Short answer: As of October 2026, the three highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are David R Horn Construction Inc (54.4), Knox Roofing (53.7), Cal Coast Roofing (53.7). Every one holds a manufacturer certification that can be verified independently, every rating below has been corroborated against at least one source outside the certification registry, and no company paid to appear here.
The Roofing Brief scored 3 certified roofing contractors serving the Santa Cruz metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top three individually to confirm its record. Santa Cruz County recorded no hail of an inch or more in ten years, and the $5 million in storm damage on its NOAA record is almost entirely one small hail entry from 19 January 2017 whose own narrative says the figure reflects car crashes, not roofs. So this is not a storm market. The rule that actually governs a reroof here is fire: since 1 January 2026 the county enforces the new California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, under which a roof that is replaced, or has half or more replaced within twelve months, in a fire hazard zone must be Class A. Three certified firms clear our evidence floor, all checked on the Contractors State License Board register, and one of them has an ownership question you should settle before signing.
The conditions a Santa Cruz roof has to be specified for
The storm record is light but not empty. Across 2016 to 2025 NOAA logged 15 hail reports in Santa Cruz County, none larger than a quarter of an inch, 7 thunderstorm wind reports and 3 tornadoes. Two of those were waterspouts that came ashore on 6 January 2019, one crossing the Santa Cruz Wharf and removing about 35 percent of the Dolphin Restaurant’s roof; the third was an EF1 tornado at 90 mph near Scotts Valley on 14 December 2024. The bigger wind is in the mountains: in March 2023 NOAA logged gusts of 97 mph at Umunhum South and 89 mph at the KNPT towers, with trees falling on homes in Felton and Ben Lomond. FEMA has declared six winter storm and flood disasters covering the county since 2017.
California licenses contractors properly. Contracting without a CSLB licence is a misdemeanour under Business and Professions Code 7028. The minor-work exemption covers only jobs under $1,000 that do not require a building permit, so it never covers a reroof. Every licensee keeps a $25,000 contractor’s bond under section 7071.6, and C-39 roofing licensees must carry workers’ compensation whether or not they have employees, because the exemption is not available to them. The CSLB register shows the bond, the workers’ compensation policy and any complaint disclosure, and it is the single most useful check you can make.
The energy code is lighter here than inland. Every Santa Cruz County ZIP code maps to Building Climate Zone 3 in the California Energy Commission’s file, and the reroof cool roof rules apply only in Zones 4 and 8 to 15 for steep slopes and 4 and 6 to 15 for low slopes, so they do not apply in this county. The binding reroof rule in the hills is fire classification, not reflectance. California has no roofing-specific statute on insurance deductibles; billing an insurer for a deductible the roofer secretly absorbs falls under the general insurance fraud law instead.
The housing is old and heavily rented by California standards. The median year built is 1974 across the county, 1970 in the City of Santa Cruz and 1977 in Watsonville, and renters occupy 51.6 percent of homes in Santa Cruz and 55.2 percent in Watsonville. A 1970 roof in a coastal fire zone has usually been replaced at least twice, and the question that matters on the next one is whether the assembly, not just the shingle, carries the fire rating the county now requires.
The 3 best roofers in Santa Cruz, CA
Scored 2026-10-04. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Santa Cruz is 4.567, across a pool of 3 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David R Horn Construction Inc | 54.4 | Certified | 5.0 (7) | 4.62 | not published | Santa Cruz, CA |
| 2 | Knox Roofing | 53.7 | Master Elite | 3.8 (58) | 4.155 | 1994 | Scotts Valley, CA |
| 3 | Cal Coast Roofing | 53.7 | Certified | 4.9 (13) | 4.635 | 2008 | Corralitos, CA |
1. David R Horn Construction Inc — TRB Score 54.4
David R Horn Construction Inc is based in Santa Cruz, CA, led by David Richard Horn, CEO, President and CSLB qualifier, BBB accredited since 1 February 2000, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), CSLB licence 352653, B, C-39 and C-43, verified active since 1978. 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 | 24.8 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 7.6 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 54.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Licence 352653, DAVID R HORN CONSTRUCTION INC, classifications B General Building, C-39 Roofing and C-43 Sheet Metal, first issued 14 March 1978 and reissued to the corporation in December 1999, active with a $25,000 bond and State Fund workers’ compensation, no complaint disclosure.. California Contractors State License Board
- Accredited since 1 February 2000 with an A+ rating and no complaints in three years.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Roofing, sheet metal, siding and decks.
Why it ranks here. The longest licence history in the metro, first issued in March 1978, and the only firm here also holding the C-43 sheet metal classification, which covers the flashing, valley and edge metal that decide whether a coastal roof stays dry. BBB accredited since 2000 with no complaints in three years. It trades as David Horn Roofing and Construction and serves Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
Best fit for: Full reroofs with custom sheet metal, from the longest-licensed firm in the county.
What we would want clarified. Its 7 reviews are very thin and unverified, which is why it ranks only narrowly first. Its founding year is not settled: BBB says 1975, the first licence is 1978 and its website says more than 35 years. It also builds, so confirm roofing is what it wants to do on your job. Certification tier 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 (831) 476-2151, 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. Knox Roofing — TRB Score 53.7
Knox Roofing is based in Scotts Valley, CA, in business since 1994, led by Warren Henry Knox, sole owner, BBB accredited since 1 August 2010, A+ rating, one complaint closed in three years, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), CSLB licence 696146, C-39, verified active since 1994. 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 | 6.2 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.6 | 10 |
| Total | 53.7 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Licence 696146, KNOX ROOFING, sole ownership of Warren Henry Knox, C-39 Roofing, active since 20 September 1994, no complaint disclosure.. California Contractors State License Board
- Accredited since 1 August 2010 with an A+ rating and one complaint closed in three years.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential roofing, including Class A fire-resistant composition, concrete and barrel tile.
Why it ranks here. The only Master Elite firm in the metro, licensed since 1994 by its owner, based in Scotts Valley in the hills where the new fire code bites hardest. It markets Class A fire-resistant materials including composition shingles and concrete and barrel tiles, which is exactly the competence this market now needs.
Best fit for: Hill and fire-zone reroofs needing a Class A assembly, including tile.
What we would want clarified. Its 3.8 rating across 58 reviews is the weakest here, and the reviews we could read are mixed in ways worth knowing. Recurring themes were office follow-up on quotes, including a July 2026 review saying staff had no record of an estimate they had given, and an October 2025 complaint about the owner’s treatment of an elderly customer; a complaint summarised by BBB concerned skylights caulked for $500 that leaked again within a week. These are reviews and allegations, not findings. Its own site claims more than 40 years, which the 1994 licence does not support. 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 (831) 461-0634, 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. Cal Coast Roofing — TRB Score 53.7
Cal Coast Roofing is based in Corralitos, CA, in business since 2008, led by Nada Ann Radonich, sole owner on the active licence; the company site names Jacob as current owner, Not accredited; A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), CSLB licence 915291, C-39, verified active, Owens Corning Preferred Contractor. Certification by more than one manufacturer is uncommon and requires meeting each programme’s separate standards for insurance, training and track record.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 25.4 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 9.7 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 6.6 | 10 |
| Total | 53.7 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Licence 915291, CAL COAST ROOFING, sole ownership of Nada Ann Radonich, C-39, active since 6 May 2008, $25,000 bond and State Fund workers’ compensation, no complaint disclosure. A separate licence, 1128101 for Cal Coast Roofing LLC with Jacob Lee Heil as qualifier, issued October 2024, is inactive after its bond, workers’ compensation and liability coverage lapsed or were cancelled during 2025.. California Contractors State License Board
What they actually do. Residential roofing across Santa Cruz County, Monterey and the South Bay.
Why it ranks here. A 4.9 rating across 13 reviews and an active roofing licence held since 2008, with a clean CSLB record, from a Corralitos firm that also sits in Owens Corning’s network.
Best fit for: South county addresses around Watsonville and Corralitos, once the licence question below is settled.
What we would want clarified. There are two licences with this name and only one is valid, so read this before signing. The active licence, 915291, is a sole ownership of Nada Ann Radonich. The company’s website names Jacob as the current owner, and a separate licence for Cal Coast Roofing LLC, with Jacob Lee Heil as qualifier, issued in October 2024, is now inactive after its bond, workers’ compensation and liability coverage lapsed or were cancelled during 2025. Make sure the contract you sign names licence 915291; work contracted under an inactive licence is unlicensed work with no bond behind it. Reviews and certification tier 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 (408) 506-8261, 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 licensed Santa Cruz County roofers our ranking cannot see
Three manufacturer-certified firms clear our evidence floor here. These two county roofers hold active CSLB roofing licences and sit in Owens Corning’s contractor network instead. They are not scored and we are not recommending them. We left out a third firm whose licence we could match only by name.
| Company | Verified credential |
|---|---|
| Moriarty’s Roofing, Inc. | CSLB licence 1012022, C-39, a corporation since March 2016, with a predecessor sole ownership licence running from 2002 to 2020; Owens Corning Platinum Preferred, the network’s top tier. |
| Ariana Roofing | CSLB licence 734748, C-39 with C-33 and B classifications, a sole ownership since April 1997, based in Watsonville; Owens Corning Preferred Contractor. |
10 severe weather reports in a decade, and why that matters in Santa Cruz
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 1 county of the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 15 hail reports, 7 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 3 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $5.0 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Santa Cruz in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2018 | 0.25 in | Felton | Santa Cruz |
| 2 March 2018 | 0.25 in | Scotts Vly | Santa Cruz |
| 10 March 2021 | 0.25 in | Aptos | Santa Cruz |
| 10 March 2021 | 0.25 in | Scotts Vly | Santa Cruz |
| 11 September 2017 | 0.25 in | Watsonville | Santa Cruz |
| 15 February 2019 | 0.25 in | Corralitos | Santa Cruz |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 2 March 2018 near Felton, measured at 0.25 inches. That is below the size at which hail normally damages a shingle roof.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 79 knots, about 91 mph, near Santa Cruz on 25 December 2025. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 3 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF1 near Scotts Vly on 14 December 2024.
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 25 December 2025 event near Santa Cruz, reproduced verbatim:
The weather station at the O’Neill Sea Odyssey near Santa Cruz Harbor reported a gust of 91 mph. Damage to boats was reported within the harbor.
A roof in this metro is built against events like that one, as recorded by the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in March (8), January (7), December (3). The worst years on record were 2020 (6), 2018 (4), 2024 (4). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Santa Cruz, 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 Santa Cruz. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
After CZU: why a Santa Cruz reroof is now a fire code decision
The CZU Lightning Complex began on 16 August 2020 when, as the National Weather Service put it, lightning started multiple wildfires in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties that combined to form the complex, during a heat wave with widespread record-breaking temperatures. It burned 86,509 acres, destroyed 1,490 structures, damaged 140 and killed one person before containment on 22 September. FEMA issued a fire management assistance declaration on 20 August and a major disaster declaration, DR-4558, two days later.
The building code response is recent and specific. Since 1 January 2026 the county enforces the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Title 24 Part 7, in State Responsibility Area fire hazard severity zones and in Local Responsibility Area high or very high zones, and the county’s own code deletes several of that code’s exceptions. The California Residential Code now simply points there: R902.1.1 sends roofs in fire hazard zones to Part 7, while R902.1.2 sets only a Class C floor everywhere else.
The trigger is in section 507.1 of the new code: existing roof coverings that are replaced, or have 50 percent or more replaced in a 12-month period, must be replaced with the roof covering required for new construction, which section 504.2 defines as a Class A assembly. Note the twelve months. Splitting a reroof into two halves done in the same year does not avoid the rule; it triggers it.
Two practical points follow. First, Class A is an assembly rating, so ask what the whole system is, underlayment and deck included, rather than accepting a shingle’s own label. Many asphalt fibreglass shingles achieve it as part of a listed assembly, and the county links the State Fire Marshal’s 2025 WUI Listed Products Handbook for compliant materials. Second, find out whether your address is in a mapped zone at all: the state’s 2025 maps changed coverage in the county’s cities, and we could not confirm current coverage city by city, so ask your building department rather than the contractor.
What this means for choosing a roofer here is that fire classification competence matters more than storm experience. One of the ranked firms markets Class A fire-resistant materials including composition shingles and concrete and barrel tiles, and the most useful question to ask any of them is to name the listed Class A assembly they propose to install, in writing, before the permit is pulled.
The Santa Cruz reroof, from primary sources
| Item | Figure or rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CZU Lightning Complex, 2020 | 86,509 acres; 1,490 structures destroyed; 1 death | CAL FIRE incident record; NWS |
| Code in force since 1 January 2026 | 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Title 24 Part 7 | Santa Cruz County |
| Reroof trigger in a fire hazard zone | Replacement, or 50 percent or more in 12 months | CWUIC 507.1 |
| Required roof | Class A assembly | CWUIC 504.2 |
| Floor outside fire zones | Class C | 2025 CRC R902.1.2 |
| Cool roof rule on a reroof | Not applicable; every county ZIP is Climate Zone 3 | California Energy Commission |
| Hail of an inch or more, 2016 to 2025 | None | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Tornadoes, 2016 to 2025 | Three, including two waterspouts ashore in January 2019 | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Median year built, City of Santa Cruz | 1970 | ACS 2020 to 2024, B25035 |
| Contractor’s bond | $25,000 on every licence | B&P 7071.6 |
Source: CAL FIRE and NWS records for the CZU Lightning Complex; FEMA declarations; 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code; 2025 California Residential Code; Santa Cruz County WUI guidance and County Code 12.10; California Energy Commission climate zone file; California Business and Professions Code; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; US Census Bureau ACS.
How to check a Santa Cruz roofer in ten minutes
Licensing is required in CA. California requires a Contractors State License Board licence for any job where labour and materials combined reach $1,000 or more, a threshold raised from $500 by Assembly Bill 2622 on 1 January 2025. The exemption never covers a reroof, because the Board treats any work that needs a permit as requiring a licence whatever its value. Roofing is the C-39 classification; a B General Building licence can also cover it.
A C-39 qualifier must document at least four years of journey-level experience and pass both a trade examination and a law and business examination. Every active licence carries a $25,000 contractor’s bond, and C-39 roofing licensees must carry workers’ compensation whether or not they have employees: roofing is one of the few classifications that cannot file the no-employee exemption.
Check here: CSLB Check a License. The CSLB record also shows complaint and disciplinary history, including citations and accusations. Treat any status other than Active as disqualifying.
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.
Who else is certified in Santa Cruz
3 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 78 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.567. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 262,406, a change of -3.58% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Santa Cruz rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 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 3 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 1 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.567. The top three were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Where that research turned up something awkward it is on the page, and no placement was paid for.
The full method, the weightings, what the GAF certification tiers actually mean, who is eligible to be ranked and what we do not claim are all set out on our roofer ranking methodology page. Last updated: October 2026. Scoring run: 2026-10-04. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Questions Santa Cruz homeowners ask
Who is the best roofer in Santa Cruz, CA?
David R Horn Construction Inc of Santa Cruz, CA scores highest in the Santa Cruz metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 54.4 out of 100 as of October 2026. It holds Certified certification with a 5.0 rating across 7 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the two companies behind it score within 0.7 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Santa Cruz?
3 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA statistical area as of October 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Santa Cruz get?
The Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA statistical area recorded 0 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 0 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 0.25 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 three.
What was the worst hailstorm in Santa Cruz in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 0.25 inches, reported near Felton on 2 March 2018. That is below the size at which hail normally damages a shingle roof. Across the decade the metro recorded 15 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $5.0 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Santa Cruz?
Severe-weather reports in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA statistical area cluster in March, January, December, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. Outside those months local crews are not triaging storm damage, so lead times are shorter and scheduling is easier.
Do roofers need a licence in CA?
California requires a Contractors State License Board licence for any job where labour and materials combined reach $1,000 or more, a threshold raised from $500 by Assembly Bill 2622 on 1 January 2025. The exemption never covers a reroof, because the Board treats any work that needs a permit as requiring a licence whatever its value. Roofing is the C-39 classification; a B General Building licence can also cover it. A C-39 qualifier must document at least four years of journey-level experience and pass both a trade examination and a law and business examination. Every active licence carries a $25,000 contractor’s bond, and C-39 roofing licensees must carry workers’ compensation whether or not they have employees: roofing is one of the few classifications that cannot file the no-employee exemption.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Santa Cruz?
The CSLB record also shows complaint and disciplinary history, including citations and accusations. Treat any status other than Active as disqualifying.
After CZU: why a Santa Cruz reroof is now a fire code decision?
The CZU Lightning Complex began on 16 August 2020 when, as the National Weather Service put it, lightning started multiple wildfires in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties that combined to form the complex, during a heat wave with widespread record-breaking temperatures. It burned 86,509 acres, destroyed 1,490 structures, damaged 140 and killed one person before containment on 22 September. FEMA issued a fire management assistance declaration on 20 August and a major disaster declaration, DR-4558, two days later.
Is Santa Cruz a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Santa Cruz County recorded no hail of an inch or more in ten years, and the $5 million in storm damage on its NOAA record is almost entirely one small hail entry from 19 January 2017 whose own narrative says the figure reflects car crashes, not roofs. So this is not a storm market. The rule that actually governs a reroof here is fire: since 1 January 2026 the county enforces the new California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, under which a roof that is replaced, or has half or more replaced within twelve months, in a fire hazard zone must be Class A. Three certified firms clear our evidence floor, all checked on the Contractors State License Board register, and one of them has an ownership question you should settle before signing.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Santa Cruz?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA statistical area logged 7 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 0 hail reports of an inch or more between 2016 and 2025. Wind damage shows up at the rake, ridge and edge rather than across the field of the roof, so the fastening schedule and edge detail matter more here than the impact rating of the shingle.
Roofer rankings for other metros
The Roofing Brief scores certified roofing contractors in the 400 largest U.S. metropolitan and micropolitan areas on the same formula.
- Best roofers in San Jose, CA, about 25 miles from Santa Cruz
- Best roofers in Salinas, CA, about 30 miles from Santa Cruz
- Best roofers in San Francisco, CA, about 59 miles from Santa Cruz
- Best roofers in Modesto, CA, about 73 miles from Santa Cruz
- Best roofers in Vallejo, CA, another CA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Stockton, CA, another CA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Bend, OR, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Daphne, AL, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Honolulu, HI, also scored, about 2397 miles away
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 Santa Cruz, CA: 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.