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Nearly half of Orange County’s roofing companies were licensed since 2022

State license data for Orlando and Orange County roofers, and six checks before you sign a contract.

Published September 27, 2026 · Orange County

Orange County homeowners have more roofers to choose from than almost anywhere in Florida. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) records show 481 roofing companies with an active state roofing license based in Orange County, 316 of them in Orlando.

Short answer: 226 of Orange County’s 481 roofing companies (47%) got their first state roofing license in 2022 or later, and 148 got it in 2024 or later. In Orlando, 151 of 316 did. Statewide, 3,262 of 8,306 companies (39%) were first licensed in 2022 or later.

Orange County roofing companies by city

CityCompaniesFirst licensed 2022+Share
Orlando31615148%
Apopka392154%
Winter Garden352057%
Winter Park32928%
Maitland11545%
Ocoee11655%
Windermere7229%
Orange County total48122647%

Many roofers work across Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties, so the number of companies available to an Orlando homeowner is larger than the Orange County count. At the other end, 80 Orange County companies were first licensed in 2006 or earlier.

What a new license does and doesn’t mean

A new license is not a red flag by itself. Plenty of new companies are run by roofers with years of experience under someone else’s license. It does mean a company’s track record can be short, and a workmanship warranty is only as good as the company’s ability to honor it 10 years from now.

Six checks before you sign

  1. Look up the license at MyFloridaLicense.com. Confirm it is active and issued to the company named on the contract. How to check.
  2. Ask how long the company has worked under that license, and for addresses of recent jobs nearby.
  3. Get at least three written quotes based on the same roof size, measured in squares. One square is 100 square feet of roof.
  4. Check that each quote includes the permit, a secondary water barrier and re-nailing of the roof deck. Florida re-roof code requirements.
  5. Refuse any offer to waive your insurance deductible or to give you a rebate for filing a claim. Florida Statute 489.147 bars contractors from making those offers.
  6. Never sign a form that hands your insurance benefits to a contractor. For homeowner policies issued since January 1, 2023, Florida law no longer allows it.

About the data

Source: DBPR licensee records for certified (CCC) and registered (RC) roofing contractors with an active status and an unexpired license, as of September 27, 2026. Records are grouped by business name, and each company is counted once. Counts are by each company’s business address. “First licensed” is the earliest original license date on record for that business. 1 Orange company has no license date on record and is counted in the totals only. The full list is in our Orange County roofing company directory.

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Frequently asked questions

How many roofing companies are in Orlando, FL?

Florida license records show 316 roofing companies with an active state roofing license based in Orlando, and 481 across Orange County.

How do I check an Orlando roofer’s license?

Search the company name or license number at MyFloridaLicense.com and confirm the status reads Current, Active and the business name matches your contract.

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