Short answer: As of October 2026, the two highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Columbia, MO metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are CoMo Premium Exteriors (77.4), Resolve Roofing (75.3). 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 Columbia metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top two individually to confirm its record. Columbia is a majority-renter college town in a state that licenses no roofers. Missouri has no state roofing licence or registration, and Columbia’s own code licenses electrical, plumbing, mechanical and fuel gas contractors but has no roofing category, so the checks a homeowner can run are a city permit, dated third-party records and a statute about insurance claims. Only two certified firms appear in the manufacturer directory for Columbia, both based in the city, so two are ranked, and five more credentialed local firms are listed for comparison.
What a Columbia, MO roof is up against
Missouri’s Division of Professional Registration licenses electrical contractors but has no roofing, general contractor or home improvement category, and no bill to create a roofer registration has been enacted. Claims online that Missouri roofers must register with the state since 2023 are wrong. Inside Columbia, City Code Sec. 6-66 requires electrical, mechanical, plumbing and fuel gas work to be done by contractors licensed by the city, but Chapter 6 contains no roofing licence. A roofer can trade in Columbia lawfully with no trade credential at all.
What the state does regulate is the storm-claim contract. RSMo 407.725 bars a roofer from offering to pay or rebate any part of your insurance deductible, in cash, discounts, gifts or referral fees, and bars it from representing or negotiating your claim. If the insurer denies all or part of the claim in writing, you may cancel the contract before midnight on the fifth business day after that notice, and the roofer must have attached a detachable Notice of Cancellation form in 10-point bold type. Payments come back within ten days, less the reasonable value of emergency work you acknowledged in writing.
The city layer is the permit. Columbia’s adopted 2018 IRC amendments do not exempt re-roofing, and the city’s own permit reports carry a one-family reroof work class. The fee is $2.25 per $1,000 of construction value with a $35 minimum, repairs and alterations are valued at half of new construction, and work started without a permit pays double, triple on a second offence. The local design values are 115 mph wind and 20 psf ground snow, and unusually for Missouri the city’s table states that ice barrier underlayment is not required.
The storm record is moderate. Across 2016 to 2025, Boone, Cooper and Howard counties logged 31 hail reports, 25 of an inch or more and the largest 3.0 inches near Fayette on 31 March 2023, plus 118 thunderstorm wind reports and 6 tornado segments. On 20 April 2025 an EF1 touched down a mile north of Columbia along Rangeline Road and ran 3.31 miles across Highway 63. The housing stock is young for Missouri, with a median year built of 1993 in the city.
The 2 best roofers in Columbia, MO
Scored 2026-10-05. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Columbia is 4.85, across a pool of 2 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CoMo Premium Exteriors | 77.4 | Master Elite | 4.7 (655) | 4.711 | 2010 | Columbia, MO |
| 2 | Resolve Roofing | 75.3 | Certified | 5.0 (411) | 4.984 | 2020 | Columbia, MO |
1. CoMo Premium Exteriors — TRB Score 77.4
CoMo Premium Exteriors is based in Columbia, MO, in business since 2010, led by Elias Abadi, President; Joseph Burns, Director (BBB), BBB accredited since 9 May 2011, A+ rating, three complaints closed in three years, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), Top tier on the Owens Corning contractor locator. 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 | 28.4 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 77.4 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Accredited since 9 May 2011 with an A+ rating, business start 1 May 2010, three complaints closed in three years.. BBB business profile
- Listed at the locator’s top tier with offices in Columbia, Boonville, Jefferson City and Moberly.. Owens Corning contractor locator
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing, siding, gutters, windows and storm restoration.
Why it ranks here. Columbia’s established certified roofer: headquartered on the I-70 corridor in Columbia since 2010, BBB accredited since 2011, and now running six mid-Missouri offices from Jefferson City to Sedalia. A 4.7 across 655 reviews is the deepest consumer record in the market, and it holds top-tier status in Owens Corning’s network as well as GAF’s.
Best fit for: Homeowners who want an established local firm with depth, and combined roof, siding and gutter projects.
What we would want clarified. Three BBB complaints closed in three years, more than the other ranked firm; we did not see their content. It is a multi-trade exterior company rather than a roofing-only shop, and the growth to six offices means asking who will actually run your job. Missouri has no state licence to check. 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 (573) 424-9008, 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. Resolve Roofing — TRB Score 75.3
Resolve Roofing is based in Columbia, MO, in business since 2020, led by Shayne Cook, owner (BBB), BBB accredited since 15 February 2022, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), Top tier on the Owens Corning contractor locator. 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 | 39.3 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 13.9 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 75.3 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Accredited since 15 February 2022 with an A+ rating, business start 31 July 2020, veteran-owned, no complaints closed in three years.. BBB business profile
- Listed at the locator’s top tier at 1000 Big Bear Blvd, Columbia.. Owens Corning contractor locator
What they actually do. Residential roof replacement and repair, insurance claim work, gutters and siding.
Why it ranks here. A veteran-owned Columbia roofer with a perfect 5.0 across 411 reviews and a clean BBB file: accredited at A+ with no complaints in three years. It also sits at the top tier of Owens Corning’s network.
Best fit for: Homeowners who weight a spotless recent record over decades of trading.
What we would want clarified. It began trading only in July 2020, so its record covers about six years. Marketing copy describes it as a licensed Missouri general contractor with the number BLO19392; Missouri issues no state general contractor licence, so treat that as a local business licence, not a state credential. Its insurance-claim marketing should be read against RSMo 407.725, which bars a roofer from negotiating your claim. 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 (573) 234-0071, 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.
Other credentialed roofers serving Columbia
Only two certified firms are ranked here. These five sit in Owens Corning’s contractor network with Columbia addresses. They are not scored and we are not recommending them; we treat their own claims as leads rather than verified facts.
| Company | Verified credential |
|---|---|
| Precision Construction Services Inc | Top tier on the Owens Corning locator on West Broadway in Columbia; BBB accredited since 2009 at A+, founded 1996, with no complaints closed in three years. |
| CSG Restoration LLC | Owens Corning Preferred on Industrial Drive in Columbia; BBB accredited since 2017 at A+, with a 1996 business start and no complaints closed in three years. |
| Midwest Roofing | Top tier on the Owens Corning locator with a Columbia office; headquartered in Eldon at Lake of the Ozarks, where its BBB file is accredited at A+ with four complaints closed in three years. |
| Enrich Construction & Remodeling Inc | Owens Corning Preferred; a general contractor and remodeller rather than a roofing-first firm, BBB A+ but not accredited, incorporated 2005. |
| Platinum Roofing and Siding, LLC | Owens Corning Preferred on East Nifong Boulevard; BBB A+ but not accredited, file opened 2020, one complaint closed in three years. |
The 25 hail reports behind a Columbia, MO roof
Aggregate hail counts tell you very little about a specific roof. These are the individual events: every severe-weather report logged by the National Weather Service across the 3 counties of the Columbia, MO statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 31 hail reports, 118 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 6 tornadoes. 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 Columbia in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2023 | 3.0 in | Burton | Howard |
| 4 April 2023 | 2.75 in | Harrisburg | Boone |
| 4 April 2023 | 2.0 in | North Boonville | Howard |
| 4 April 2023 | 2.0 in | New Franklin | Howard |
| 8 June 2022 | 2.0 in | Burton | Howard |
| 31 March 2023 | 2.0 in | Columbia | Boone |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 31 March 2023 near Burton, 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 Chouteau Spgs on 5 April 2022. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 6 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF2 near Pilot Grove on 2 April 2025.
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 5 April 2022 event near Chouteau Spgs, reproduced verbatim:
Nearby a ham radio operator reported 70 to 80 mph wind gusts, just before power lines were blown across Highway 135 at this location.
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 June (44), March (22), May (21). The worst years on record were 2025 (40), 2017 (26), 2023 (26). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Columbia, 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 Columbia. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
A renters’ city that inspects rentals but not roofers
Renters occupy 26,972 of Columbia’s 52,564 occupied homes, 51.3 percent, against 40.1 percent across the wider metro. That makes Columbia one of the few majority-renter cities of its size in Missouri, and it means a large share of roof decisions are made by landlords rather than the people sleeping under the roof.
The city has a tool for that. Columbia’s Rental Unit Conservation Law, in City Code Chapter 22, makes it unlawful to operate an apartment house, rooming house, two-family dwelling or single rental unit without a current certificate of compliance. A long-term certificate requires an inspection of each unit and runs for five years. The city’s amended property maintenance code even defines a rooming house to include fraternity and sorority housing for students. The adopted 2018 International Property Maintenance Code is what governs the condition of an existing building, roofs included.
So the regulatory weight in Columbia falls on the building, not the roofer. The city will inspect a rental and require a permit for a reroof, but it will not tell you whether the roofer who pulled that permit is competent, and the state will not either. A homeowner or landlord is left with longevity, insurance certificates, the permit record and third-party files such as the BBB.
The two certified firms ranked here both pass those checks on paper. Both are headquartered in Columbia, both are BBB accredited at A+, and both also appear at the top tier of Owens Corning’s contractor locator, which is unusual for firms in GAF’s network. They differ sharply in age: one has traded since 2010 and grown to six mid-Missouri offices; the other began in 2020.
What a Columbia homeowner can and cannot check
| Item | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State roofing licence or registration | None; no bill to create one has been enacted | Missouri Division of Professional Registration |
| City roofing licence | None; the city licenses electrical, plumbing, mechanical and gas trades only | Columbia City Code Sec. 6-66 |
| Reroof permit | Required; not on the exempt list | Columbia City Code Sec. 6-66 |
| Permit fee | $2.25 per $1,000 of value, $35 minimum, double if work starts first | Columbia City Code Sec. 6-17 |
| Deductible rebate | Prohibited | RSMo 407.725.2 |
| Cancellation after a claim denial | Until midnight of the fifth business day after written notice | RSMo 407.725.3 |
| Roofer negotiating your claim | Prohibited | RSMo 407.725.6 |
| Rental certificate | Required for every rental; inspection of each unit; five-year term | Columbia City Code Ch. 22, Art. V |
| Renter share, city of Columbia | 51.3 percent | ACS 2020 to 2024, B25003 |
| Hail of 1 inch or more, 2016 to 2025 | 25 reports in Boone, Cooper and Howard | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
Source: RSMo 407.725 (Missouri Revisor of Statutes); Missouri Division of Professional Registration; Columbia City Code Chapters 6 and 22 (Municode); NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; US Census Bureau ACS 2020 to 2024 five-year estimates; Owens Corning contractor locator; BBB business profiles.
What a Columbia, MO homeowner should ask for in writing
There is no state roofing licence in MO. Missouri has no state roofing licence and no state roofer registration. Bills to create one have been filed repeatedly, including Senate Bill 326 in 2021 and House Bill 1348 in 2025, but none has been enacted, so claims that roofers must register with the state are wrong. What Missouri does have is a storm-claim statute: under RSMo 407.725 a contractor may not offer to pay or rebate any part of an insurance deductible, may not represent or negotiate on a homeowner’s insurance claim, and must give the homeowner a written right to cancel.
The cancellation right in RSMo 407.725 runs until midnight on the fifth business day after the insurer tells the homeowner in writing that all or part of the claim is not covered, and the contractor must attach a detachable Notice of Cancellation form to the contract. Payments must be returned within ten days of cancellation, less the reasonable value of emergency work the homeowner acknowledged in writing. A violation is an unfair practice under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, which the Attorney General enforces.
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: RSMo 407.725 (Missouri Revisor of Statutes). Because the state licenses no one, any licensing happens at city or county level, and many Missouri jurisdictions require only a business licence and a reroof permit. Ask which local licence and permit apply, check the contract for the boldface cancellation notice the statute requires, and treat any offer to cover your deductible as a red flag: it is unlawful in Missouri.
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 deep the Columbia, MO certified market really is
2 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Columbia, MO statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 1,066 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.85. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 219,426, a change of 4.06% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Columbia, MO rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Columbia, MO pool was scored out of 100 on four published components: certification tier, a Bayesian adjusted rating, review depth and distance from the metro centre. In this metro that meant scoring 2 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 1 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.85. 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.
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.
Common questions about roofers in Columbia, MO
Who is the best roofer in Columbia, MO?
CoMo Premium Exteriors of Columbia, MO scores highest in the Columbia metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 77.4 out of 100 as of October 2026. It holds Master Elite certification with a 4.7 rating across 655 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the company behind it scores within 2.1 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Columbia?
2 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Columbia, MO statistical area as of October 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Columbia get?
The Columbia, MO statistical area recorded 25 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 two.
What was the worst hailstorm in Columbia in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Columbia, MO statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 3.0 inches, reported near Burton on 31 March 2023. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 31 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 Columbia?
Severe-weather reports in the Columbia, MO statistical area cluster in June, March, May, 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 MO?
Missouri has no state roofing licence and no state roofer registration. Bills to create one have been filed repeatedly, including Senate Bill 326 in 2021 and House Bill 1348 in 2025, but none has been enacted, so claims that roofers must register with the state are wrong. What Missouri does have is a storm-claim statute: under RSMo 407.725 a contractor may not offer to pay or rebate any part of an insurance deductible, may not represent or negotiate on a homeowner’s insurance claim, and must give the homeowner a written right to cancel. The cancellation right in RSMo 407.725 runs until midnight on the fifth business day after the insurer tells the homeowner in writing that all or part of the claim is not covered, and the contractor must attach a detachable Notice of Cancellation form to the contract. Payments must be returned within ten days of cancellation, less the reasonable value of emergency work the homeowner acknowledged in writing. A violation is an unfair practice under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, which the Attorney General enforces.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Columbia?
Because the state licenses no one, any licensing happens at city or county level, and many Missouri jurisdictions require only a business licence and a reroof permit. Ask which local licence and permit apply, check the contract for the boldface cancellation notice the statute requires, and treat any offer to cover your deductible as a red flag: it is unlawful in Missouri.
A renters’ city that inspects rentals but not roofers?
Renters occupy 26,972 of Columbia’s 52,564 occupied homes, 51.3 percent, against 40.1 percent across the wider metro. That makes Columbia one of the few majority-renter cities of its size in Missouri, and it means a large share of roof decisions are made by landlords rather than the people sleeping under the roof.
Is Columbia a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Columbia is a majority-renter college town in a state that licenses no roofers. Missouri has no state roofing licence or registration, and Columbia’s own code licenses electrical, plumbing, mechanical and fuel gas contractors but has no roofing category, so the checks a homeowner can run are a city permit, dated third-party records and a statute about insurance claims. Only two certified firms appear in the manufacturer directory for Columbia, both based in the city, so two are ranked, and five more credentialed local firms are listed for comparison.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Columbia?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Columbia, MO statistical area logged 118 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 25 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 St. Louis, MO, about 114 miles from Columbia
- Best roofers in Kansas City, MO, about 120 miles from Columbia
- Best roofers in Springfield, MO, about 132 miles from Columbia
- Best roofers in Joplin, MO, another MO metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Yuma, AZ, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Medford, OR, a metro of comparable size
See the full index of all 400 metro roofer rankings, or read how to find and vet a roofing contractor anywhere in the country.
Cite this analysis
The Roofing Brief. “Best Roofers in Columbia, MO: 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.