Short answer: As of October 2026, the one highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Jefferson City, MO metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are Premier Property Services (88.0). 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 1 certified roofing contractors serving the Jefferson City metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top one individually to confirm its record. Just before midnight on 22 May 2019 an EF3 tornado crossed Missouri’s capital, damaging more than 500 homes in Cole County, totalling 750 cars at a single dealership and accounting for 98 percent of a decade’s recorded storm damage across the metro. Missouri licenses no roofers, and Jefferson City asks only for a business licence. One manufacturer-certified roofer with five or more reviews appears in the directory for Jefferson City, a local firm since 2005, and it is ranked; four more credentialed roofers are listed for comparison.
Hail, codes and what they cost a Jefferson City homeowner
Missouri has no state roofing licence or roofer registration: the Division of Professional Registration licenses electrical contractors but no roofing, general or home improvement contractors, and bills to create a roofer registry failed in 2021 and 2025. Jefferson City licenses only electricians and plumbers as trades. A roofer needs a $75 city business licence and must file a workers’ compensation certificate or an exemption affidavit before it is issued.
Missouri’s storm-contract law, RSMo 407.725, bars a roofer from advertising or promising to pay or rebate any part of your deductible, including through discounts or referral fees, and from negotiating your insurance claim for you. If your insurer denies all or part of the claim in writing, you may cancel before midnight on the fifth business day after, and the contract must include a boldface notice and a detachable cancellation form.
Jefferson City builds to the 2018 International Residential Code with local amendments: a 115 mph design wind speed, 20 psf ground snow load and ice barrier underlayment required. The city’s permit exemptions include non-structural building envelope repair, and neither the code nor the city’s pages says whether a full reroof counts, so check with Building Regulations. Where a permit is needed it costs 0.25 percent of value, minimum $27, doubled if work starts first. Unincorporated Cole County still lists the 2000 code.
Across 2016 to 2025 Callaway, Cole, Moniteau and Osage counties logged 53 hail reports, 48 of an inch or larger, 109 thunderstorm wind reports, 47 at severe-gust strength, and eight tornado segments. On 27 March 2020 hail up to three inches fell between St. Martins and the capital, damaging at least 800 cars at area dealerships. The city’s median home was built in 1978, and 40.8 percent of its occupied homes are rented.
The one certified roofer ranked in Jefferson City, MO
Scored 2026-10-08. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Jefferson City is 4.7, across a pool of 1 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Premier Property Services | 88.0 | President’s Club | 4.7 (74) | 4.7 | 2005 | Jefferson City, MO |
1. Premier Property Services: TRB Score 88.0
Premier Property Services is based in Jefferson City, MO, in business since 2005, led by Troy Hake, owner, BBB accredited since 21 April 2008, A+ rating, no 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 | 28.0 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 88.0 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Premier Property Services: accredited since April 2008 with an A+ rating; business started October 2005; owner Troy Hake; service area Jefferson City and surrounding areas; no complaints in three years.. BBB business profile
- Says it was founded in 2005; family owned; roofing, siding, gutters and insurance restoration, with hand-nailed installation and a lifetime wind warranty offered.. Company website
What they actually do. Residential reroofing, storm and insurance restoration, siding, gutters and commercial roofing.
Why it ranks here. A Jefferson City firm since 2005, at GAF’s President’s Club tier with 74 reviews averaging 4.7, and BBB accredited since 2008 with no complaints. BBB and its own site agree on the founding year. Missouri has no roofer register to check, and the city does not publish its business licence roll. Its website leans heavily on insurance-claim restoration; we found nothing suggesting a deductible offer or claim negotiation, both of which Missouri law bans. The legal name GAF shows, Premier Property LLC, could not be confirmed on the state business register.
Best fit for: Jefferson City homeowners with a storm claim who want an established local roofer that offers a long wind warranty.
What we would want clarified. Its marketing centres on insurance work, so expect the statutory cancellation notice in any insurance-funded contract and keep negotiation of the claim between you and your insurer. Its website gives inconsistent figures for how long it has traded. 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) 893-1050, 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 roofers serving Jefferson City
One certified firm is ranked here. These four are based in the metro with an Owens Corning credential and BBB accreditation. They are not scored and we are not recommending them.
| Company | Verified credential |
|---|---|
| Chavez Enterprises, LLC | Owens Corning Platinum Preferred on Southwest Blvd in Jefferson City; BBB accredited since 2018 at A+, trading since 2010; no complaints. |
| Luecke’s Roofing | Owens Corning Preferred in Freeburg, Osage County; BBB accredited since 2012 at A+, trading since 1997. BBB now lists a president outside the Luecke family and another company name, so ask who owns it. |
| R & K Roofing LLC | Owens Corning Preferred in Osage County; BBB accredited since 2021 at A+, trading since 2001, serving Freeburg and Jefferson City. The website on its Owens Corning listing no longer belongs to the firm. |
| Absolute Roofing & Exteriors LLC | Owens Corning Preferred in Centertown, Cole County; BBB accredited since 2021 at A+, trading since 2020. Its site offers to work with your adjuster; Missouri bars a roofer from negotiating your claim. |
The 48 inch-plus hail reports behind a Jefferson City 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 4 counties of the Jefferson City, MO statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 53 hail reports, 109 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 8 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $173.6 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Jefferson City in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2020 | 3.0 in | Lohman | Cole |
| 27 March 2020 | 2.75 in | Cedar City | Callaway |
| 27 March 2020 | 2.75 in | St Aubert | Osage |
| 2 August 2023 | 2.5 in | St Martin | Cole |
| 14 May 2018 | 2.5 in | Dixie | Callaway |
| 26 April 2016 | 2.0 in | New Bloomfield | Callaway |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 27 March 2020 near Lohman, 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 80 knots, about 92 mph, near Eastville on 20 April 2025. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 8 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF3 near Scrivner on 22 May 2019.
What the National Weather Service wrote about it
The NWS logs a written account of each severe-weather episode. This is its description of the 20 April 2025 event near Eastville, reproduced verbatim:
The NWS surveyed straight-line wind damage at a farm north-northwest of Kingdom City. Photos of the damage were provided by county law enforcement and showed extensive damage to multiple farm outbuildings. Large, healthy tree branches were also snapped on the property.
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 May (51), July (29), April (24). The worst years on record were 2017 (34), 2023 (27), 2016 (18). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Jefferson City, 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 Jefferson City. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
The night a tornado crossed the capital
The tornado entered Cole County from Miller County at 11:20 pm on 22 May 2019, during a run of storm nights when a warm front lay across southern Missouri. It crossed Lake Carmel, tearing the roof off a one-storey home on the north-east shore, and strengthened to EF3 in a subdivision off Heritage Highway just west of US 54, where a home collapsed completely and a double-wide manufactured home was destroyed.
In Jefferson City it wrecked a warehouse and a car dealership where at least 750 cars were totalled, then caused what NWS called severe damage to well-made residential structures downtown. It crossed the Missouri River into Callaway County as an EF1 and lifted near the Railwood Golf Club, after a path of 32.6 miles and a maximum width of 1,500 yards.
NWS counted at least 516 homes, 82 commercial buildings and 30 government buildings in Cole County with moderate to major damage, and about 500 more with minor damage. Thirty-three people were injured and none killed. NOAA records $170 million of property damage for the Cole County segment, about 98 percent of all wind, hail and tornado damage recorded in the four metro counties in the decade, and FEMA’s major disaster declaration DR-4451 designated Cole County for individual and public assistance.
The capital has been hit since. On 27 March 2020 three-inch hail damaged at least 800 cars at Jefferson City dealerships, and on Easter Sunday 2025 an EF2 near New Bloomfield in Callaway County took a large section of roof off a home.
A rebuild inside the city now falls under the 2018 code as amended, with ice barrier required and a 115 mph wind design. Because Missouri has no roofer licence, the protection that matters after a storm is RSMo 407.725: any roofer who offers to cover your deductible or to deal with your insurer for you is breaking it, and you keep five business days to cancel after a denial. Ask about edge fastening on a roof rebuilt to the 115 mph figure, and get the cancellation notice in writing.
The 2019 tornado and the rules on a Jefferson City reroof
| Item | Figure or rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tornado of 22 May 2019 | EF3; 32.6 miles; up to 1,500 yards wide | NWS St. Louis survey via NOAA NCEI |
| Homes with moderate to major damage, Cole County | At least 516 | NWS St. Louis survey |
| Recorded damage, Cole County segment | $170 million, 98 percent of the decade | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Federal disaster declaration | DR-4451, Cole County | FEMA |
| Largest hail, 2016 to 2025 | 3.0 inches near Lohman, 27 March 2020 | NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| State roofing licence | None | Missouri Division of Professional Registration |
| City licence for roofers | $75 business licence; workers’ compensation proof | Jefferson City Code 17-13 and 17-32 |
| Cancellation after a claim denial | Five business days | RSMo 407.725 |
| Design wind speed; ice barrier | 115 mph; required | Jefferson City Code 8-22 |
| Renter-occupied homes, Jefferson City | 40.8 percent | ACS 2020 to 2024, B25003 |
Source: NWS St. Louis storm surveys and NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (Callaway, Cole, Moniteau and Osage counties and zone rows); FEMA DR-4451; RSMo 407.725; Missouri Division of Professional Registration; Jefferson City Code chapters 8 and 17 and Appendix Y and the city’s contractor licensing pages; Cole County building pages; Owens Corning contractor locator; BBB business profiles; US Census Bureau ACS 2020 to 2024.
Before you sign anything in Jefferson City
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.
The Jefferson City market behind this ranking
1 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Jefferson City, MO statistical area, of which 1 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 74 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.7. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 151,523, a change of 0.81% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Jefferson City rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Jefferson City, 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 1 certified contractor, of whom 1 hold President’s Club standing and 0 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.7. The top one 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: 2026-10-08. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
Questions Jefferson City homeowners ask
Who is the best roofer in Jefferson City, MO?
How many certified roofing contractors serve Jefferson City?
1 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Jefferson City, MO statistical area as of October 2026, of which 1 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Jefferson City get?
The Jefferson City, MO statistical area recorded 48 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 8 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 one.
What was the worst hailstorm in Jefferson City in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Jefferson City, MO statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 3.0 inches, reported near Lohman on 27 March 2020. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 53 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $173.6 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Jefferson City?
Severe-weather reports in the Jefferson City, MO statistical area cluster in May, July, April, 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 Jefferson City?
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.
The night a tornado crossed the capital?
The tornado entered Cole County from Miller County at 11:20 pm on 22 May 2019, during a run of storm nights when a warm front lay across southern Missouri. It crossed Lake Carmel, tearing the roof off a one-storey home on the north-east shore, and strengthened to EF3 in a subdivision off Heritage Highway just west of US 54, where a home collapsed completely and a double-wide manufactured home was destroyed.
Is Jefferson City a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Just before midnight on 22 May 2019 an EF3 tornado crossed Missouri’s capital, damaging more than 500 homes in Cole County, totalling 750 cars at a single dealership and accounting for 98 percent of a decade’s recorded storm damage across the metro. Missouri licenses no roofers, and Jefferson City asks only for a business licence. One manufacturer-certified roofer with five or more reviews appears in the directory for Jefferson City, a local firm since 2005, and it is ranked; four more credentialed roofers are listed for comparison.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Jefferson City?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Jefferson City, MO statistical area logged 109 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 48 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 Columbia, MO, about 27 miles from Jefferson City
- Best roofers in St. Louis, MO, about 104 miles from Jefferson City
- Best roofers in Springfield, MO, about 113 miles from Jefferson City
- Best roofers in Kansas City, MO, about 133 miles from Jefferson City
- Best roofers in Joplin, MO, another MO metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Sherman, TX, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Valdosta, GA, 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 Jefferson City, 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.