Short answer: As of September 2026, the four highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Visalia, CA metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Xtreme Roofing Contractors, Inc. (59.6), Rainbow Roofing Inc, trading as Efrain Zepeda’s Rainbow Roofing (55.6), OneRoof Solution (45.3), Central Valley Roofing Inc (29.2). Each is certified by a manufacturer whose register we checked by hand, each rating has been tested against a source outside that register, and nobody bought a place on this page.
The Roofing Brief scored 4 certified roofing contractors serving the Visalia metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top four individually to confirm its record. Two things make Visalia the hardest metro to write about in this programme. Tulare County recorded four hail reports in ten years and $84,000 of severe-weather damage, so the storm record explains essentially nothing about why roofs fail here. And the certified pool is four contractors with an average rating of 4.35, the second-lowest metro mean on this site behind Salinas. That combination, almost no weather and almost no certified capacity, means the useful content on this page is the regulation rather than the ranking: California’s cool-roof rule decides what you are allowed to install, and the CSLB record is the only place a Tulare County homeowner can check a contractor’s history.
What actually ages a Visalia roof
Title 24 Part 6 governs the specification. Tulare County sits in California Climate Zone 13, one of the hottest in the state, and a residential re-roof must meet minimum aged solar reflectance and thermal emittance values, or an equivalent Solar Reflectance Index, before the building department will close the permit. In a climate zone this hot the requirement is not a formality: it rules out some darker products outright. Ask any contractor to name the exact product and confirm in writing that it is CRRC-rated for Zone 13.
The permit sequence includes a step worth insisting on. A Visalia-area re-roof normally involves an inspection of the deck and underlayment before the covering goes on, then a final inspection. The mid-job inspection is the only independent look anyone takes at your roof deck, and it is what catches rotten sheathing being covered rather than replaced. If a contractor suggests skipping the permit to save the fee, that is what you would be giving up.
California licenses roofing as Class C-39 through the Contractors State License Board, requiring four years of journey-level experience and two examinations, and the CSLB record publishes complaint and disciplinary history alongside the licence status. With this metro’s pool as thin as it is, running each candidate through that record yourself is the single most valuable half hour you can spend.
Roofs in Tulare County fail slowly, from ultraviolet degradation and thermal cycling through long, very hot summers, rather than suddenly from storm damage. Nobody knocks on doors here after a hailstorm, which removes the storm-chasing problem entirely, but it also means nothing external will prompt you to act. Granule accumulation in the gutters and shingles curling at the edges are the local warning signs.
The 4 best roofers in Visalia, CA
Scored 2026-09-24. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Visalia is 4.35, across a pool of 4 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xtreme Roofing Contractors, Inc. | 59.6 | Master Elite | 4.5 (21) | 4.394 | not published | Visalia, CA |
| 2 | Rainbow Roofing Inc, trading as Efrain Zepeda’s Rainbow Roofing | 55.6 | Certified | 4.7 (109) | 4.59 | 1995 | Reedley, CA |
| 3 | OneRoof Solution | 45.3 | Certified | 4.6 (10) | 4.392 | 2022 | Visalia, CA |
| 4 | Central Valley Roofing Inc | 29.2 | Certified | 3.6 (5) | 4.282 | 2015 | Delano, CA |
1. Xtreme Roofing Contractors, Inc. — TRB Score 59.6
Xtreme Roofing Contractors, Inc. is based in Visalia, CA, BBB a+ rating, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 15.8 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 9.9 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 59.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated, with CSLB licence numbers on the BBB record. BBB
- Holds CSLB licences 1092991 and 872910 covering roofing and general building. BuildZoom
What they actually do. Roofing and general building across Tulare County.
Why it ranks here. The only Master Elite contractor in the metro, holding both a roofing and a general building classification, which matters when a tear-off exposes structural work a roofing-only licence cannot cover.
Best fit for: Visalia homeowners, and roofs where deck or structural repair is likely.
What we would want clarified. Twenty-one registry reviews and a 4.5 rating. Note also that one licence number recorded on the BBB profile shows a 2024 expiry while a second is current; confirm which licence the work will be performed under and check it on the CSLB record before signing. 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 (559) 622-6270, 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. Rainbow Roofing Inc, trading as Efrain Zepeda’s Rainbow Roofing — TRB Score 55.6
Trades as Rainbow Roofing Inc, trading as Efrain Zepeda’s Rainbow Roofing; listed on the GAF registry as Rainbow Roofing Inc.
Rainbow Roofing Inc, trading as Efrain Zepeda’s Rainbow Roofing is based in Reedley, CA, in business since 1995, led by Efrain Zepeda, Not accredited, A+ rating, zero complaints, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 23.6 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 5.0 | 10 |
| Total | 55.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated though not accredited, with zero complaints on file, in business 27 years from a 1995 start under owner Efrain Zepeda. BBB
- Contractor and permit record on BuildZoom. BuildZoom
What they actually do. Residential roofing across Tulare and Fresno counties.
Why it ranks here. 109 registry reviews at 4.7 is by a wide margin the deepest evidence base in this metro, from a business trading since 1995 with a zero-complaint BBB record and a named owner.
Best fit for: Northern Tulare County and Reedley-area homeowners. On evidence depth this is the strongest record on the page.
What we would want clarified. Base GAF certification rather than a higher tier, which is why it ranks second, and twenty miles from the metro centre. 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 (559) 637-2274, 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. OneRoof Solution — TRB Score 45.3
Trades as OneRoof Solution; listed on the GAF registry as One Roof Solution.
OneRoof Solution is based in Visalia, CA, in business since 2022, Not accredited, A+ rating, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 15.7 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 7.7 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 45.3 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated though not BBB accredited, established 2022, three years in business. BBB
- Commercial and industrial roofing. Company
What they actually do. Commercial and industrial roofing, with residential work, across the Central Valley.
Why it ranks here. An A+ BBB rating on a young company, based in Visalia itself, with a commercial and industrial focus that suits the flat and low-slope roofs common on valley additions and outbuildings.
Best fit for: Flat and low-slope roofs, and commercial property in Visalia.
What we would want clarified. Ten registry reviews and trading only since 2022. Base certification. Verify the CSLB licence and its complaint history directly. 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 (855) 762-7663, 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. Central Valley Roofing Inc — TRB Score 29.2
Central Valley Roofing Inc is based in Delano, CA, in business since 2015, Not accredited, A+ rating, zero complaints, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 11.3 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 5.7 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 0.2 | 10 |
| Total | 29.2 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated though not accredited, with zero reviews and zero complaints on file, in business since 1 September 2015. BBB
- Registered as CENTRAL VALLEY ROOFING, INC., entity C3826433. California Secretary of State
What they actually do. Residential roofing across the southern Central Valley.
Why it ranks here. An A+ BBB rating with a zero-complaint record and corporate registration traceable on the Secretary of State register.
What we would want clarified. This is the weakest entry on any page in this programme and it appears only because Tulare County’s certified pool is four contractors deep. Its registry rating is 3.6 across five reviews, which is both the lowest rating and the smallest sample we rank anywhere, and five reviews is exactly our evidence floor. It also sits 39 miles from Visalia, at the very edge of the radius this page uses, in Kern County. The A+ BBB rating and clean complaint record are genuine. We rank it because the formula ranks it and dropping an entry purely for scoring badly would make this list less honest rather than more, but treat it as a name to interview from scratch, check the CSLB record carefully, and get quotes from outside this list as well. 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 (661) 586-2518, 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.
10 severe weather reports in a decade, and why that matters in Visalia
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 Visalia, CA statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 4 hail reports, 7 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 1 tornado. 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.
The biggest hail to fall on Visalia in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2016 | 1.25 in | East Tulare Villa | Tulare |
| 31 January 2016 | 1.25 in | Porterville | Tulare |
| 11 September 2017 | 0.88 in | Camp Nelson | Tulare |
| 5 April 2024 | 0.75 in | Cinowths Corner | Tulare |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 24 April 2016 near East Tulare Villa, measured at 1.25 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 50 knots, about 58 mph, near Tulare Airpark on 21 March 2017. 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 Yettem on 22 March 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 21 March 2017 event near Tulare Airpark, reproduced verbatim:
Reports of trees uprooted and snapped midway up the trunk at the Tulare Golf Course. One forecaster did a quick survey of the area and estimated 40 trees down or damaged. Otherwise, little damage to the course or structures.
That account is the design case for a roof here, and it comes from the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in April (3), March (3), September (3). The worst years on record were 2017 (4), 2016 (2), 2023 (2). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Visalia, 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 Visalia. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
How to check a Visalia 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.
How many certified roofers Visalia actually has
4 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Visalia, CA statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 145 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.35. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 483,546, a change of 2.2% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Visalia rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Visalia, 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 4 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 1 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.35. The top four were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Anything unflattering that research surfaced appears above alongside the rest, and no company bought its position.
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: 2026-09-24. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Visalia roofing questions, answered
Who is the best roofer in Visalia, CA?
Xtreme Roofing Contractors, Inc. of Visalia, CA scores highest in the Visalia metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 59.6 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds Master Elite certification with a 4.5 rating across 21 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the three companies behind it score within 30.4 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Visalia?
4 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Visalia, CA statistical area as of September 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Visalia get?
The Visalia, CA statistical area recorded 2 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 1.25 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 four.
What was the worst hailstorm in Visalia in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Visalia, CA statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 1.25 inches, reported near East Tulare Villa on 24 April 2016. 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 4 hail reports. 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.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Visalia?
Severe-weather reports in the Visalia, CA statistical area cluster in April, March, September, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. Booking non-urgent roof work outside those months usually means shorter lead times, because local crews are not simultaneously triaging storm callouts.
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 Visalia?
The CSLB record also shows complaint and disciplinary history, including citations and accusations. Treat any status other than Active as disqualifying.
Is Visalia a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Two things make Visalia the hardest metro to write about in this programme. Tulare County recorded four hail reports in ten years and $84,000 of severe-weather damage, so the storm record explains essentially nothing about why roofs fail here. And the certified pool is four contractors with an average rating of 4.35, the second-lowest metro mean on this site behind Salinas. That combination, almost no weather and almost no certified capacity, means the useful content on this page is the regulation rather than the ranking: California’s cool-roof rule decides what you are allowed to install, and the CSLB record is the only place a Tulare County homeowner can check a contractor’s history.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Visalia?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Visalia, CA statistical area logged 7 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 2 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 Fresno, CA, about 41 miles from Visalia
- Best roofers in Bakersfield, CA, about 69 miles from Visalia
- Best roofers in Merced, CA, about 93 miles from Visalia
- Best roofers in San Luis Obispo, CA, another CA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Santa Maria, CA, another CA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Santa Rosa, CA, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Wilmington, NC, 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 Visalia, CA: 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.