Short answer: As of October 2026 The Roofing Brief ranks no roofer in the Houma-Thibodaux metro. Only one manufacturer-certified firm with five or more reviews appears in the directory, and on the Louisiana licensing board’s register it shows no Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification, which state law has required since 1 January 2026 for residential roofing jobs of $7,500 or more. Instead this page lists four local roofers that hold one of those classifications, verified on the register.
The Roofing Brief searched the GAF certification registry across the principal cities of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA statistical area. No roofing contractor based inside the metro clears the evidence floor this ranking applies, which is manufacturer certification plus at least five independent customer reviews, so this page ranks nobody rather than pad a list. What it does instead is set out the contractors we could verify individually against the credential that actually exists here. Three hurricanes came ashore inside Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in four years: Zeta in 2020, Ida at Category 4 in 2021, and Francine in 2024. After Ida, NWS estimated that close to three-quarters of Lafourche’s structures were damaged, many losing large parts of their roofs. Louisiana now requires a residential roofing classification for jobs of $7,500 or more, and Lafourche Parish permits reroofs against wind-rated shingle and nailing rules. The state register, not a manufacturer badge, is the credential to check here.
What a Houma roof is up against
Since 1 January 2026, La. R.S. 37:2156.4 has required anyone bidding or doing work on a residential roofing system worth $7,500 or more to hold the Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification, and since 1 August 2026 Act 757 has applied that to buildings of up to four dwelling units and set a $500,000 liability insurance minimum for residential licensees. The residential roofing trade exam now exists, though existing holders of related classifications were exempted. Contracting without an active licence is a misdemeanour under R.S. 37:2163, with penalties rising to $5,000 or five years where an unlicensed contractor causes harm over $300, and false claims about a licence are unlawful in themselves.
Louisiana also bars deductible games: under R.S. 51:451 a seller paid from an insurance claim may not pay, waive or absorb your deductible without the insurer’s consent, with fines of up to $500 or 30 days in jail for each offence. Because unlicensed contracting is common after hurricanes, the register lookup is the most useful single check: it shows the classification, whether the licence is active, and the insurance on file.
Lafourche Parish charges a flat $100 for a residential roof replacement permit, on a form revised in August 2026. The applicant must supply a copy of a residential contractor or roofing licence; shingles must meet the ASTM D 3161 wind standard or a Miami-Dade equivalent, with at least six nails each; replacement decking must be at least 7/16 inch; and an inspection must be called. The parish enforces the 2021 International Residential Code. We could not reach Terrebonne Parish’s permit pages.
Between hurricanes the convective record is modest: across 2016 to 2025 the two parishes logged 29 hail reports, the largest 3.5 inches at Bayou Boeuf in June 2023, 34 thunderstorm wind reports and seven tornadoes. The hurricane damage sits in separate zone records: about $3 billion for Ida, $100 million for Zeta and $60 million for Francine. The metro’s median home was built in 1982, the city of Houma’s in 1973, and mobile homes are 15.6 percent of the housing.
Houma roofers verified on the state licensing register
No roofer qualifies for a ranking in the metro, so none is ranked. These four were checked on the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors register, and each holds the Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification. They are not scored and we are not recommending them. We left out others, including a long-established Houma firm whose register entry shows only a home improvement registration, and two firms listed locally that are based in Texas and Missouri.
| Company | Verified credential |
|---|---|
| Cajun Home Improvement, Inc. | Residential licence RL.87202 with Residential Construction since 2005, and a commercial roofing licence since 1995; based in Schriever, Terrebonne Parish; BBB accredited since 1988 at A+. |
| TSW Roofing and Construction LLC | Residential licence RL.05820 with the new Residential Roofing classification, issued October 2025, and a commercial roofing licence; based in Gheens, Lafourche Parish; BBB accredited since July 2026. |
| 5A Contractors, L.L.C. | Residential licence RL.886791 with Residential Construction since 2020; Owens Corning Preferred in Lockport, Lafourche Parish; BBB accredited since 2021 at A+. |
| Alliance Roofing and Construction LLC | Residential licence RL.13819 with Residential Roofing and a commercial roofing licence, both issued in August 2026, in Lockport. The licences are valid but very new, and we found no BBB profile. |
What 3.5 inch hail does to a Houma 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 29 hail reports, 34 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 7 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 Houma in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2023 | 3.5 in | Bayou Boeuf | Lafourche |
| 18 March 2016 | 2.0 in | Lafourche | Lafourche |
| 19 March 2018 | 2.0 in | Montegut | Terrebonne |
| 18 March 2016 | 1.75 in | Raceland | Lafourche |
| 21 June 2023 | 1.75 in | Golden Meadow | Lafourche |
| 13 April 2016 | 1.5 in | Thibodaux | Lafourche |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 20 June 2023 near Bayou Boeuf, measured at 3.5 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 65 knots, about 75 mph, near Port Fourchon on 14 January 2016. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 7 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF1 near Galliano on 22 April 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 3 May 2017 event near Port Fourchon, reproduced verbatim:
A few power poles were snapped and others bent over in the marshy area along Louisiana Highway 1 west of Grand Isle. Event time was estimated based on radar.
That is what the specification has to anticipate here, written up by the agency that recorded it rather than by a contractor selling the repair.
When it happens. Severe weather reports cluster in March (15), May (15), April (15). The worst years on record were 2023 (18), 2016 (17), 2017 (9). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Houma, 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 Houma. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
Three landfalls in four years
Hurricane Zeta came ashore near Cocodrie in Terrebonne Parish on 28 October 2020 at 100 knots, with a gust of 96 knots measured at Golden Meadow. In Lower Lafourche officials counted 23 homes destroyed, 59 with major damage and 118 with minor damage; in Upper Terrebonne, NWS recorded siding and roof damage to hundreds of homes.
Ten months later Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon on 29 August 2021 with 130-knot winds, tied as the strongest on record to strike Louisiana west of the Mississippi’s mouth, and its eye passed between Houma and New Orleans. The National Hurricane Center wrote that in coastal Lafourche almost every structure was damaged. NWS recorded that numerous homes, businesses and public buildings lost significant portions of their roofs, including the parish’s own emergency operations centre, and estimated that close to 75 percent of Lafourche’s structures were damaged. In Terrebonne about 60 percent of homes in the bayou communities were deemed unsafe to live in, many having lost their roofs.
Francine followed on 11 September 2024, coming ashore in Terrebonne at 90 knots. NWS recorded that it tore the roof of a church in Houma, damaged the power plant, severely damaged a warehouse in Bayou Cane, and left nearly the whole parish without power.
The rules have tightened since. Louisiana’s residential roofing classification came into force on 1 January 2026, and Lafourche Parish’s roof permit now requires wind-rated shingles with at least six nails each and solid decking, records whether the new roof is built to the FORTIFIED standard, and requires an inspection. We found no document saying the parish changed its form because of Ida, so we claim no link.
For a Houma or Thibodaux homeowner, the checks are clear: the roofer’s classification on the state register, a permit in its name, shingles rated to ASTM D 3161 and the six-nail pattern on the quote, and no offer to cover the deductible. Ask too whether the roof can be built to FORTIFIED, which some insurers reward.
Three hurricanes and the rules on a reroof
| Item | Figure or rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Zeta, 28 October 2020 | Landfall near Cocodrie at 100 knots | National Hurricane Center |
| Ida, 29 August 2021 | Landfall at Port Fourchon at 130 knots | National Hurricane Center |
| Lafourche structures damaged by Ida | Close to 75 percent | NWS New Orleans via NOAA NCEI |
| Terrebonne bayou homes unsafe after Ida | About 60 percent | NWS New Orleans via NOAA NCEI |
| Francine, 11 September 2024 | Landfall in Terrebonne at 90 knots | National Hurricane Center |
| Licence for residential roofing of $7,500 or more | Residential Roofing or Residential Construction | La. R.S. 37:2156.4 |
| Liability insurance minimum, residential licensees | $500,000 from 1 August 2026 | Act 757 of 2026 |
| Lafourche roof permit | $100; ASTM D 3161 shingles, six nails, 7/16 inch decking | Lafourche Parish permit form, August 2026 |
| Deductible waiver | An offence, up to $500 and 30 days | La. R.S. 51:451 |
| Mobile homes, metro | 15.6 percent of housing | ACS 2020 to 2024, B25024 |
Source: National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Reports on Zeta, Ida and Francine; NWS New Orleans narratives in the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; La. R.S. 37:2156.4, 37:2163 and 51:451 and Act 757 of 2026; Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors register and memoranda; Lafourche Parish roof replacement permit form; US Census Bureau ACS 2020 to 2024.
How to tell a Houma roofer’s claims from their record
Licensing is required in LA. Louisiana requires a roofing-specific licence classification. Under La. R.S. 37:2156.4(A), on and after 1 January 2026 any person who advertises, solicits, undertakes, offers or submits a price, bid, quote or estimate to construct, modify, repair or maintain any portion of a roofing system on a residential structure worth $7,500 or more must hold the classification of Residential Roofing or Residential Construction. Unusually for this trade, subsection B requires a residential roofing contractor to pass the residential roofing trade examination, so unlike Alabama or New Jersey this is a competency licence and not merely a registration.
Residential roofing is a subclassification of residential construction, and Act 757 of 2026, effective 1 August 2026, added subsection D extending the rule to any residential structure containing no more than four dwelling units. The penalties are real. Under R.S. 37:2163 it is unlawful to act as a contractor without an active licence, and a violation is a misdemeanour carrying a fine of up to $500 per day of violation, or three months in prison, or both. Where an unlicensed person causes harm or damage exceeding $300, the penalty rises to a fine of between $500 and $5,000, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for between six months and five years, or both. R.S. 37:2163(A)(2) separately makes it unlawful for any contractor, licensed or unlicensed, to publish or circulate a misleading or false claim about a person’s licence or classification in any medium, including digital platforms.
Check here: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. Check the classification itself on the board’s lookup, not just that a licence exists, because the statute names two classifications specifically. It is worth knowing that misrepresenting a licence or classification in advertising is itself unlawful in Louisiana under R.S. 37:2163(A)(2), so what a contractor claims about its credentials on its own website is a statement the state can act on.
Four checks to run before you sign anything, in any state.
- Verify certification at the source. Use the GAF verification tool rather than trusting a badge image on a company website.
- Get the certificate of insurance from the insurer, not the contractor, and confirm general liability and workers compensation are both active on the day work starts.
- Confirm who pulls the permit. If a contractor asks you to pull it as the homeowner, that moves liability onto you. Decline.
- Get warranty terms in writing before any deposit, and check the manufacturer warranty being promised actually requires the certification tier the contractor holds.
How many certified roofers Houma actually has
0 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA statistical area, of which 0 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 0 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.5. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 199,206, a change of -3.83% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Houma rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA pool was scored out of 100 on four published components: certification tier, a Bayesian adjusted rating, review depth and distance from the metro centre. In this metro that meant scoring 0 certified contractors, of whom 0 hold President’s Club standing and 0 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.5. No contractor cleared the floor, so the alternatives listed above were instead researched individually against Better Business Bureau records, state licence registers and manufacturer directories. The findings are printed above whether they flatter the contractor or not, and nobody paid to appear.
Set aside in Houma. A contractor that would otherwise have scored into the top no was removed for the reason stated. The score is computed from public data, but where the research pass finds evidence undermining an input to that score, the score is set aside.
- Ameristar Roofing & Restoration LLC, which scored 57.0: Excluded because the Louisiana register, checked on 6 October 2026, shows no Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification for it, which R.S. 37:2156.4 has required since 1 January 2026 for residential roofing jobs of $7,500 or more. Its Louisiana company holds only a home improvement registration with a Missouri mailing address, and a Texas affiliate at the same Houma address holds a commercial roofing licence. The licence number on its website matches no number on the register, and the A+ BBB rating it cites belongs to its Texas office; the Houma profile is unrated. This is a register observation, not a finding of wrongdoing.
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.
Questions Houma homeowners ask
Who are the best roofers in Houma, LA?
No certified roofer qualifies for a ranking in Houma, so The Roofing Brief ranks none. It verified four local roofers on the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors register instead: Cajun Home Improvement, TSW Roofing and Construction, 5A Contractors and Alliance Roofing and Construction, each holding Residential Roofing or Residential Construction. Check any roofer’s classification on the register before signing; Lafourche Parish now asks for it on every roof permit.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Houma?
0 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA statistical area as of October 2026, of which 0 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Houma get?
The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA statistical area recorded 28 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 3 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 3.5 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 every verified alternative listed.
What was the worst hailstorm in Houma in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 3.5 inches, reported near Bayou Boeuf on 20 June 2023. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 29 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 Houma?
Severe-weather reports in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA statistical area cluster in March, May, April, on the NOAA record for 2016 to 2025. If the work can wait, booking outside that window usually buys you shorter lead times and more of the contractor’s attention.
Do roofers need a licence in LA?
Louisiana requires a roofing-specific licence classification. Under La. R.S. 37:2156.4(A), on and after 1 January 2026 any person who advertises, solicits, undertakes, offers or submits a price, bid, quote or estimate to construct, modify, repair or maintain any portion of a roofing system on a residential structure worth $7,500 or more must hold the classification of Residential Roofing or Residential Construction. Unusually for this trade, subsection B requires a residential roofing contractor to pass the residential roofing trade examination, so unlike Alabama or New Jersey this is a competency licence and not merely a registration. Residential roofing is a subclassification of residential construction, and Act 757 of 2026, effective 1 August 2026, added subsection D extending the rule to any residential structure containing no more than four dwelling units. The penalties are real. Under R.S. 37:2163 it is unlawful to act as a contractor without an active licence, and a violation is a misdemeanour carrying a fine of up to $500 per day of violation, or three months in prison, or both. Where an unlicensed person causes harm or damage exceeding $300, the penalty rises to a fine of between $500 and $5,000, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for between six months and five years, or both. R.S. 37:2163(A)(2) separately makes it unlawful for any contractor, licensed or unlicensed, to publish or circulate a misleading or false claim about a person’s licence or classification in any medium, including digital platforms.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Houma?
Check the classification itself on the board’s lookup, not just that a licence exists, because the statute names two classifications specifically. It is worth knowing that misrepresenting a licence or classification in advertising is itself unlawful in Louisiana under R.S. 37:2163(A)(2), so what a contractor claims about its credentials on its own website is a statement the state can act on.
Three landfalls in four years?
Hurricane Zeta came ashore near Cocodrie in Terrebonne Parish on 28 October 2020 at 100 knots, with a gust of 96 knots measured at Golden Meadow. In Lower Lafourche officials counted 23 homes destroyed, 59 with major damage and 118 with minor damage; in Upper Terrebonne, NWS recorded siding and roof damage to hundreds of homes.
Is Houma a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Three hurricanes came ashore inside Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in four years: Zeta in 2020, Ida at Category 4 in 2021, and Francine in 2024. After Ida, NWS estimated that close to three-quarters of Lafourche’s structures were damaged, many losing large parts of their roofs. Louisiana now requires a residential roofing classification for jobs of $7,500 or more, and Lafourche Parish permits reroofs against wind-rated shingle and nailing rules. The state register, not a manufacturer badge, is the credential to check here.
Why is Ameristar Roofing & Restoration LLC not on this list?
Excluded because the Louisiana register, checked on 6 October 2026, shows no Residential Roofing or Residential Construction classification for it, which R.S. 37:2156.4 has required since 1 January 2026 for residential roofing jobs of $7,500 or more. Its Louisiana company holds only a home improvement registration with a Missouri mailing address, and a Texas affiliate at the same Houma address holds a commercial roofing licence. The licence number on its website matches no number on the register, and the A+ BBB rating it cites belongs to its Texas office; the Houma profile is unrated. 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 New Orleans, LA, about 57 miles from Houma
- Best roofers in Baton Rouge, LA, about 65 miles from Houma
- Best roofers in Slidell, LA, about 74 miles from Houma
- Best roofers in Lafayette, LA, another LA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Lake Charles, LA, another LA metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Florence, SC, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Racine, WI, 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 Houma, LA: 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.