Short answer: As of October 2026 no roofing contractor based in the Yuma metro holds GAF certification with five or more customer reviews, so The Roofing Brief ranks none here. Instead this page lists six local roofers we verified individually on the Arizona Registrar of Contractors register, each holding an active roofing licence with no open, disciplined or resolved complaints shown. Two have held their current roofing licences since 2003 and 2004, and one traces its roofing licence history to 1987.
The Roofing Brief searched the GAF certification registry across the principal cities of the Yuma, AZ statistical area. No roofing contractor based inside the metro clears the evidence floor this ranking applies, which is manufacturer certification plus at least five independent customer reviews, so this page ranks nobody rather than pad a list. What it does instead is set out the contractors we could verify individually against the credential that actually exists here. Yuma is the hot, dry corner of the country: about 118 days a year at 100 degrees or more, three inches of rain, and one hail report in ten years. Roofs here fail to sun and to monsoon microbursts, and many of them sit on mobile homes, which make up 28.6 percent of the metro’s housing. Arizona licenses every roofer through its Registrar of Contractors, and unlike Lake Havasu City, Yuma still requires a permit for a reroof. The state register, not a manufacturer badge, is the credential to check here.
Wind, terrain and the Yuma housing stock
Arizona makes it unlawful to contract without a Registrar of Contractors licence in good standing; residential roofing needs the R-42 or dual CR-42 roofing licence or a general building licence, and the handyman exemption covers only jobs under $1,000 that need no permit. The register shows each licence’s bond and its open and recently closed complaint cases, though settled or dismissed complaints without a corrective order are not shown. Our search found at least 20 active roofing licences with a Yuma address, five in San Luis and four in Somerton.
The Residential Contractors’ Recovery Fund can pay a homeowner’s unpaid judgment against a licensed residential contractor up to $30,000 per claimant and $200,000 per licence. A payment automatically suspends the contractor’s licence until the fund is repaid with interest. After a declared catastrophic storm, A.R.S. 32-1158.02 lets you cancel a roof contract within 72 hours of a claim denial or within four business days of signing, caps the down payment at half the contract, and, since the 2026 amendments, bars the contractor from paying or rebating your deductible or acting as your adjuster.
The City of Yuma adopted the 2024 International Residential Code in September 2025. Its amendments add permit exemptions only for like-size windows and electric water heaters, not for reroofing, so a reroof needs a permit. The fee is valuation-based: $110 for the first $2,000 plus $16 per $1,000 after that, about $318 on a $15,000 job. Yuma keeps the residential energy chapter but makes several parts optional, and we found no rule requiring a reflective roof on a reroof.
The storm record is wind. Across 2016 to 2025 Yuma County logged one hail report, a one-inch stone at Yuma Proving Ground, against 67 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 of them at 58 knots or more, with August and September carrying most. On 21 July 2021 a microburst at Tacna with gusts estimated at 65 to 75 mph tore the roofs off several homes. The metro’s median home was built in 1995, and 11 percent of its housing sits empty as seasonal homes.
Yuma roofers verified on the state register
No roofer based in the metro clears our certified ranking floor, so none is ranked. These six were checked on the Arizona Registrar of Contractors register: each holds an active dual roofing licence with no open, disciplined or resolved complaints shown. They are not scored and we are not recommending them. We left out one Owens Corning Preferred firm with an open complaint case alleging abandonment, which is an allegation rather than a finding, and several others with too little public record to assess.
| Company | Verified credential |
|---|---|
| Lines & Lundgreen LLC | Roofing licence ROC 342388 since December 2022, succeeding a roofing licence held from 1987, with the largest bond in this list; BBB accredited since 2018 at A+, founded 1977 per BBB; also insulation and acoustical trades. Current licence renews 31 December 2026. |
| Gon Roofing Inc | Roofing licence ROC 181314 since January 2003; South Date Avenue, Yuma; BBB accredited since 2010 at A+, no complaints in three years. |
| DSR Roofing (Davin S. Rich Roofing & Protective Coatings LLC) | Roofing licence ROC 248418 since 2008 with a $25,000 bond; BBB accredited since 2008 at A+; elastomeric coatings for homes, mobile homes, park models and RVs. |
| Almodova Roofing and Insulation LLC | Roofing licence ROC 323460 since 2019; BBB accredited since 2015 at A+. The family name has older roofing licences dating to 1974, now revoked after expiring, and its founding date varies by source. |
| A B Roofing Experts Inc | Roofing licence ROC 201100 since November 2004; BBB A+, not accredited. Licence renewal falls due 30 November 2026. |
| Advanced Roofing & Cooling LLC | Roofing licence ROC 360296 issued July 2025, the youngest on this list, with an air conditioning licence too; Owens Corning Preferred; BBB accredited since February 2024 at A+. |
The 67 wind reports that shape a Yuma 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 1 county of the Yuma, AZ statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 1 hail report, 67 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 1 tornado. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $1.5 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The largest hail on record in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 October 2022 | 1.0 in | Yuma Proving Ground | Yuma |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 6 October 2022 near Yuma Proving Ground, measured at 1.0 inches. One inch is the point at which hail starts bruising asphalt shingles, which is damage an adjuster can find even when a homeowner cannot.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 70 knots, about 81 mph, near Horn on 22 December 2023. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 1 tornado touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF0 near Dome on 13 October 2018.
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 22 December 2023 event near Horn, reproduced verbatim:
Power pole snapped and multiple power lines down along N Avenue 64 E in Dateland. Winds were estimated at between 75-85 mph. No injuries were reported.
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 August (27), September (26), July (10). The worst years on record were 2022 (21), 2025 (17), 2017 (8). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Yuma, 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 Yuma. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
Sun, microbursts and coatings: roofing in Yuma
NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normals for Yuma Marine Corps Air Station average 118 days a year at or above 100 degrees and 181 at or above 90, with 3.28 inches of rain and essentially no frost. Our count of the station’s daily maxima from 2016 to 2025 averages 30 days a year at 110 or more, from 20 in 2022 to 45 in 2024, with a peak of 120 degrees on 19 June 2016.
Hail, the driver of roof replacement across much of the country, is almost absent: one report in ten years. What damages Yuma roofs is the summer monsoon’s downburst. At Tacna on 21 July 2021 NWS recorded extensive damage to homes and businesses and several roofs torn off, and shelters were opened. In August 2020 a storm at Hyder knocked over 63 power poles.
The housing stock shapes the market. More than a quarter of the metro’s homes, 28.6 percent, are mobile homes, against 5.6 percent nationally, and 11 percent of units are seasonal homes for winter visitors. That is why several of Yuma’s longest-licensed roofers are foam and coating specialists: elastomeric and foam systems suit the low-slope roofs of mobile homes, park models and many desert houses, and reflect the sun.
Arizona sets no energy code, and Yuma’s amendments make much of its residential energy chapter optional, so a reflective coating or a cool-rated shingle is the owner’s choice rather than a requirement. Unlike Lake Havasu City, though, Yuma still requires a permit for a reroof, which brings an inspection.
For a homeowner the checks are clear. Look the roofer up on the Registrar of Contractors register for the licence class, bond and complaints. On a mobile home, ask whether the roofer works on that kind of structure and what the coating’s warranty requires. And after a monsoon storm, remember the cancellation rights and the deductible ban that now apply in Arizona.
Yuma’s climate and the rules on a reroof
| Item | Figure or rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Days at or above 100 degrees | 118.2 a year at Yuma MCAS | NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals |
| Days at or above 110 degrees, 2016 to 2025 | About 30 a year | Our count of NOAA daily records |
| Annual rainfall | 3.28 inches | NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals |
| Hail vs wind reports, 2016 to 2025 | 1 vs 67 | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Tacna microburst, 21 July 2021 | Several roofs torn off; $500,000 | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Mobile homes in the metro | 28.6 percent of housing | ACS 2020 to 2024, B25024 |
| Reroof permit | Required; no local exemption | Yuma City Code 150-180 |
| Permit fee on a $15,000 reroof | About $318 | Yuma IRC R108.2, Table 1-A |
| Contractor licence | Registrar of Contractors; R-42 or CR-42 | A.R.S. 32-1151 |
| Recovery fund | Up to $30,000 per claimant | A.R.S. 32-1133 |
Source: NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals and daily records for Yuma MCAS; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; Yuma City Code 150-180 and Ordinance O2025-034 (American Legal Publishing); A.R.S. 32-1121, 32-1133, 32-1139, 32-1151 and 32-1158.02 and Laws 2026, chapter 157; Arizona Registrar of Contractors register; US Department of Energy Building Energy Codes Program; US Census Bureau ACS 2020 to 2024.
The checks worth making in Yuma
Licensing is required in AZ. Arizona requires a Registrar of Contractors licence for any contracting work, with a narrow handyman exemption for casual or minor work under $1,000 that needs no building permit. Roofing is the R-42 classification, though general building licences such as KB-1 and KB-2 also cover it. Contracting without a licence is a class 1 misdemeanour with a minimum fine of $1,000.
The Residential Contractors’ Recovery Fund pays a homeowner’s unpaid judgment against a licensed residential contractor up to $30,000 per claimant and $200,000 per licence (A.R.S. 32-1133 and 32-1139). For post-storm residential roof contracts A.R.S. 32-1158.02 gives two cancellation rights, within 72 hours of the insurer denying the claim and for any reason within four business days of signing, and caps the down payment at 50 percent. Since 12 September 2026, under SB 1206, a post-storm contractor may not pay, promise to pay or rebate your deductible, may not act as your adjuster, and may not start non-emergency work before the insurer decides the claim.
Check here: Arizona ROC licence search. The ROC record shows disciplinary and complaint history alongside licence status.
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 Yuma contractor market
0 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Yuma, AZ statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 0 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.55. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 220,310, a change of 7.46% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Yuma rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Yuma, AZ 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 0 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 0 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.55. No contractor cleared the floor, so the alternatives listed above were instead 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: October 2026. Scoring run: 2026-10-05. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Questions Yuma homeowners ask
Who are the best roofers in Yuma, AZ?
No Yuma roofer holds GAF certification with at least five reviews, so The Roofing Brief ranks none. It verified six local roofers on the Arizona Registrar of Contractors register instead: Lines and Lundgreen, Gon Roofing, DSR Roofing and Protective Coatings, Almodova Roofing and Insulation, A B Roofing Experts and Advanced Roofing and Cooling. Check any roofer’s licence and complaint record on the register before signing.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Yuma?
0 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Yuma, AZ statistical area as of October 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Yuma get?
The Yuma, AZ statistical area recorded 1 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 1.0 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 every verified alternative listed.
What was the worst hailstorm in Yuma in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Yuma, AZ statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 1.0 inches, reported near Yuma Proving Ground on 6 October 2022. One inch is the point at which hail starts bruising asphalt shingles, which is damage an adjuster can find even when a homeowner cannot. Across the decade the metro recorded 1 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $1.5 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Yuma?
Severe-weather reports in the Yuma, AZ statistical area cluster in August, September, July, 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 AZ?
Arizona requires a Registrar of Contractors licence for any contracting work, with a narrow handyman exemption for casual or minor work under $1,000 that needs no building permit. Roofing is the R-42 classification, though general building licences such as KB-1 and KB-2 also cover it. Contracting without a licence is a class 1 misdemeanour with a minimum fine of $1,000. The Residential Contractors’ Recovery Fund pays a homeowner’s unpaid judgment against a licensed residential contractor up to $30,000 per claimant and $200,000 per licence (A.R.S. 32-1133 and 32-1139). For post-storm residential roof contracts A.R.S. 32-1158.02 gives two cancellation rights, within 72 hours of the insurer denying the claim and for any reason within four business days of signing, and caps the down payment at 50 percent. Since 12 September 2026, under SB 1206, a post-storm contractor may not pay, promise to pay or rebate your deductible, may not act as your adjuster, and may not start non-emergency work before the insurer decides the claim.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Yuma?
The ROC record shows disciplinary and complaint history alongside licence status.
Sun, microbursts and coatings: roofing in Yuma?
NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normals for Yuma Marine Corps Air Station average 118 days a year at or above 100 degrees and 181 at or above 90, with 3.28 inches of rain and essentially no frost. Our count of the station’s daily maxima from 2016 to 2025 averages 30 days a year at 110 or more, from 20 in 2022 to 45 in 2024, with a peak of 120 degrees on 19 June 2016.
Is Yuma a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Yuma is the hot, dry corner of the country: about 118 days a year at 100 degrees or more, three inches of rain, and one hail report in ten years. Roofs here fail to sun and to monsoon microbursts, and many of them sit on mobile homes, which make up 28.6 percent of the metro’s housing. Arizona licenses every roofer through its Registrar of Contractors, and unlike Lake Havasu City, Yuma still requires a permit for a reroof. The state register, not a manufacturer badge, is the credential to check here.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Yuma?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Yuma, AZ statistical area logged 67 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 1 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 Lake Havasu City, AZ, about 138 miles from Yuma
- Best roofers in San Diego, CA, about 153 miles from Yuma
- Best roofers in Phoenix, AZ, about 159 miles from Yuma
- Best roofers in Prescott Valley, AZ, another AZ metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Tucson, AZ, another AZ metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Medford, OR, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Columbia, MO, 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 Yuma, AZ: 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.