Short answer: As of September 2026, the five highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Elite Gold Roofing (87.0), Chase Construction North West, Inc. (83.5), Klim Roofing & Construction Inc (83.1), Suruka Roofing & Renovations (82.5), NearMe Roofing Company (77.4). 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 14 certified roofing contractors serving the Seattle metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top five individually to confirm its record. Seattle recorded zero damaging-hail reports in the last decade. The roofing problem here is not impact, it is persistent moisture: sustained rain, moss growth, and the ventilation and flashing detail that decide whether a roof deck rots from underneath. Washington also runs one genuinely useful public tool that most states lack. Every contractor must register with the Department of Labor and Industries, carry a $15,000 speciality bond and minimum liability cover, and L&I’s verification system shows existing claims filed against that bond. A contractor with active bond claims has a documented history of unresolved disputes, and that check takes about a minute.
The conditions a Seattle roof has to be specified for
The Seattle metro’s ten-year NOAA severe-weather record is completely empty: no hail reports, no severe thunderstorm wind reports, no tornadoes, and no reported severe-weather property damage across King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. That is not missing data, it is the climate. It also means every storm-damage sales pitch in this market deserves scepticism, and that impact-rated shingles, the upsell that makes sense in Denver or Dallas, buy a Seattle homeowner nothing at all.
What ages a roof here is water and biology. Persistent damp, mild temperatures and heavy tree cover make western Washington ideal for moss, which holds water against the surface, lifts shingle edges and blocks drainage. Left alone it shortens the life of an asphalt roof by years. Ask contractors to quote moss treatment and gutter and valley clearance as maintenance rather than as a repair, keep branches cut back from the roof plane, and expect a realistic asphalt shingle life here at the shorter end of the manufacturer’s range.
Seattle’s permit rule surprises people. The Department of Construction and Inspections does not require a re-roof permit for one- and two-family homes and townhouses when the work makes no changes to the building envelope beyond insulation of equal or better value; a permit is required for larger repairs on commercial and multifamily buildings. No permit means no city inspection of your roof, so put the deck, underlayment and flashing details in the contract and ask for dated photographs before the covering goes on.
Washington’s protection is financial rather than technical. Every contractor must register with the Department of Labor and Industries, and registration requires a surety bond, $15,000 for a specialty contractor such as a roofer, plus liability insurance. The L&I verification tool shows whether the registration is active and whether claims have been made against that bond, which is the most useful and least used check available in this state. Look the number up before you sign, and be wary of anyone who cannot give you one.
The 5 best roofers in Seattle, WA
Scored 2026-09-12. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Seattle is 4.8, across a pool of 14 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elite Gold Roofing | 87.0 | President’s Club | 4.9 (262) | 4.884 | 2022 | Lynnwood, WA |
| 2 | Chase Construction North West, Inc. | 83.5 | President’s Club | 4.9 (214) | 4.881 | 2002 | Edgewood, WA |
| 3 | Klim Roofing & Construction Inc | 83.1 | President’s Club | 4.9 (148) | 4.875 | not published | Snohomish, WA |
| 4 | Suruka Roofing & Renovations | 82.5 | President’s Club | 4.9 (40) | 4.844 | 2022 | Bothell, WA |
| 5 | NearMe Roofing Company | 77.4 | Master Elite | 4.9 (347) | 4.887 | 2020 | Redmond, WA |
1. Elite Gold Roofing — TRB Score 87.0
Elite Gold Roofing is based in Lynnwood, WA, in business since 2022, BBB accredited since 18 February 2025, under Elite Gold Contractors, LLC, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.4 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 10.3 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 6.3 | 10 |
| Total | 87.0 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Elite Gold Contractors, LLC accredited since 18 February 2025. BBB
- Established 2022, offering the GAF Golden Pledge warranty through Master Elite status. Company
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing across Snohomish and north King counties.
Why it ranks here. Reached GAF President’s Club within roughly four years of founding, which is unusually fast, since the tier is awarded on performance and re-earned rather than held permanently.
Best fit for: North King and Snohomish County homeowners.
What we would want clarified. Founded 2022 and BBB accredited only since February 2025, so the public track record is short. The BBB listing is also filed under a different entity name, Elite Gold Contractors LLC, and a different city. Confirm which legal entity your contract names. 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 (206) 823-4805, 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. Chase Construction North West, Inc. — TRB Score 83.5
Chase Construction North West, Inc. is based in Edgewood, WA, in business since 2002, BBB a+ rated, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.2 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 10.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 3.3 | 10 |
| Total | 83.5 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated. BBB
- Registration CHASECN981NN, licensed, bonded and insured, trading since 2002. Washington L&I
- BuildZoom score 102, in the top 11% of 128,670 Washington licensed contractors. BuildZoom
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing across Pierce and south King counties since 2002.
Why it ranks here. Publishes its full L&I registration number openly, which is the number you need to run the bond-claim check. Twenty-four years trading through the Puget Sound wet-rot cycle is the relevant experience here, not storm response.
Best fit for: Pierce County and south Sound homeowners.
Verify the certification yourself on the GAF registry listing. The number carried on that listing is (253) 445-8950, 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. Klim Roofing & Construction Inc — TRB Score 83.1
Klim Roofing & Construction Inc is based in Snohomish, WA, Not BBB accredited, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 9.3 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 3.9 | 10 |
| Total | 83.1 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Active general registration KLIMRRC897B1 valid through February 2027, with no violations, complaints or debarments on the L&I record. Washington L&I
- $1,000,000 general liability cover through United Specialty Insurance and a $30,000 surety bond through Ohio Casualty, double the state minimum. Insurance and bond
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing across Snohomish and King counties.
Why it ranks here. A completely clean L&I record, no violations, no complaints, no debarments, is the single most valuable verification available in Washington, and Klim carries a $30,000 bond against a $15,000 requirement. Doubling the bond voluntarily increases what a homeowner could recover in a dispute.
Best fit for: Homeowners who want the strongest available regulatory record and bond protection.
What we would want clarified. Not BBB accredited, and reviews are mixed. Some customers report loose flashing and visible staples on historic homes with limited remediation offered. Inspect flashing detail specifically before final payment. 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 (425) 485-5546, 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. Suruka Roofing & Renovations — TRB Score 82.5
Suruka Roofing & Renovations is based in Bothell, WA, in business since 2022, BBB accredited, A+ rated, file opened 8 August 2023, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 33.8 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 6.9 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 6.8 | 10 |
| Total | 82.5 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Accredited and A+ rated, BBB file opened 8 August 2023, business started 28 March 2022. BBB
- Rated 5.0 on Angi and 5.0 on HomeAdvisor. Cross-platform reviews
- BuildZoom score 98, in the top 16% of 128,670 Washington licensed contractors. BuildZoom
What they actually do. Roofing and renovation services across the Eastside and north King County.
Why it ranks here. Perfect 5.0 ratings on both Angi and HomeAdvisor simultaneously, which is rare because those platforms draw from different customer pools. Trades as Suruka House LLC on official records.
Best fit for: Eastside homeowners from Bothell through Woodinville and Kirkland.
What we would want clarified. Started March 2022, so the record is short, and at 40 registry reviews the evidence base is the thinnest in this top five. 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 (425) 528-4119, 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. NearMe Roofing Company — TRB Score 77.4
Trades as NearMe Roofing Company; listed on the GAF registry as Near Me Roofing Company.
NearMe Roofing Company is based in Redmond, WA, in business since 2020, BBB accredited since 8 December 2023, A+ rating, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.5 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 10.8 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 7.1 | 10 |
| Total | 77.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated and accredited since 8 December 2023, five years in business. BBB
What they actually do. Residential roofing across the Eastside.
Why it ranks here. 347 registry reviews at 4.9 with Master Elite certification and an A+ accredited record, from a firm five years old. Reaching that review volume that fast is unusual.
Best fit for: Redmond, Bellevue and Eastside homeowners.
What we would want clarified. Five years trading and accredited only since late 2023, so the formal record is short. Washington registers contractors but tests no competence; confirm the Labor & Industries registration and bond. 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 (206) 487-4380, 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.
0 severe weather reports in a decade, and why that matters in Seattle
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 3 counties of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 0 hail reports, 0 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 0 tornadoes. The database’s property-damage fields are left blank for most of these reports, so it carries no usable loss total for this metro and we do not quote one.
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 Seattle. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
What to verify before a Seattle contractor starts
Licensing is required in WA. Washington requires every contractor to register with the Department of Labor and Industries, and registration requires both a surety bond and general liability insurance. Speciality contractors including roofers must carry a $15,000 bond.
Insurance minimums under RCW 18.27.050 are $200,000 public liability plus $50,000 property damage, or $250,000 combined single limit. The bond is continuous, and if it lapses the registration suspends automatically until cover is restored.
Check here: Washington L&I Verify a Contractor. L&I’s verification tool shows existing claims against a contractor’s bond, which is the single most useful and most overlooked check in Washington.
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 Seattle
14 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA statistical area, of which 6 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 6,790 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.8. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 4,145,494, a change of 3.15% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Seattle rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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 14 certified contractors, of whom 6 hold President’s Club standing and 8 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.8. The top five were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Good and bad findings are published together, and no contractor paid for a place here.
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: 2026-09-12. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
What Seattle homeowners want to know
Who is the best roofer in Seattle, WA?
Elite Gold Roofing of Lynnwood, WA scores highest in the Seattle metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 87.0 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds President’s Club certification with a 4.9 rating across 262 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the four companies behind it score within 9.6 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Seattle?
14 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA statistical area as of September 2026, of which 6 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Seattle get?
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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 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.
Do roofers need a licence in WA?
Washington requires every contractor to register with the Department of Labor and Industries, and registration requires both a surety bond and general liability insurance. Speciality contractors including roofers must carry a $15,000 bond. Insurance minimums under RCW 18.27.050 are $200,000 public liability plus $50,000 property damage, or $250,000 combined single limit. The bond is continuous, and if it lapses the registration suspends automatically until cover is restored.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Seattle?
L&I’s verification tool shows existing claims against a contractor’s bond, which is the single most useful and most overlooked check in Washington.
Is Seattle a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Seattle recorded zero damaging-hail reports in the last decade. The roofing problem here is not impact, it is persistent moisture: sustained rain, moss growth, and the ventilation and flashing detail that decide whether a roof deck rots from underneath. Washington also runs one genuinely useful public tool that most states lack. Every contractor must register with the Department of Labor and Industries, carry a $15,000 speciality bond and minimum liability cover, and L&I’s verification system shows existing claims filed against that bond. A contractor with active bond claims has a documented history of unresolved disputes, and that check takes about a minute.
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 Bremerton, WA, about 18 miles from Seattle
- Best roofers in Olympia, WA, about 47 miles from Seattle
- Best roofers in Bellingham, WA, about 79 miles from Seattle
- Best roofers in Yakima, WA, another WA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Kennewick, WA, another WA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Minneapolis, MN, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Detroit, MI, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Spokane, WA, also scored, about 229 miles away
- Best roofers in Anchorage, AK, also scored, about 1414 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 Seattle, WA: 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.