Short answer: As of September 2026, the two highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Hargrove Roofing & Construction (88.1), Watertight Roofing & Construction (52.8). 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 2 certified roofing contractors serving the Shreveport metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top two individually to confirm its record. Shreveport is the hardest metro on this site to build a list for, and the reason is worth more than the list. Caddo, Bossier and De Soto parishes logged 159 hail reports of an inch or more and $68.2 million in reported property damage over the decade, yet only two GAF-certified contractors in the market clear our five-review evidence floor. That is not a shortage of roofers. It is a market where the certified capacity sits in a different manufacturer’s network: Owens Corning’s own directory returns thirteen contractors within twenty miles of Shreveport, two of them at its top Platinum Preferred tier. So we rank the two we can rank, and then we show you the rest of the market by name, because a list of two is not a fair picture of north Louisiana and we are not going to pretend it is.
Hail, codes and what they cost a Shreveport homeowner
The storm record here is severe and it is a spring record. Across 2016 to 2025 the three parishes logged 200 hail reports, 159 of them an inch or larger, alongside 447 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 79 tornado events. April leads with 172 reports, then May with 137 and June with 101, so the dangerous window opens far earlier than in the northern hail metros. A well-documented recent example is the morning of 11 February 2024, when National Weather Service local storm reports logged 3.00 inch hail two miles west of Red Chute in Bossier Parish at 9:15 am, with 2.00 inch stones west-northwest of Red Chute and five miles west-northwest of Shreveport in Caddo Parish. KSLA News 12 reported the same 3 inch hail report that day, along with a 62 mph gust recorded a mile east-southeast of Barksdale Air Force Base and a 59 mph gust at Shreveport Regional Airport. Three inch hail destroys any asphalt shingle on the market, impact-rated or not.
Louisiana now has one of the strictest roofing licence regimes in the country, and it is genuinely worth understanding here. Under La. R.S. 37:2156.4, on and after 1 January 2026 anyone who advertises, solicits, bids, quotes or performs work on any portion of a roofing system on a residential structure worth $7,500 or more must hold the Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification. Subsection B requires a residential roofing contractor to pass the residential roofing trade examination, which makes this a competency licence rather than a bonding registration, unlike Alabama’s or New Jersey’s. Act 757 of 2026, effective 1 August 2026, added subsection D extending the rule to residential buildings of up to four dwelling units. The board’s own memorandum of 12 August 2025 records that the classification was created by Act 422 of 2025 and that the trade examination was not yet available at that point, with holders of certain existing classifications permitted to qualify in the meantime, which is why several established Shreveport firms satisfy the rule through a Residential Construction classification rather than a Residential Roofing one.
The penalties behind that licence are not administrative, and they are unusual enough to be worth naming. Under R.S. 37:2163 it is unlawful to act as a contractor without an active licence, and a violation is a misdemeanour carrying a fine of up to $500 for each day of violation, or three months in prison, or both. Where an unlicensed person causes harm or damage of more than $300, the exposure rises to a fine of between $500 and $5,000, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for between six months and five years. Subsection A(2) goes further and makes it unlawful for any contractor, licensed or unlicensed, to publish or circulate a misleading or false claim about a licence or classification in any medium, including digital platforms. In plain terms, in Louisiana a contractor’s claims about its own credentials on its own website are statements the state can act on, which makes the board’s public register the first thing to check rather than the last. Permits carry teeth too: Act 239 of 2025 has required permitting and inspection of residential and commercial roof construction and reroofing for projects beginning on or after 1 August 2025, and Act 422 made it a violation to start work before the permit issues, to fail to obtain one, to misrepresent the value or scope of the work, or to skip required inspections.
Two more pieces of local context matter when you price a roof here. Louisiana’s adopted residential code is still the 2021 International Residential Code, in force since 1 January 2023, with the next cycle moving to the 2024 I-Codes, so the code your roof is inspected against is a recent edition rather than an old one. And the state’s insurance reforms have begun to touch roofs directly: the Governor’s official 2025 reforms page records HB 122 establishing a Louisiana Roof Registry, HB 85 requiring municipalities and parishes to inspect buildings including residential dwellings for roof compliance with the IRC when issuing a permit, and SB 28 providing an income tax credit toward a fortified roof. We could not obtain a primary source for Louisiana’s rules on actual cash value against replacement cost for older roofs, because the Department of Insurance site is unreachable to us, so we make no claim about roof depreciation schedules here.
The 2 best roofers in Shreveport, LA
Scored 2026-09-29. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Shreveport is 4.7, across a pool of 2 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hargrove Roofing & Construction | 88.1 | Master Elite | 5.0 (603) | 4.977 | 2017 | Shreveport, LA |
| 2 | Watertight Roofing & Construction | 52.8 | Certified | 4.4 (102) | 4.499 | not published | Shreveport, LA |
1. Hargrove Roofing & Construction — TRB Score 88.1
Hargrove Roofing & Construction is based in Shreveport, LA, in business since 2017, led by Billy Hargrove, CEO; founded by Clyde Hargrove, Not accredited, A+ rating; BBB records the business as founded 31 August 2014, with zero complaints closed in the last three years, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), Owens Corning Roofing Contractor Network member, OSHA certification required of all commercial superintendents (company statement). 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 | 39.1 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 88.1 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Active Residential License RL.885790 (first issued 22 April 2019) and Commercial License CL.68309 (first issued 23 April 2019), plus Home Improvement Registration HI.559614 (first issued 20 October 2017), holding BUILDING CONSTRUCTION and RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION classifications with Christopher Lee Elmore as qualifying party.. Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, public register
- BBB rates the firm A+ though it is not accredited, records the business as founded 31 August 2014, and shows zero complaints closed in the last three years.. BBB business profile
- Listed in Owens Corning’s independent contractor directory for Shreveport at 742 N Ashley Ridge Loop, as a network member.. Owens Corning Roofing Contractor Network
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roof replacement, roof repair, storm damage and insurance claims, metal roofing and rain gutters.
Why it ranks here. A clean 5.0 across 603 registry reviews, the deepest and highest-rated customer record of any contractor in this metro by a very wide margin, and the only Master Elite firm here. Its licence position is verified rather than claimed: the state board’s public register shows active residential and commercial licences with a RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION classification, which is one of the two classifications La. R.S. 37:2156.4 accepts for residential roofing, with general liability and workers’ compensation cover in force. It also carries a second manufacturer’s credential as an Owens Corning network member.
Best fit for: Almost any roof in Caddo or Bossier parish, and the clear first call on this page.
What we would want clarified. It is no longer a purely local business: its own about page states it started in Shreveport in 2017 and now runs sixteen locations across Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, so ask who will be on your roof and whether the crew is local. Records also disagree on basic details. The BBB dates the registered entity to 31 August 2014 against the company’s published 2017 start, two different addresses appear across public records, and the office number on its own site and the Owens Corning directory, (318) 626-5599, is not the (318) 588-8988 in the GAF registry. The BBB profile is unaccredited and carries only 7 customer reviews. 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 (318) 626-5599, 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. Watertight Roofing & Construction — TRB Score 52.8
Watertight Roofing & Construction is based in Shreveport, LA, led by Robert May; the state register names Robert Emery May as qualifying party, BBB accredited since 3 November 2016, A+ rating; BBB records the business as started in 1995, with zero complaints closed in the last three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), Installs Owens Corning and TAMKO products (company statement, not a certification). 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 | 19.9 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 10.9 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 52.8 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Active Residential License RL.886720 and Commercial License CL.71156, both first issued 21 December 2020, holding BUILDING CONSTRUCTION and RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION classifications with Robert Emery May as qualifying party, with general liability and workers’ compensation cover in force.. Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, public register
- BBB accredited since 3 November 2016 with an A+ rating, the business recorded as started in 1995, and zero complaints closed in the last three years.. BBB business profile
- Named a Nextdoor Neighborhood Favorite for the Shreveport area in 2022, 2023 and 2024.. Nextdoor
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roof replacement, leak repair, metal roofing and insurance claim work.
Why it ranks here. The only other GAF-certified contractor in the metro with a real customer record, and the one with the stronger institutional standing of the two: BBB accredited since 2016 at A+ with no complaints closed in three years, and named a Nextdoor Neighborhood Favorite three years running from 2022 to 2024. Its state licences are active with a RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION classification and current insurance filings, both verified on the board’s register.
Best fit for: Leak repair and smaller jobs, and homeowners who want a long-standing local firm with an accredited complaint record.
What we would want clarified. Its 4.4 average across 102 reviews is the weakest rating on this page, and we could not establish what sits behind it: the BBB shows zero complaints and zero reviews, and no negative review text was retrievable from any source we could reach, so we cannot characterise the shortfall honestly and will not guess. Dates and details conflict across records. The site claims over 30 years and the BBB dates the business to 1995, but its Louisiana licences were first issued only in December 2020. Two addresses and three different phone numbers appear across its site, the BBB and the state register, none matching the GAF entry’s (318) 684-3614. Confirm which address and number are current before relying on either. 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 (318) 518-9389, 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.
The rest of the Shreveport market, and why this list is short
Only two GAF-certified contractors in this metro clear our evidence floor, which understates the market rather than describing it. The certified capacity in north Louisiana has largely consolidated into Owens Corning’s network and into multi-state regionals holding GAF’s commercial tiers rather than residential Master Elite. These four firms are not ranked and are not part of the scoring above, because they sit outside the GAF registry this programme is built on. They are listed so you can see what else is actually credentialed here, each with the credential we were able to verify.
| Company | Verified credential |
|---|---|
| Quality Exteriors & Roofing, Inc. | Active Louisiana Commercial License CL.60417 (first issued 28 May 2015) and Residential License RL.882459 (first issued 22 April 2015), carrying the ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, SIDING and RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION classifications, and listed in the Owens Corning network. Trades as Quality Exteriors and states it has operated since 1982. |
| Cross Roofing & Construction, Inc. | One of the first firms in this market to hold the new classification outright: active Commercial License CL.42418 (first issued 19 August 2004) and Residential License RL.10162 (first issued 13 May 2026) carrying RESIDENTIAL ROOFING and ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, SIDING, with Kenneth C. Cross as qualifying party. Twenty-one years of state licensure and no manufacturer programme at all. |
| Hahn Roofing Inc | An Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor, the network’s top tier, listed at a Bossier City address, with active Louisiana Commercial License CL.44296 first issued 24 October 2005. Note that it is headquartered in Iowa rather than founded in Shreveport. |
| Osbon Builders LLC / Osbon Roofing LLC | Listed in the Owens Corning network at 3758 Youree Drive, Shreveport, with Louisiana Residential License RL.886432 (first issued 9 December 2020) and Commercial License CL.74225 (first issued 4 December 2023). Its third-party survey record is strong but very thin, so treat it as a newer entrant. |
What 4.0 inch hail does to a Shreveport 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 3 counties of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 200 hail reports, 447 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 79 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $68.2 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Shreveport in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2020 | 4.0 in | Vanceville | Bossier |
| 11 February 2024 | 3.0 in | Ferguson | Bossier |
| 17 June 2023 | 3.0 in | Blanchard | Caddo |
| 24 April 2020 | 2.75 in | Linton | Bossier |
| 24 April 2020 | 2.75 in | Ferguson | Bossier |
| 9 May 2024 | 2.5 in | Frierson | De Soto |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 24 April 2020 near Vanceville, measured at 4.0 inches. That is grapefruit sized. Stones that big destroy asphalt shingles outright, dent metal, crack tile and routinely total roofs across whole neighbourhoods.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 91 knots, about 105 mph, near Willow Chute on 11 January 2020. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 79 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF2 near Vivian Arpt on 21 January 2017.
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 11 January 2020 event near Willow Chute, reproduced verbatim:
A damage survey confirmed that a confined area of straight line winds caused scattered property and tree damage just south of Benton. A number of light poles and business signs were broken and bent as a result of the high winds. Benton Middle School received the greatest damage where the entire metal roof of one of its classroom wings was completely peeled back and removed.
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 April (172), May (137), June (101). The worst years on record were 2023 (132), 2017 (90), 2020 (89). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Shreveport, 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. Shreveport 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 Shreveport
Licensing is required in LA. Louisiana requires a roofing-specific licence classification. Under La. R.S. 37:2156.4(A), on and after 1 January 2026 any person who advertises, solicits, undertakes, offers or submits a price, bid, quote or estimate to construct, modify, repair or maintain any portion of a roofing system on a residential structure worth $7,500 or more must hold the classification of Residential Roofing or Residential Construction. Unusually for this trade, subsection B requires a residential roofing contractor to pass the residential roofing trade examination, so unlike Alabama or New Jersey this is a competency licence and not merely a registration.
Residential roofing is a subclassification of residential construction, and Act 757 of 2026, effective 1 August 2026, added subsection D extending the rule to any residential structure containing no more than four dwelling units. The penalties are real. Under R.S. 37:2163 it is unlawful to act as a contractor without an active licence, and a violation is a misdemeanour carrying a fine of up to $500 per day of violation, or three months in prison, or both. Where an unlicensed person causes harm or damage exceeding $300, the penalty rises to a fine of between $500 and $5,000, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for between six months and five years, or both. R.S. 37:2163(A)(2) separately makes it unlawful for any contractor, licensed or unlicensed, to publish or circulate a misleading or false claim about a person’s licence or classification in any medium, including digital platforms.
Check here: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. Check the classification itself on the board’s lookup, not just that a licence exists, because the statute names two classifications specifically. It is worth knowing that misrepresenting a licence or classification in advertising is itself unlawful in Louisiana under R.S. 37:2163(A)(2), so what a contractor claims about its credentials on its own website is a statement the state can act on.
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 shape of the Shreveport contractor market
2 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 705 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.7. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 383,269, a change of -2.58% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Shreveport rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA pool was scored out of 100 on four published components: certification tier, a Bayesian adjusted rating, review depth and distance from the metro centre. In this metro that meant scoring 2 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 1 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.7. The top two 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.
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: 2026-09-29. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Shreveport roofing questions, answered
Who is the best roofer in Shreveport, LA?
Hargrove Roofing & Construction of Shreveport, LA scores highest in the Shreveport metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 88.1 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds Master Elite certification with a 5.0 rating across 603 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the company behind it scores within 35.3 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Shreveport?
2 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA statistical area as of September 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Shreveport get?
The Shreveport-Bossier City, LA statistical area recorded 159 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 17 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 4.0 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 two.
What was the worst hailstorm in Shreveport in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 4.0 inches, reported near Vanceville on 24 April 2020. That is grapefruit sized. Stones that big destroy asphalt shingles outright, dent metal, crack tile and routinely total roofs across whole neighbourhoods. Across the decade the metro recorded 200 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $68.2 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Shreveport?
Severe-weather reports in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA statistical area cluster in April, May, June, 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 LA?
Louisiana requires a roofing-specific licence classification. Under La. R.S. 37:2156.4(A), on and after 1 January 2026 any person who advertises, solicits, undertakes, offers or submits a price, bid, quote or estimate to construct, modify, repair or maintain any portion of a roofing system on a residential structure worth $7,500 or more must hold the classification of Residential Roofing or Residential Construction. Unusually for this trade, subsection B requires a residential roofing contractor to pass the residential roofing trade examination, so unlike Alabama or New Jersey this is a competency licence and not merely a registration. Residential roofing is a subclassification of residential construction, and Act 757 of 2026, effective 1 August 2026, added subsection D extending the rule to any residential structure containing no more than four dwelling units. The penalties are real. Under R.S. 37:2163 it is unlawful to act as a contractor without an active licence, and a violation is a misdemeanour carrying a fine of up to $500 per day of violation, or three months in prison, or both. Where an unlicensed person causes harm or damage exceeding $300, the penalty rises to a fine of between $500 and $5,000, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for between six months and five years, or both. R.S. 37:2163(A)(2) separately makes it unlawful for any contractor, licensed or unlicensed, to publish or circulate a misleading or false claim about a person’s licence or classification in any medium, including digital platforms.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Shreveport?
Check the classification itself on the board’s lookup, not just that a licence exists, because the statute names two classifications specifically. It is worth knowing that misrepresenting a licence or classification in advertising is itself unlawful in Louisiana under R.S. 37:2163(A)(2), so what a contractor claims about its credentials on its own website is a statement the state can act on.
Is Shreveport a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Shreveport is the hardest metro on this site to build a list for, and the reason is worth more than the list. Caddo, Bossier and De Soto parishes logged 159 hail reports of an inch or more and $68.2 million in reported property damage over the decade, yet only two GAF-certified contractors in the market clear our five-review evidence floor. That is not a shortage of roofers. It is a market where the certified capacity sits in a different manufacturer’s network: Owens Corning’s own directory returns thirteen contractors within twenty miles of Shreveport, two of them at its top Platinum Preferred tier. So we rank the two we can rank, and then we show you the rest of the market by name, because a list of two is not a fair picture of north Louisiana and we are not going to pretend it is.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Shreveport?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Shreveport-Bossier City, LA statistical area logged 447 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 159 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 Longview, TX, about 57 miles from Shreveport
- Best roofers in Tyler, TX, about 89 miles from Shreveport
- Best roofers in Monroe, LA, about 100 miles from Shreveport
- Best roofers in Lake Charles, LA, another LA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Lafayette, LA, another LA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Davenport, IA, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Eugene, OR, 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 Shreveport, LA: 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.