Short answer: As of September 2026, the five highest-scoring roofing contractors in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score are RoofCARE, trading as Acme RoofCARE (93.9), Streamline Enterprises, Inc. (77.5), A&J Roofing LLC (71.9), Simon Roofing and Construction LLC, trading as Simon Roofing Siding & Windows (69.2), Lifetime Roofing (67.8). 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 10 certified roofing contractors serving the Lansing metro on a published, reproducible formula, then researched each of the top five individually to confirm its record. Lansing logged only twenty hail reports in ten years but $121.5 million in severe-weather property damage, a remarkable figure for a metro with so few storm reports. Almost none of that came from hail. It came from wind: straight-line thunderstorm winds tearing through Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties, most severely on 24 August 2023 when gusts near Grand Ledge brought down trees onto houses across Eaton County. Michigan is also one of the minority of states that licenses roofing properly, and the licence has a detail worth knowing: it must name roofing specifically as the trade.
What a Lansing roof is up against
Michigan requires a roofing contractor to hold either a Residential Builder licence or a Residential Maintenance and Alteration Contractor licence issued by the Bureau of Construction Codes within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. For most roofers it is the second one, and the important detail is that the Maintenance and Alteration licence is issued by trade: the licence must specify roofing. A contractor holding a Maintenance and Alteration licence for siding or carpentry is not licensed to roof your house. Ask which licence and which trade, and check it on the LARA record.
That licence carries an ongoing obligation, which is unusual and useful. It renews every three years and requires 21 hours of continuing competency education in that period. Michigan is therefore one of the few states where a licensed roofer has had to keep learning to stay licensed rather than passing an exam once and never revisiting it.
The damage profile here should change what you ask for. Twenty hail reports across a decade against 65 severe wind and high wind reports, and $121.5 million in reported property damage, means the failure mode in Lansing is lifting and tree strike rather than bruising. Impact-rated shingles are not the priority. Nailing pattern, starter course, edge metal and ridge attachment are, and so is the state of the trees over your roof.
Winter adds the second load. Michigan enforces the ice barrier requirement of the residential code, which means a self-adhering membrane, or two cemented layers of underlayment, running from the lowest roof edge to a point at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line, and further on steeper pitches. Ask how far the membrane extends up the valleys as well as along the eaves, because valleys are where mid-Michigan ice dams generally start.
The 5 best roofers in Lansing, MI
Scored 2026-09-24. The metro mean rating used as the Bayesian prior for Lansing is 4.83, across a pool of 10 certified contractors.
| Rank | Company | TRB Score | Certification | Rating (reviews) | Adjusted | In business since | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RoofCARE, trading as Acme RoofCARE | 93.9 | President’s Club | 4.9 (234) | 4.888 | not published | Lansing, MI |
| 2 | Streamline Enterprises, Inc. | 77.5 | Master Elite | 4.7 (450) | 4.713 | not published | Lansing, MI |
| 3 | A&J Roofing LLC | 71.9 | Certified | 5.0 (186) | 4.964 | 2019 | Dimondale, MI |
| 4 | Simon Roofing and Construction LLC, trading as Simon Roofing Siding & Windows | 69.2 | Master Elite | 4.5 (39) | 4.685 | 2007 | Holt, MI |
| 5 | Lifetime Roofing | 67.8 | Certified | 4.9 (120) | 4.879 | not published | East Lansing, MI |
1. RoofCARE, trading as Acme RoofCARE — TRB Score 93.9
Trades as RoofCARE, trading as Acme RoofCARE; listed on the GAF registry as RoofCARE.
RoofCARE, trading as Acme RoofCARE is based in Lansing, MI, and holds President’s Club standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 35 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.5 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 13.4 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 93.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- Roof maintenance, repair, inspection and full replacement across greater Lansing. Company
- Operates alongside ACME Home Exteriors in the Lansing market. Related entity
What they actually do. Roof maintenance, inspection, repair and replacement across greater Lansing.
Why it ranks here. 234 registry reviews at 4.9 with President’s Club certification, the only top-tier contractor in the metro, based in Lansing itself. Its 93.9 leads second place by 16.4 points, the widest gap in this batch. Scheduled maintenance offered as a distinct service is unusual and sensible in a market where the main threat is gradual wind and ice damage rather than a single catastrophic event.
Best fit for: Lansing homeowners generally, and anyone wanting a maintenance relationship rather than only a replacement.
What we would want clarified. No BBB profile or rating was locatable. Ask for the LARA licence number and confirm the trade listed on it is roofing. 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 (517) 816-8989, 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. Streamline Enterprises, Inc. — TRB Score 77.5
Streamline Enterprises, Inc. is based in Lansing, MI, BBB accredited since 9 March 2012, A+ rating, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 28.5 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 15.0 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 10.0 | 10 |
| Total | 77.5 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated and accredited since 9 March 2012, a 14-year unbroken record. BBB
- Member of the Home Builders Association of Michigan. Trade body
What they actually do. Roofing, gutters, siding, windows, doors and insulation, plus storm damage repair and energy audits.
Why it ranks here. 450 registry reviews is the deepest evidence base in the metro, with fourteen years of unbroken A+ accreditation. Insulation and energy audits alongside roofing is relevant here: ice damming is an insulation and ventilation problem as much as a roofing one, and a contractor who works on both can address the cause rather than the symptom.
Best fit for: Homeowners with recurring ice dams, and anyone wanting the largest verifiable record locally.
What we would want clarified. At 4.7 the rating sits below the contractors around it, against a metro mean of 4.83. 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 (517) 244-0643, 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. A&J Roofing LLC — TRB Score 71.9
A&J Roofing LLC is based in Dimondale, MI, in business since 2019, BBB accredited since 9 March 2024, A+ rating, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
Certifications held: Certified (GAF), Owens Corning certified. 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 | 38.6 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 12.8 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.5 | 10 |
| Total | 71.9 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated and accredited since 9 March 2024, seven years in business. BBB
- Also listed as an Owens Corning certified roofing contractor. Owens Corning
- Listed with GuildQuality, which surveys customers directly rather than collecting volunteered reviews. GuildQuality
What they actually do. Residential and commercial roofing, siding, gutters and attic insulation.
Why it ranks here. A clean 5.0 across 186 registry reviews, dual certification with GAF and Owens Corning, and GuildQuality participation so feedback is solicited from every customer. Attic insulation on the same ticket matters for ice damming.
Best fit for: Dimondale, Holt and southwest metro homeowners, and combined roof and insulation work.
What we would want clarified. Base GAF certification rather than a higher tier, and BBB accreditation only since 2024. 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 (517) 294-4145, 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. Simon Roofing and Construction LLC, trading as Simon Roofing Siding & Windows — TRB Score 69.2
Trades as Simon Roofing and Construction LLC, trading as Simon Roofing Siding & Windows; listed on the GAF registry as Simon Roofing and Construction LLC.
Simon Roofing and Construction LLC, trading as Simon Roofing Siding & Windows is based in Holt, MI, in business since 2007, BBB a+ rating; BBB file opened 23 January 2012, and holds Master Elite standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 24 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 27.4 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 9.1 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.7 | 10 |
| Total | 69.2 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- A+ rated, BBB file opened 23 January 2012, 19 years in business. BBB
- Residential and commercial roofing across the Lansing area. Company
What they actually do. Roofing, siding and windows, residential and commercial.
Why it ranks here. Nineteen years trading with an A+ rating and a BBB file open since 2012, holding Master Elite certification, five miles from the metro centre.
Best fit for: Holt, Mason and south metro homeowners.
What we would want clarified. At 4.5 across 39 registry reviews this is both the lowest rating and among the thinnest samples in this top five. 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 (517) 202-2314, 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. Lifetime Roofing — TRB Score 67.8
Lifetime Roofing is based in East Lansing, MI, BBB accredited since 4 April 2025, and holds Certified standing on the GAF certification registry.
| Score component | Points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Certification tier | 12 | 35 |
| Adjusted rating | 35.2 | 40 |
| Review corpus depth | 11.8 | 15 |
| Metro proximity | 8.8 | 10 |
| Total | 67.8 | 100 |
Independently corroborated:
- BBB accredited since 4 April 2025. BBB
- Listed with GuildQuality, which surveys customers directly. GuildQuality
- Rated 5.0 overall on HomeAdvisor. HomeAdvisor
What they actually do. Residential roofing across the Lansing and East Lansing area.
Why it ranks here. 120 registry reviews at 4.9, corroborated at 5.0 on HomeAdvisor, with GuildQuality participation, from a family business citing more than twenty years of experience.
Best fit for: East Lansing, Okemos and east metro homeowners.
What we would want clarified. Base GAF certification and BBB accreditation only since April 2025, so the formal complaint record is short. 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 (517) 550-0070, 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 19 hail reports behind a Lansing roof
Aggregate hail counts tell you very little about a specific roof. These are the individual events: every severe-weather report logged by the National Weather Service across the 3 counties of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI statistical area over ten years, with the dates, the stone sizes and the towns they landed on. Over that decade the metro logged 20 hail reports, 65 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports and 5 tornadoes. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $121.5 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
The biggest hail to fall on Lansing in a decade
| Date | Stone size | Reported near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 June 2021 | 2.75 in | Ovid | Clinton |
| 21 September 2022 | 2.0 in | Mason | Ingham |
| 4 April 2023 | 1.25 in | Sunfield | Eaton |
| 14 March 2019 | 1.25 in | Charlotte | Eaton |
| 20 July 2023 | 1.25 in | St Johns | Clinton |
| 20 June 2024 | 1.25 in | Packard | Ingham |
The largest stone on record for this metro fell on 12 June 2021 near Ovid, measured at 2.75 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 75 knots, about 86 mph, near Eaton on 24 August 2023. Asphalt shingles begin lifting at roughly 67 mph when they are correctly nailed, and considerably below that when they are not.
Tornadoes. 5 tornadoes touched down in these counties over the decade, the strongest rated EF2 near Meridan on 24 August 2023.
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 24 August 2023 event near Eaton, reproduced verbatim:
Severe thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and tree limbs and power lines across portions of Eaton county. Some houses were damaged from falling trees and some power poles were damaged. Numerous trees were also snapped or uprooted in and near Grand Ledge along with damaged utility lines and buildings.
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 June (19), August (18), July (14). The worst years on record were 2025 (26), 2023 (13), 2021 (11). If you are scheduling non-urgent work in Lansing, 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 Lansing. Weight your decision toward wind rating, ventilation and flashing detail rather than paying extra for impact-rated shingles.
How to check a Lansing roofer in ten minutes
Licensing is required in MI. Michigan requires a licence from the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for any residential construction, alteration or repair costing more than $600 in combined labour and materials. Roofing-only contractors fall under the Maintenance and Alteration Contractor classification with the roofing speciality.
Applicants must complete a 60-hour state-approved prelicensure course and pass the PSI Residential Builder or Maintenance and Alteration Contractor exam with the roofing speciality. A Residential Builder licence covers roofing as part of broader construction; a Maintenance and Alteration licence is limited to repairs and non-structural changes such as a roof replacement.
Check here: Michigan LARA licence verification. The $600 threshold is low enough that essentially every roofing job in Michigan requires a licensed contractor. There is no meaningful unlicensed exemption.
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 Lansing certified market really is
10 certified roofing contractors serve the principal cities of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI statistical area, of which 1 hold the top President’s Club tier. The pool carries 1,703 customer reviews between them at a mean rating of 4.83. The statistical area had a 2024 population of 479,971, a change of 1.36% against the 2020 census base, per the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
How these Lansing rankings were produced
Every contractor in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI 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 10 certified contractors, of whom 1 hold President’s Club standing and 2 Master Elite, against a metro mean rating of 4.83. 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: 2026-09-24. Corrections go to the editor and are actioned on verification.
The questions that come up most in Lansing
Who is the best roofer in Lansing, MI?
RoofCARE, trading as Acme RoofCARE of Lansing, MI scores highest in the Lansing metro on The Roofing Brief Contractor Score, at 93.9 out of 100 as of September 2026. It holds President’s Club certification with a 4.9 rating across 234 reviews. Highest-scoring is not the same as best fit for your specific job, and the four companies behind it score within 26.1 points.
How many certified roofing contractors serve Lansing?
10 contractors on the GAF certification registry serve the principal cities of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI statistical area as of September 2026, of which 1 hold President’s Club status.
How much damaging hail does Lansing get?
The Lansing-East Lansing, MI statistical area recorded 19 hail reports of 1 inch or larger and 2 of 2 inches or larger between 2016 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Events Database. The largest hailstone reported measured 2.75 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 Lansing in the last ten years?
The largest hailstone logged by the National Weather Service in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI statistical area between 2016 and 2025 measured 2.75 inches, reported near Ovid on 12 June 2021. That is baseball sized, comfortably past the point where a roof is written off rather than repaired. Across the decade the metro recorded 20 hail reports. Reported property damage from hail, severe wind and tornado over that decade totalled $121.5 million; flood and winter-storm losses are counted separately and are not included.
When is the worst time of year for roof damage in Lansing?
Severe-weather reports in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI statistical area cluster in June, August, July, 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 MI?
Michigan requires a licence from the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for any residential construction, alteration or repair costing more than $600 in combined labour and materials. Roofing-only contractors fall under the Maintenance and Alteration Contractor classification with the roofing speciality. Applicants must complete a 60-hour state-approved prelicensure course and pass the PSI Residential Builder or Maintenance and Alteration Contractor exam with the roofing speciality. A Residential Builder licence covers roofing as part of broader construction; a Maintenance and Alteration licence is limited to repairs and non-structural changes such as a roof replacement.
What should I check before hiring a roofer in Lansing?
The $600 threshold is low enough that essentially every roofing job in Michigan requires a licensed contractor. There is no meaningful unlicensed exemption.
Is Lansing a hard market to find a good roofer in?
Lansing logged only twenty hail reports in ten years but $121.5 million in severe-weather property damage, a remarkable figure for a metro with so few storm reports. Almost none of that came from hail. It came from wind: straight-line thunderstorm winds tearing through Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties, most severely on 24 August 2023 when gusts near Grand Ledge brought down trees onto houses across Eaton County. Michigan is also one of the minority of states that licenses roofing properly, and the licence has a detail worth knowing: it must name roofing specifically as the trade.
Is wind or hail the bigger risk to a roof in Lansing?
Wind, by a wide margin. The Lansing-East Lansing, MI statistical area logged 65 severe thunderstorm and high wind reports against 19 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 Flint, MI, about 49 miles from Lansing
- Best roofers in Ann Arbor, MI, about 52 miles from Lansing
- Best roofers in Grand Rapids, MI, another MI metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Kalamazoo, MI, another MI metro on the same formula
- Best roofers in Wilmington, NC, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Visalia, CA, a metro of comparable size
- Best roofers in Detroit, MI, also scored, about 78 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 Lansing, MI: 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.