and reviews are unverified. 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 (478) 745-6563, 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. Southern Exteriors — TRB Score 63.4
Southern Exteriors is based in Jackson, GA, led by Founder Aaron Kuhn; BBB lists contact Isabel Pares, BBB accredited since 27 April 2015, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.7 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 0.8 | 10 |
| Total | 63.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Accredited since 27 April 2015 with an A+ rating, 58 BBB reviews and no complaints closed in three years, business start November 2012.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Siding, roofing, windows and exterior remodelling across six states.
Why it ranks here. A 4.9 across 480 reviews, much the deepest consumer record among the ranked firms, BBB accredited since 2015 with no complaints, and it publishes Macon as a service area.
Best fit for: Exterior packages combining roofing with siding or windows.
What we would want clarified. It is a large, six-state exterior remodeller whose lead trade is siding, not roofing, serving Macon from Jackson in Butts County, about 45 miles away. Its founding year conflicts: its site says 1999, LinkedIn 2000 and BBB 2012. We found no shared ownership with the other Jackson firm in the directory. Certification tier and reviews are unverified. 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 (770) 775-9374, 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. Whitt’s Quality Roofing — TRB Score 62.6
Whitt’s Quality Roofing is based in Byron, GA, led by Leroy Whitt, owner and founder, Not accredited; not rated; no complaints and no reviews on file, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 32.3 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 11.3 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 7.1 | 10 |
| Total | 62.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Not accredited and not rated, with no complaints and no reviews, business start 1 January 2013.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential roofing.
Why it ranks here. A roofing-only firm run by its founder, with a 4.8 across 102 reviews, based in Byron about 13 miles from Macon and publishing Macon in its service list.
Best fit for: A roofing-only owner-run firm close to Macon.
What we would want clarified. Byron is in Peach County, just outside the five metro counties and part of the Warner Robins metro. Its founding year conflicts, with its site saying since 2005 and BBB 2013. It is not BBB accredited and has no BBB record either way. Certification tier and reviews are unverified. 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 (478) 286-0392, 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. Roberts Roofing — TRB Score 60.4
Roberts Roofing is based in Haddock, GA, led by Scott Roberts, Steven Stembridge and Heath Roberts, co-owners, BBB accredited, A+ rating, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.1 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 7.8 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 5.5 | 10 |
| Total | 60.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Accredited with an A+ rating, business start 6 March 2020, with Scott Roberts, Steven Stembridge and Heath Roberts as co-owners, matching the company’s own site.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential roofing.
Why it ranks here. A 5.0 across 24 reviews from a roofing firm in Haddock, in Jones County inside the metro, whose homepage names Macon. Three co-owners are named consistently by BBB and by the company itself.
Best fit for: Jones County and north Macon addresses.
What we would want clarified. Its own site claims roots in the early 1980s and more than 40 years, but BBB records a business start of March 2020, and the footer gives the entity as SSR Roofing trading as Roberts Roofing; we could not check the Georgia Secretary of State record. Do not confuse it with Roberts Construction and Roofing, a separate BBB-accredited Haddock firm run by other members of the Roberts family, or with an unrelated SSR Roofing in Alpharetta. Its site names Macon but not Bibb County, so confirm your address. Certification tier and reviews are unverified. 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 (478) 454-4025, 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.
Other credentialed roofers serving Macon
Three certified firms are ranked here. These two sit in Owens Corning’s contractor network and are based inside the metro. They are not scored and we are not recommending them; we treat their own claims as leads rather than verified facts.
| Company | Verified credential |
|---|---|
| RCM Roofers LLC | An Owens Corning Preferred Contractor on Sardis Church Road in Macon; its own site also claims CertainTeed Master Craftsman status and BBB accreditation, which we did not verify. |
| Total Roof Solutions | Owens Corning Platinum Preferred, the network’s top tier, listed on E Main Street in Forsyth, Monroe County, inside the metro; its site lists Monroe and Bibb among the counties it serves. |
The 224 wind reports that shape a Macon 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 5 counties of the Macon-Bibb County, GA statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 18 hail reports, 224 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 33 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $15.0 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Macon in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March 2019 | 2.0 in | Skipperton | Bibb |
| 3 March 2019 | 1.75 in | Sandy Point | Crawford |
| 7 September 2023 | 1.75 in | Mount Olive | Twiggs |
| 16 March 2022 | 1.75 in | Round Oak | Jones |
| 24 June 2022 | 1.75 in | Walden | Bibb |
| 22 June 2019 | 1.5 in | Sandy Point | Crawford |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 3 March 2019 near Skipperton, measured at 2.0 inches. That is hen-egg sized. Two inches is the threshold at which insurers expect functional damage and full replacement claims.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 83 knots, about 96 mph, near Collier on 3 June 2018. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 33 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF3 near Collier on 13 April 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 3 June 2018 event near Collier, reproduced verbatim:
A National Weather Service survey team determined that a long-lived multiple microburst event moved from southeastern Lamar County into west central Monroe County with winds as high as 95 mph. The damage path, around 5 miles wide, entered the county along Brent Road near Lee Williamson Road where an amateur weather station recorded a wind gust of 93 mph. Numerous large hardwood trees were uprooted or snapped as the damage path extended east southeast over 12 miles before ending around the intersection of Shi Road and Highway 41 near Bolingbroke. Some of these trees fell on homes or other structures causing considerable damage. Many power lines were downed across this area as well. No…
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 (53), April (46), August (42). The worst years on record were 2023 (53), 2025 (37), 2020 (30). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Macon, 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 Macon. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
No licence to check: buying a roof in Macon
Georgia’s Department of Law puts the position in a sentence: all residential and general contractors in the State of Georgia are required to be licensed, but roofers are not required to be licensed by the state. The licence a roofer does not need is demanding, requiring the residential basic contractor exam and a business and law exam plus $25,000 of financial capacity, which is exactly why its absence matters. A Macon homeowner hiring a roofer has no state register to consult and no state board to complain to.
The stakes are real. On 13 April 2020 a line of storms produced an EF1 tornado through Macon itself, 3.68 miles long, and NWS surveyors found it ripping shingles and roofing material off two hotels next to Interstate 475 near Zebulon Road. The same line produced the strongest tornado in the metro in the decade, an EF3 in Monroe County 5.3 miles long and 300 yards wide, with $10 million of property damage and debris lofted to 19,000 feet. On 3 March 2019 an EF2 crossed Crawford County into Peach County and took the roof off a home on Wesley Chapel Road.
The certified market mostly sits outside Bibb. Of the six firms in the manufacturer directory we score from, only one is in Macon. One is in Byron, in neighbouring Peach County. Two are in Jackson, in Butts County, one is listed in Monticello and one in Eatonton, all thirty to fifty miles away, and three of those four publish no coverage of Macon at all. Owens Corning’s directory shows the same thinness: of 35 member firms within 50 miles of Macon, only two have Macon addresses, and one of those is a window company.
In a market like that, the substitutes for a licence are longevity and dated third-party records. L. E. Schwartz and Son traces to 1910, when Louis Ervin Schwartz, an immigrant Hungarian metal worker, started the company in Macon, and it is now run by the Kruger family across its fourth and fifth generations. A firm that has been roofing the same city for more than a century has a reputation with something to lose, which is the closest thing to a credential Georgia offers.
The practical checks are the ones the statute and the county give you. Ask for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation, checked with the insurer. Make sure the permit is pulled by the roofer, since Macon-Bibb issues it only to the licence holder’s account. On an insurance job, do not pay before the five business days after a denial have passed, and do not let the roofer negotiate your claim unless it can show a public adjuster licence.
What a Macon homeowner can and cannot check
| Item | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State roofing licence | None; roofers are exempt as specialty contractors | O.C.G.A. 43-41-17(f); Georgia Department of Law |
| Unenforceability of an unlicensed roofer’s contract | Does not apply to roofing-only work | O.C.G.A. 43-41-17(b) |
| Cancellation after a claim denial | Within five business days; no payment before then | O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.12 |
| Roofer negotiating your claim | Prohibited unless licensed as a public adjuster | O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.12 |
| Deductible rebate statute | None | NICB state compendium |
| Reroof code treatment | Treated as a new roof installation; drip edge required | Macon-Bibb Building and Fire Safety |
| Permit fee | $35 minimum, no separate reroof line | Macon-Bibb fee schedule |
| Tornadoes, 2016 to 2025 | 33, including an EF3 and an EF1 through Macon on 13 April 2020 | NWS Peachtree City |
| Certified directory firms based in Macon | One of six | GAF directory |
| Renter share, Bibb County | 48.6 percent | ACS 2020 to 2024, B25003 |
Source: O.C.G.A. 43-41-17 and 10-1-393.12; Georgia Department of Law Consumer Protection Division; NICB State Roofing Contractor Laws Compendium; Macon-Bibb County Building and Fire Safety guidance, permit portal and fee schedule; NWS Peachtree City surveys and NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; Owens Corning contractor locator; US Census Bureau ACS.
The checks worth making in Macon
There is no state roofing licence in GA. Georgia does not require a state roofing licence. The State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors treats roofers as an exempt specialty contractor, so no state licensure is needed for residential or commercial roofing work.
Some Georgia roofers voluntarily hold a Residential Basic Contractor, Residential Light Commercial or General Contractor licence, or join the Georgia Roofing Contractors Association, purely as a credibility signal. Local city and county licensing requirements still apply.
That absence is the most important fact on this page. Where a state issues no credential, a manufacturer certification that can be revoked is the only quality signal a homeowner can actually check, which is why this ranking is built on certification rather than star ratings.
Check here: Georgia State Licensing Board. Because the state exempts roofers, check the county or municipal business licence where the work will happen, and lean harder on manufacturer certification.
Four checks to run before you sign anything, in any state.
- Verify certification at the source. Use the GAF verification tool rather than trusting a badge image on a company website.
- Get the certificate of insurance from the insurer, not the contractor, and confirm general liability and workers compensation are both active on the day work starts.
- Confirm who pulls the permit. If a contractor asks you to pull it as the homeowner, that moves liability onto you. Decline.
- Get warranty terms in writing before any deposit, and check the manufacturer warranty being promised actually requires the certification tier the contractor holds.
The Macon market behind this ranking
6 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Macon-Bibb County, GA statistical area, of which 1 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 721 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.82. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 237,617, a change of 1.63% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Macon rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Macon-Bibb County, GA 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 6 certified contractors, of whom 1 hold President’s Club standing and 0 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.82. The top four 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 Macon. Contractors that would otherwise have scored into the top four were 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.
- ProShield Roofing LLC, which scored 79.1: Excluded because we could find no evidence it serves Macon. We found no website, no BBB profile and no published service area for a ProShield Roofing in Monticello, where the manufacturer directory lists it. The only Georgia company of that name is registered in Watkinsville, in Oconee County near Athens, further still from Macon, and we could not confirm it is the same firm. Its review count is unconfirmed.
- The Roofer Direct LLC, which scored 76.4: Excluded on service area. It is a multi-state storm restoration company headquartered in Atlanta with a small office in Jackson, Butts County, and its published service areas do not include Macon or any of the five metro counties. Separately, its site advertises hail and wind damage assessment with licensed adjusters representing you through the claim; Georgia’s O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.12 bars a residential roofing contractor from representing or negotiating a claim unless licensed as a public adjuster, and we could not establish whether its staff hold that licence, so this is an open question rather than a finding.
- Joe’s Roofing LLC, which scored 65.6: Excluded on service area, not on quality: it has traded since 1990 and been BBB accredited at A+ since 2005 with no complaints in three years. But its published service area runs east and north from Lake Oconee, through Milledgeville, Athens and the Augusta suburbs, and does not include Macon, Bibb or any of the metro counties. Its Monroe page appears to refer to the city of Monroe in Walton County rather than Monroe County.
- Cutting Edge Roofing & Renovations, which scored 58.2: Excluded on service area. Directory listings place it at a residential address in Bonaire, in Houston County, which belongs to the Warner Robins metro rather than Macon. We found no website and no BBB profile, and the only service area any listing gives is Bonaire. Its founding date and principal come only from third-party directories.
Why this list stops at 4. Four of the certified firms that scored into the top five publish no coverage of Macon or are based outside the metro, and were set aside, and the next firms down the pool are not ones our research pass covered, so we rank the four we could verify.
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: 2026-10-04. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Macon roofing questions, answered
Who is the best roofer in Macon, GA?
L E Schwartz & Son Inc of Macon, GA scores highest in the Macon metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 82.8 out of 100 as of October 2026. It holds President’s Club certification with a 4.6 rating across 25 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the three companies behind it score within 22.4 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Macon?
6 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Macon-Bibb County, GA statistical area as of October 2026, of which 1 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Macon get?
The Macon-Bibb County, GA statistical area recorded 18 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 1 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 2.0 inches.
Did any contractor pay to appear on this list?
No. The Roofing Brief takes no placement fees, no lead fees and no affiliate commission from any roofing contractor. Ranking comes entirely from the published formula applied to public registry data, followed by an individual research pass on the top four.
What was the worst hailstorm in Macon in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Macon-Bibb County, GA statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 2.0 inches, reported near Skipperton on 3 March 2019. That is hen-egg sized. Two inches is the threshold at which insurers expect functional damage and full replacement claims. Across the decade the metro recorded 18 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $15.0 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Macon?
Severe-weather reports in the Macon-Bibb County, GA statistical area cluster in June, April, August, 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 GA?
Georgia does not require a state roofing licence. The State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors treats roofers as an exempt specialty contractor, so no state licensure is needed for residential or commercial roofing work. Some Georgia roofers voluntarily hold a Residential Basic Contractor, Residential Light Commercial or General Contractor licence, or join the Georgia Roofing Contractors Association, purely as a credibility signal. Local city and county licensing requirements still apply.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Macon?
Because the state exempts roofers, check the county or municipal business licence where the work will happen, and lean harder on manufacturer certification.
No licence to check: buying a roof in Macon?
Georgia’s Department of Law puts the position in a sentence: all residential and general contractors in the State of Georgia are required to be licensed, but roofers are not required to be licensed by the state. The licence a roofer does not need is demanding, requiring the residential basic contractor exam and a business and law exam plus $25,000 of financial capacity, which is exactly why its absence matters. A Macon homeowner hiring a roofer has no state register to consult and no state board to complain to.
Is Macon a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Georgia does not license roofers. Its own consumer protection division says so plainly, and the residential contractor licence that would bring an exam and a $25,000 financial requirement expressly exempts specialty trades like roofing. So in Macon the credentials a homeowner can check are longevity, dated third-party records and a statute about insurance claims. Six certified firms appear in the directory for Macon, but three of them publish no coverage of Macon or Bibb County at all, so three are ranked, and only one of those is actually based in Macon: a roofing company founded here in 1910.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Macon?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Macon-Bibb County, GA statistical area logged 224 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 18 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 ProShield Roofing LLC not on this list?
Excluded because we could find no evidence it serves Macon. We found no website, no BBB profile and no published service area for a ProShield Roofing in Monticello, where the manufacturer directory lists it. The only Georgia company of that name is registered in Watkinsville, in Oconee County near Athens, further still from Macon, and we could not confirm it is the same firm. Its review count is unconfirmed..
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 Columbus, GA, about 72 miles from Macon
- Best roofers in Atlanta, GA, about 78 miles from Macon
- Best roofers in Athens, GA, about 81 miles from Macon
- Best roofers in Augusta, GA, another GA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Gainesville, GA, another GA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Hilton Head Island, SC, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Bellingham, WA, 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 Macon, GA: 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.