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Badges a roofer can carry
Most badges on this site are read straight off public data, so they cannot be bought or talked into place. One is different.
Certified and Verified Pro
Held by nobody yet
This is the only badge here that a person has to check by hand. It is not for sale, it does not come with a listing upgrade, and no amount of advertising gets it. When a company earns it, the seal appears on their profile and on every card that shows them.
What a company has to show
- An active state contractor license in California, plus the roofing classification.
- Workers compensation coverage, confirmed with the insurer rather than a photo of a card.
- A street address in Los Angeles County that a person can drive to.
- At least 25 public reviews at a 4.5 average or better.
- A clean record with the state board, with no unresolved complaint.
- A written labor warranty of five years or more, in their own contract.
Checks run in rounds. Nothing has been awarded because the first round has not run yet, and this page will say so plainly until it does.
One seal, your own city on it
A company that passes the check gets the seal with its own city across the top, not a generic one. The county seal sits in the middle here, with the city versions around it.
Every version means the same thing. The license, the insurance, the address and the warranty were all checked by a person, in that city, on a date we publish on the profile.
Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Monica and Pasadena shown. Every city on the city list has one waiting.
The badges that read themselves
These update on their own, and nobody at this end can hand them out.
The three license badges need a state file we can read in bulk, which today means California. In a state that publishes no such file, or that licenses no roofers at all, no license badge is shown on any listing rather than a blank one on all of them.
- C-39 and a number
- We found this company in the state license file and the board has it at clear status. The number and the classification are printed on the profile so you can check them.
- No license on record
- We searched the state file by business name, phone number and street address and found no match. That is not proof of anything. A roofer licensed under a parent company or a different spelling lands here too, so ask on the call.
- Not currently recommended
- The state board has suspended, revoked or expired this license. The reason is printed on the profile and the company sits at the bottom of every list it appears in. It moves back up the day the board clears it.
- Highly reviewed
- A 4.7 average or better across 100 reviews or more.
- Open 24 hours
- The company posts round the clock hours, so a night call is worth a try.
- Street address on file
- There is a real address in the county, not just a service area.
- Years in business
- The company has traded under that name for ten years or more.
- Website
- There is a site you can read before you pick up the phone.
Ranking on a city page follows the rating and the review count. A verified license lifts a company slightly, enough to settle it against a close rival and not enough to bury a better one, because a license we could not find is weak evidence and a good roofer should not drop for it. A suspended license is the one badge that overrides everything, and it sends a company to the bottom whatever its rating. See how this directory works for the rest.