How to verify a roofer in Illinois

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

What Illinois requires

Illinois licenses roofing specifically under the Roofing Industry Licensing Act — the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) issues the license and publishes every roofing contractor license it has issued.

Where to look a contractor up: IDFPR 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 Illinois

Illinois has 7 covered cities and 166 listed roofing contractors on PickARoofer. We matched 80 of them to an active entry in the state registry; the most recent check is dated September 30, 2026. Verified badges in Illinois mean an IDFPR roofing contractor license the state currently lists as active. How the badge works, and what it does not cover: how verification works.

Roofers by city in Illinois

Bloomington · Champaign · Decatur · Joliet · Peoria · Rockford · Springfield. Or see all roofers in Illinois.

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