Short answer: As of September 2026, the five highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are NOCO Roofing (89.5), Sprague Roofing & Exteriors (87.6), Lion Roofing & Gutters (80.0), Green Top Roofing (78.8), HERO exteriors (74.6). 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 9 certified roofing contractors serving the Fort Collins metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top five individually to confirm its record. Larimer County is a hail metro with almost no wind to speak of: 115 hail reports of an inch or more against just 19 severe wind reports over the decade, a ratio matched almost nowhere else in this programme. What makes Fort Collins genuinely unusual is that the city has written the answer into its own building code. Where 50 percent or more of a roof is replaced, Fort Collins requires Class 4 impact-resistant asphalt shingles on the replaced portion. In most hail metros an impact-resistant upgrade is something a contractor sells you; here it is something the permit desk requires, which changes what an estimate should look like and what questions are worth asking.
What a Fort Collins roof is up against
The storm record for Larimer County reads almost nothing like the wind-and-tornado profile of the Midwest metros on this site. Across 2016 to 2025 the county logged 143 hail reports, 115 of them an inch or larger, against 19 severe wind reports and a single tornado. The database records almost no property damage for the county across that decade, but that reflects how patchily its damage fields are filled rather than an absence of losses: hail damage to roofs and vehicles is routinely logged as a report without a dollar figure attached. July is the peak month with 69 reports, ahead of June with 44 and August with 33, so this is a high-summer hail season driven by afternoon convection off the Front Range rather than a spring severe-weather season. The heaviest recent day was 17 June 2025, when National Weather Service Boulder local storm reports logged 2.5 inch hail a mile south-southeast of Wellington, with 2.0 inch and 1.5 inch stones from the same storm nearby.
Fort Collins is one of the few cities in this programme where impact resistance is a code question rather than a sales question. The city requires a building permit for roofing work, exempting only repairs of up to 100 square feet, one roofing square, per building. The roofing permit fee is a flat $85 residential and $210 commercial rather than a percentage of job value, which means the permit is never a meaningful line item and a contractor who treats it as one is worth a second look. And where 50 percent or more of a roof is being replaced, the city requires Class 4 impact-resistant asphalt shingles on the portion replaced. If you are re-roofing a whole house in Fort Collins, Class 4 is not an upsell you can decline; the question is which Class 4 product and at what price, not whether.
Colorado licenses no roofers at state level, so the credential that exists here is municipal, and Fort Collins issues two relevant trade licences: a plain Roofing licence, covering nonstructural roof covering and materials on roofs down to a 2:12 minimum pitch including replacement or repair of sheathing on existing roofs, and Roofing(+), which adds flat and low-slope systems. If your house has any low-slope section, a porch or a dormer roof, the distinction is the one that matters. Colorado also gives roofing customers statutory protections that few other states do. Under C.R.S. 6-22-104, where the work is to be paid from insurance proceeds, you may rescind the contract within 72 hours of receiving written notice that the insurer has denied the claim in whole or in part, and the contractor must return your deposit within ten days less the value of work actually performed. Under C.R.S. 6-22-103 the contract must carry, in bold-faced type on its face, a statement that the contractor will hold your payment in trust until materials are delivered or a majority of the work is done, and it must disclose that the contractor cannot pay, waive or rebate any part of your insurance deductible. A Fort Collins contractor who offers to eat your deductible is offering you something state law forbids.
One more Larimer County rule reaches the roof. On 22 September 2025 the county commissioners adopted the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code with local amendments alongside the 2024 International Codes, effective 1 January 2026. By local amendment to Section 302.1, the whole of unincorporated Larimer County is deemed a wildland-urban interface area, and Section 403.2 requires a roof covering or roof assembly classified as Class A when tested to ASTM E108 or UL 790. Larimer County’s own materials do not tie the adoption to the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire, so we do not either. The practical effect is that outside the city limits a Fort Collins area roof now has to satisfy a fire classification as well as a hail one, and the two are not the same test.
The 5 best roofers in Fort Collins, CO
Scored 2026-09-29. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Fort Collins is 4.867, across a pool of 9 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOCO Roofing | 89.5 | President’s Club | 4.8 (85) | 4.825 | 2003 | Fort Collins, CO |
| 2 | Sprague Roofing & Exteriors | 87.6 | President’s Club | 4.7 (152) | 4.741 | 2017 | Fort Collins, CO |
| 3 | Lion Roofing & Gutters | 80.0 | Master Elite | 4.8 (186) | 4.814 | 2019 | Fort Collins, CO |
| 4 | Green Top Roofing | 78.8 | Master Elite | 4.9 (89) | 4.888 | 2013 | Loveland, CO |
| 5 | HERO exteriors | 74.6 | Certified | 5.0 (200) | 4.973 | 2017 | Fort Collins, CO |
1. NOCO Roofing — TRB Score 89.5
NOCO Roofing is based in Fort Collins, CO, in business since 2003, led by Troy and Amy Jennings, BBB accredited since 19 October 2017, A+ rating; Troy Jennings listed as President/CEO, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: President’s Club (GAF), Owens Corning Preferred Contractor (company claim). 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 | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 33.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 11.5 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 89.5 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- BBB lists NOCO Roofing at 303 W Harmony Rd, Fort Collins, with an A+ rating, accreditation since 19 October 2017, Troy Jennings as President/CEO and a business start date of 9 May 2017.. BBB business profile
- NoCo Roofing, LLC, entity ID 20171359160, is a Colorado domestic LLC formed 9 May 2017, status Good Standing, principal address 303 W Harmony Rd, Fort Collins, registered agent Amy Lynn Jennings.. Colorado Secretary of State business entity register
- GAF lists NOCO Roofing LLC of Fort Collins, CO in its residential contractor directory at President’s Club level.. GAF contractor directory
What they actually do. Roof replacement in asphalt shingle and metal, impact-resistant shingle work, hail and wind insurance claims, commercial and flat roof systems, roof certifications for real estate transactions and gutters, across Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor, Timnath, Berthoud, Wellington, Longmont and Cheyenne.
Why it ranks here. The highest score in Larimer County, on President’s Club certification and a 4.8 average. Troy and Amy Jennings came out of insurance adjusting in the mid-1990s before starting the roofing business, which is directly relevant in a metro where almost every job is a hail claim.
Best fit for: Hail claims where you want the estimate read by someone who has worked the adjuster’s side of the file.
What we would want clarified. The company dates itself to 2003, but the Colorado Secretary of State record for the current LLC shows formation on 9 May 2017 and the BBB carries the same 2017 start date, so treat 2003 as a claim about the business rather than the entity you would be contracting with. It publishes no municipal licence number, and the local awards listed on its site could not be confirmed on any awarding publication’s own pages. 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 (970) 223-7663, 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.
2. Sprague Roofing & Exteriors — TRB Score 87.6
Sprague Roofing & Exteriors is based in Fort Collins, CO, in business since 2017, led by Josh Sierra, General Manager, BBB accredited since 14 July 2017, A+ rating; business start date 16 May 2017, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: President’s Club (GAF), Colorado Roofing Association contractor member (verified on the association’s own directory). 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 | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 29.7 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 13.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 87.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Listed as a Contractor Member with primary contact Josh Sierra, General Manager, at 217 Racquette Drive Suite 3, Fort Collins, with general liability insurance recorded to 24 May 2027.. Colorado Roofing Association
- BBB shows an A+ rating, accreditation since 14 July 2017, a business start date of 16 May 2017 and the address 217 Racquette Dr Ste 3, Fort Collins.. BBB business profile
- Sprague Roofing Colorado LLC, entity ID 20171370129, formed 16 May 2017, status Good Standing, principal address 217 Racquette Dr Ste 3, Fort Collins, registered agent Joshua Sierra.. Colorado Secretary of State business entity register
What they actually do. Asphalt, metal, tile and slate roofing plus single-ply and modified bitumen commercial systems, roof coatings, sheet metal, gutters, siding, exterior painting and hail restoration.
Why it ranks here. Second on score and the only one of the five whose membership of the Colorado Roofing Association is confirmed on the association’s own directory, with current insurance dates published there. The widest materials range in the metro, including tile, slate and low-slope commercial systems.
Best fit for: Roofs that are not straightforward asphalt, or homes with a low-slope section needing a Roofing(+) scope.
What we would want clarified. The 2017 founding date comes from the state filing and the BBB rather than from the company, which publishes no founding year and no owner name on its own site. A widely repeated claim that the business began in 2010 could not be confirmed on any page we could actually fetch. It publishes no non-GAF manufacturer credential and no municipal licence number. 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 (970) 514-4415, 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. Lion Roofing & Gutters — TRB Score 80.0
Lion Roofing & Gutters is based in Fort Collins, CO, in business since 2019, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Master Elite (GAF), ICC Supervisor Certificate #5763-R (published by the company). 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 | 32.6 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 13.5 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 80.0 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Lion Roofing & Gutters LLC, entity ID 20201925628, is a Colorado domestic LLC formed 26 October 2020, status Good Standing, principal address 4868 Innovation Dr, Fort Collins, registered agent Barton Joseph Palmer.. Colorado Secretary of State business entity register
- GAF lists Lion Roofing & Gutters LLC of Fort Collins, CO in its residential contractor directory at Master Elite level.. GAF contractor directory
What they actually do. Roof replacement, repair and maintenance, storm damage restoration, emergency tarping, gutters and gutter guards, siding and windows.
Why it ranks here. The only contractor in this metro that publishes its municipal roofing licence number, City of Fort Collins #R-2714, alongside an ICC Supervisor Certificate. In a state with no roofing licence at all, a published city licence number is the single most checkable credential a Fort Collins roofer can offer, and it takes one call to the city to confirm.
Best fit for: Homeowners who want a named, verifiable city licence rather than a manufacturer badge alone.
What we would want clarified. Several records do not line up and you should ask about them. The company says it started in 2019, but the state filing shows the LLC formed on 26 October 2020. We list no BBB record because the profile carrying that same 26 October 2020 start date and the same registered agent now renders under a different company name, Rhino Exteriors, LLC of Loveland; we make no finding about the relationship between the two. The site also publishes a different phone number, (970) 538-9443, from the one in the GAF registry entry, and no owner is named anywhere on it. 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 (970) 308-3111, 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. Green Top Roofing — TRB Score 78.8
Green Top Roofing is based in Loveland, CO, in business since 2013, led by Brian Trainor and Adam Trainor, BBB accredited since 25 July 2014, A+ rating, filed under the former 970 Services name; business start date 7 October 2013, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.5 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 11.6 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 7.7 | 10 |
| Total | 78.8 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- BBB lists the business as accredited since 25 July 2014 with an A+ rating, a business start date of 7 October 2013 and Brian Trainor and Adam Trainor as partners; the profile is filed under the former 970 Services name.. BBB business profile
- Listed as an active chamber member under Roofing and Restoration at 504 W. Eisenhower Blvd., Suite 1, Loveland, with Adam Trainor and Amiee Trainor among the listed contacts.. Loveland Chamber of Commerce
- 970 Companies LLC, entity ID 20131561829, formed 27 September 2013, status Good Standing, principal address 504 W Eisenhower Blvd Ste 1, Loveland; Green Top Roofing is registered to it as a trade name in May 2024.. Colorado Secretary of State business entity register
What they actually do. Residential, commercial and multifamily roof replacement and repair, hail damage and insurance claim work, Class 4 impact-resistant upgrades, and water, fire and mould restoration.
Why it ranks here. The highest rating of the five at 4.9, the longest verifiable trading history in the metro at twelve years, and the only one of the five to name Class 4 impact-resistant roofing as a distinct service line, which matters given the city’s 50 percent rule. The company states it has former insurance adjusters on staff.
Best fit for: A Class 4 replacement priced by a firm that has been through twelve Front Range hail seasons.
What we would want clarified. The name is new even though the business is not. Green Top Roofing was registered as a trade name only in May 2024 by 970 Companies LLC, and the BBB record and Loveland Chamber listing still trace back to the former 970 Services branding, so searches under the new name return a shorter history than the business actually has. No founding year, ownership or street address appears anywhere on the company’s own site, whose about page returns a 404. 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 (970) 888-0970, 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. HERO exteriors — TRB Score 74.6
HERO exteriors is based in Fort Collins, CO, in business since 2017, led by Rob Roberson, BBB accredited since 21 September 2017, A+ rating; business start date 6 January 2017, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), Owens Corning Preferred Contractor (company claim). 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 | 38.9 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 13.7 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 74.6 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- BBB lists HERO exteriors as accredited since 21 September 2017 with an A+ rating, a business start date of 6 January 2017, the address 2129 Sage Dr, Fort Collins, and Rob Roberson as principal.. BBB business profile
- HERO exteriors Co., entity ID 20171415351, is a Colorado corporation formed 31 May 2017, status Good Standing, principal address 2129 Sage Dr, Fort Collins, with a mailing address in Cheyenne, Wyoming.. Colorado Secretary of State business entity register
What they actually do. Roof replacement and repair, gutters, siding, windows and doors, exterior painting, fencing and hail restoration, from Fort Collins and a second location in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Why it ranks here. A clean 5.0 across 200 registry reviews, the deepest review base in the metro at the highest rating, which is why it ranks fifth on our formula despite holding only base-level GAF certification.
Best fit for: Homeowners weighting customer record over certification tier, or bundling a roof with siding, windows or paint.
What we would want clarified. It carries GAF Certified status only, the entry tier, where the four above it hold Master Elite or President’s Club, so the certification component of its score is the lowest of the five. Roofing is one of seven service lines rather than the whole business. The owner’s name and founding year appear on the BBB and state records but not on the company’s own site, and the BBB lists a different phone number from the one the site publishes. 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 (970) 393-3595, 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.
115 hail reports and 19 wind reports over Fort Collins
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 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 143 hail reports, 19 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 1 tornado. The database’s property-damage fields are left blank for most of these reports, so it carries no usable loss total for this metro and we do not quote one.
The biggest hail to fall on Fort Collins in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2025 | 2.5 in | Wellington | Larimer |
| 29 July 2018 | 2.5 in | Virginia Dale | Larimer |
| 15 July 2023 | 2.0 in | Wellington | Larimer |
| 17 June 2025 | 2.0 in | Wellington | Larimer |
| 19 June 2018 | 2.0 in | The Forks | Larimer |
| 27 July 2022 | 2.0 in | Wellington | Larimer |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 17 June 2025 near Wellington, measured at 2.5 inches. That is hen-egg sized. Two inches is the threshold at which insurers expect functional damage and full replacement claims.
Wind. The strongest thunderstorm gust logged in the metro was 70 knots, about 81 mph, near Wellington on 23 June 2016. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 1 tornado touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF0 near Estes Park on 18 May 2018.
What the National Weather Service wrote about it
The NWS logs a written account of each severe-weather episode. This is its description of the 4 July 2023 event near Glendevey, reproduced verbatim:
Mother Nature supplied most of the fireworks for the Fourth of July as severe thunderstorms moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Intense wind gusts, locally heavy rain and minor street flooding accompanied the storms. Denver Fire performed a swift water rescue in the area of 38th Avenue and Fox Street, in the evening when a motorist became stranded in their vehicle. Several fireworks shows were either cancelled or postponed due to safety concerns associated with the inclement weather. Peak wind gusts included: 74 mph northwest of Red Feather Lakes, 70 mph just northeast of Kremmling, and 67 mph at Buckley AFB. Several areas along the urban corridor picked up…
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 (69), June (44), August (33). The worst years on record were 2018 (40), 2019 (26), 2020 (19). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Fort Collins, 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. Fort Collins sees enough damaging hail that a Class 4 impact-rated shingle is worth pricing, though not automatically worth buying. Get both quotes and weigh the premium against any insurance discount.
The checks worth making in Fort Collins
There is no state roofing licence in CO. Colorado issues no statewide roofing licence. The Department of Regulatory Agencies does not licence roofers at all. Licensing and permitting happen entirely at city and county level, and requirements differ sharply between jurisdictions.
Denver requires a Specialty Class D certificate to roof, and to obtain one an individual must first hold a Supervisor Certificate and document two years of field experience across at least 24 projects in 24 different months. Denver grants no reciprocity with other counties or states.
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: Denver Community Planning and Development contractor licensing. Confirm the contractor holds a licence for the specific municipality your home sits in, and that they, not you, pull the roofing permit.
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 Fort Collins certified market really is
9 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO statistical area, of which 2 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 1,260 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.867. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 374,574, a change of 4.32% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Fort Collins rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 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 9 certified contractors, of whom 2 hold President’s Club standing and 3 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.867. 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: September 2026. Scoring run: 2026-09-29. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Common questions about roofers in Fort Collins
Who is the best roofer in Fort Collins, CO?
NOCO Roofing of Fort Collins, CO scores highest in the Fort Collins metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 89.5 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds President’s Club certification with a 4.8 rating across 85 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the four companies behind it score within 14.9 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Fort Collins?
9 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO statistical area as of September 2026, of which 2 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Fort Collins get?
The Fort Collins-Loveland, CO statistical area recorded 115 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 2.5 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 Fort Collins in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 2.5 inches, reported near Wellington on 17 June 2025. That is hen-egg sized. Two inches is the threshold at which insurers expect functional damage and full replacement claims. Across the decade the metro recorded 143 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 Fort Collins?
Severe-weather reports in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO statistical area cluster in July, June, August, 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 CO?
Colorado issues no statewide roofing licence. The Department of Regulatory Agencies does not licence roofers at all. Licensing and permitting happen entirely at city and county level, and requirements differ sharply between jurisdictions. Denver requires a Specialty Class D certificate to roof, and to obtain one an individual must first hold a Supervisor Certificate and document two years of field experience across at least 24 projects in 24 different months. Denver grants no reciprocity with other counties or states.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Fort Collins?
Confirm the contractor holds a licence for the specific municipality your home sits in, and that they, not you, pull the roofing permit.
Is Fort Collins a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Larimer County is a hail metro with almost no wind to speak of: 115 hail reports of an inch or more against just 19 severe wind reports over the decade, a ratio matched almost nowhere else in this programme. What makes Fort Collins genuinely unusual is that the city has written the answer into its own building code. Where 50 percent or more of a roof is replaced, Fort Collins requires Class 4 impact-resistant asphalt shingles on the replaced portion. In most hail metros an impact-resistant upgrade is something a contractor sells you; here it is something the permit desk requires, which changes what an estimate should look like and what questions are worth asking.
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 Greeley, CO, about 18 miles from Fort Collins
- Best roofers in Boulder, CO, about 38 miles from Fort Collins
- Best roofers in Denver, CO, about 55 miles from Fort Collins
- Best roofers in Colorado Springs, CO, another CO metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Ann Arbor, MI, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Hickory, NC, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Ogden, UT, also scored, about 364 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 Fort Collins, CO: 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.