How to verify a roofer in Florida

State license required. Five checks to make before you sign.

What Florida requires

Florida licenses roofing contractors through the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) — Certified Roofing Contractor and Registered Roofing Contractor are separate license types, and DBPR's own license search lets anyone verify one by name.

Where to look a contractor up: Florida DBPR license lookup (official source, opens the state’s own search).

Five checks before you sign

  1. Ask for the license or registration number and look it up in the registry above. Match the exact business name, check that the status is active and read the expiration date.
  2. Ask for a current certificate of insurance (general liability and workers’ compensation) sent to you directly by the insurer or agent. PickARoofer does not verify insurance.
  3. Get a written contract with the scope, materials, total price, start date and warranty terms. Do not sign a blank or partly filled form.
  4. Check the permit. Ask who pulls it and confirm with your city or county building department that it was issued.
  5. Be careful with large deposits and door-to-door offers after a storm. Read how to avoid storm-chaser scams.

What PickARoofer has checked in Florida

Florida has 15 covered cities and 372 listed roofing contractors on PickARoofer. We matched 227 of them to an active entry in the state registry; the most recent check is dated September 30, 2026. Verified badges in Florida mean a Certified or Registered Roofing Contractor license DBPR currently lists as active. How the badge works, and what it does not cover: how verification works.

Roofers by city in Florida

Cape Coral · Clearwater · Daytona Beach · Deltona · Fort Myers · Gainesville · Lakeland · Melbourne · Ocala · Palm Bay · Palm Coast · Pensacola · Port St. Lucie · Sarasota · Tallahassee. Or see all roofers in Florida.

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General information, not legal advice. Licensing rules change, so confirm requirements with the Florida regulator before you rely on them. A listing on PickARoofer, verified or not, is not an endorsement.