Checked 17 October 2026. Houston open data portal searched 13 October 2026. Storm counts from NOAA Storm Events, file dated September 18, 2026; reports after the last full year are preliminary. Roster counts checked 17 October 2026.
What Does Public Data Say About Houston Commercial Roofing?
- Commercial re-roof permit count: Not published. The City of Houston open data portal returned no roofing permit dataset when we searched it on 13 October 2026, and its one building permit dataset is residential, by month and year.
- Permit holder by contractor: Not published. The City's weekly Permit Activity reports list zip code, date, type, project number and address, with no contractor name.
- Commercial bid or contract price: Not published. What a Houston commercial roof job cost is not available from any file we hold, so no figure appears here.
- Companies on our roster that publish commercial roofing: 21 of 32, read from each company's own services page and checked 17 October 2026.
What Houston does publish is weather. NOAA logged thunderstorm wind on 188 distinct days in the eight Houston-area counties since 2010, against 121 days with hail, so a flat commercial roof here is more often tested by wind and rain than by hail. The county tables are on the hail and wind history page. Insurer spending is on the cost page, and those Texas Department of Insurance figures cover homeowners policies, not commercial roofs.
On the coast, a roof replacement can also trigger a windstorm certificate. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association lists its windstorm certification rules, which apply to Brazoria, Chambers and Galveston counties and to the part of Harris County east of Highway 146, per its page read 9 October 2026. Whether a certificate applies to a given building is a question for the insurer, and it belongs in the bid conversation.
How Many Houston-Area County Days Carried A Hail Report Of 2 Inches Or More?
A membrane either takes a stone of that size or it does not, so this table counts only the days on which the preliminary report file carries at least one hail report of 2 inches or larger. Each cell is a distinct calendar date with such a report in that county. One date that produced reports in two counties adds a day to each county row, which is why the rows can add to more than the metro line under them. The file starts on January 1, 2024 and the 2026 column stops on October 9, 2026.
| County | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Bend | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazoria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Galveston | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberty | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waller | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chambers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Metro, distinct days | 4 | 0 | 0 |
The file holds 7 reports of 2 inches or larger across 4 metro days, and every one of those days falls in 2024. Galveston County carries 2 of them, Fort Bend 1 and Chambers 1. The 2025 and 2026 portions of the file carry no day at this threshold through October 9, 2026. That is a fact about this preliminary file, not a promise about the next storm season.
The biggest stone in the file measured 2.75 inches at 1 SE Needville in Fort Bend County on March 15, 2024. A stone size is one input to a warranty question, so ask a bidder which membrane the bid names, what impact rating the manufacturer publishes for it, and whether hail at this size is inside or outside the warranty. A bid that names no membrane leaves all three answers to the day the crew arrives.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center, preliminary local storm reports for hail, file built October 10, 2026. Reports run January 1, 2024 to October 9, 2026 at a 1 inch threshold, and size is hail diameter in inches as reported. Preliminary status: yes. A field report is an observation, not an inspection of a roof.
What Do Houston BBB Records Show For Commercial Roofers?
21 of the 32 companies ranked on this site list commercial roofing among their services. 16 of those 21 match a Better Business Bureau profile our records tie to the company by name and phone digits, and 7 have no profile we could confirm. Of the 16 matched, 12 carry an A+ grade, 1 carries an A- and 1 carries a B-.
A grade is the letter the bureau published on the day we read the page, and it says nothing about how a particular commercial job went. Open the complaint history on the same profile before you weigh the letter. The commercial roofing ranking prints each grade with the date behind it, and the BBB accredited Houston roofers page lists the accreditations our checks confirmed.
Counts come from this site's own Houston company records. Each grade was read from the bureau page on October 9, 2026. No grade in this block was supplied by a company. Preliminary: no.
How Do I Know If A Houston Commercial Roofer Is Legit?
Start with a permit number. The City of Houston publishes no roofing permit file we can search by contractor, so ask the bidder for the permit number on a recent commercial job and confirm it with the Houston Permitting Center. Then read the company's BBB profile and its own services page. Texas issues no state roofing license, so the voluntary RCAT license is the only roofing-specific credential to look for. 21 of the 32 Houston companies we assess publish commercial roofing as a service, and a published service is a claim, not proof. Ask for two recent commercial references and call them.
Which Houston Commercial Roofing Companies Are BBB Accredited?
The Houston commercial roofing ranking shows each company's BBB grade and accreditation status next to the date we read the bbb.org page. Accreditation is a status BBB grants after its own review, and the complaint history on the same profile tells you more than the letter does. Where we found no BBB listing for a company, the entry says so; a missing listing is not a finding against it. Every accreditation we could confirm is gathered on the BBB accredited Houston roofers page.
Why Do Two Bids For The Same Roof Look Nothing Alike?
Because the bids often price different roofs. One bidder may quote a TPO membrane and another a modified bitumen system, and a third may quote only a coating over what is already there. Within a single system, membrane thickness and the attachment method change the price and the service life. In a metro where a tropical storm can reach the roof, ask each bidder how the membrane is fastened or adhered and what wind rating the assembly carries, then lay the bids side by side only when each states the same things.
Can A Commercial Roofer Negotiate My Insurance Claim For Me?
Not as a matter of the repair bid. The roofer's part is the inspection, the written damage scope and the repair estimate. Whether the carrier pays, and how much, is settled between you and your insurer. Texas Insurance Code section 707.002 also puts the deductible on the policyholder, so an offer to absorb it is a red flag to read against that statute before you sign anything.
Does A Bigger Roof Need A Bigger Crew, Not Just A Bigger Number?
It does, and the bid should say how. A large Houston roof may have no yard to stage materials in, a crane booking to schedule, and a hurricane-season window to finish inside. Ask how many square feet the proposed crew has completed on comparable roofs, whether the same foreman is on site from the first day to the last, and what the plan is if a storm system is forecast while a section is open.
What Should A Commercial Roof Inspection Cadence Look Like?
Ask what each visit covers and what you receive afterward. On a flat Houston roof the useful checks are ponding after heavy rain, seams, flashings, drains and scuppers, and anything loosened after a named storm. A visit that ends in a photographed written report is worth more than a line reading "annual inspection included". Read your warranty too, because some manufacturers make documented inspections a condition of coverage.
What Does A Commercial Roof Warranty Actually Cover?
Expect two separate documents. The manufacturer warrants the membrane, usually only when an approved installer applied it. The contractor warrants its own labor. Ask for the term of each in writing, whether either is prorated, and what voids them. Foot traffic and rooftop equipment installed by other trades are common voiding events, and in the Gulf region you should also ask whether wind damage from a named storm is covered or excluded.
Is A Multi-Family Roof Bid Different From A Single Commercial Building?
Yes, because people live under it. An apartment roof means phased work, covered walkways, a posted schedule for residents and a rule for what happens when rain arrives mid-section. A bid that reads like a warehouse bid has not priced those items. Ask the bidder to describe the last occupied building it re-roofed and how it handled the residents.
How do commercial roof bids work in Houston?
A commercial bid is a written price for one named roofing system on one measured roof, and two bids only compare once each names the membrane, its thickness and the square footage. Houston is a hard city to check a bid against, because the City publishes no roofing permit file with a job value, so this site prints no permit count and no commercial price. Ask the Houston Permitting Center for the record at your address, then read the bids against each other line by line.
A written bid is only as strong as the record behind the bidder. The Houston commercial roofing ranking keeps that record, company by company, with every source linked.