Short answer: As of October 2026, the four highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Dover, DE metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Delaware Exteriors (95.6), Kirkin Exteriors (87.2), Bayside Exteriors (80.2), G. Fedale Roofing & Siding (79.6). 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 12 certified roofing contractors serving the Dover metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top four individually to confirm its record. On 4 August 2020 Tropical Storm Isaias put Delaware’s longest recorded tornado straight through south Dover: an EF2 that ran 35.5 miles, beating the state’s previous record of 13 miles. Kent County’s roof risk is wind, not hail, which has never exceeded an inch here in a decade. Delaware has no roofing licence, but every contractor must hold a state contractor licence and register with the Department of Labor. Fourteen certified firms appear in the directory; after removing those that fail our checks, four are ranked.
The conditions a Dover roof has to be specified for
Delaware issues no roofing licence and has no trade exam. Every contractor must hold a Division of Revenue contractor business licence, which needs proof of Delaware workers’ compensation, and must register with the Department of Labor’s Office of Contractor Registration before starting work, at $200 a year for private work. Working unregistered can bring civil penalties of $5,000 to $85,000 per knowing violation. The Department’s public lookup shows each registration, its trade code, and whether it is valid for private work, public work or both.
Delaware has no roofing-specific insurance statute and no ban on deductible rebates. What it has is criminal law and a new dispute process. Home improvement fraud, which expressly covers roofs, gutters and siding, is a crime under 11 Del. C. 916, a felony at $1,500 or more and graded higher for victims aged 62 and over. From 24 September 2026, House Bill 89 gives homeowners a Division of Consumer Protection dispute process; a contractor that will not take part in good faith can lose its registration, and a homeowner can win triple damages in some cases. Door-to-door sales of $25 or more carry a three-business-day cancellation right.
Kent County requires a roofing permit only when more than a quarter of the roof sheathing is replaced, and its amended 2018 residential code sets a 115 mph design wind speed and a 25 psf ground snow load, and states that ice barrier underlayment is not required. Inside the City of Dover, permits are priced on value: $25 for the first $1,000 plus $8 per $1,000, about $137 on a $15,000 reroof, and must be pulled by a contractor licensed in the city or by the owner.
Across 2016 to 2025 Kent County logged 106 thunderstorm wind reports, ten of them at 58 knots or more, 12 hail reports with none above an inch, and four tornadoes, three of them on the Isaias morning. The county’s housing is young, with 54.5 percent built since 1990, while 53.1 percent of homes in the city of Dover are rented and 11 percent of county housing is mobile homes.
The 4 best roofers in Dover, DE
Scored 2026-10-06. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Dover is 4.914, across a pool of 12 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware Exteriors | 95.6 | President’s Club | 5.0 (568) | 4.993 | not published | Smyrna, DE |
| 2 | Kirkin Exteriors | 87.2 | President’s Club | 4.9 (1,164) | 4.901 | 2011 | New Castle, DE |
| 3 | Bayside Exteriors | 80.2 | President’s Club | 4.8 (124) | 4.833 | not published | Lewes, DE |
| 4 | G. Fedale Roofing & Siding | 79.6 | President’s Club | 4.8 (69) | 4.848 | not published | Lewes, DE |
1. Delaware Exteriors — TRB Score 95.6
Delaware Exteriors is based in Smyrna, DE, led by William Trueman Jr., owner and operator, BBB accredited since 21 December 2020, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 39.7 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 13.5 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 7.4 | 10 |
| Total | 95.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Registration DE-2025-000013617 under the roofing trade code, valid for private work until September 2027.. Delaware Department of Labor contractor registry
- Resident contractor licence, valid to the end of 2027, at the Clayton address.. Delaware Division of Revenue licence data
- Accredited since 21 December 2020 with an A+ rating, no complaints; serves Kent County and southern New Castle County.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing, storm work, siding, windows, gutters, decks and solar shingles.
Why it ranks here. One of the highest scores in the programme: President’s Club certification and a perfect 5.0 across 568 reviews, from a Kent County roofer in Clayton, just west of Smyrna, holding both the state contractor licence and a Department of Labor registration under the roofing code.
Best fit for: Kent County homeowners who want the strongest record in the market.
What we would want clarified. BBB gives a 2003 start, but its current contractor licence dates from 2020, so we give no founding year. Its live website is deexteriors.com; another domain in its name is parked. 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 (302) 382-6908, 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. Kirkin Exteriors — TRB Score 87.2
Kirkin Exteriors is based in New Castle, DE, in business since 2011, led by Michael Spink, General Manager; owned since July 2025 by Valor Exterior Partners, BBB accredited since 17 December 2025, A+ rating, two complaints closed in three years, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 36.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 1.2 | 10 |
| Total | 87.2 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Valor Exterior Partners, a Cincinnati company backed by the private equity firm Osceola Capital, announced the acquisition of Kirkin Exteriors, founded in 2011.. Osceola Capital press release, 8 July 2025
- Valor Exterior Partners doing business as Kirkin Roofing, roofing trade code, valid for private and public work until July 2027.. Delaware Department of Labor contractor registry
- Accredited since 17 December 2025 with an A+ rating, two complaints closed in three years; serves southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware.. BBB business profile
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing, siding, gutters, solar, windows and storm restoration.
Why it ranks here. The deepest consumer record in Delaware we have seen: President’s Club certification and a 4.9 across 1,164 reviews, from a New Castle roofer founded in 2011 that serves the whole state.
Best fit for: Homeowners who want a large, well-reviewed firm and are comfortable with corporate ownership.
What we would want clarified. It was bought in July 2025 by a private-equity-backed roofing group from Cincinnati, and its licence and registration are now in that group’s name, though its website still calls it family owned. It is based in New Castle County, about 40 miles north, and its website names no Kent County town. BBB shows two complaints in three years. 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 (302) 832-7663, 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.
3. Bayside Exteriors — TRB Score 80.2
Bayside Exteriors is based in Lewes, DE, led by Andrew Lewandowski (BBB), BBB accredited since 28 September 2007, A+ rating, no complaints in three years, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 33.3 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 10.3 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 1.7 | 10 |
| Total | 80.2 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Registration DE-2025-000011779 under the roofing trade code, valid for private and public work until January 2027.. Delaware Department of Labor contractor registry
- Accredited since 28 September 2007 with an A+ rating, business start 1994, no complaints; a family-owned roofer serving Kent and Sussex counties.. BBB business profile
- Names Kent and Sussex counties; specialises in cedar shake, asphalt, flat and metal roofing.. Company website
What they actually do. Asphalt, cedar shake, flat EPDM and metal roofing, and siding.
Why it ranks here. A roofing-first family firm with the longest BBB accreditation in the pool, since 2007, President’s Club certification, and a published service area naming Kent County. It is one of the few here that works in cedar shake.
Best fit for: Cedar shake, metal or flat roofs.
What we would want clarified. It is based in Lewes, Sussex County, about 35 miles southeast of Dover. Its founding year is 1994 by BBB and more than 20 years by its own account. 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 (302) 200-7663, 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. G. Fedale Roofing & Siding — TRB Score 79.6
G. Fedale Roofing & Siding is based in Lewes, DE, led by Adam Fedale, CEO; Allen Fedale, Vice President of Operations, BBB accredited since 16 March 2005, A+ rating, five complaints closed in three years, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 33.9 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 9.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 1.7 | 10 |
| Total | 79.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- G Fedale General Contractors LLC, doing business as G. Fedale Roofing & Siding, registration valid until August 2027.. Delaware Department of Labor contractor registry
- Accredited since 16 March 2005 with an A+ rating, business start 1995, five complaints closed in three years; service area includes Kent County.. BBB business profile
- Offices in Wilmington, Lewes, Georgetown, Newark and Dover.. Company website
What they actually do. Asphalt, cedar, copper, metal and flat roofing, siding, windows, gutters and chimney rebuilds.
Why it ranks here. A statewide family roofing firm with a Dover branch on North Dupont Highway, BBB accredited since 2005, President’s Club certification, and the range to handle copper and cedar as well as asphalt.
Best fit for: Complex roofs that need copper, cedar or chimney work.
What we would want clarified. BBB shows five complaints closed in three years, the most in the pool; we did not review them. Its founding year is 1995 by BBB and 2003 by its own site. It runs five offices across the state. 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 (302) 225-7663, 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.
The 106 wind reports that shape a Dover roof
Aggregate hail counts tell you very little about a specific roof. These are the individual events: every severe-weather report logged by the National Weather Service across the 1 county of the Dover, DE statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 12 hail reports, 106 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 4 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 Dover in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2023 | 1.0 in | Farmington | Kent |
| 1 August 2019 | 1.0 in | Harrington | Kent |
| 12 May 2018 | 1.0 in | Frederica | Kent |
| 16 April 2022 | 1.0 in | Bethel | Kent |
| 29 June 2019 | 1.0 in | Brookdale Hgts | Kent |
| 29 June 2019 | 1.0 in | Dover | Kent |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 1 April 2023 near Farmington, measured at 1.0 inches. One inch is the point at which hail starts bruising asphalt shingles, which is damage an adjuster can find even when a homeowner cannot.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 96 knots, about 110 mph, near Vernon on 12 July 2022. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 4 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF2 near Lebanon on 4 August 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 12 July 2022 event near Vernon, reproduced verbatim:
Caller reports widespread damage including numerous large trees down. Time estimated via radar. This was part of a macroburst which extended for about 18 miles in a west to east path from near Denton, MD to east of Farmington, DE.
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 July (27), August (26), April (19). The worst years on record were 2020 (43), 2019 (26), 2023 (14). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Dover, 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 Dover. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
Isaias and Delaware’s longest tornado
Tropical Storm Isaias crossed Delaware on the morning of 4 August 2020. NOAA’s narrative calls it the most impactful tropical cyclone for most of the region since Sandy in 2012. Just before 9 o’clock an EF2 tornado touched down near the Eagle Meadows apartments on Sorghum Mill Road in south Dover.
The NWS Mount Holly survey traced it 35.5 miles from Dover to southwest of Glasgow in New Castle County, with winds up to 115 mph and a path up to 500 yards wide, setting a new Delaware record for tornado path length, far beyond the previous 13 miles from 1988. It tracked nearly parallel to South State Street through Anneville, where some homes had roof damage, mostly from fallen trees, then crossed Route 13 near the Eden Medical Center and William Henry Middle School, where sections of the school’s roof were blown off. A Department of Transportation station north of Smyrna measured a 96 mph gust as it passed.
Two more tornadoes came the same morning: an EF1 near Sandtown that blew the roof off one home, and another across the west side of Milford. In July 2021 an EF1 near Farmington peeled metal roofing off a business, and on 12 July 2022 a macroburst with winds estimated at 110 mph ran 18 miles from Denton, Maryland, into Kent County, blowing the roof off a house on Cattail Road and off chicken houses on Prospect Church Road.
Hail, by contrast, has barely registered: 12 reports in ten years, none larger than an inch. Kent County’s code reflects that, designing for 115 mph wind and leaving ice barrier underlayment optional.
So on a Dover reroof the questions are about wind: the shingle’s wind rating, the nailing pattern at the eaves and rakes, and the deck attachment. And because Delaware has no roofing licence, check the contractor’s Department of Labor registration and make sure it is valid for private work.
The Isaias tornado and Delaware’s contractor rules
| Item | Figure or rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Isaias tornado, 4 August 2020 | EF2, 115 mph, 35.5 miles from Dover to near Glasgow | NWS Mount Holly |
| Previous Delaware path record | 13 miles, 1988 | NWS Mount Holly |
| Measured gust near Smyrna | 96 mph | Delaware DOT via NWS |
| Macroburst, 12 July 2022 | About 110 mph; roofs off a house and chicken houses | NWS via NOAA NCEI |
| Largest hail, 2016 to 2025 | 1.0 inch | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Contractor registration | Required before work; $200 a year for private work | 19 Del. C. 3604 and 3605 |
| Penalty for working unregistered | $5,000 to $85,000 per knowing violation | 19 Del. C. 3609 |
| Home improvement fraud | Felony at $1,500 or more | 11 Del. C. 916 |
| Dispute process | From 24 September 2026; registration can be lost | House Bill 89 (2026) |
| Kent County reroof permit | Required only when over 25 percent of sheathing is replaced | Kent County |
Source: NWS Mount Holly survey narratives and NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; 30 Del. C. 375 and 2502; 19 Del. C. 3601 to 3611; 11 Del. C. 916; 6 Del. C. ch. 44; Delaware House Bill 89 (2026); Delaware Department of Labor contractor registry and Division of Revenue licence data; Kent County Code 105-24; City of Dover fee brochure; US Census Bureau ACS 2020 to 2024.
How to check a Dover roofer in ten minutes
There is no state roofing licence in DE. Delaware issues no roofing licence and has no trade exam. Every contractor, roofers included, must hold a Division of Revenue contractor business licence and must register with the Department of Labor’s Office of Contractor Registration before starting work.
The contractor licence costs $75 a year plus a gross receipts fee; Department of Labor registration costs $200 a year for private work and requires proof of Delaware workers’ compensation insurance and a state business licence. Working unregistered can bring civil penalties of $5,000 to $85,000 per knowing violation (19 Del. C. 3609). A contractor based outside Delaware must post a tax bond on contracts of $20,000 or more.
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: Delaware Registered Construction Contractors lookup. Search the registry by company name and check that the registration covers roofing and private residential work, not public work only. From 24 September 2026, House Bill 89 gives homeowners a Division of Consumer Protection dispute process, and a contractor that will not take part in good faith can lose its registration.
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.
What the rest of the Dover field looks like
12 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Dover, DE statistical area, of which 4 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 2,407 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.914. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 192,690, a change of 5.96% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Dover rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Dover, DE 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 12 certified contractors, of whom 4 hold President’s Club standing and 1 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.914. 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.
Set aside in Dover. Contractors that would otherwise have scored into the top four were 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.
- Bright Side Roofing, which scored 90.4: Excluded because we could not match it to a current Delaware contractor registration for private work. The roofing corporation holds a Division of Revenue licence in the General Services category rather than as a contractor and does not appear on the Department of Labor register; the contractor licence and the only registration we found are held by its owner trading as Bright Side Remodeling, and that registration is listed as valid for public work only. It is a well-reviewed Dover roofer, BBB accredited since 2017 with no complaints, and may hold a registration we did not find. This is a register observation, not a finding of wrongdoing.
- Sundance Kitchen Bath & Exteriors, which scored 76.5: Excluded on core trade and service area. BBB describes it as a custom home builder and remodelling company, it is registered under the house-building trade code rather than roofing, and its own list of Delaware locations does not name Dover or any Kent County town. It is based in Maryland and Middletown.
Why this list stops at 4. Two of the certified firms that scored into the top six were set aside for the reasons above, and the next firm down the pool is not one our research pass covered, so we rank the four we could verify rather than promote a firm we have not checked.
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: 2026-10-06. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
What Dover homeowners want to know
Who is the best roofer in Dover, DE?
Delaware Exteriors of Smyrna, DE scores highest in the Dover metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 95.6 out of 100 as of October 2026. It holds President’s Club certification with a 5.0 rating across 568 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the three companies behind it score within 16.0 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Dover?
12 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Dover, DE statistical area as of October 2026, of which 4 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Dover get?
The Dover, DE statistical area recorded 6 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 0 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 1.0 inches.
Did any contractor pay to appear on this list?
No. The Roofing Brief takes no placement fees, no lead fees and no affiliate commission from any roofing contractor. Ranking comes entirely from the published formula applied to public registry data, followed by an individual research pass on the top four.
What was the worst hailstorm in Dover in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Dover, DE statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 1.0 inches, reported near Farmington on 1 April 2023. 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 12 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 Dover?
Severe-weather reports in the Dover, DE statistical area cluster in July, August, April, 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 DE?
Delaware issues no roofing licence and has no trade exam. Every contractor, roofers included, must hold a Division of Revenue contractor business licence and must register with the Department of Labor’s Office of Contractor Registration before starting work. The contractor licence costs $75 a year plus a gross receipts fee; Department of Labor registration costs $200 a year for private work and requires proof of Delaware workers’ compensation insurance and a state business licence. Working unregistered can bring civil penalties of $5,000 to $85,000 per knowing violation (19 Del. C. 3609). A contractor based outside Delaware must post a tax bond on contracts of $20,000 or more.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Dover?
Search the registry by company name and check that the registration covers roofing and private residential work, not public work only. From 24 September 2026, House Bill 89 gives homeowners a Division of Consumer Protection dispute process, and a contractor that will not take part in good faith can lose its registration.
Isaias and Delaware’s longest tornado?
Tropical Storm Isaias crossed Delaware on the morning of 4 August 2020. NOAA’s narrative calls it the most impactful tropical cyclone for most of the region since Sandy in 2012. Just before 9 o’clock an EF2 tornado touched down near the Eagle Meadows apartments on Sorghum Mill Road in south Dover.
Is Dover a hard market to find a good roofer in?
On 4 August 2020 Tropical Storm Isaias put Delaware’s longest recorded tornado straight through south Dover: an EF2 that ran 35.5 miles, beating the state’s previous record of 13 miles. Kent County’s roof risk is wind, not hail, which has never exceeded an inch here in a decade. Delaware has no roofing licence, but every contractor must hold a state contractor licence and register with the Department of Labor. Fourteen certified firms appear in the directory; after removing those that fail our checks, four are ranked.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Dover?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Dover, DE statistical area logged 106 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 6 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 Bright Side Roofing not on this list?
Excluded because we could not match it to a current Delaware contractor registration for private work. The roofing corporation holds a Division of Revenue licence in the General Services category rather than as a contractor and does not appear on the Department of Labor register; the contractor licence and the only registration we found are held by its owner trading as Bright Side Remodeling, and that registration is listed as valid for public work only. It is a well-reviewed Dover roofer, BBB accredited since 2017 with no complaints, and may hold a registration we did not find. This is a register observation, not a finding of wrongdoing..
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 Baltimore, MD, about 59 miles from Dover
- Best roofers in Bowling Green, KY, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Billings, MT, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Atlantic City, NJ, also scored, about 59 miles away
- Best roofers in Philadelphia, PA, also scored, about 62 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 Dover, DE: 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.