Short answer: As of October 2026, the five highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Binghamton, NY metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are BSR (Binghamton Slag Roofing Co. Inc.) (57.2), Augustine Construction LLC (52.4), Robert Laman Jr. Construction, Inc. (51.9), KC Construction (32.9), Karabon Construction (32.4). All of them carry a verifiable manufacturer certification, every rating here was cross-checked against an independent record, and no money changed hands for any placement.
The Roofing Brief scored 5 certified roofing contractors serving the Binghamton metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top five individually to confirm its record. Binghamton’s storm record is dominated by wind by count and by a single afternoon by cost. Broome and Tioga counties logged 365 thunderstorm wind reports in ten years, but one twenty-minute hail episode on 3 July 2025 accounts for $24.9 million of the decade’s $26.6 million in recorded damage, and it fell on the oldest housing stock of any metro we cover: the median home in the City of Binghamton was built in 1945. New York licenses no roofers, so the protection that works here is a statute, General Business Law 771-b. Five certified firms clear our evidence floor, among them a roofing company incorporated in 1913.
The conditions a Binghamton roof has to be specified for
New York does not license home improvement contractors. The Department of State’s own consumer alert of May 2026 says so in those words, and lists the places that do license them locally, including New York City, Suffolk, Nassau, Westchester and Putnam, a list that leaves out Broome and Tioga. What exists locally is permitting. The Village of Endicott lists roofing among the work that needs a permit, with a site plan, drawings and insurance documentation, and the Town of Vestal’s permit application has a dedicated roofing subcontractor section and requires every contractor and subcontractor to hold a Town of Vestal Operating Permit before work starts. Ask which municipality your house is in, because the rules differ.
General Business Law 771-b is the statute to know. A roofing contractor must sign a written contract before doing roofing, gutter, downspout or siding work, and may not advertise or promise to pay or rebate any part of an insurance deductible, a ban that reaches allowances, discounts, gifts, coupons, credits and referral fees. An insured homeowner may cancel before midnight on the third business day after receiving written notice from the insurer that any part of the claim is not covered. And the roofer may not report, adjust or negotiate the claim on your behalf. The 2025 New York State Uniform Code took effect on 31 December 2025.
Winter is the other load here. NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normal for annual snowfall at Binghamton’s airport is 86.5 inches, with January averaging 20.6. The storm record adds structural events: an EF1 tornado near 100 mph crossed Fenton and Colesville on 15 April 2019, where the NWS survey found a house whose roof cover above the deck was lofted across the back yard, and on 28 February 2024 a brief EF0 near Castle Creek brought a large chimney down on the roof of a residence. The largest hailstone of the decade was 3.00 inches at Endwell on 1 June 2022.
The housing explains why a hailstorm here is so expensive. The median home was built in 1945 in the City of Binghamton, 1958 in Broome County and 1960 across the metro, and 56.0 percent of the city’s 21,393 occupied homes are rented. A house of that age has usually had several coverings, often over original board sheathing, and a reroof after hail is frequently the moment the deck, the flashing and the chimney all come into question at once.
The 5 best roofers in Binghamton, NY
Scored 2026-10-04. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Binghamton is 4.06, across a pool of 5 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BSR (Binghamton Slag Roofing Co. Inc.) | 57.2 | Certified | 4.9 (56) | 4.504 | 1913 | Binghamton, NY |
| 2 | Augustine Construction LLC | 52.4 | Master Elite | 4.2 (56) | 4.134 | not published | Endicott, NY |
| 3 | Robert Laman Jr. Construction, Inc. | 51.9 | Master Elite | 4.2 (46) | 4.127 | 1989 | Endwell, NY |
| 4 | KC Construction | 32.9 | Certified | 3.5 (27) | 3.864 | 1985 | Endwell, NY |
| 5 | Karabon Construction | 32.4 | Certified | 3.5 (27) | 3.864 | not published | Endicott, NY |
1. BSR (Binghamton Slag Roofing Co. Inc.) — TRB Score 57.2
BSR (Binghamton Slag Roofing Co. Inc.) is based in Binghamton, NY, in business since 1913, led by Charles Griffiths, owner; Gregory Griffiths, President, BBB a+ rating; accreditation status conflicting between sources; one complaint closed in three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 20.2 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 57.2 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Binghamton Slag Roofing Co. Inc., filed 7 March 1913.. New York Department of State corporation record
- Rated A+, business started 1913, Charles Griffiths as owner and Gregory Griffiths as president, one complaint closed in three years.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing within a 100 mile radius of Binghamton.
Why it ranks here. Incorporated on 7 March 1913, a date on which the state corporation record, BBB and the company’s own history all agree, which makes it the oldest firm in this batch and among the oldest roofing companies in this entire programme. It is family-run, based inside the city on Eldredge Street, and the top score in the metro on a 4.9 across 56 reviews. A firm that has roofed Binghamton for more than a century has worked on the 1945 housing stock since before it was built.
Best fit for: Older city housing, from the most established roofer in the metro.
What we would want clarified. Two small inconsistencies. Its BBB accreditation status conflicts between the profile we read, which shows it as not accredited, and a search result showing accreditation since 2008. Its own site calls it six generations while another of its pages says five. BBB records one complaint closed in three years, whose substance we could not see. Certification tier and reviews are unverified. 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 (607) 722-7221, 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. Augustine Construction LLC — TRB Score 52.4
Augustine Construction LLC is based in Endicott, NY, led by Tony Augustine, Not accredited; A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor. 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 | 5.4 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.0 | 10 |
| Total | 52.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Owens Corning Platinum Preferred, the network’s top tier, with 80 GuildQuality reviews averaging 4.93.. Owens Corning contractor network
- Rated A+ though not accredited, no complaints closed in three years.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Roofing, with remodelling.
Why it ranks here. The only firm here holding the top tier in a second manufacturer’s network, Owens Corning Platinum Preferred, alongside its GAF Master Elite, and its 80 GuildQuality reviews average 4.93, a much stronger figure than the 4.2 in the directory we score from. Its own site explicitly covers Binghamton, Broome and Tioga.
Best fit for: Homeowners wanting top-tier status in two manufacturer networks.
What we would want clarified. Its founding year has three answers: its website says 2009, BBB records a business start of 11 February 2014, and the LLC was filed on 11 September 2018. Its addresses differ between Endicott and Endwell across sources. The gap between a 4.2 in one dataset and a 4.93 in another is wide enough that you should read recent reviews yourself. Certification tier and the 4.2 figure are unverified. 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 (607) 341-5662, 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. Robert Laman Jr. Construction, Inc. — TRB Score 51.9
Robert Laman Jr. Construction, Inc. is based in Endwell, NY, in business since 1989, led by Robert Laman, owner, BBB accredited since August 2007, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), Owens Corning Preferred Contractor. 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 | 5.1 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 14.3 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.5 | 10 |
| Total | 51.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Accredited since August 2007 with an A+ rating and no complaints closed in three years, business dating to 1989.. BBB business profile
- Owens Corning Preferred Contractor with 24 GuildQuality reviews averaging about 4.9.. Owens Corning contractor network
What they actually do. Roofing and siding, with general contracting.
Why it ranks here. Trading since 1989, BBB accredited for nearly twenty years without a complaint in the last three, and listed in a second manufacturer network with consistently high survey results. It carries Master Elite certification.
Best fit for: A long-established Endwell firm with a clean BBB record.
What we would want clarified. Do not confuse it with Laman’s Roofing and Gutters LLC, a different business filed with the state on 15 June 2026 and listed separately in the Owens Corning locator at a Binghamton address; we found nothing linking the two. Its 4.2 across 46 reviews in the dataset we score from is weaker than its other records. The current corporation dates from 2012, consistent with an older business being incorporated. Certification tier and reviews are unverified. 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 (607) 785-7122, 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. KC Construction — TRB Score 32.9
KC Construction is based in Endwell, NY, in business since 1985, led by Bill Cunningham, President, BBB accredited since 2005, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 0.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 12.4 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.5 | 10 |
| Total | 32.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Accredited since 2005 with an A+ rating and no complaints closed in three years, Bill Cunningham as president.. BBB business profile
- Karges and Cunningham Enterprises, Inc., filed 1988 at the same Endwell address.. New York Department of State corporation record
What they actually do. General home improvement, with roofing among many lines.
Why it ranks here. A long-established Endwell remodeller, BBB accredited since 2005 without a complaint in three years, trading as KC for Karges and Cunningham.
Best fit for: Roof work bundled with wider home improvement.
What we would want clarified. Roofing is one line among many here and not the lead service on its own site, so a roofing specialist may suit a straightforward replacement better. Its 3.5 across 27 reviews is the weakest consumer figure on the page and is identical to the next firm’s; we checked and found no shared owner, address, entity or telephone number, so the match looks like a data quirk, which also means we cannot vouch for the figure itself. Certification tier and reviews are unverified. 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 (607) 748-0188, which is the registry’s contact line and is often a directory tracking number rather than the contractor’s own: take the number from the company’s own website and compare the two.
5. Karabon Construction — TRB Score 32.4
Karabon Construction is based in Endicott, NY, led by Not identified, BBB no BBB profile found, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), Owens Corning Preferred Contractor. 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 | 0.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 12.4 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.0 | 10 |
| Total | 32.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Owens Corning Preferred Contractor with 21 GuildQuality surveys, all recommending.. Owens Corning contractor network
What they actually do. Roofing and siding.
Why it ranks here. A small roofing and siding firm whose one independent credential, an Owens Corning Preferred listing, comes with 21 GuildQuality surveys in which every customer would recommend it.
Best fit for: A comparison quote, with the checks below.
What we would want clarified. This is the thinnest public footprint on the page. Its website domain did not resolve when we checked on 4 October 2026, we found no BBB profile, and no corporation or LLC under the Karabon name appears in the state’s active corporations data, so it may trade as a sole proprietorship under an assumed name filed with the county. Its addresses differ, with an apartment unit in Endicott on one listing. The 3.5 rating in our dataset is hard to square with its unanimous survey results and matches another firm’s figure exactly, so treat it as unreliable either way. Ask for proof of liability insurance and a written contract, which General Business Law 771 requires in any case. 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 (607) 341-0134, 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 42 hail reports behind a Binghamton 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 2 counties of the Binghamton, NY statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 59 hail reports, 365 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 3 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $26.6 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Binghamton in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2022 | 3.0 in | Endwell | Broome |
| 1 June 2022 | 2.25 in | Willow Pt | Broome |
| 1 June 2022 | 2.0 in | Endicott | Broome |
| 3 July 2025 | 2.0 in | Stella | Broome |
| 17 July 2021 | 2.0 in | Lisle | Broome |
| 29 June 2019 | 2.0 in | Broome | Broome |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 1 June 2022 near Endwell, measured at 3.0 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 70 knots, about 81 mph, near South Apalachin on 7 July 2021. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 3 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF1 near Tunnel on 15 April 2019.
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 7 July 2021 event near South Apalachin, reproduced verbatim:
A microburst hit Apalachin NY at 948 pm EDT Wednesday 7/7/21 as winds up to 80 mph blasted to the northeast and ended around Campville at 950 pm EDT. The winds were strongest from McFadden Road to Shady Hill Road and Route 434 near the eastern end of Main Street. The winds in these areas were between 70 and 80 mph. The rest of the Apalachin and Campville areas had winds of 60 to 70 mph estimated. The strongest winds lasted about 2 minutes. Numerous trees were blown down with many structures having minor damage and a few sustaining major damage from trees falling on them. This area of damage was within a much broader area of thunderstorm wind damage of 50 to 60 mph that hit many areas in…
That is the kind of damage a roof in this metro has to be specified against, described by the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in July (185), August (92), June (54). The worst years on record were 2021 (78), 2022 (67), 2019 (56). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Binghamton, 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 Binghamton. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
Twenty minutes on 3 July 2025, and nearly all the damage of a decade
Our count of NOAA Storm Events damage for Broome and Tioga counties across 2016 to 2025 is $26.61 million: $20.05 million from hail, $6.50 million from thunderstorm wind and $0.06 million from tornadoes. A single storm episode on 3 July 2025 accounts for $24.89 million of it, about 94 percent. Wind is the most frequent hazard by count, at 365 reports; by money, one hailstorm is almost the whole story.
The NWS narrative for the costliest record, a $20 million hail entry at Binghamton, describes an exceptional swath of hail damage approximately 2.5 miles wide and 5 miles long, with many trees completely stripped of their foliage, including an entire hillside. The hail reports that afternoon ran from 1:45pm to about 2:06pm and included two inch stones at Stella and 1.75 inch hail at Binghamton, the airport and Maine. The storm passed directly over the National Weather Service’s own Binghamton office, where large hail was observed and multiple vehicles in the car park were damaged.
The same storms brought wind damage. Strong thunderstorm winds snapped more than 50 poles in the Binghamton area, and winds snapped and uprooted around 40 acres of woods off Route 26 between East Maine and Hardy Roads. In Binghamton a tree fell onto a house. The NWS adds a caution that matters for anyone reading the figures: because of the extensive area of hail reports and the size of the hail, the full extent of the damage to buildings, vehicles and crops is unknown and the estimated damage costs are likely underdone.
A swath like that produces exactly the conditions General Business Law 771-b was written for: a sudden surge of claims, door-knocking contractors and pressure to sign. Under 771-b no roofer may promise to cover your deductible, no roofer may negotiate your claim for you, and you can cancel until midnight on the third business day after your insurer tells you in writing that any part of the claim is not covered. Those rights are worth more here than in most places precisely because there is no licence to check.
And the age of the stock changes what a good hail claim looks like. On a 1945 house the useful questions go below the shingles: whether the deck is original board sheathing, how many layers are on it, what happens to the chimney flashing, and what the contractor will do if the deck turns out to be unsound. Get a per-sheet price for deck replacement agreed before work starts, because on housing this old it is the item most often discovered halfway through a job.
The 3 July 2025 hailstorm in context
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Recorded storm damage, Broome and Tioga, 2016 to 2025 | $26.61 million | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Of which the 3 July 2025 episode | $24.89 million, about 94 percent | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Hail swath | About 2.5 miles wide and 5 miles long | NWS Binghamton |
| Largest stones that afternoon | 2.00 inches at Stella; 1.75 inches at Binghamton and the airport | NWS Binghamton |
| Poles snapped by wind | More than 50 | NWS Binghamton |
| Thunderstorm wind reports, 2016 to 2025 | 365 | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Largest hailstone of the decade | 3.00 inches, Endwell, 1 June 2022 | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Median year built, City of Binghamton | 1945 | ACS 2020 to 2024, B25035 |
| Deductible rebate and claim negotiation by roofers | Prohibited | NY General Business Law 771-b |
| Cancellation after a claim denial | Until midnight of the third business day | NY General Business Law 771-b |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database and NWS Binghamton narratives; NOAA 1991 to 2020 Climate Normals; New York General Business Law 771 and 771-b; NYS Department of State; Village of Endicott and Town of Vestal; US Census Bureau ACS.
Three things to confirm before work starts in Binghamton
There is no state roofing licence in NY. New York issues no statewide roofing licence and no statewide general contractor licence. Roofing is licensed locally, and whether a licence exists at all depends on which county or city the work happens in.
New York City requires a Home Improvement Contractor licence from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, involving a written exam, workers compensation and general liability certificates, a sales tax Certificate of Authority and proof of EPA certification. Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, and the City of Buffalo, run their own separate licensing bureaus.
That absence is the most important fact on this page. Where a state issues no credential, a manufacturer certification that can be revoked is the only quality signal a homeowner can actually check, which is why this ranking is built on certification rather than star ratings.
Check here: NYC DCWP Home Improvement Contractor licence. Confirm the contractor is licensed in the specific county where your home sits, not merely somewhere in the metro. A Westchester licence does not authorise work in Nassau.
Four checks to run before you sign anything, in any state.
- Verify certification at the source. Use the GAF verification tool rather than trusting a badge image on a company website.
- Get the certificate of insurance from the insurer, not the contractor, and confirm general liability and workers compensation are both active on the day work starts.
- Confirm who pulls the permit. If a contractor asks you to pull it as the homeowner, that moves liability onto you. Decline.
- Get warranty terms in writing before any deposit, and check the manufacturer warranty being promised actually requires the certification tier the contractor holds.
Who else is certified in Binghamton
5 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Binghamton, NY statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 212 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.06. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 243,971, a change of -1.28% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Binghamton rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Binghamton, NY 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 5 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 2 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.06. The top five were then researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. Good and bad findings are published together, and no contractor paid for a place here.
The full method, the weightings, what the GAF certification tiers actually mean, who is eligible to be ranked and what we do not claim are all set out on our roofer ranking methodology page. Last updated: October 2026. Scoring run: 2026-10-04. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Common questions about roofers in Binghamton
Who is the best roofer in Binghamton, NY?
BSR (Binghamton Slag Roofing Co. Inc.) of Binghamton, NY scores highest in the Binghamton metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 57.2 out of 100 as of October 2026. It holds Certified certification with a 4.9 rating across 56 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the four companies behind it score within 24.8 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Binghamton?
5 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Binghamton, NY statistical area as of October 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Binghamton get?
The Binghamton, NY statistical area recorded 42 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 6 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 3.0 inches.
Did any contractor pay to appear on this list?
No. The Roofing Brief takes no placement fees, no lead fees and no affiliate commission from any roofing contractor. Ranking comes entirely from the published formula applied to public registry data, followed by an individual research pass on the top five.
What was the worst hailstorm in Binghamton in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Binghamton, NY statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 3.0 inches, reported near Endwell on 1 June 2022. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 59 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $26.6 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Binghamton?
Severe-weather reports in the Binghamton, NY statistical area cluster in July, August, June, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. Scheduling discretionary work away from that window tends to get you a better crew and a faster start, because nobody is juggling emergency callouts.
Do roofers need a licence in NY?
New York issues no statewide roofing licence and no statewide general contractor licence. Roofing is licensed locally, and whether a licence exists at all depends on which county or city the work happens in. New York City requires a Home Improvement Contractor licence from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, involving a written exam, workers compensation and general liability certificates, a sales tax Certificate of Authority and proof of EPA certification. Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, and the City of Buffalo, run their own separate licensing bureaus.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Binghamton?
Confirm the contractor is licensed in the specific county where your home sits, not merely somewhere in the metro. A Westchester licence does not authorise work in Nassau.
Twenty minutes on 3 July 2025, and nearly all the damage of a decade?
Our count of NOAA Storm Events damage for Broome and Tioga counties across 2016 to 2025 is $26.61 million: $20.05 million from hail, $6.50 million from thunderstorm wind and $0.06 million from tornadoes. A single storm episode on 3 July 2025 accounts for $24.89 million of it, about 94 percent. Wind is the most frequent hazard by count, at 365 reports; by money, one hailstorm is almost the whole story.
Is Binghamton a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Binghamton’s storm record is dominated by wind by count and by a single afternoon by cost. Broome and Tioga counties logged 365 thunderstorm wind reports in ten years, but one twenty-minute hail episode on 3 July 2025 accounts for $24.9 million of the decade’s $26.6 million in recorded damage, and it fell on the oldest housing stock of any metro we cover: the median home in the City of Binghamton was built in 1945. New York licenses no roofers, so the protection that works here is a statute, General Business Law 771-b. Five certified firms clear our evidence floor, among them a roofing company incorporated in 1913.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Binghamton?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Binghamton, NY statistical area logged 365 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 42 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 Scranton, PA, about 50 miles from Binghamton
- Best roofers in Syracuse, NY, about 66 miles from Binghamton
- Best roofers in Utica, NY, another NY metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Poughkeepsie, NY, another NY metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Champaign, IL, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Lake Charles, LA, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Rochester, NY, also scored, about 114 miles away
- Best roofers in Buffalo, NY, also scored, about 160 miles away
See the full index of all 400 metro roofer rankings, or read how to find and vet a roofing contractor anywhere in the country.
Cite this analysis
The Roofing Brief. “Best Roofers in Binghamton, NY: 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.