Short answer: As of September 2026, the two highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Lafayette, LA metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Louisiana Pro Roofing (74.8), Elite Roofing & Construction LLC (69.6). Every one holds a manufacturer certification that can be verified independently, every rating below has been corroborated against at least one source outside the certification registry, and no company paid to appear here.
The Roofing Brief scored 2 certified roofing contractors serving the Lafayette metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top two individually to confirm its record. Two rule changes landed on Louisiana roofing inside a year, and both apply here. Since 1 August 2025, Act 239 has required a permit for roofing work statewide, and since 1 January 2026, under La. R.S. 37:2156.4, residential roofing of $7,500 or more requires a licence carrying the Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification, backed by a residential roofing trade examination. That second rule decided this page: the state board’s own records show the third-ranked certified contractor in Acadiana holds a commercial licence only, so it is documented as an exclusion below and this ranking lists two. Both remaining firms were checked against the Louisiana State Licensing Board record rather than against their own marketing.
Hail, codes and what they cost a Lafayette homeowner
Acadiana’s storm record is tornado-heavy for its size. NOAA holds 25 tornadoes across the four metro parishes over the decade, including an EF3 near Richard in Acadia Parish on 17 May 2020, alongside 131 severe wind reports and 61 hail reports, 48 of them an inch or larger. May is the peak month and 2024 the busiest year, with 70 reports.
The event that best describes the local risk was not a tornado. On 11 January 2020 winds estimated at 75 to 100 mph crossed the city of Lafayette, blowing down trees and power lines, dropping trees onto houses, taking the roof off a business and damaging the roofs of at least 15 homes. Straight-line wind of that kind finds the rake and ridge first, which is why fastening pattern and edge metal deserve more attention here than the shingle’s impact rating.
Hurricanes remain the tail risk, and the state’s answer is the FORTIFIED standard: a sealed roof deck, enhanced nailing and stronger edges, verified by an independent evaluator. Louisiana’s Fortify Homes Program awards grants of up to $10,000 by lottery toward a FORTIFIED roof and insurers apply premium discounts to one, so if either matters to you, ask whether the contractor has completed FORTIFIED roofs that passed evaluation.
The permit and the licence are both new enough that some contractors are still catching up, which makes them useful questions. Roofing work has required a permit across Louisiana since August 2025, issued here by Lafayette Consolidated Government or by the relevant parish office, and residential work of $7,500 or more has required the specific roofing classification since January 2026. Check the classification on the state licensing board’s lookup rather than accepting a general licence as proof.
The 2 best roofers in Lafayette, LA
Scored 2026-09-27. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Lafayette is 4.833, across a pool of 2 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Pro Roofing | 74.8 | Certified | 5.0 (99) | 4.944 | 2021 | Lafayette, LA |
| 2 | Elite Roofing & Construction LLC | 69.6 | Certified | 4.9 (93) | 4.877 | not published | Breaux Bridge, LA |
1. Louisiana Pro Roofing — TRB Score 74.8
Louisiana Pro Roofing is based in Lafayette, LA, in business since 2021, led by Marco Baez, BBB accredited since 8 November 2024, A+ rating, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), CertainTeed ShingleMaster Stated on the company’s own home page. Not confirmed against CertainTeed’s own contractor directory. https://louisianaproroofing.com/, Atlas Pro Stated on the company’s own home page. Not confirmed against Atlas Roofing’s own contractor directory. https://louisianaproroofing.com/. 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 | 37.8 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 74.8 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- The board’s lookup returns Louisiana Professional Contractors LLC at 4801 Johnston St, Lafayette, phone (337) 277-9214, holding an active Residential License RL.07691 (first issued 12 January 2026), an active Commercial License CL.12286 (first issued 10 July 2026) and an active Home Improvement Registration HI.563088 (first issued 14 May 2021); its listed classifications include RESIDENTIAL ROOFING with Marco Baez as qualifying party, and BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, HVAC and ELECTRICAL with Hector Manuel Pulles Jr.. Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, public contractor licence lookup
- BBB lists Louisiana Pro Roofing at 4801 Johnston St, Lafayette, LA 70503 as BBB Accredited since 8 November 2024 with an A+ rating, and names Marco Baez and Silvana Ansari as managers.. Better Business Bureau business profile
- The firm’s own home page carries the line “GAF Master Elite / CertainTeed ShingleMaster / Atlas Pro / BBB Accredited” and lists shingle roofs and replacements, standing-seam and metal systems, TPO, modified bitumen and roof coatings, plus storm-damage and leak repairs, from 4801 Johnston St, Lafayette.. Company website
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing across Acadiana: shingle replacements, standing-seam metal, and low-slope TPO, modified bitumen and coatings, plus leak repairs, storm damage and inspections.
Why it ranks here. A clean 5.0 across 99 registry reviews, the deepest and highest-rated customer record in a three-contractor metro, and one of the few Acadiana firms already carrying the new Residential Roofing classification on its state licence.
Best fit for: Lafayette Parish homeowners who want the specific roofing classification Louisiana began requiring in 2026.
What we would want clarified. Its GAF directory entry sits at the entry-level Certified tier while its own website claims GAF Master Elite, and the state board’s records show both its residential (RL.07691) and commercial (CL.12286) licences were first issued in 2026, so the licensed track record behind the company name is short. The same board record flags its general-liability policy (AMWINS, GL202500017636) as expired after 24 September 2026. 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 (337) 345-0991, 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. Elite Roofing & Construction LLC — TRB Score 69.6
Elite Roofing & Construction LLC is based in Breaux Bridge, LA, led by Rudy James Pearce, BBB accredited since 12 September 2008, A+ rating, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.1 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 14.8 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 7.8 | 10 |
| Total | 69.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- The board’s lookup returns ELITE ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, L.L.C. of P.O. Box 1053, Breaux Bridge with an active Commercial License CL.53802 first issued 4 August 2010 and an active Residential License RL.883868 first issued 3 November 2016; its classifications are BUILDING CONSTRUCTION and RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, both with Rudy James Pearce as qualifying party, and general-liability (CUMIS Specialty) and workers’ compensation (Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp) certificates are on file through 8 June 2027.. Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, public contractor licence lookup
- BBB shows Elite Roofing & Construction, LLC of Breaux Bridge as BBB Accredited since 12 September 2008 with an A+ rating and names Rudy Pearce as owner.. Better Business Bureau business profile
- The company’s own site gives its address as 609 Parkway Dr, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 and lists roof replacement and repair, storm-damage restoration, commercial TPO, PVC and metal systems, and roof coatings and maintenance programmes, describing itself as “Licensed & Insured” and “Locally Owned & Operated”.. Company website
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing out of Breaux Bridge for the Lafayette area: roof replacement and repair, storm-damage restoration, and commercial TPO, PVC, metal and coating work.
Why it ranks here. Seventeen years of unbroken A+ BBB accreditation dating to September 2008, with active state licences running back to 2010, by far the longest verifiable record in this metro.
Best fit for: Homeowners weighting a long, quiet record, and jobs where the building classification matters as much as the roofing one.
What we would want clarified. Its own website names no owner, gives no founding year and publishes no licence number, so both the principal and the licences are only traceable through the state board and BBB. Its state classifications are BUILDING CONSTRUCTION and RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION rather than the dedicated Residential Roofing classification, and the Owens Corning Preferred Contractor status that appears in third-party directory listings could not be confirmed on any Owens Corning page. 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 (337) 345-4313, 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 48 hail reports behind a Lafayette 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 4 counties of the Lafayette, LA statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 61 hail reports, 131 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 25 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $4.0 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Lafayette in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2017 | 2.75 in | Pecan Is | Vermilion |
| 5 March 2024 | 2.0 in | Richard | Acadia |
| 12 May 2024 | 2.0 in | Evangeline | Acadia |
| 1 May 2016 | 1.75 in | Ossun | Lafayette |
| 3 May 2017 | 1.75 in | Intracoastal City | Vermilion |
| 5 June 2022 | 1.75 in | Isle Labbe | St. Martin |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 3 May 2017 near Pecan Is, measured at 2.75 inches. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 100 knots, about 115 mph, near Richard on 3 May 2017. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 25 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF3 near Richard on 17 May 2020.
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 Scott, reproduced verbatim:
Scattered trees and power lines were blown down across the city of Lafayette. Several homes had trees land on them. One business lost its roof. At least 15 homes had roof damage. Winds were estimated at 75 to 100 mph. The path of the wind damage was 5 miles long and 2400 yards wide.
A roof in this metro is built against events like that one, as recorded by the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in May (84), April (43), March (20). The worst years on record were 2024 (70), 2017 (33), 2016 (19). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Lafayette, 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 Lafayette. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
Before you sign anything in Lafayette
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 Lafayette market behind this ranking
2 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Lafayette, LA statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 192 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.833. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 419,704, a change of 2.85% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Lafayette rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Lafayette, 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 0 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.833. The top two were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Where that research turned up something awkward it is on the page, and no placement was paid for.
Set aside in Lafayette. A contractor that would otherwise have scored into the top two was removed for the reason stated. The score is computed from public data, but where the research pass finds evidence undermining an input to that score, the score is set aside.
- Grizzly Commercial Roofing, which scored 60.3: would have ranked third on score, but the Louisiana State Licensing Board record shows only a Commercial License carrying a Roofing and Sheet Metal, Siding classification and no residential licence at all. Since 1 January 2026 residential roofing of $7,500 or more in Louisiana requires a Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification, so this contractor is not set up for the homeowner re-roof this page is about. The Roofing Brief makes no finding about the quality of its commercial work, which is what it is licensed and certified for
The full method, the weightings, what the GAF certification tiers actually mean, who is eligible to be ranked and what we do not claim are all set out on our roofer ranking methodology page. Last updated: September 2026. Scoring run: 2026-09-27. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Common questions about roofers in Lafayette
Who is the best roofer in Lafayette, LA?
Louisiana Pro Roofing of Lafayette, LA scores highest in the Lafayette metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 74.8 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds Certified certification with a 5.0 rating across 99 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the company behind it scores within 5.2 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Lafayette?
2 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Lafayette, LA statistical area as of September 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Lafayette get?
The Lafayette, LA statistical area recorded 48 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 3 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 2.75 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 Lafayette in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Lafayette, LA statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 2.75 inches, reported near Pecan Is on 3 May 2017. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 61 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $4.0 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Lafayette?
Severe-weather reports in the Lafayette, LA statistical area cluster in May, April, March, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. Outside those months local crews are not triaging storm damage, so lead times are shorter and scheduling is easier.
Do roofers need a licence in 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 Lafayette?
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 Lafayette a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Two rule changes landed on Louisiana roofing inside a year, and both apply here. Since 1 August 2025, Act 239 has required a permit for roofing work statewide, and since 1 January 2026, under La. R.S. 37:2156.4, residential roofing of $7,500 or more requires a licence carrying the Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification, backed by a residential roofing trade examination. That second rule decided this page: the state board’s own records show the third-ranked certified contractor in Acadiana holds a commercial licence only, so it is documented as an exclusion below and this ranking lists two. Both remaining firms were checked against the Louisiana State Licensing Board record rather than against their own marketing.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Lafayette?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Lafayette, LA statistical area logged 131 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 48 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.
Why is Grizzly Commercial Roofing not on this list?
Would have ranked third on score, but the Louisiana State Licensing Board record shows only a Commercial License carrying a Roofing and Sheet Metal, Siding classification and no residential licence at all. Since 1 January 2026 residential roofing of $7,500 or more in Louisiana requires a Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification, so this contractor is not set up for the homeowner re-roof this page is about. The Roofing Brief makes no finding about the quality of its commercial work, which is what it is licensed and certified for.
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 Baton Rouge, LA, about 56 miles from Lafayette
- Best roofers in Lake Charles, LA, about 71 miles from Lafayette
- Best roofers in New Orleans, LA, another LA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Slidell, LA, another LA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Asheville, NC, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Naples, FL, 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 Lafayette, 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.