Top 10 Roofing Companies
in Cincinnati, OH

SWORD Roofing holds a perfect 5.0 rating across 428 Google reviews, the strongest combination of rating and volume in the Cincinnati market. They are an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor with Top of the House certified representatives and a VELUX Certified Installer Plus for skylight work. The differentiator that matters most is staffing: SWORD keeps a licensed insurance agent with over 20 years of experience in-house specifically to handle claims, which is rare for a contractor this size. Reviewers repeatedly describe estimators fighting insurers for months over contested wind damage rather than walking away. The owner attends each full install personally to verify code items and materials. On qualifying projects they back the work with a $20,000 workmanship guarantee, and most installs finish in a single day including cleanup.

Rosemeyer Roofing carries the strongest manufacturer credentials on this list. They are GAF Master Elite certified and one of only four roofing companies in the Greater Cincinnati and Dayton area holding GAF President’s Club status, a designation GAF grants to a small fraction of contractors nationwide. They are also a member of the FORTIFIED program created by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, meaning they install to a standard above code that is verified by a certified evaluator — worth asking about, since some insurers discount for it. The company is run by brothers Doug and Tony Rosemeyer with roughly 20 years in the Greater Cincinnati market, and they handle copper, metal shingle, tile, and rubber alongside standard asphalt.

Deer Park Roofing has operated in Cincinnati since 1996 and holds BBB accreditation dating back to January 2000, one of the longest unbroken accreditation records in the market. They are a GAF GoldElite Commercial Contractor, which lets them offer the GAF Diamond Pledge NDL Roof Guarantee with coverage up to 25 years on qualifying systems. For Cincinnati specifically, their most useful capability is box gutter installation and repair — the built-in gutter systems on older Clifton, Northside, and Over-the-Rhine homes that most shingle crews will not touch. With more than 50 employees they carry real crew capacity for both residential and commercial work, and they run offices in Northern Kentucky and Louisville as well.

Bone Dry has served the Cincinnati market since 1989 and carries the highest review volume of any contractor on this list at 938 reviews. They hold dual manufacturer elite status as both an Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor and a CertainTeed ShingleMaster Select Contractor, which unlocks the strongest system warranties from both manufacturers. Their scope extends well past roofing into masonry, tuckpointing, insulation, siding, and gutters, making them a practical choice when a project touches several exterior systems at once — particularly relevant for Cincinnati’s older brick housing stock. They answer the phone 24 hours a day. The tradeoff is scale: Bone Dry operates 19 locations across nine states, and consistency varies more than with owner-operated shops.

JK Roofing and Construction has built high review volume quickly, holding a 4.9 rating across 624 Google reviews. Their most concrete commitment is financial: they state publicly that they never require a down payment, and they typically complete projects within one to three weeks of a signed quote. That no-deposit position is genuinely uncommon and removes the most frequent way homeowners get burned. They work directly with insurers on storm damage identified during inspection, and their scope spans roofing, chimney work, gutters, siding, and interior remodeling. Note the entity is young — BBB records show the current business registered in early 2023, though the ownership advertises far longer personal experience.

Ray St. Clair Roofing is the oldest and largest independent roofing operation in the Cincinnati market. Raymond A. St. Clair founded the company in 1954 after working in his father’s roofing business through the 1930s, and it has stayed family-owned across three generations, now running roughly 100 employees. Their scope is unusually broad for a roofer: seamless gutters, Gutter Helmet, chimney repair and replacement, skylights, custom-crafted copper flashing, Polaris windows, entry and storm doors, aluminum awnings, and deck and railing systems. That copper flashing capability matters on Cincinnati’s older homes. They commit to returning quotes within 48 hours and offer financing on repairs and replacements. Review sentiment is more mixed than the top of this list, so get everything in writing.

Ford and Son Roofing has operated in Cincinnati since 1945 across three generations of family ownership, making it the longest-established contractor on this list. Their headline claim is the workmanship warranty: 25 to 30 years of labor coverage on newly installed roof systems, which is far beyond the five-year industry baseline and the longest workmanship term we found anywhere in the Cincinnati market. They have held BBB accreditation since July 2014 and work across the tri-state area covering Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana. Their scope covers roofing, sheet metal, chimney caps, gutters, gutter guards, and fiber cement siding. Verify the exact warranty terms and what voids them in writing, as some reviewers have reported difficulty with warranty claims.

Moss Roofing brings more than 35 years of experience to the Cincinnati market as a family-owned operation based in Blue Ash, holding an A+ BBB rating and Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor status. Their operational differentiator is staffing every project with a dedicated on-site supervisor responsible for crew safety, property protection, and workmanship — which addresses the single most common complaint about larger roofing companies, namely that nobody accountable is actually present while the work happens. Their inspectors are trained to identify damage that less experienced assessors miss, and they provide itemized estimates upfront. Beyond roofing they handle siding, gutters, windows, insulation, and storm restoration.

Kelly Brothers serves the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky market from Covington, with BBB accreditation since August 2022. They repair or replace all roof types and extend into siding, gutters, decks, windows, doors, cabinetry, and general construction, backed by a building materials operation. That combination makes them a reasonable single point of contact when a roof replacement is part of a larger renovation rather than a standalone job — you are not coordinating three separate trades. They state no job is too small, which is useful if you need a minor repair that larger replacement-focused contractors decline. For a roof-only project, the more specialized contractors higher on this list are the better fit.

Guaranteed Roofing has served Cincinnati and southwest Ohio homeowners for decades with a deliberately narrow focus on asphalt shingle replacement rather than a broad exterior services menu. That specialization is the argument for them: the overwhelming majority of Cincinnati roof replacements are architectural asphalt, and a contractor doing only that work all day is not learning on your roof. They publish local pricing guidance openly, including the observation that Cincinnati permit costs run $100 to $300 where a permit is required at all, which is a reasonable transparency signal in a market where many contractors will not discuss numbers before an in-person visit. They offer a range of shingle tiers from basic three-tab through designer laminated products.